Since Vog Cub Coat/Cap is going to be my one and only armor set, I want to get some good UV's on them to make them viable in other scenarios (I don't intend to do PvP). The plan was to have both pieces with Shadow/Piercing Defense Very High or better so that I'd have a strong defense against all damage types, and possibly Shock resistance as well.
Assuming I had both Piercing and Shadow on both pieces of equipment, how much of a numerical value would I need for the Piercing/Shadow UVs to be the equivilent of a 5* armor in terms of total defensive score? And how much would I expect to pay for such an item?
Max (it jumps straight from High to Max for armors) on a 5* armor is 4 bars if I remember correctly. Two Max would give you 8 bars, which is effectively about the same as ONE 5* armor piece, or a full set of 3* armor.
Personally I have always found it more useful to stack UVs with the defense the armor provides, excluding status resist UVs. More Elemental/Normal defense on Vog is preferable to sub-par Shadow/Piercing defense in my book. But that is just me. As for price, a triple max Shadow/Piercing/Shock set is going to set you back a very large amount.
~Gwen