So returning player here. Hi everybody! Forge update destroyed my guild and friend group so I stopped playing years ago (and missed all the events aww).
Here's the deal: It takes 453 radiant fire crystals to heat a 5* weapon. What's the best way of getting these? They are too expensive to buy with CE (yeah no) and I haven't had any dropping naturally. My friend said that "unless [I] want to do 100 FSC runs, stick with fully heated 4* as it does more damage".
Is this true? Am I a four star person now? Seeking advice.
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This is a frequently asked question. Here is my answer, with links to a few resources. It hasn't been updated for the new Dreams and Nightmares mission, which gives a lot of Radiants. Also check out Fehzor's guide.
By the way, heating a 5-star item takes 453 Radiants at high chances, but only an expected 420 Radiants at medium chances. So the rational thing to do is medium chances, unless you are hoping for better chances of forge bonuses (prize box, etc.), which are not well understood.
Yes, 5-star weapons typically do less than damage than their fully heated 4-star counterparts until about heat level 8 or so. So don't upgrade a weapon until you have a bunch of Radiants stored up.
Also, armor and shield benefit very little from heating. So heat those only if you don't need those Radiants for weapons any time soon.
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