11-02-2009, 12:58 AM
You can get emerald items through the regular course of battle, but not the holy or mammoth items. There is no doubt that for some playing styles, an obs/mammoth hat (or even armor) or a holy/tiger shield could be the *ideal* item. Unfortunately you can only shop for them at those relatively low levels, so it has to be a dedicated effort if you are ever to get them. And it it totally NOT worth it in terms of the power gained compared to time taken (you could get a new sorcerer to level 50 faster than shopping one of these items, I suspect). If you were to get the item, your increase in power over a common "great" item like obson or awe/tiger wouldn't even be noticeable. But somehow just trying to get lucky can be fun for a certain period of time (apparently much longer time for some people than for me!).