I read a thread before about trying to defend against as many types as possible. At the time, most people agreed with Divine Mantle + Skolver Cap. However, now that there's the Snarbolax set, which I was interested in getting, should I do that instead? I figured it will take too long to get a lot of 5* armor sets, so I want to plan ahead. Should I bother with the divine mantle at all? Or is the snarbolax stuff too hard to get? I hate to pay real money, so it's really hard to get shadow keys or even silver keys at their current rate. But eventually I really want to get a snarbolax set just because it looks cool. I just don't know if I'm wasting my time with divine.
Snarbolax + Dragon Scale, or Divine + Skolver?
Sun, 10/30/2011 - 04:32
Sun, 10/30/2011 - 12:59
#2
Well, if you're going to be
Well, if you're going to be swayed by effectiveness I think Skolver Coat + Divine Veil is going to benefit you more out of the two options. Compared to Snarbo Coat and Dragon Scale Helm you lose poison resistance but get shock and curse resistance and a stronger freeze resistance. I also tend to think that the med damage bonus vs fiends is more useful than the med damage bonus vs beasts but I guess that depends on which you have more trouble with.
Of course, if you want to go Snarbo Coat and Dragon Scale for the looks it's not a bad choice. But obviously means you've got to actually get through the first shadow lair.
Mon, 10/31/2011 - 09:45
#3
If you have something to augment the Crown of the Fallen
I have one that has increased shock resistance:High and Increases Defense: High that would be a good fit. Not amazing with the weakness to fiend, but if you have armor to prevent against that it would be a good pairing.
Mon, 10/31/2011 - 12:54
#4
I'm not going to assume I'll
I'm not going to assume I'll get a uv, Also I stupidly already learned the Divine Mantle recipe.
So I guess I'll go Divine Hood and Skolver Coat.
Is it really worth crafting 10 times just to get a good UV or should I just wait and use the UV seller?
Mon, 10/31/2011 - 13:34
#5
about last question
If you craft low level items with mist and sell what you don't want, then it can be cheaper than using UV tickets.
Tue, 11/01/2011 - 17:13
#6
I use Snarbolax + Skolver. It
I use Snarbolax + Skolver. It looks great and works good too :D
Can't say about the other two though since I dont have either
Wed, 11/02/2011 - 16:20
#7
the idea of split dmg
the idea of split dmg resistance is good. but having half a bar is worthless.
its a better idea to wear different gear depending on what enemies will be there.
But as this is a thread for giving opinion on what combination of gear ill come with one.
Divine veil + skolver coat gives decent (but not good) resistance for all types and 4 half status resistances. also it gives med fiend and med sword dmg.
Wed, 11/02/2011 - 20:08
#8
After I was able to make
After I was able to make equipment fairly easily I decided to make a "well rounded" set so that I could use it in status strata since the damage done in those is rather random. The idea quickly got shelved after I tried it and realized that while in theory its good, in performance it sucks.
If you go, say, full Vog you have good defense against Normal and Elemental. Piercing and Shadow are going to hurt a lot (not that it ever stops people from using Vog in FSC, non?). Same can be done with Skolver and Snarby just to stick to a popular line, just different defenses and things that are going to hurt. You're focusing on the main damage type for the strata or what you are the worst at.
Well rounded, split, whatever you wish to call it gives you a defense against all 4 damage types yes. There's an old phrase "jack of all trades, master of none" which is very true here. While focusing on a certain type means 2 types will hurt a lot while you have defense to 2 others, splitting makes EVERYTHING hurt. You have some defense against everything, how much is the issue, a completely split set offers the equivalent of full 3* armor resistance to all types more or less. (Comparison is made using Dusker set and Skolver Coat, for those that wish to compare). Go into T3 with 3* armor and you're more or less food, even counting the added health from having 5* armor isn't going to help with the resistance like that.
If you wish to try it out yourself I agree with Theirillusion on the pieces to use, but the results are disappointing in my opinion.
~Gwen
In any case, don't go for Divine Mantle, as Divine Veil has some bonus damage against fiend than the Mantle doesn't have.
Another setup to consider would be Vog Cub Cap (ASI) and Radiant Silvermail (Damage against Undeads) which would probably be even better for FSC.
Just a note, with current 1500 CE per Shadow Key, 1400 with mist, the price tag is 350CE per person if you split the cost. 350CE is 21K, which is less than a 5* recipe. You have approximatively 70 CE to have the same cost, which is 3 revive in shadow lair. So if you are going to craft, shadow lair is worth it (if you don't, it's not).