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Balonia
12-07-2010, 10:11 AM
Okay, so some may know lol (confession time, Lesrider certainly knows now)...... but I use hobo gear....on purpose...Call me the lunatic mage that escaped from the crazy tent.

I have collected all of the cosmos set except the robe, but I chose not to use them.(although laser wand is somewhat different). I am not even sure how to explain myself but it has worked very well for me. I hated using the cosmos stuff.

Ok, for the most part I have been wearing the metallic set of brilliance. That’s right you didn’t read that wrong... the green one!(Start poking now)

So here are my reasons, feel free to tell me I'm crazy. I am totally open for discussion and beatings.:)

The mana can’t be beat on any other set. At 15 mana per equip, yea, I hardly ever have to use a pot. This allows me to nuke and heal everything. Now regen time isn’t any better, nor is skill cool-down, but with more mana it is ready to go at that spare moment of terror. No moment of "o, I got to pop a mana before I cast".

As far as armor, yes I take a hit:
Gurgox eye- 25 armor
brilliance green- 19 armor
blinking eye of fate- 19 armor

metallic robe of brilliance- 36 armor
cosmos robe- 36 armor
metallic robe pink- 36 armor

ol cosmos helm- 19 armor
metallic brilliance- 14 armor
metallic pink- 14 armor

As for weapons, I do go with cosmos laser wand now, just for more damage with my weapon, but really my casts do more damage than my weapons ever have.
Keeper staff, meh, would be cool for mobs, but I think the last thing any team wants is a mage with aggro during boss battle, am I right?

So the only things that I'm missing here are the difference really in crit% and hit %. If I already have well over 100% in both, does it really make that much more of a difference? (I actually want a response to this cuz idk).

I also miss out in a couple points in regen for both mana and health. I don’t even need those. I usually never have a problem with health with spam heal, and with more mana there is no need for a faster regen.

Least but not last, I have run lately with some great mages lately all decked out in cosmos. I don’t die anymore than they do, and I actually have died less. Call me crazy, but cosmos set is a kill magnet.

So now, I have let you in to my crazy thoughts. I may have scared some of you.....good. As lesrider says, I look like a newb, poor, and invisible. lol. Good and then I nuke the crap out of everything around me and all are in awe. lol. I get booted from games for my gear. It only pisses me off sometimes.

So now, I invite all ya'all to share your thoughts and flames. Bring it on!

Lesrider
12-07-2010, 10:21 AM
Honestly, I never knew the green robe has the same armor as the pink. I liquify those babies too fast to see the stats lol. But now that I know that, I think a nerf is in order ;)

Glad you stepped up to a laser wand!

I'm curious to see what others say. Other than having to deal with everyone Pming me to boot you, I've had no problems playing with your potato sack of a Mage ;)

Edit: Err, well that and not being able to tell where you are. You blend in too well!

Arterra
12-07-2010, 11:50 AM
Time to dress in tenacity and join you.

chrononh
12-07-2010, 04:30 PM
I think that with all the mutterings over how easy ao3 has become, we should all dress up as hobos and boot the players in full rift/cosmos/void... with the possible bonus benefit of finding a forum thread asking "Can someone explain WTF I got booted for???" :D

Lesrider
12-07-2010, 04:36 PM
Lol chronn. Watch green metallic robe shoot up to 100k now.

FluffNStuff
12-07-2010, 04:45 PM
So the difference (ignoring your laser wand) between full cosmos and full brilliance is 8 m/s vs 60 mana, so assuming you play less then 8 seconds at a time, brilliance is definitely better ;)

Lesrider
12-07-2010, 04:49 PM
Fluff, you mean diff between fate and brilliance, right?

FluffNStuff
12-07-2010, 04:51 PM
Fluff, you mean diff between fate and brilliance, right?

Cosmos and Brilliance. Only concentrated on the m/s which is 4 on each cosmos and 2 on each brilliance. This is completely ignoring the 16 h/s you also get for 'full' cosmos'.

Arterra
12-07-2010, 05:00 PM
you know... i like the idea of a hobo-only group. you can use a good weapon, and at most a good helm if desperate (cheapest general item)
just found out i liquidated my tenacity set... i had every single one lol

Lesrider
12-07-2010, 05:10 PM
But fluff, no one uses full cosmos!!

FluffNStuff
12-07-2010, 05:15 PM
But fluff, no one uses full cosmos!!

By 'Full Cosmos' I mean the four items, not the set. No one uses the set, that is for sure. It is trash. Either Keepers or Wand / Eye.

GoofyYno
12-07-2010, 05:41 PM
but if no one uses the full set, why is there a premium for those items. I thought it was because of the set bonus you get?

FluffNStuff
12-07-2010, 05:44 PM
but if no one uses the full set, why is there a premium for those items. I thought it was because of the set bonus you get?

People pay premiums for sparkles ;)

pcm2a
12-07-2010, 07:37 PM
He's a 8 second mage...

Balonia
12-07-2010, 09:29 PM
He's a 8 second mage...
Lol. So funny.
So I have used the blizzard wand of brilliance which actually adds 24dps and another 15 mana. Then u have the complete set with that. It's nice to see that I'm not so insane. I was beginning to wonder when I got booted so many times for gear lol.

Lesrider
12-07-2010, 09:31 PM
I think the solution is a fate/presence nerf! Cmon Cinco, this has to be a mistake! (at least give Cosmos our 1-2 armor extra. Sigh).

Balonia
12-07-2010, 09:46 PM
Well cosmos still has some extra armor, not the robe, but the others. But I don't feel like I miss the armor at all.

Lesrider
12-07-2010, 10:03 PM
Yeah but body is supposed to have the most...

Lemindrea
12-07-2010, 10:54 PM
I'm with you on this! I'm not using any cosmos and staying loyal to my blizzard stick because of the speed.

It's heart breaking to be booted because of my hobo garb (which I like), I die more often than cosmos mages only when my fingers are tired from potting health or receiving incoming calls :p

chrononh
12-07-2010, 11:06 PM
I can smell a Hobo Guild forming.... :D

FluffNStuff
12-07-2010, 11:20 PM
Lol. So funny.
So I have used the blizzard wand of brilliance which actually adds 24dps and another 15 mana. Then u have the complete set with that. It's nice to see that I'm not so insane. I was beginning to wonder when I got booted so many times for gear lol.

This isn't a rodeo, you do need to play longer then 8 seconds LOL, so go with cosmos.

edit:
Think of it this way. With 4 piece Brilliance, you start out with an extra 60 mana compared to 4 piece cosmos. But after 8 seconds, cosmos gives you 64 mana, then another 8 seconds later it gives you another 64 ... so after say 5 minutes, that brilliance gave you 60 extra mana, but the cosmos gave you 2400 extra mana ...

youngwizzy
12-07-2010, 11:24 PM
This isn't a rodeo, you do need to play longer then 8 seconds LOL, so go with cosmos.
It would make a fun minigame :-P lol actually not really haha

Balonia
12-10-2010, 03:19 PM
Okay so this may be an ongoing journaling....

I just joined a game and the host (a bear) told me I had to pot for mynas. WTF?!? He was pleading me before we even started not to die lol. The team had another Mage and a bird. All level 50s. What was this dude smoking? I have never died to king mynas since level 50. It was my garb! So I actually decided to switch back to my trusty ole blizzard wand. Fighting was easier and less health needed than when I carried cosmos. Did I pot? No. Did I die? No of course not. Lol. Dude was crazy.

Anyway I remember cinco saying about sets might give hidden bonus stats. May be the reason here. I can't explain with math but this set rocks far superior than cosmos. It might be cool to just suit up and try it out youself.