Jewels...

I got my orc monk up to level 35 last night and finally got him armor and weapon thats one step below top D grade. But he still is wearing top NG jewels.

When should i be concerned with getting him his graded jewels?

I solo 100% of the time so the only buffs i have are self buffs.

As soon as you can. Most folks, me included, get the Elven Set (D Grade) and skip C Grade entirely, getting BO (B Grade) as the next stop.

If your mobs are not shooting magic attacks at you, nor stunning you, your mdef isn't as important and your weapon and armor tho.

If you are in areas where the mobs don't have magic, elven is fine. If you go anywhere that they spam it, get the best you can afford or it HURTS.

As long as you don't hunt on nuking mobs, you are pretty safe with your NG jewelry. Elven set is decent, Binding set in C grade, Black Ore in B and Phoenix or Majestic in A are staples.

It all depends of what you want to hunt...and ofcourse in PvP encountering.

I got my orc monk up to level 35 last night and finally got him armor and weapon thats one step below top D grade. But he still is wearing top NG jewels.

When should i be concerned with getting him his graded jewels?

I solo 100% of the time so the only buffs i have are self buffs.

I got my orc monk up to level 35 last night and finally got him armor and weapon thats one step below top D grade. But he still is wearing top NG jewels.

When should i be concerned with getting him his graded jewels?

I solo 100% of the time so the only buffs i have are self buffs.

Pre-C grade it's possible to level in areas where mdef isn't a huge issue. Although, if you happen to fight a magic casting mob the difference between top NG jewels and a Elven Jewelry set is *immediately* obvious even though you are still fighting mobs that are L40 and below. Post 40 with NG jewelry is just a prelude to PAIN.

Post-40 there are fewer places without Mage mobs OR mobs which have an alternate 'magic' attack. And if you happen to get a pickup party you will likely be grinding together in a place where there will be mage mobs around. Thus, I consider Jewelry a much greater priority post 40 than before. So even if the mobs you fight only cast 'Slow', you'll be glad if you have some decent jewelry, as it's almost a given that while slowed you will also have to deal with social or aggro mobs who are archers or nukers in that area.

You do have an easy way to cover your bare orc mdef though. The Giran Luxury shop. Like most equipment in the game (If you pay attention to the stats.) there is a pretty big difference between the lowest three grades in terms of equipment stats...but by the time you reach top C grade that difference becomes smaller and smaller for each step up. Thus the difference between top NG and Top D grade is pretty big, but the difference between Top C and Top B is fairly small. And in the same vein, the difference between Top D and Low C is pretty small.

So if you're economizing on Jewelry you have a few choices:

1)Top D +3'd. This can take you through most of C grade, but will start to feel weak as you near L50. Obviously the usefulness of this choice depends on your supply of cheap D grade enchants. (I squirreled a bunch away from old events that actually gave them out fairly frequently for my D grade farming chars.) A +3 Elven set is nice, but extra bonus if you can get Mithril Rings and Omen Beast Earrings instead for cheap. (The Necklace of Darkness is almost impossible to get though....I'm still working on it and my BH is L45 now.)

This is also a good option if you have some alts in D grade that you use to farm cash/mats with and can hand the jewels down to them when you upgrade your 'main'.

2)Low C set. (Bought from the Luxury shop.) Really only good because it's cheap. The mdef of this set is only slightly above the Elven Jewelry set. (Without +'s) Although it makes a fair alternative if you don't have access to cheap D enchants and your low on cash for anything else. Also a fair option if your bypassing the D Jewels entirely.

3)High C set. (From the Luxury shop) If you've saved cash this is probably your best bet. (Buy crystals and get them from the shop.) Mdef is fair enough to get you to B grade and a bit farther if your still short on cash for B grade equipment. By the time you reach A grade it would be good to have at least low B Jewelry, but top B or even A isn't as big a priority as your Jewelry in the C grades. (Although Black ore parts are common enough to make then fairly cheap and easy to make/buy.)

If you find yourself mixing and matching, due to money constraints, prioritize based on what jewelry gives you the most benefit.

Necklaces give the most base Mdef and increase the most per level. Earrings come second and Rings dead last. However, Earrings and rings come in pairs, so upgrading both adds more mdef than the Necklace alone does. Thus, adding +'s to a Earring or Ring is actually better than adding +'s to a Necklace with the rings gaining the most. In order the benefit goes a bit like this in descending order: (Comparing the top D jewels in Giran against the best Luxury shop C Jewels)

2 Earrings (22 mdef)
2 Rings (16 Mdef)
1 Necklace (15 Mdef)
1 Earring (11 mdef)
1 Ring (8 mdef)

Obviously the usefulness of this choice depends on your supply of cheap D grade enchants

You can enchant jewel? I didn't know that....

I have a ton of weapon and armor D enchants from events but nothing for jewel. Where do you get such an enchant?

splatter is it possible for you to get in-game atm?

You can enchant jewel? I didn't know that....

I have a ton of weapon and armor D enchants from events but nothing for jewel. Where do you get such an enchant?

Armor enchants jewels too.

You can enchant jewel? I didn't know that....

I have a ton of weapon and armor D enchants from events but nothing for jewel. Where do you get such an enchant?

Armor enchants jewels too.



Just to make sure this is perfectly understood.

There are two types of enchants in game:

Weapon Enchants - These only enchant weapon.
Armor Enchants - These enchant Armor and Jewels

Jewelry is considered armor in this game. Think of regular armor as just 'Pdef Amor' and Jewelry as 'Mdef Armor' if this makes more sense to you.

So if you have 15 Enchant armor D scrolls hanging around, you can very easily get a +3 Elven Jewelry set which gives pretty decent Mdef up through Mid-C grade.

Hey Splatter, touch base with me.

I've got a set of Elven jewels that would look good on you.

OMG Splatter might break 40 soon.........

Go Go You mean ol' green guy!

in pvp you will suck until almost 70 anyway so go ahead and use elven jewels into A grade in my opinion. A grade get maj or oe'd phoenix. If a nuker has you on target you are going to be dead pretty quickly either way about it but majestic jewels help some.

God, it's such a shame you aren't on Hindemith. I would so "hook you up" :cool:

I'm waiting to see splatter turning up from around a corner at any second - I'm his level range, and I'm hunting in Elmore...

If I see an orc, I'll start bullying it with buffs!

yep.. give all ur 2-hand gear to splatter ;)

He knows he can have just about all the gear and PLing he'd want (I think), and I don't think he'd enjoy it. Although I definitely wouldn't mind hunting /with/ him while I'm in the same level range anyway.

in pvp you will suck until almost 70 anyway so go ahead and use elven jewels into A grade in my opinion.

You probably never seen someone getting 1hit by a mob with magic atack as secondary..

I'll do that.....

I'm waiting to see splatter turning up from around a corner at any second - I'm his level range, and I'm hunting in Elmore...

If I see an orc, I'll start bullying it with buffs!

Your have to add me to your friends list, cause thats the only way your ever find me. Just ask Veansa :p

It's Gurgor by the way

Yea he is quite evasive...o.O

This is all nice and good Splatter but ...

:/ Y'know, I'd have to see you online to add you to my friends list. :p

Good point....

But if you were looking for Splatter ingame, you would be looking for a long time :p

Thats why i gave you my game name. :D

I was looking for "something green," but the name has helped narrow my search down a bit. You still level in Elmore, right? Around Crypts of Disgrace or Plunderous Plains?

I'm mostly around the grave robber hideout and crypts of disgrace. :)

You probably never seen someone getting 1hit by a mob with magic atack as secondary..

Yeah, "Random Cruma 1 mob nukes you for 1100 HP. You die. Horribly." FTW ;)

On 13 low alts i've never appreciated any difference in difficulty of play related to mdef until I started taking them in catas/necros.
"Out on the plains" it seems jewelry defense isn't that big of an issue.
My c-grade toons wear +3 elven...unfortunately my B-toon still has C-grade jewels (which were a loan from a clanmate).
I never put the toons in 20's in D-grade jewels either cause it just has never struck me as making a difference.
I believe Splatter that we are on the same server--I have three toons at 30+ and enough odd d-gear in WH to outfit two or three melee players.
If you ever want to duo or try out a weapon or armor give drakkosIV a shout (35 palus knight in brig/els atm). His 'clan wh' stores all my marketing/shopping gear--including a couple dozen eads and ewds.
One note, when I do go elven jewels, as PainAmplifier noted, I always take earrings (both) to +3, then take necklace to +3---imo this has seemed best use of the eads on jewels. I then do rings if/when I get more scrolls (which I purchase in overnight afk shops on our server for as little as 45k each). At the point that elven earrings and necklace are +3, with clean rings equipped I think you have a reasonable mdef.

This may sound a bit weird, but I admire the way you play this game. I've done a lot of the game alone. All that being said, I'v had my biggest assistance in-game from the help of a few others. The most important help has been groups/duos from forum players who have experience in aspects or areas of the game I wasn't familiar with and have taken me along--giving me a safer way to learn new zones/mobs etc.
Shout anytime. I tend to play evenings est and often on weekends till 2-2:30am est. (I am traveling for business atm and will be out of game for a week though).

Splatter should be all good now =p.

I got my orc monk up to level 35 last night and finally got him armor and weapon thats one step below top D grade. But he still is wearing top NG jewels.

When should i be concerned with getting him his graded jewels?

I solo 100% of the time so the only buffs i have are self buffs.

Congrats Splatter! Your level progression seem to have increased now that you can remain in Elmore. Is it my imagination?

Anyway, Enjoy your new level. :)