I had money to throw around, so I got Lv5 CON Legendary dyes and got 1 tattoo.
Wondering if that was the right choice, or if I should've went STR instead.
Or for the remaining two, mix it up?
Or go full 3 Lv5 CON?
Or cancel and go 3 Lv5 STR?
It depends on how you plan to play. If you're going to do Oly or solo (which you shouldn't really solo tbh), then you need str tats. Outside of those two things, con is a good build. Moreover, I would not make any investment in your toon until the next patch releases and we can test some stuff (for example, to make sure exactly what changes with the harmony buffs).
The basic problem is how you want to play your enchanter. If you want to support buffs for your other chars so don't do nothing. Keep him with the basics. Even with Vorpal Hvy Set and vesper duals until 99. Don't spend money for a box char.
If your enchanter is your main char,
+5 STR +1 CON
+5 CON +1 STR
+5 MEN +1 WIT
+ the attribute resists for each type.
These dyes by my opinion are a very good option because you boost your damage and your resists. And you can take the bonuses for atk type or defense type of armor and similar accessories.
Don't focus in one thing, is wrong!!
Remember also that your type of armor can change anytime through blacksmith. But your dyes cost ~5billion and this is not something that you can change it anytime!!
untill 99 with your final gear everything exept +15 str is useless :)
let me give an example:
base str 102 +15(dye)+3(hat)+3(seraph set)+2(clan/ch cloak)+1(T-shirt)+1(if lucky augument) and you can get high str. with such str almost every BR have crit (1 minute instead 30 sek) on some of your party members.
you still die hard (and actually nobody cares about you in pvp, unless it is no exp lost event)
soloing: with dd build you can exp solo on every single solo/small party place (i also can make the quest with the viena vaccine alone w/o mana problems). if you are 94 with decent weapons you can exp(aoe exp) in SOS (yes little annoying disarms but angel touch can give you 1-2 aoe-s w/o problem)
and this is tested by myself - first i used 3x3str dyes (because they was expensive) and i had low str(additionally immortal armor+1 :D), with 1-2 br crits/month (yeah very rare) now with +15 str and 121 total str (without hat and clan/ah cloak bonuses) on almost every br 1 party member gets the double duration.
additional info - dual weapon mastery was+5 on both +9 and +15 build
for the people who dislike my build - get your health weapon, hide behind the shield, wear defensive armor and try to kill something alone. GL with that and GL with finding a party, with all the other iss-es in the waiting list
HaHaKuTage - ISS 96@Naia (after 20% i`ll hit 97 ^^)
P.S. if you understood what i wrote here i`ll give you free buff :P
untill 99 with your final gear everything exept +15 str is useless :)
let me give an example:
base str 102 +15(dye)+3(hat)+3(seraph set)+2(clan/ch cloak)+1(T-shirt)+1(if lucky augument) and you can get high str. with such str almost every BR have crit (1 minute instead 30 sek) on some of your party members.
you still die hard (and actually nobody cares about you in pvp, unless it is no exp lost event)
soloing: with dd build you can exp solo on every single solo/small party place (i also can make the quest with the viena vaccine alone w/o mana problems). if you are 94 with decent weapons you can exp(aoe exp) in SOS (yes little annoying disarms but angel touch can give you 1-2 aoe-s w/o problem)
and this is tested by myself - first i used 3x3str dyes (because they was expensive) and i had low str(additionally immortal armor+1 :D), with 1-2 br crits/month (yeah very rare) now with +15 str and 121 total str (without hat and clan/ah cloak bonuses) on almost every br 1 party member gets the double duration.
additional info - dual weapon mastery was+5 on both +9 and +15 build
for the people who dislike my build - get your health weapon, hide behind the shield, wear defensive armor and try to kill something alone. GL with that and GL with finding a party, with all the other iss-es in the waiting list
HaHaKuTage - ISS 96@Naia (after 20% i`ll hit 97 ^^)
P.S. if you understood what i wrote here i`ll give you free buff :P
If you're soloing with an ISS you're doing it wrong. As I posted above, +Str is a build for Oly (perhaps not the only one) and for solo xp, but a main ISS should be in a group. In groups, the damage of the ISS is minimal even with high Str, what is more important is how much you can heal for and how well you can survive.
The basic problem is how you want to play your enchanter. If you want to support buffs for your other chars so don't do nothing. Keep him with the basics. Even with Vorpal Hvy Set and vesper duals until 99. Don't spend money for a box char.
If your enchanter is your main char,
+5 STR +1 CON
+5 CON +1 STR
+5 MEN +1 WIT
+ the attribute resists for each type.
These dyes by my opinion are a very good option because you boost your damage and your resists. And you can take the bonuses for atk type or defense type of armor and similar accessories.
Don't focus in one thing, is wrong!!
Remember also that your type of armor can change anytime through blacksmith. But your dyes cost ~5billion and this is not something that you can change it anytime!!
+5 Str doesn't come with +1Con, it comes with +1Dex. As for the other dyes, it's more about the race of your ISS, break points, and play style. I personally went +15 str, and I have 131 str on my toon, but if I were a different race I might reconsider my build.
(+10 con/+5 str) and (+5 con/+5 str/+5 men) are balanced for both oly/open field
by playing iss main, I know the dmg are really low instead of dd's class. So it is better to farm with a dd instead of solo exp.
exemple: even a tyrr warrior kill a mob 10* faster than a iss. so it is better to go hb on solo zone with both tyrr/iss and kill mobs with aoe instead of killing 1 mob with your solo iss +15 str.
but anyway, if you are doing only oly, +15 str will be really good. but u will take lot of dmg from feoh/othell/yull.
Iss solo is not that bad since you don't need a box, unlike every other class that isn't solo'ing, they are solo + box! Why not have 8 BR boxes and tell yourself you're solo'ing =p.
When I pushed my Iss 98-99, I turned on a movie, went down to Pagans Chapel rooms, equipped a QA and Baium Ring and a +4 Specter Cutter Haste and Focus. With Rudolph and sub skills, I had 485 crit rate and 1500 attack speed. A slasher with Haste and Focus may have been better, but I had a Tank dual that required a 1h sword, so I went with the Cutter. I did that 2 hrs a day on any day that making groups seemed slow. If you aren't in a CP, you risk standing around for as much time as you spend exp'ing in a group. If you just go out and grind, the exp bar does move and you can do it anytime you wish no box required!
Also, I had a 97 Wynn I tried duo'ing with, but got faster exp solo. Granted, at 97 the Chapel Room mobs were yellow to him, but that just goes to show you if you set up an Iss properly, it can be decent.
CON is pretty good. On my dwarf I just got +15 CON which gives me 106 CON and 106 STR. Some people go WIT for Oly so you can get your skills off faster, but in a casting speed build you won't exceed 1000, and without it you have 700. Stacking WIT/Acumen for 300 cast speed is disappointing. But I think the fault is with NCsoft making Iss a fighter class and giving it Magic Skills and no passive that allows it to get over 1k cast speed. Your magic skills can get interrupted by legit players even.
You don't win Oly or CoC simply by not dying. Open field it's about playing smart and Polymorphing and soon as you're targeted. CON doesn't do that much. None of the dyes really do, they are little boosts, expensive little boosts. Buy +4 -2 (Lv. 2 Legendary) and play around with different combo's. Those ones are like 4m each versus 50m-150m on the Lv.5's. You want to be sure before you go Lv. 5.
Also MEN? Why? My mind goes to MP regen, but for that you ought to get a +6 heavy set, it straight up doubles your regen. No dye can do that. MEN dyes are probably cheap though, but for good reason.
Im ISS 99 Doomcryer, here's some facts:
-ISS cat do solo, it take ages to kill a mob at same lvl or higher.
-OLY,PVP,PVE best dyes : +15 con legendary
-ISS str does not affect skill mastery from party members( if someone get double time BR its from his mastery/str)
-what MEN stat do? R: M. Def., Magic Cancel Rate, Resistance to magical abnormal state
I have now a build with str+heavy+duals, i wait Ertheia update and if i cant see real improvments on DPS i will change with +15 CON+1h Sword+Shield and make my char box :)
Remember, ISS is support not DD...but it is the most versatile char from this game and can be improve to act like a (almoust)DD.
maxed out str as you can afford, i personally have +6 r99 set, r99 duals w/o haste - 35 min doing k95 group alone ... and i remember worse dps back in time from a full party
22-25 min to finish with all waves of mobs, and 10 mins to kill the hard boss ( and he had to be nerfed ..)
ofcorse they are donators
like those donating their time farming and farming and farming for more than 2 years like the current community babies .. this is l2, go out of kartia and grind
ontopic deleted the str dyes, equipped con bracelet and head accessory, 25 str less than normally and did kartia for 40 min or more (i forgot to count)
stacked iss will do well in pve, as i know a guy that hits for 17k the mobs in DW
There are no donations. There is an L2 store, but you do not donate, you buy things.
Are you BR?
Buying those things and giving out money to NC that way can be considered donating. This method is typical for MMOs. They put an in-game store to "support" the game and its development.