So, I'm currently using 4* base gear for the most part, and I figure it's about time to see about trying to upgrade my base gear to UVs (given the recent hike in the cost of crafting 5* stuff). I'm currently in tier 2, and intend to stay here a while, but I figure that UVs are enough of a long-term investment that it's pretty much tier 3 that matters. Now, I'm pretty clear on what UVs are going to be useful on the various weapons, but I'm having a bit of trouble with what to look for on armors. I know that normal defense is excellent, that elemental and shadow defenses are quite good, and that piercing defense is not as useful as it perhaps ought to be. What I'm really curious about is, in tier 3, which status resists are useful, or even pertinent? I've crafted my way into a high curse resist on wolver armor, for example. Is this shiny-but-impractical (ie, perfect AH bait while I look for something like medium elemental, shadow, or normal defense) or actually really worthwhile? What other resists (if any) are particularly worthwhile?
What armor UVs to look for
curse resist high would be pretty good
Why would curse resist matter at all? I thought the only thing that will curse you is the phantom and then only with a charged attack.
The Curse Resist would be perfect for someone that likes to use the Faust/GF charge attack... if that's not you then sell it any buy something you want with the proceeds. Curse High should go for quite a lot of CE.
Normal and Elemental UVs are the most useful because that is what you will encounter the most in the game. Max Normal is always useful, Max Fire is only useful around Fire. There isn't a lot of Shadow damage in the game right now, and the things that do shadow damage can be dodged.
Fire resist is nice if you want to use something in FSC that doesn't already have fire resist. For example, if you get a good Fire resist on a Spiral Demo Helm then you can upgrade it to Mad Bomber (which usually has negative fire) and still be ok in FSC.
Shock is useful since shock is such a dreadful status in T3, if it gives you problems then might try for that.
Vog: Shock
Skelly: Fire
Valkyrie: Fire
At the moment, the best Armor UVs would probably be Status. Why? If you're taking damage, that means your shield is ruined, or you got an unlucky hit. If that hit had a status with it, you sure as hell don't want to be suffering from it. Having UVs that cover the weakness of the armor is a plus, and you can even get a positive resist against those types if the UV is high enough. I will be a burning skeleton of death and destruction, and nothing shall stand before me.
Personally, I'll take straight up damage any day over Shock or Freeze lock.
Drop the Wolver, there'll be some people who find Phantoms difficult and will want it. If you have some margin of skill/not playing in a PUG, you won't be bothered by them.
that curse resist high would be pretty good, otherwise not really.
you can always sell it to me though :3 (despite being too lazy to make another vog or skolver)