Best Heavy Armor A Grade?

My apologies for asking this if its redundant, but either the search function doesent work very well, or im a ****** (maybe both?) but i tried every +best +armor +a grade and "best heavy armor" and still cant find my answer, but anyway, heres my question.

Im coming up on A grade and was curious which heavy armor I want. Im leaning on the nightmare, but since im a glad with dual swords, I wont be getting any reflect damage. I do like the fact that I can get resist sleep/hold +70%, plus the +4% patk.

On the Majestic Armor, I can get the same +4% pattk as with the Armor of Nightmare ,but I get the +2str -2 con, which is useless since I have a +4 str -4 con tattoo allready. But I do get the resist stun +50%, although how much will that help with the new skill of resist stun for glads that came out in c5? I also kind of like the increase accuracy +3.

As far as the tallum armor, Im not really considering that since I value patk over patk speed, and I dont really value the increased weight carry. Although the +80% resist bleed / posion is tempting. Again, I dont need the +2 str -2 con.

Am I right in assuming id value the Nighmare for PVP and lean more towards majestic for PVE? I know its individual preferance, but would appreciate others input.

Thanks

My apologies for asking this if its redundant, but either the search function doesent work very well, or im a ****** (maybe both?) but i tried every +best +armor +a grade and "best heavy armor" and still cant find my answer, but anyway, heres my question.

search function is a joke

in fact the armor bonus stacks with the tattoo bonus...so the +2 to str is a added 2.5% P atk on top of the +4%.

tillum is a nice armor for getting off skills faster and charging faster. cause changes, and Phy skills are infulenced by atk speed.(+dex, zerk, haste)

the +50% to stun resist is hella nice to have.

And at higher lvls if you lvl in WoA the tillum bonus would be nice cause some of them do bleed or poison. same for FoTD.

extra weight isn't bad cause then you can carry more CP,HP, SS, energy stones, etc.

I only see tanks in NM heavy..cause thats the one and only set that benifets them, but glad is a DD not a tank..I'd stay away from NM cause it's not really a DD set: it's a defencive set.(I've never seen a glad in NM ever)

in fact the armor bonus stacks with the tattoo bonus...so the +2 to str is a added 2.5% P atk on top of the +4%.

Yes, but the downside is the -con just kills the glad for any type of stun resistance. Im hesitant to lose even more con that I alrady have (im at 38). I was told you dont want any of your numbers below 40.

tillum is a nice armor for getting off skills faster and charging faster. cause changes, and Phy skills are infulenced by atk speed.(+dex, zerk, haste)

the +50% to stun resist is hella nice to have.

And at higher lvls if you lvl in WoA the tillum bonus would be nice cause some of them do bleed or poison. same for FoTD.

extra weight isn't bad cause then you can carry more CP,HP, SS, energy stones, etc.

I see your point about Tillum for the getting off skills faster but like i was asking earlier, how much do you think I really need the +50% resist stun when I now have a toglle for stun resist? My thinking was that I would be wasting that armor bonus since I already have it, and secondly, I have bandages and pots for bleed/poision, so where's the advantage there?

I only see tanks in NM heavy..cause thats the one and only set that benifets them, but glad is a DD not a tank..I'd stay away from NM cause it's not really a DD set: it's a defencive set.(I've never seen a glad in NM ever)

I dont mean to argue, but how is the NM a defensive set? I only see the +4% patk and the resistance to sleep/stun. I do see a higher pdef than tallum, but nothing compared to majestic. The tallum is a bit lower, 278 to the others 293, but they are all close to the same weight.

in fact the armor bonus stacks with the tattoo bonus...so the +2 to str is a added 2.5% P atk on top of the +4%.

Yes, but the downside is the -con just kills the glad for any type of stun resistance. Im hesitant to lose even more con that I alrady have (im at 38). I was told you dont want any of your numbers below 40.

tillum is a nice armor for getting off skills faster and charging faster. cause changes, and Phy skills are infulenced by atk speed.(+dex, zerk, haste)

the +50% to stun resist is hella nice to have.

And at higher lvls if you lvl in WoA the tillum bonus would be nice cause some of them do bleed or poison. same for FoTD.

extra weight isn't bad cause then you can carry more CP,HP, SS, energy stones, etc.

I see your point about Tillum for the getting off skills faster but like i was asking earlier, how much do you think I really need the +50% resist stun when I now have a toglle for stun resist? My thinking was that I would be wasting that armor bonus since I already have it, and secondly, I have bandages and pots for bleed/poision, so where's the advantage there?

I only see tanks in NM heavy..cause thats the one and only set that benifets them, but glad is a DD not a tank..I'd stay away from NM cause it's not really a DD set: it's a defencive set.(I've never seen a glad in NM ever)

I dont mean to argue, but how is the NM a defensive set? I only see the +4% patk and the resistance to sleep/stun. I do see a higher pdef than tallum, but nothing compared to majestic. The tallum is a bit lower, 278 to the others 293, but they are all close to the same weight.



let me see a few things...

one do you have a SE buff bot to recharge you every 2 minutes as you burn mp keeping your taggle on all the time?

While you use focus (uses mp now I beleave), and skills.

NM is sleep/hold not stun.

who in the world told you not to neirf your con to the dirt?

nah for PvE yes you want lower con, for PvP no lower con sucks.(just stay off of stuning mobs)

you need to master PvE before you think about PvP.

Most glads do mej cause they got such a low con that they need the bonus form it...you don't I have a lower con then you and I'm a HE.(mine is 35, I got +6 con and -2 from armor)

if you think you got it bad as a glad; try a BD that has base of 32. do you get stuned alot more then a any meely DE??

There is nothing wrong with a atk speed set up vs that of P atk set up.

But when you have VR3 you'd need more atk speed to keep hp up till you get to VR4 when you can lower your atk spd some for more P atk.

bandages don't work in late game...not that know of..you need skills to break certain bleeds and poison. a resist to it isn't bad..specailly now that con = poison resist.

vr4 is only a 1% boost on top of vr3 so doesnt make really a difference.

vr4 is only a 1% boost on top of vr3 so doesnt make really a difference.

no it's a higher boost then that.

VR3 is something like 8%...and V4 takes it up to 12% or something like that.

then dance of vamp is like a extra 6% or something like that.

I have read many different forums and I think Im going to get the Tallum. Whoever posted Glads never use NM is right. i saw one poster that had it and he posted on a forum asking about changing it. The maj is ok, but I think a glads best offense is speed and attack skills so the increased patk speed is good. While the Majestic has the stun resist, I think the toggle skill stun is plenty good for any PVE (as long as you know what mob has it) and in PVP. My 2 cents..for whatever they are worth.

your 2 cents are worth... 2 cents

your 2 cents are worth... 2 cents

And your reasons why?

here is another persons views..
http://www.l2guru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46150

PvP - Nightmare (too many classes now have root to ignore this)
PvE - Majestic (best dps you'll get)

Well, I should have just gone with my first instinct, which was for NM, but then I see posts saying nobody used that except orcs, and it was stupid to have on a glad. Sheesh...