Just a quick question I guess!

I'm swimming in Primal Sparks and while browsing for something I could buy, I noticed that there's a nifty little trinket that increases your Piercing defense a pretty good amount for only 100 sparks. I have no other trinkets so no big deal there, but I was kind of curious to know whether or not it's really worth it? I don't really have any other purpose for these sparks, but I've only ever seen people wearing the Heart Pendant trinkets, so, yup.

Hey!
I started playing on Friday, but I'm getting close to getting 5* gear now. Only problem is that I can't decide what to get. I mostly like Swords but I also have a Volt Driver to use as gun.
The sword I use at the moment is a 4* Calibur and I was originally gonna upgrade that to a Levi. I've looked a bit around and I think I've changed my mind tho. I got a Striker that I think I'll upgrade to a Dread Venom Striker. I also thought about getting a Divine Avenger to use as a slow weapon.

Is there a gun that lets you cut grass? I've noticed the richochet from my cryo driver cutting grass next to the walls, but is there a gun that can just plain cut grass with shooting?

I really want to get the Magnus line but I don't know which one to get. It seems that the Callahan is better because it has a high chance of stun in the charge and can still stun in the basic attack. Iron slug is the same, except that it goes a little farther, cn hit up to two times, and each bullet has a slight blast radius if it hits monsters directly. But it can also stun the user with the charge. That is why I think the Callahan is better. But is one drawback worth not having all the the other advantages?

I was recently lucky enough to craft a Haze Bomb w/ CTR High UV. I'm hanging onto it for sure, it's worth more long term then the 200k offers people have had for me. But what upgrade path to take? I don't like Poison, it's too situation specific for something as rare as this. Fire and Freeze I'm torn between, both can be heavily useful in a wide arrange of situations. Which path should I take to get the most out of this bomb?

I've been looking at the nightblade line and I'm trying to figure something out. It's a completely vanity-related question. Sorry guys.

Does the Silent Nightblade and/or the Acheron get at all bigger as you upgrade it? I see that it adds those...weights..or something. But does the overall shape change? Anyone have any good pics of it? The wiki pics aren't that helpful.

Cheers.

When it comes to ability ratings, does a generic "increase sword damage" stack with "increased damage vs X"

Example: I have Barbarous thorn shield and a full skolver set giving me 3 Medium (2) bonuses to hit the cap (6) for +sword damage.

Now lets say I get a UV sword for +damage to beasts. Will I get a bonus or have I capped out on damage?

My current sword right now are Avenger and Dark Thorn Blade and i'm trying to equip my guy with a gun as the third weapon, which is antigua. Right now at the moment i can't choose between a which line i should choose. I would like the one that would be useful on most levels so which gun is better?

I was just curious if the plate set, specifically Volcanic Plate, was considered any good. The defense and whatnot on it looks amazing, however I am concerned since I primarily use the Sealed Sword line at the moment and that set downs my attack speed. I considered using a Vog helmet to counter this, but all in all I am just clueless about what I should be aiming for at this point.

My Flamberge (piercing damage) has a medium damage against gremlins UV. The Armour bonuses together makes it high gremlin damage. I wanted to upgrade it and was wondering if I should let the UV carry over. Currently, I am rather happy with it – love taking down those Gremlins with the flamethrowers before they can even turn in my direction. What do you guys think, is the UV good enough to continue with to a Fierce Flamberge?