I have always been a bit confused as to these 2 items.
They both give fixed bonuses so at base you get all the bonus without bump in PR.
Currently:
BoE 8% dex and 5% magic
SB 3% magic
I would like to see this changed to be in line with other bonus items.
I propose:
BoE: .33% dex per +, .25% magic per +.
To get back to levels already given, you would need a +24 BoE. That NW would be only 1M.
The top BoE is A Breastplate of Expertise [18] (+35) worth $5,589,059 owned by Artemis (Vacation Character). This would give 12% dex and 9% magic (rounding up). With this change, the BoE may become a nice choice to the TSA for tanks. The dex/skill bonus is high, but still good enough for play.
Possibly one can upgrade it to +45 for a lot of NW, giving 15% dex bonus and 12% magic bonus.
SB: .5% magic per +. To get to 3% magic one needs +6 SB which would be 115k.
The top SB is Smelly Bootees [4] (+15) worth $24,073,741 owned by Freed (The Hens of Daze) which would give 8% magic. Making them worth the 3M for a base pair, and very useful choice between these and DBs for mages/enchanters.
As I do not use either items this would actually hurt me vs DD as it would be more powerful.
Ideas?