So I'm playing completely F2P, and Recently got my second 5* equipment (yay!). My current FSC loadout is:
Vog Cub cap and coat
Avenger and silversix
Wise owlite shield
Other options I have:
Freezing vaporizer (and recipe for Mk II)
Needle Shot (Waiting to get full 5* gear so I can get the strike needle recipe from a mission)
Twisted Targe
Snarble Barb
Tempered Calibur with Low Undead bonus, I wanna make a CIV (see below)
Ascended Honor Blade and Mighty Honored Guard(Waiting for OOO to let us upgrade them)
I usually play using my Silver more often than the avenger (on my last FSC run I used it exclusively). I have access to the 5* HoH, so non-boss reward recipies are not a problem. Based on what I have, I think I should go for the Grey Owlite Shield but I'm not so sure. Can anyone help?
EDIT: May need to elaborate on CIV
The reason I want a CIV is that I almost never use swords. I want a sword with a high enough knockback to deal with mobs crowding around me, yet low enough not to affect anyone else's gameplay.
I would go with Divine Avenger over CIV, although CIV isn't a terrible choice for FSC. DA's regular attack has great length, width, and knockback to keep crowds at bay, while CIV's regular attacks are short, narrow, and low-knockback.
How attached are you to Silversix? Have you tried other elemental guns? The drivers can do wicked damage, when used correctly. How do you take out trojans? Silversix? A piercing sword or gun would work much better. A piercing gun would do better against Vanaduke too. If you almost never use swords, then consider just going elemental gun and piercing gun.
Grey Owlite offers better defense than Barbarous Thorn Shield, but BTS offers a nice offensive bonus if you use swords. Many players switch to more offensive equipment, as they master FSC. Don't be surprised if this happens to you in the future.