Really in 2 or 3 minds about this. Currently use BW robe set, which at 62 gives me 2550 mp unbuffed, recharge rate is reasonable but I have a 62 SE to charge me anyway. I have access to a dc set, but I've read that tallum robes are the robes du jour for WS at my level. How much mp will this give me, and is it worth me upgrading? As a side note, seen a masterwork BW tunic/stockings in town last few days (which apparently give mp/regen boost), but read that masterworks affect set bonuses, and not in a good way. Anyone have any info on this, or use such a set up?
ofc what I'm looking for is maximising my ability to make the maximum number of shots as quickly as possible.
Any help gratefully received.
EDIT should add that I'm using a homu/conversion for crafting too, hence the 2550mp with BW ;)
If you are on phoenix, I will trade you my tallum robe set for your DC set
edit: the BW robes are best because they give you +5% mana regen. Any robes not giving +MEN or +% regen are pointless if you are doing steady crafting over time. You will always be out of mana if you are being diligent, so the faster you regen, the better (ie: cast WS buffs for mana regen while wearing robes on you + SE).
If you want a toon to have a craft shop for others while you sleep, then you will want any set that gives you the highest + MP total so that you can "store" that mp for people to use.
You will do much better in craft stores overnight in BW robes as well.
You may not sell as many shots in 1 go to 1 person, but once your mp reaches 0, and every other dwarves reaches 0 as well, you will constantly be selling more shots per "round" (as this dwarf makes his way around all the shops crafting shots) than any of the other dwarves will be, just the same theory as you said about personal crafting. That will yield you more money on average than having a higher +mp, rather than mp regen.
About the set bonus thing of masterwork items it really depends on the set.
The BW you mentioned, all items have +max mp and +mp regen, which is the core bonus of the BW regular set.
From what I've read about masterwork "sets", the sum of that bonus will be slightly higher than that of a regular set. A masterwork set also doesnt have the stat modifiers of the original set, so in the case of BW I think you dont get -men.
This is why masterwork is only really good for a few sets. Maybe majestic and the bw, but it sux really bad for sets like DC robes, where u dont get the +wit, one of the key bonus of that set that makes ppl choose it in the first place.
think i read somewhere that any +6 set gives better mp regen than any robe set bonus
if that is true then you could just make yourself a +6 D grade robe set for when you are actively crafting and save the BW/tallum for the dorf altery (obviously +6 bw is gonna be better)
can't remember if i told you my secret to millions of SS per day or not ros but if i did i also told you not to tell others how to do it and obviously thats what you should be doing until they either patch it or the rest of the clueless dorf alts catch on
+6 sets only add a set 2mp/tick, not enough of a bonus to overshadow the bw to begin with, and when u consider the +mp loss for making something like a +6 bananasuit, its worse than bw.