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« on: February 18, 2008, 10:58:58 AM »

 I'm lvl 40 (actually heading on 42)  already!! Ok so I'll be getting t5 crafted gear and need to know what I should put on it besides Str/dex. I'll be solo'ing a ton and at 50 going straight to raiding with that in mind what am I looking for? I am aware I might even need 2 sets, thats ok. I'm a skinner and skin alot so thats not a problem.
So lvl'ing set am I looking at a defensive set with parry dodge melee mitigation or am I going for damage?
2nd set is it needed for a raiding set or will the lvl'ing set work fine untill I start replacing stuff from raids?
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« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2008, 02:08:08 PM »

Depends what style really..Harmonious/drunken get Great avoidance skills and can go more dps over solid hp i think while dragon im not so sure as i have not been that style and im sure others will chime in on their thoughts.
I would say if ya plan to do any serious pulling /holding stuff 6500-7kunbuffed hp is what i would aim for on raids..rest dps based(we are a dps class after all).Flawless pariah's is a good solid raid set imo.Also you could prolly solo in this format pretty well.
Just my 2 cents
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« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2008, 08:42:24 AM »

I - as a Dragon - have just received a Flawless Pariah's set from my neighborhood crafter without any added effects. It's the ideal set for pulling, IMO. Other than that, I will probably order a Flawless Cavalier's set with some added effect, though I'm not sure if I'll go for cystals of Pain (crit) or accuracy yet.
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« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2008, 06:05:12 AM »

Khana, do you think "plain" pariah is better than pariah of health ?
And if not, what continental effect would be the best ?
How much unbuffed HP should i aim for APW ?
What jewelry ? Cloak ? Weapons ?
All these questions are in regards to pulling in APW
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« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2008, 06:29:35 AM »

The answer is have 2 sets of armor hot keyed.

one set for pulling evasion/HP parry sword and defensive stance

one set for pure DPS  %Crit %damage % melee damage etc..

gives the option of using fd during a fight to swap gear.

you will however still die lots in APW this is just the way it is
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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2008, 06:30:20 AM »

Unbuffed hp should be about 6k, this puts you at about 10-11k raid buffed.

I personally use plain armor with no boon of health because i like the continental effects ( i use qalian i think for the heal proc, which ever it is,its the one with the heal proc)

Jewlery/cloaks ---> TOT
Weapons --> Martial staff of corruption, powered blade staff of devastation, fist wraps of striking....and parrying martial sword... (Use the martial sword for pulls, the martial staff of corruptions for 90% of fights for the debuff, and the blade staff/wraps for mobs you need high dps on)
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« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2008, 04:15:15 PM »

I haven't tried Boon of Health, but I like the continental Qalian effect, too - I can now actually chain solo VT 4-dots and 5-dots... and they're 32, haha. Sounds glorious, doesn't it?

As to weapons: I prefer the Martial Sword of Scorching (Resonating crystal of Ice) because of the slow proc it gives. It goes off rather often. I'm not so convinced +Parry really does anything on gear. I've never noticed +Parry rings or earrings do a lot, so why would a martial sword?
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« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2008, 04:36:45 PM »

+parry adds to avoidance for sure.,  3 identical swords other then one has +0 parry, +100 parry, +200 parry and each time i do gain a few % of avoidance when i mouse over defense
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« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2008, 06:29:21 AM »

I've come to think that + avoidance (or parry or dodge) wasnt really usefull.
Should i always favour +HP over + avodance ? (again in regards to pulling).
Also, what about + mitigation gear ? how much + mitigation is worth in regards to + HP ?
Is there a lot of +HP + Mitigation gear ?
Is resist gear usefull too ?
Sorry for these questions, but crafted gear is sooo expensive that i need to choose wisely as i wont have a second chance :-/
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« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2008, 07:12:17 AM »

1) If you  have to pick between 100 hp and 1% avoidance, id go for the 100 hp.  Simply because1% avoidance is based on even con 3 dot mobs.  Most apw mobs are 6 dots 3 levels higher with raid flags so that 1% isnt quite as noticable.

2)+mitigation is great but i wouldnt focus on it.  I prefer to just have 6k unbuffed hp, and that seems to be mroe then enough for any fight in game.  Ive killed kotasoth 4 times now and i dont have avoidance or mitigation gear, just regular hp and dps gear.  In short youd have to have a full suit of +3-4% mitigation a piece to be worth anything. 

3) theres not 1 hp/mitigation piece for monks in apw.

4) Resists are worthless for gear.  Raid buffs will be more then enough for any fight, just make sure who ever casts them gets them on you each time. Or that you have a class that can buff them....ie bird shaman add 10% fire mitigation and 200 fire resist i beleive

5) What i did was get a full suit of qalian armor with Dex>con>str ...puts me at about 500 str/dex/con and since i have nothing else on it i get about 100 hp a piece and sit at 6k unbuffed. 

Also....start using iron skin, it costs nothing and adds 75% mitigation, stacks with reed in the wind and find the center/magnificent drunken swagger.  If your not a drunken or harmonious, pulling apw is hard. 
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« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2008, 09:47:40 AM »

is iron skin 75% or 75 points?
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« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2008, 02:08:35 PM »

Its 75% and a god send when pulling Sky Pirates..merc slash eww
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« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2008, 08:30:46 PM »

In terms of continental style for APW I strongly recommend thestran.  The heal procs from qualian are handy for grouping/soloing outside of it.  But the raw accuracy bonus of thestran armor makes a pretty significant different in APW fighting level 53's all the time, where as the qualian heal procs are pretty darn trivial in pretty much every situation in APW.  Getting your accuracy maxed out first for fighting level 53's ups your dps more than almost anything else.  And with thestran continental style you get a pretty solid boost towards that.
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« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2008, 05:49:31 PM »

With Psi buff giving +10% accuracy and ranger giving +5%, thestran armor is completely useless in Apw. Unless your guild  doesnt have these classes at least. Regardless get a cleric in your group and have them keep "Gift of Ardor" up (20%accuracy/dmg)
With max weapon skill you have 95% hit chance vs lvl 50, and i believe you need ~7% accuracy to max out vs lvl 53.

The few pieces of crafted i used to use were: kojan for dps set (+3 to base dmg)
                                                                           qalian/boon of health for solo/tanking/pulling (heal on every hit for 50, and +8hp per piece)

In parses my guild has done, everyone is 0.95-0.98 accuracy, and i certainly don't have any thestran armor.
On my pally and cleric i got mostly thestran armor and there is no decision i regret more
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« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2008, 06:19:54 AM »

I have allmost 7K hp with my pulling gear at 49 (i know i'm slow to level) and con isnt capped.
A monk guildy tried to convince me to craft some flawless pariah stuff of protection (with mitigation).
What do you think ? would the mitig from boots, shoulders legs and wrists would be worth puting aside the HPs ?
I think we should do a "Pre APW Pulling gear advices" thread with for each slot a small list of recommanded gear.
Same for "Pre APW DPS gear advices" thread Smiley
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