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Next to Craft? [Polaris/Shiver/Blitz]

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Sun, 02/10/2013 - 20:09
Chrome-Zero's picture
Chrome-Zero

I've just crafted my GF (with no UVs sadly), and that leaves me with 3 gears to be upgraded.

Which of these three should I craft next? I don't have any recipes for any of them, so I have to buy them first, but polaris will take some time to find.
Keep in mind I only have enough CE to craft one more 5* gear.

Other options (if necessary):
Shadow Alchemer line
Glacius/Shockburst line
Haze/Static Bomb line
BTB line

The other options I do not have the 4* version to, so I may not be immediately able to craft them, but I think I can squeeze some CE out just for one of the lines above. The main three I have just enough CE/cr for.

Sun, 02/10/2013 - 20:24
#1
Bopp's picture
Bopp
we don't know enough about you

We can't answer this question without knowing what your other main weapons are. Are you saying that you have these high-star weapons, and no others?
* Gran Faust
* 4-star Umbra Driver
* 4-star Glacius
* 4-star Voltedge
* 4-star Voltaic Tempest
* 4-star Barbarous Thorn Blade
* 4-star Polaris
If so, then you'd be nuts to upgrade Umbra next...you want to diversify your damage types. That means piercing or elemental. Do you like to play with swords, guns, bombs, or a mix? Which mix? We know almost nothing about you.

While we wait for some information, I'll go out on a limb and say (A) Barbarous Thorn Blade (piercing swords are very powerful) and (B) either Voltedge (it's better than Glacius), Polaris (an elemental sidearm gun is a useful thing to have), or Voltaic Tempest (it's a great crowd-control bomb).

And although you're using up all of your CE, keep in mind that you can always get more CE with crowns. You just have to save up a bit.

Sun, 02/10/2013 - 22:05
#2
Chrome-Zero's picture
Chrome-Zero
The main three I have the 4*

The main three I have the 4* version of them. The other suggestions I have the 3* version (not for the BTB or Umbra), though I could get the 4/5* BTB easily.

My main arsenal includes:
Swords
5 Hammer
5 GF
4 Avenger
3 Flourish
to be T3 snarble barb
3 shockburst

Gun
4 Gigawatt
4 Silversix
4 Strike needle

Bomb
5 DR
4 Freeze
3 Shock

I don't plan on upgrading silversix, avenger and flourish for now.
It's either one of freeze/shock, snarble, strike, gigawatt, or glacius/shockburst

Sun, 02/10/2013 - 22:26
#3
Bopp's picture
Bopp
that changes everything

That changes everything. For example, you already have a 5-star elemental sword (WRH). So getting another 5-star elemental sword should be a low priority.

You have the 3-star versions of both Final Flourish and BTB. As I explain in my detailed sword guide, they're about equally good, and both great. Get one of these (but not both). Then you'll have your three swords (piercing, elemental, shadow), and you can stop getting swords for a while.

If you want a sidearm gun to help your swording in general, then get an elemental gun, because that is the most effective damage type against turrets. Polaris and Argent Peacemaker would both be fine, although I prefer Nova or Storm Driver for their higher damage potential. If you're highly focused on Firestorm Citadel, then get Blitz Needle instead, so that you can kill Vanaduke.

A lot of parties run their Vanaduke strategy through Shivermist Buster and Blitz Needle. So having both can make you more versatile in these parties. But having one is usually okay, and then it should be Blitz Needle. I prefer Voltaic Tempest to Shivermist Buster in general.

So my advice is to get (A) a piercing sword and (B) either an elemental gun or Blitz Needle. Later, when you have CE again, get the other gun and maybe Voltaic Tempest. Cheers.

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