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Crafting Advice on a Spiral Demo Helm with Normal MAX and Shock HIGH UV's...

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Sat, 04/14/2012 - 12:10
Spicington's picture
Spicington

So yeah, I've been crafting a few of these per day, and finally got a great set of 2 UV's on one helm:

Normal MAX & Shock HIGH

Since this is probably one of the best UV's I've ever crafted, I figured I'd get some input before doing anything with it.

My options are:
1) Mercurial Demo (purpose of my crafting was to get a helm ready to craft after a SL)
2) Volcanic Demo
3) Mad Bomber
4) Sell on AH

A friend of mine said I could potentially get really high offers for this, so I'm tempted to go option #4. Then again, it's not everyday I get this lucky in this game... lol

And there you have my dilemma. Any suggestions?

Some background info:
I already have a Volcanic Demo Helm (Piercing Med) and a Mad Bomber Suit (Fire & Shock Low). Although I usually play as more of a Bomber-Sword hybrid, I do occasionally don both pieces when I feel like blowing up everything around me.

Sat, 04/14/2012 - 12:50
#1
Orbwanter's picture
Orbwanter
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First of all, if you sell it, do it through the bazaar forum/trade channel, so you don't eat the auction fee.

Do you play Lockdown at all? If you turn it into Merc. Demo, you'll have a helm that gives you immunity to Voltaic Tempest (as long as you don't use the Mad Bomber Suit with it.)

Sat, 04/14/2012 - 12:56
#2
Derpules's picture
Derpules
That's amazing.

I'd go with option 1.

You sound like you already have your basic needs covered; what's left but to go for godly gear? Sure, you could sell it for a crapton of CE, but you could wait ages for the chance to buy something this epic, and it wouldn't cost you any less.

Between the three armour options, 1 makes the most sense to me. It's the only one you don't have, the one most thematically appropriate, and the one best suited to showing off, if you care about that sort of thing. . . .

Sat, 04/14/2012 - 13:42
#3
Culture's picture
Culture
Hmm

I'd make it Mercurial to add to its existing Shock capabilities. With that helm you can wear it to a shock depth and be pretty much set for shock defense, freeing up your armor slot for something with a nice bonus or shadow/piercing defense. And it makes an all-in-one defense against VT in Lockdown, if you are into that kind of thing. I have Shock Max on my Mercurial Helm and that's how I use it.

I sold a Normal Max a while ago for 490k CR, also a Shock High for 175k CR. Never seen both together though, that's going to pull in some big crowns if you can find a buyer.

Sat, 04/14/2012 - 16:45
#4
Spicington's picture
Spicington
Intriguing!

I hadn't really given it much thought to how it could be used in LD, but that is a good case for Mercurial. I have been picking up LD more often lately (don't have the best connection, but no where near the worst, heh). Immunity to VT would be a sweet advantage. My question is does Max Shock make you immune to traps and Polaris shots?

Friend of mine also said I should try volcanic, as it would be a perfect RRT helm, but I don't anticipate running that more than once or twice in the foreseeable future.

Thanks for the advice so far, btw!

Sat, 04/14/2012 - 17:45
#5
Orbwanter's picture
Orbwanter
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My question is does Max Shock make you immune to traps and Polaris shots?

Nope, Max+High status resistance gives immunity to 'minor' status effects, like the haze bombs. Most other status-applying weapons are more severe.

Sun, 04/15/2012 - 06:22
#6
Spicington's picture
Spicington
Sudden Clarity!

@Orbwanter, Ah, very cool. Thanks for clarifying that.

Sun, 04/15/2012 - 10:14
#7
Imperialstriker's picture
Imperialstriker
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They will tone the others down very, very dramatically though.

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