Crafted purples

[Nourish]

So I finally got around to taking a few screenshots.

Plat or Custom? You decide! I know what I chose

Plat (Helm)
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Custom (Helm)
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Custom (No Helm)
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And also added PINKKKK to the equation for the fun of it

Plat set with PINK chest
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Custom set with PINK chest
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Only possible way PINK will be better is with full set that will add 2x5 Dodge but lack with other stats, though if a full PINK set bonus is given..

Wow. Nice info! I'm def gonna try to get custom gear but will take a while >_< thanks!

[BodMaster]

Wow. Nice info! I'm def gonna try to get custom gear but will take a while >_< thanks!

No probs buddy, glad it came in handy

Also quick update, (Since my converter killed the screenshots..)

Plat with PINK Chest, Reads ~ Hit -3, Crit - 2.
Custom with PINK Chest, Reads ~ Str -4, Hit -2.

[Nightarcher]

I'm working on farming all the crafting ingredients for custom Meganaut, just cause it looks nice and I need something to do.

[Zbooo]

I was looking at the Pinks in the CS and I think they are trashy, I rather have costum set + set bonus that waste 500k+ on trashy pinks.

[BodMaster]

I'm working on farming all the crafting ingredients for custom Meganaut, just cause it looks nice and I need something to do.

Haha they are the right reasons why you should be working towards custom

[Diodge]

I agree about the pinks. Im not to sure about the pinks vs any gear...
My eng now smokes with the crafted set.

[Ellyidol]

Custom set for Commando is definitely good for tanking, 27 base dodge on a HW is crazy. 27 base dodge + armour from shield and I guarantee that you won't need to use pots with an engineer in your team, maybe even with 6 Vigor alone.

The plat gear is also really good though, it offers the opposite of custom; damage. 17 base crit on a rifle and 15 base crit on a HW gives good damage, not to mention if you have the crit skill.

Overall, very very happy with custom gear

[McBain]

So far, I have pretty much everything I need for a custom meganaut set. Even went ahead and crafted a few of the pieces. Now I just have to get to level 30 so I can actually use it. Aaahh! Yay for thinking ahead though.

I guess the pinks are coming just one piece at a time. As far as I know there are only three pieces out there in the ether, one for each class. At this rate, I wouldn't expect a set to be possible for quite a while. I'm thinking whatever the next campaign is will make pinks more relevant. Numa was all about the greens, Slouch-o is purples, etc.

[Nightarcher]

Custom set for Commando is definitely good for tanking, 27 base dodge on a HW is crazy. 27 base dodge + armour from shield and I guarantee that you won't need to use pots with an engineer in your team, maybe even with 6 Vigor alone.

Quick question, where are you getting 27 from? Without any weapon, you can get 25 dodge with the Stunt Harness, Meganaut, and a dodge implant. The Grav Ripper (unfortunately) has no dodge, so unless you go down and use the lv25 HW "Wastelander" you can't go above 25. Unless you're talking about a plat HW, then you can get 29 dodge with the +4 dodge lv30 one.

I guess the pinks are coming just one piece at a time. As far as I know there are only three pieces out there in the ether, one for each class. At this rate, I wouldn't expect a set to be possible for quite a while. I'm thinking whatever the next campaign is will make pinks more relevant. Numa was all about the greens, Slouch-o is purples, etc.

Many people (including myself) believe that, based on the pinks we've seen, there is only one pink piece per class. It makes sense that the devs didn't want everyone to get all pink-spoiled in SL, like we are in PL. And I think those single pieces are still quite good.

[Ellyidol]

Quick question, where are you getting 27 from? Without any weapon, you can get 25 dodge with the Stunt Harness, Meganaut, and a dodge implant. The Grav Ripper (unfortunately) has no dodge, so unless you go down and use the lv25 HW "Wastelander" you can't go above 25. Unless you're talking about a plat HW, then you can get 29 dodge with the +4 dodge lv30 one.

Yeah using the plat HW/light pistol to get that 27 dodge from.

Where does the extra +2 dodge come from? I'm using the custom set, dodge implant, and 4 dodge HW.

[krazii]

And to you people who list recipes for over 10k in the cs... USE YOUR BRAIN! Nobody will buy them when it costs less at the customization station.

Wrong! Unfortunately there are some people who don't know you can buy the recipe at the terminal for 10k and they routinely pay 20K or more for the recipes. Never had one myself, but I know people that have sold them.

[krazii]

After reading a post elsewhere in the forums elsewhere about pinks dropping from a chest (really?) in Scorcher I decided to run it a bit last night. Well, low and behold a pink did drop, but this time it dropped of a random mob, just one of those chalkboard looking ones at the first platform after you pass the first turrent. I also witnessed a recipe drop from a chest and from another random mob. This seems a bit odd to me given where pinks have generally dropped in the past (high level mobs) and I gotta ask STS/Devs:

Do you really want pinks dropping off random non-boss mobs and/or chests? Seems inappropriate.

Thoughts?

[Nightarcher]

Yeah using the plat HW/light pistol to get that 27 dodge from.

Where does the extra +2 dodge come from? I'm using the custom set, dodge implant, and 4 dodge HW.

Ah, I've been pondering the pros and cons of a Stunt Harness so I put that into my post. 27 with Meganaut set and plat HW, you're right

[Ellyidol]

Ah, I've been pondering the pros and cons of a Stunt Harness so I put that into my post. 27 with Meganaut set and plat HW, you're right

Whew! I thought I was missing the maximum dodge

[Kindread]

Whew! I thought I was missing the maximum dodge

Damn you min/maxing powergamer!

[BodMaster]

Wrong! Unfortunately there are some people who don't know you can buy the recipe at the terminal for 10k and they routinely pay 20K or more for the recipes. Never had one myself, but I know people that have sold them.

True unfortunately.. I have a ScreenShot when I first witnessed this.. will add iit when I get 5

[BodMaster]

Custom set for Commando is definitely good for tanking, 27 base dodge on a HW is crazy. 27 base dodge + armour from shield and I guarantee that you won't need to use pots with an engineer in your team, maybe even with 6 Vigor alone.

The plat gear is also really good though, it offers the opposite of custom; damage. 17 base crit on a rifle and 15 base crit on a HW gives good damage, not to mention if you have the crit skill.

Overall, very very happy with custom gear

Spot on! Haven't touched my health pots since Custom gear..

Also with critical +10 with skill and plat also works with a little more damage output.. though im still using my Dura-Skin.. haha haven't changed it since previous update

[deafmaster]

Wrong! Unfortunately there are some people who don't know you can buy the recipe at the terminal for 10k and they routinely pay 20K or more for the recipes. Never had one myself, but I know people that have sold them.

I've actually done the exact opposite myself lol. Some people list recipes less than 10K in cs, so I have boughten a few of them in cs. Guess people started crafting, realized how much it costs, and gave up? Anyways u get good deals in there too, so keep ur eyes peeled for recipe deals :-)

[McBain]

In other crafting related news, the rarity rating of some of the crafting items is really screwed up. Some of the "epic" crafting items are super easy to find, while some of the orange and green items are near impossible. I'm sure you all know this, just thought I'd throw it out there anyway.

I'm under the impression that crafting items are, in theory, supposed to drop on any map. Am I wrong? If I'm looking for an electronic master override should I try a specific map?

[Kindread]

Is it just me or the crafted set for engineer sucks. The comm and op crafted sets actually boosts the desired stat. My crafted Atomite stat boosts my to hit and int as opposed to my plat set which boosts dodge. I rarely use my red set except when I get tired of seeing my green guy run around the screen I'll switch for something new.