Attack shards

Blackula__ - Archosaur
Blackula__ - Archosaur Posts: 56 Arc User
edited July 2010 in Archer
This was asked a few weeks about but I figured I would ask again instead of necro'ing an old post. Those attack shards that raise it 1 level...How does this effect your total damage? At 3 million I would hope it does more then add 1% cause say I do 10,000 that is only 100 points of damage if my math is correct?
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  • Smobo - Heavens Tear
    Smobo - Heavens Tear Posts: 386 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Your math is correct, you gain ~1% more damage with an attack shard, meaning a shot which would normally deal 10k damage would deal 10100. Putting them into your weapon is silly, if I'm not mistaken a flawless garnet beats it by a long shot in most weapons. Don't forget, the + physical attack bonus gets multiplied by your damage bonus from dex, bow mastery, blazing arrow, buffs etc. +25 physical attack is a lot more than +25 damage.

    However, the reason they can be useful, is they also give you +1 attack level regardless of where you put them. So, you can put them in your armour, sacrificing HP/defense in favour of damage.
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  • Blackula__ - Archosaur
    Blackula__ - Archosaur Posts: 56 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    That is kinda how I felt about it.....So what about in armor are those and defense really worth more then quality HP shards or if your are super rich the vitality shards
  • Olba - Sanctuary
    Olba - Sanctuary Posts: 1,776 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Blackula__ - Archosaur wrote: »
    That is kinda how I felt about it.....So what about in armor are those and defense really worth more then quality HP shards or if your are super rich the vitality shards

    Considering that the Jones' blessing will pretty much undo a good portion of the +defense level that you can get, I'd say that defense level shards are just about useless.
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  • Mosz - Heavens Tear
    Mosz - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,181 Arc User
    edited June 2010
    Olba - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Considering that the Jones' blessing will pretty much undo a good portion of the +defense level that you can get, I'd say that defense level shards are just about useless.

    please think about this again
  • Zhadi - Archosaur
    Zhadi - Archosaur Posts: 695 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    So far, I have 15 Diamonds of Tiger waiting in my bank for me and i plan on getting 24 for a full 4 socket end game set.

    I also have enough Jones Blessings in my mailbox to last me about a yearb:chuckle

    add 24 to 30 and thats 54 attack level.... Can anybody say Warsoul?
    I'll use this in your example:
    10,000 normal hit = 15,400 normal hit with attk lvl. seem better now? :)

    Defenses... I think it's worth the sacrifice.. After all, archers will always be squishy and I'd rather just be able to 1 shot everything rather than take an extra hit or two... (thats all that you'll recieve with 24 immaculates... enough to survive 1 or 2 more hits cuz its only 1200 HP added)

    Oh, and btw, DoT don't sell for 3mil..
    I've bought all 15 of mine anywhere from 1.2mil to 1.8mil

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