Level 55 crafting

[mycroftxxx]

So I can understand that uncrafted level 55 items have very little enchantment. The point of the level 55 recipes is to add magic gems that make the gear more powerful.

The problem is that, right now, even crafted level 55 dex gear is far worse than level 50 gear. The possible enchantment level of the gear needs to improve, or it's pretty much worthless.

But I had a further idea about this. Consider:

* Have different grades of gems; e.g. a more common green gem that only gives a bit of enchantment, all the way up to a very rare pink gem that gives 3-4x the enchantment.
* Have the ability to craft the same item with different grades of gems.
* Have the ability to swap out gems (after all, any jeweler can swap out a stone).

This way, I have a continued incentive to keep looking for better gems and improve my gear.

[Kossi]

The problem is that, right now, even crafted level 55 dex gear is far worse than level 50 gear. .

this is TOTALLY FALSE
look at lv55 raid roach recurve.
now look at mega blaster.

the recurve crushes the blasters stats, so i have no idea what you are talking about

[mycroftxxx]

It does better damage, sure—but you have to give up dodge, H/s and M/s to get there. Doing more damage doesn't help much if you get killed between blinks.

[Kossi]

It does better damage, sure—but you have to give up dodge, H/s and M/s to get there. Doing more damage doesn't help much if you get killed between blinks.

on my bird, i can hit 54 dodge at lv53 with cheap gear...what are you talking about >.>

also 24+ m/s....

[mycroftxxx]

Which gear? I'm seeing basically no dodge, H/s or M/s enchantment on anything.

[Kossi]

Which gear? I'm seeing basically no dodge, H/s or M/s enchantment on anything.

drainers cross bow and helm and leather

buffed i can hit up to 54 dodge and about 24 h/s

still..more damage.

[mycroftxxx]

I specifically was talking about crafting, which means pinks. The pinks have no dodge, H/s or M/s, and crafting does not add much.

Yes, the oranges seem to have better stats. Go figure.

[Kossi]

youre talking about lv55 vs lv50...

lv55 is still better than 50

[superglut2]

Lvl 55 is better then lvl 50

[mycroftxxx]

Okay, so I bought:
55 Drainer's Gemstone Cap
55 Drainer's Gem Talon
55 Drainer's Gemstone Leather
55 Gutter's Gemstone Wing (no Drainer's available)

What did I get for this?

hit% 118 crit 17 dodge 24 h/s 23 m/s 2 damage 124-128 dps 202 armor 126

Compare with sentinel/talon set:

hit% 121 crit 27 dodge 20 h/s 15 m/s 17 damage 125-132 dps 214 armor 126

So the extra h/s is cool, but it's at the cost of making basically everything else worse.

[Kossi]

Okay, so I bought:
55 Drainer's Gemstone Cap
55 Drainer's Gem Talon
55 Drainer's Gemstone Leather
55 Gutter's Gemstone Wing (no Drainer's available)

What did I get for this?

hit% 118 crit 17 dodge 24 h/s 23 m/s 2 damage 124-128 dps 202 armor 126

Compare with sentinel/talon set:

hit% 121 crit 27 dodge 20 h/s 15 m/s 17 damage 125-132 dps 214 armor 126

So the extra h/s is cool, but it's at the cost of making basically everything else worse.

now compare it with raid roach full

[mycroftxxx]

Raid Roach has 0 dodge 0 h/s 0 m/s… which was my point in the first place.

Could you at least pretend to read what I wrote? Thanks.

[Kossi]

Raid Roach has 0 dodge 0 h/s 0 m/s… which was my point in the first place.

Could you at least pretend to read what I wrote? Thanks.

you never mentioned those stats....

also the damage is great on a pink recurve

[mycroftxxx]

When I wrote “enchantment,” did you think I was talking about damage? C'mon, seriously.

As it stands, Raid Roach is a pure PvP build, utterly fail for PvE.

[Jsaieagle]

I think the devs has said shadow gears are the best gears in the game before, so.... even it's lv 50, it'd be the best :/

[Ellyidol]

When I wrote “enchantment,” did you think I was talking about damage? C'mon, seriously.

As it stands, Raid Roach is a pure PvP build, utterly fail for PvE.

Not quite. The recurve has almost made my bear at par with some birds that don't know how to do decent damage.

I have to say though, roach is the weakest among the 3. No form of survivability, at all.