Upgrades in Champions Online
Primary Offensive Slot?! Secondary Defense Slot?! Primary Utility Slot?! What is this all about and what are these slots anyway?! This can be very confusing for the new player as well as seasoned veterans coming from other MMO’s initially. In Champions Online you will find various upgrades that fit in specific “inventory” slots on your character. These do not automatically alter your costume though; they are instead behind the scenes improvements to your characters without messing up the pimp factor of your costume.
You can obtain these upgrade items through the following manners: loot, crafting, quest rewards, PvP rewards and Perk rewards.
As hinted at previously, there are upgrades that allow a change in appearance although most of these are from perks and rewards for PvP. Equipping the upgrade doesn’t automatically change your costume, it instead unlocks a new costume option at the Tailor..
The three upgrade types are:
Offense: This type makes your attacks more powerful or allows you to alter the type of damage or how one of your powers works in some way. This group of slots is indicated with a star symbol in the far left column of devices that you can install in your devices window. The bottom row is the Primary Offense slot, the other two above it are the Secondary offense slots.
Defense: This type makes your hero tougher and can give you special defenses/protective abilities. This group of slots is indicated with a shield symbol in the middle column of devices that you can install in your devices window. The bottom row is the Primary Defense slot, the other two above it are the Secondary Defense slots.
Utility – This type can grant you special abilities that are not combat specific such as bonuses to hiding or improvements to your mini map/hud. This group of slots is indicated with a plus symbol in the right column of devices that you can install in your devices window. The bottom row is the Primary Utility slot, the other two above it are the Secondary Utility slots.
What is the deal with the Primary and Secondary Slots you ask? The primary slots usually have better stats and abilities while the secondary slot items, while nice, are not as big a boost in your abilities.
Note: To use these primary slotted items you can press the 8-0 keys that are by default configured to activate those items that have an effect other than simply stat bonuses.
The upgrades are broken down into one additional level based on the type of upgrade they are rather than simply what slot they fit in. In this case they are broken down into the same categories that the crafting skills are broken down into: Arms, Science or Mysticism. This is relevant for crafting purposes since it will let you know what items you can deconstruct and gain crafting experience from based on your chosen crafting profession.
Each type of upgrade will have the potential to enhance only certain statistics and excluding other statistics. Below is a table showing what statistics are excluded from the various types of upgrades:
Arms:
| Offense | Presence |
| Defense | Presence, Ego, Endurance, Intelligence |
| Utility | Presence |
Science:
| Offense | Presence |
| Defense | Dexterity, Recovery, Strength |
| Utility | Presence |
Mysticism:
| Offense | Constitution |
| Defense | Constitution, Dexterity, Recovery, Strength |
| Utility | Constitution |
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