I have a few level 70 ordinary life stones that dropped from mobs. I've read through the info on augmentation and so far the only thing I've seen for sure is that you need the higher grade stones for the visual effects. It looks like the "strength" of the effect is a function of the life stone level. Is there anything else that depends on the grade? Like is the number of augmentation effects dependent on the grade?
no. but you must be the level of the stone or greater in order to use the stone. i have obtained skills through ordinary stones, and i have received JUNK from top grade stones (not even a glow.)
Yea. I guess it's okay to go through them since you got them as DROPS - but I recommend against buying them (especially High Level High/Top Grade stones) since they can and most probably will give you something useless. The most usefull effect I've seen on a Low grade lifestone is passive triggered Guidance - and a nuker got it so it quickly came off.
I've gotten P.Def as a nuker on High Grade life stones, with some CP recovery (decimals are a hoax casue they all round up - so .1 on low and .5 on high grade all = 1 CP recovery).
Best use for lifestone is stopping weapon from dropping on death with red with alot of PKs.
Normal stones cost less, but have a lesser chance of a purple or red augment as well of a lesser chance at glowing.
That being said, normal stones dont cost an arm and a lleg and you are MUCH more likely to get your money's worth.
(especially if you get it from a drop)
The reason you can't drop an augmented weapon while you're red is nothing would prevent you from going red and killing yourself off with the alt you want to transfer the weapon to in hopes that your weapon drops (which it usually would).
As for other uses, I've gotten a wild magic passive (so stacks with the buff) from a level 52 regular stone, so anything is possible really.
Best use for lifestone is stopping weapon from dropping on death with red with alot of PKs.
Happy Hunting!
Can someone else confirm this?
read the patch notes. augmented weapons cannot be bought, sold, crushed, dropped. they can be enchanted and exploded and the SA can be added/removed freely; but the weapon does NOT drop when a red dies with it.
the corollary to this: when your level drops BELOW the level of the lifestone that was used for the augment, you can no longer feel the effects of the augment even though it still does not drop.
any lifestone can give glow. they give different kinds of glow tho. I dont think anything else then high/top can give sparkles. but I got "flying wisps looking things" around my dark screamer with a mid-grae lifestone.