Ok im stuck between a rock and a hard place at the moment.
I play a Destroyer as my main and Bounty Hunter for harvesting mats for my A grade gear, but i want to share the armor between the two of them seeing im not made of money and will only have enough mats to attempt each peice two times at 61, so i need to find a happy medium, hopefully. At the same time, i will be eventually looking for a Clan who wars by the time i move up into lvl 70 range.
I cant for the life of me decide what heavy armor set to chose for A grade seeing i am slowly but surely making my way to lvl 61 now.
Now, when i look at A grade armor sets, i look at resistances and PvP.
NM Heavy set has Sleep + Hold resistance, but in C5, Tank / Warrior classes get War Frenzy which increases our resistance to Sleep + Shock, so resistance wise, its not going to help much unless resistances can rise above 100% seeing Mental Sheild and Resist Shock at these levels increase it quite alot as it is.
The Damage Reflection effect the NM heavy set has also when equipped with a sheild is perfect for my Dwarf when spoiling, and the P.Atk 4% is also good for both my Destroyer and Dwarf seeing i will most likely put a -STR +CON tattoo on him, not on the Destroyer though.
Only thing i dislike about this set is the -2 Dex, i know its not much, but i hate taking Dex away from a Warrior.
Majestic, well as i previously stated, the Shock resistance from War Frenzy in C5 will probally render this resistance next to useless again also, again with the use of Resist Shock also.
+4 accuracy, cant complain with that in any case, it always helps, especially against light armor wearers with high avoidance.
STR+2 CON-2 and P.Atk +4%, probly leans this set towards my Destroyer more then my Dwarf.
Dark Crystal set is probaly the more Defensive orientated set out of the three with Heal +4%, shield rate +18% and CON +2 STR -2.
This is were i get stumped, Paralysis. I know from experience this is used quite a bit from mobs in PvE, not having much experience in PvP as yet, how often do classes use this, cause upto now, ive only ever encounted hold and sleep effects when pvp.
As it sits, i cant really decide between NM or DC heavy. The difference between DC and Majestic Base P.Def wise is only 24, i dont really think this will make a ground breaking difference unless u were getting hit from mobs that were doing dmg in the thousands. The gap thins out as you move upto NM.
At this point im thinking NM heavy, because its offensive + defensive where Majestic is more Offensive and DC is more Defensive, like i said, im looking for a happy medium here and feel that NM is the choice to go with, seeing if the cap for resistances go above 100%, more resistance for Sleep and Hold effects is always a good thing, thats if Paralysis isnt really used much in PvP i suppose.
Suggestions please would be very much appreciated. :)
well... i can't say much but my personal thought about it...
as A grade is approaching for me also, i decided to go DC heavy for some reasons: 1) **** cheaper than NM 2)cheaper than nigthm... wait, did i said it already? :P 2bis) i'm a tank... SK, so this kind of armor is probably the best for PVE and decent for pvp... also the 18% shield rate is not bad agains archers in pvp... :P that 4% heal is well.. non existant in my opinion... right now heal in PVP is not something you see often... in pve is not really a problem... but well, better have it than not i guess :P
Said that... if you plan to share set between a PVE toon and a PVP one... i still think that you shall go DC... once you hit A grade money flows decently and one day you could craft your NM set too...
I don't know the first thing about heavy A Grade, but one little thing: NM heavy does not offer VR, it offers damage reflection. :)
Yes you are correct, i keep thinking of the NM Light effect, my first char i made was a Tyrant, so i sort of looked upto one day getting NM light, but ill recorrect that to save confusion.
:)
have you even considered tallum heavy because thats what i would go on both classes considering helm price and set bonus
Well i dont ever buy anything, i ethier Manor it or harvest it myself.
Tallum is really only good for the 8% attack speed, which is ok from a more melee orientated toon like a BD, also helps them carry more SS seeing they are a little weak boned from low CON.
Helm prices dont really concern me though, i have enough mats to have a stab at 2 combines, only hard part for me will be doing the TOI quests over and over to try and get the helm recipes, but thats part of having a goal, set yourself a goal early enough and you can level at the same time while also saving money to achieve that goal.
are you a destroyer with a blunt 1h, or are you a 2h kind of person?
it matters because 18% shield def bonus is only when u have a shield equipped. :)
but u knew that already.
also, -2dex when ur using duals or 2hander is very noticable, accuracy-wise. offset it with a +dex tattoo if youre really going for NM.
but i suggest Dark Crystal. if youre going to offset your negatives with tattoos, your NM will be little better than your BW set.
but Dark Crystal makes life easy for a warrior thats using a 1hander and the shield. excellent defence rate (good against archers) and Para resist (good against the current Flavour of the Monther Necro nubtards.) aint great, but it helps.
are you a destroyer with a blunt 1h, or are you a 2h kind of person?
it matters because 18% shield def bonus is only when u have a shield equipped. :)
but u knew that already.
also, -2dex when ur using duals or 2hander is very noticable, accuracy-wise. offset it with a +dex tattoo if youre really going for NM.
but i suggest Dark Crystal. if youre going to offset your negatives with tattoos, your NM will be little better than your BW set.
but Dark Crystal makes life easy for a warrior thats using a 1hander and the shield. excellent defence rate (good against archers) and Para resist (good against the current Flavour of the Monther Necro nubtards.) aint great, but it helps.
Yeah im a 2 hander Destroyer.
Yeah eventually i will go with DC on my Dwarf because i 1 hand and shield on him while spoiling.
Hopefully one day ill be able to go for Majestic Heavy on my Destroyer, prices have gone up yet again on Kain for some unknown reason. A grade Heavy BP's went from 15 - 20 million to 50+ million in less then a week. Not that it matters much to me, as i manor all my stuff anyways.
Not sure what tatt setup ill go with yet, but ill defiently be going +4 CON -4 STR on my Dwarf and +4 STR -4 CON / +2 DEX -2 STR / +2 CON -2 STR on my Destroyer.
How often is Paralysis used in PvP after lvl 60? Do many classes even worry about it seeing Stun, Hold and Sleep is just as effective? Do any classes even have Paralysis skills / abilities?
Not sure what tatt setup ill go with yet, but ill defiently be going +4 CON -4 STR on my Dwarf and +4 STR -4 CON / +2 DEX -2 STR / +2 CON -2 STR on my Destroyer.
Why add strength and lower con if you get another tattoo that lowers strength and adds con :P
After 60 I think para is used quite often on the heavy armors. Especially on the higher con guys. If a mage cant 3-4 shot you, they're gonna incapacitate you until alot of them can focus on you all at once. I often get paralize alot in a seige or mass pvp.
How often is Paralysis used in PvP after lvl 60? Do many classes even worry about it seeing Stun, Hold and Sleep is just as effective? Do any classes even have Paralysis skills / abilities?
As a SwS, most who can tend to try to Para me as soon as possible. Not only do I have higher MDef than the average, but also a sizeable amount of HP/CP (even with -Con), so I don't fry very easily.... but, more to the point, I can't sing while paralyzed, so neutralizing me makes my whole group less effective.
How often is Paralysis used in PvP after lvl 60? Do many classes even worry about it seeing Stun, Hold and Sleep is just as effective? Do any classes even have Paralysis skills / abilities?
as i said in my post, the Flavour of the Monthers* use Anchor to nail 1v1 if they are n00bies.
1v1 doesnt happen that often, but for ganking, griefing, training, etc, count on being trained and para'd until u drop something.
that TEEEEEENY bit more resistance of +50% resist para helps if your clan is pretty consistently pvping.
and with mass para that comes to them* in C5, guess who will be trying to siege and raid a lot?
Gotta a question for A grade for gladi's. I've been thinking of getting Majestic, but im wondering if anyone has information about the new sets of armor that will be coming out in C5. The Apella set is the A grade set you can earn with clan rep points so does anyone have info on the bonuses for it?
bonueses for apella (all sets) are CP bonus and CP regen bonus.
apart from that, they are no better than C grade.
JUNK FTL!
but for glads its again what youve got to consider in Weapons. youre only using duals and you want a set that will add to your current damage and SA weapon.
for A grade if youre using A duals, pretty well any set works. i would recommend (as far as my opinion counts) the Dark Crystal Set for the same reasons as the Destroyer asked.
youve likely got a +dex +Str setup and have low con right? remedy that: get DC but use B duals OE'd. more SA choices for you there.