TT Gear vs Other

MntMan - Lost City

At lvl 66 as a cleric I'm looking at the gear soon to be available to me. I think the TT weapon is the obvious choice for offense, but what about defense? At lvl 70 (about) is the TT70 armor worth it? Are the molds around that level better and TT armor a waste of time or does a mix and match approach work best? Like for instance the sleeves of the captain seem pretty decent with -6% channeling effect.

How about the ornaments?

Let me throw in a couple twists. I've got 3200 rep and hopefully am not too too far off from Rank 4 top (let's say by lvl 75 latest). Does that change what I want to use?

Also I'm Light Armor (ducks the shoe being thrown at me from about 3/4's of the forum)

So to not get into a LA vs Arcane discussion let me cut to the chase.

What gear is best for my 70s so I know what to work for. I'd hate to spend time collecting mats only to find out a molder would be better or visa versa. Also if any piece is the best to have, but is a real pain to collect mats on let me know.

Thanks in advance

Mysticlifex - Heavens Tear

Level 69 Legendary LA leggings is like 100k Lol.

*whacks you with news paper for being LA*
fool

sorry not much help from this post

Rillien - Heavens Tear

70-80 are probably the best levels for LA cleric due to cheap molds. I'd advise going almost full legendary and not to bother with the TT gear, because the legendary stuff has tons of hp mods on it and that's really the most important for a LA cleric. Get Dark Shinguards of Hedes at 68 or 69, those almost as cheap as one or two TT mats (you can pay like 250k for the mold or only a little more for the fully made armor). Then there is a pretty nice 3* quest reward LA top for doing fb69. I used that for most of my 70s.

At 76 you can get your choice of legendary bracers, Blood Bracers of Feng are the LA version and give a nice hp bonus, or you can get Sleeves of the Sea Captain (arcane legendary) with -6% chan and +0.2 m/s. I went with sea captain but either one will suit you well into the 80s. At 78 you can get Armor of Grieving Sorrow, the chest piece with more good hp mods. All this can be stretched until you get your TT90 green gear, which is generally regarded as having the best stats for the 90s. These are all 400-550k if you have the chips for the molds or you can get them for around the same price at the AH.

The only gap here is shoes. After looking at a lot of LA users some people go with getting the TT70 boots (I did--since you're only getting one piece of TT, you don't need to go on too many runs, it's not that much of a hassle), and some people go with crafted stuff or random good 2* and 3* boots. It's up to you on that, but later the TT80 boots do have a 0.2 m/s speed modifier which is nice for clerics.

As far as ornaments, I haven't looked at the TT ones much...I was given a Pirate King's Seal (legendary magic res belt) by a friend which is a good choice I think, but there's plenty of cheap and good items in AH rather than farming TT for accessories. You'll have to look into this more though.

So yeah, for armor, don't mess with any of the TT gear, there's no hp mods for the 70 or 80 stuff and you are going to NEED hp mods to be a "good" LA cleric since all the complainers are quick to point out our low hp...

Good luck with getting your gear!

Forp - Heavens Tear

light is good 69-89. get the 69 legs and 78 top. get the 88 molder top if you want it. hh70/80 armours are a waste, don't bother getting them.

there's a low level pair of molder boots. 52? i think. can't recall, but they're a very good buy.

there's also some molder hp hat that's also a low level, a very good pick for light builds.

even if you're light build, i still say you should use the sleeves of the sea captain, simply because they're awesome sleeves.

jewelery is a personal choice. i say buy it from the auction hall. get one of pdef and the other mdef.

rings and cape is personal budget. get a cape with +hp and +con, some rings with +crit. don't get -chant, simply because light armour builds require criticals to do any real damage. so stacking it as high as possibly is a must.

Opey - Sanctuary

im not sure if this belongs here and if not i am truely srry but i was woundering about the dragon flame plate armor. my question is how in the world to i get it ive tried almost every fb and ive never even seen one drop let alone see anyone wear the armor

Aneemah - Heavens Tear

Opey - Sanctuary wrote: »

im not sure if this belongs here and if not i am truely srry but i was woundering about the dragon flame plate armor. my question is how in the world to i get it ive tried almost every fb and ive never even seen one drop let alone see anyone wear the armor

http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/items/13045

Quite unfortunate,

MntMan - Lost City

Thanks a lot. I was dreading all the TT runs I'd need to make if needed. I think this answers my questions very well.

As for the Sleeves of the Sea Captain I'll definitely go with those. The -6% casting is too tough to give up. Even as LA I sometimes throw one piece of arcane in the mix (using Rank 3 leggings currently) to add a bit of extra magic defense.

One last question is how does the Rank 4 top play into this? I'm hoping to be R4 by about lvl 75 give or take a level. Of course since I'm a cleric it will assuredly be an arcane piece, but is it any good?

Alyyy - Sanctuary

i have no idea ...

Chiv - Lost City

the rank gear is some of the best you can get, especially if you somehow manage to get lvl 8 rank gear. Lvl 4 rank gear is definitely the best arcane gear until you can get HH gold though

Forp - Heavens Tear

the top is good. has excellent resist, especially for the level you get it. it's legendary. gives +80hp, +5 int and -3% chant as blues. always comes with 3 sockets i think.

Opey - Sanctuary

Aneemah - Heavens Tear wrote: »

http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/items/13045

Quite unfortunate,

ive looked a the link but it doesnt say how or were i get the mold