I currently run a Volcanic Demo Suit/Mad Bomber Mask setup (no UVs.) I recently made a med fire UV spiral demo helm and I was wondering if I should turn it into a mad bomber mask or go for the full volcanic demo set? I don't understand the bar system very well, I thought using a fire resist trinket would negate the Mad Bomber Mask negative fire effect but I was told trinkets do nothing. I don't know if the fire resist from volcanic demo would max out my resist at lvl 10, making the med fire UV irrelevant, or if I should make a 2nd max bomber mask that would hopefully have the negative fire resist negated by the med fire UV effectively putting the mask back on neutral fire resist.
I find myself using Shivermist more than anything in groups, Ash helps in arenas but it's kinda useless in FSC. So basically the decision I need help with is if it's worth losing the damage bonus and VH CTR from mad bomber mask in favor of medium CTR reduction, no negative status and increased fire resist from Volcanic Demo Helm.
The loadout I like to carry is Grey Owlite Shield, Levi blade, Ash of Agni, Shivermist, Polaris. I'm still on the fence about making a Nitronome, the knockback and blue explosion effect can be a liability in groups, specially in arenas.
Any help would be appreciated.
This question is difficult to answer since no one fully understands resistance UVs, as you can see from the other threads. If anything, much of it makes no sense. So this is just based on what I've seen and from the tests people have conducted thus far...
If you wore the full Volcanic Demo Set then the UV Fire Medium will not noticeably lower your flammability. It seems pretty easy to get near max resistance, anything beyond will only have a marginal effect (i.e. maybe 4.5 HP vs 4 HP from a full burn).
A UV Fire Medium has ridiculously tremendous effect. Wearing a Mad Bomber Mask (and some fire neutral armor) will cause you to burn for 15 HP from Fang of Vog in T3. Whereas a Mad Bomber Mask UV Fire Medium reduces it to only 5 HP. Adding in the Volcanic Demo Suit will drop it down to 4 HP.
So, just based on usefulness, I'd go for Mad Bomber Mask.