LVL 90 Armour set

Aldryami - Sanctuary

Well I just sold my bracers of blood moon for 20 million b:victory

My next plan is to get the lvl 90 TT General's bracers. Is that a nice idea?

My main questiuon is: what is the prize bonus for having the full set of 4 TT90 GOLD items? Is this a good thing to do? can those items be extended to end game using nirvana?

Thanku wise archersb:thanks

Teppeii - Dreamweaver

General's Bracers are nice.

Set bonus for 4 pieces of TT90 gold is +3% physical damage resistance.

But getting the full set, I wouldn't advise. TT90 gold cannot be made into nirvana. I suggest getting the rest as TT90 green and make into TT99gold(which is nirvana-able) when you reach that point.

Aldryami - Sanctuary

Thanks for the helpful response. Ok I wont get the full set > I was hoping the bonus might be +0.1 interval b:chuckle

I'm having second thoughts on the bracers too if I cant use them end game. But having said that I think I prefer them to the 99 ones...

Elviron - Dreamweaver

I got the entire TT90 green set (to be turned into TT99 gold once i get there with the mats), General's bracers (sold my bloodmoons too :P and got this + gorenox vanity), Rank IV armour.

I primarily use the rank 4 armour since the difference between that and my tt90 green in terms of hp and resistances isnt much. However the -interval on the rank chest makes a difference to me. However, I do use the TT90 chest during rebirths where every bit of HP counts.

Thinking back to it, the only piece which seems decent is the leggings which gives +HP. All others are just to make the TT99 golds.

Bracers -> Bloodmoons or General's Bracers
Chest -> Rank 4 Chest
Boots -> I guess even a decent 3* or legendary one would do better than the TT90 Green one.

And the order in which I would get my TT99 golds would be as follows:-
Leggings -> Boots -> Nirvana Leggings and TT99 Gold chest (hopefully by then I can get rank 6 or something) -> TT99 Gold Bracers.

Other alternatives that I could think of:-
Snowflake Soles (lvl95) - I believe there is a quest with wraith's eye for this one in old valley of the scarred if youre the grinding type. I havent been there (need to unlock that map still) but perhaps someone can confirm that the quest is still a viable option
Lone Troop Shoes (lvl95) - Lunar Glade Green boots. Stats are rather nice and much better than Mr.TT90 Green boots.
Budha Light Heavy Shoes (lvl95) - Lunar Glade Gold Boots. A bit more on the expensive side. Better stats than the green and can be upgraded to nirvana armour.

I'll let the more experienced archers shed further light .

Miugre - Heavens Tear

I love how everyone assumes that lack of -int and lack of Nirvana potential automatically equates to "fail" in every possible circumstance. Geez. We've finally hit the point where style is dead on this game, haven't we?

But I guess that's why I'm going for the full TT90 gold set now. I like the stats well enough, the bracers still have -int (I may not be a 5.0-wannabe, but I do appreciate some -int), and it doesn't look ugly like most other endgame armor. Nobody else cares. They only want the bracers. -_-

@Aldryami... to answer your initial question, the set bonuses are:
Dexterity +10 for 2/4 pieces
Reduce Physical Damage Taken +3% for 4/4 pieces

I would recommend the set to anyone who has more than one LA character and an Account Stash stone, at least. :P Personally, I plan to keep this set (once I complete it) until the level cap is lifted on our version... at which point I'll try for the Aero-Speeder's mold set (lv105) and pass the TT90 gold on to my sin. :P This helps ease the set's biggest flaw, the auto-binding thing.

Teppeii - Dreamweaver

Miugre - Heavens Tear wrote: »

I love how everyone assumes that lack of -int and lack of Nirvana potential automatically equates to "fail" in every possible circumstance.

Well, that's because it is.b:cute

In a game where you can grind an instance to lvl100 in a matter of weeks and money making opportunities are abundant once you reach that aforementioned point, getting gears that cannot either be used as a component for endgame or resold for the initial capital are just impractical.

Fleuri - Sanctuary

Teppeii - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Well, that's because it is.b:cute

Personally, I swap out some of my -interval gear for other gear when I fight in TW. And, while I am not particularly great, I still doubt you will find many better +5 refine archers in TW than myself. (Me and my little +5 tt99 green crossbow with its single flawless garnet routinely defeat people with +10 heaven's shatterer. I do not always win, but I mostly only feel outmatched by other archers when I go up against someone with +12 nirvana, and even that might have gone a little better if I had had full squad buffs.)

Teppeii - Dreamweaver

Fleuri - Sanctuary wrote: »

Personally, I swap out some of my -interval gear for other gear when I fight in TW. And, while I am not particularly great, I still doubt you will find many better +5 refine archers in TW than myself. (Me and my little +5 tt99 green crossbow with its single flawless garnet routinely defeat people with +10 heaven's shatterer. I do not always win, but I mostly only feel outmatched by other archers when I go up against someone with +12 nirvana, and even that might have gone a little better if I had had full squad buffs.)

Well, I was mainly referring to gear with the lack of a possible progression. -int on an archer isn't always the game breaker, I agree with that.

Aldryami - Sanctuary

thanks guys, u rock!

Well now I have lots of options it seems. Undecided about rank 4 top since it is only for that bit of interval (the top itself sucks badly at lvl90). But maybe I will go for it.

Maybe this: rank 4 top, TT gold bracers, one more TT gold (for +10 dex), keep my TT80 gold legs until 99, and the rest can be improvised.

For weapon I might just use my soulsmasher for a while. I don't think I will ever afford the lunar bow so I prob have to go TT

Miugre - Heavens Tear

Aldryami - Sanctuary wrote:

For weapon I might just use my soulsmasher for a while. I don't think I will ever afford the lunar bow so I prob have to go TT

Have you considered Vast Land? It's fairly affordable (comparable to soulsmasher) and it can still be re-traded when you're done with it. You can refine your Unicorn/W&C to maybe +3 or +5 in the meantime.

Teppeii - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Well, that's because it is.b:cute

In a game where you can grind an instance to lvl100 in a matter of weeks and money making opportunities are abundant once you reach that aforementioned point, getting gears that cannot either be used as a component for endgame or resold for the initial capital are just impractical.

You missed my point. People overrate statistical or logistical perfection and underrate the idea of just doing your own damn thing and having fun with the game. To me, 90 gold is logistically sound because I know I will never care about 99 gold (at least, not until they permenantly fix 3-x... and probably not even then, as 99 gold is ugly), I will never care about high-end rank gear, and I will certainly never care about Nirvana.

I'm not in endgame for the gear. I'll put on the gear I plan to, eventually hit 100, and then help people I know with maybe some occasional BH on the side (on the right days). At that point if I'm turned down for a BH squad for not having 99 armor or 5.0 gear, I will consider that a squad that I didn't want to play in anyway (but from what I can tell, it's usually only Nirvana with the 5.0 elitism). I will consider my main "complete" until the level cap is lifted, until which time I'll play my alts. Oh, and work on getting all my lv11 skills of course. ;] Perhaps gathering funds for the 100 skills will hold my interest for a while as well.

But I'm rambling. My point is, never assume that your practical purpose matches that of the person you're speaking to. :P

As far as the auto-binding problem goes... yeah, I will admit that stopped and made me think for a while before deciding on that set. Back at 80, I had decided against soulsmasher for the same reason, and eventually just did what I described to the OP above. I eventually decided that, since I'm guessing the level cap won't be lifted anytime soon (and because I have an up-and-coming sin and an account stash), the unique benefits of this set outweighed that disadvantage.

Aldryami - Sanctuary

Miugre - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Have you considered Vast Land? It's fairly affordable (comparable to soulsmasher) and it can still be re-traded when you're done with it. You can refine your Unicorn/W&C to maybe +3 or +5 in the meantime.

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Ah but I already own a slightly refined soulsmasher and I think this will do better than W&C. I got it ages ago (as well as my gold legs) at a time when people still lingered for some time at any particular level (had a long break from the game). Actually I think my soulsmasher is better than the Vastland so It should last me for a little bit longer. Or is any of the TT green better than it? I wish there was a TT90 sling better than it. I know its strange but I like slings b:chuckle

Elenacostel - Heavens Tear

Aldryami - Sanctuary wrote: »

Ah but I already own a slightly refined soulsmasher and I think this will do better than W&C. I got it ages ago (as well as my gold legs) at a time when people still lingered for some time at any particular level (had a long break from the game). Actually I think my soulsmasher is better than the Vastland so It should last me for a little bit longer. Or is any of the TT green better than it? I wish there was a TT90 sling better than it. I know its strange but I like slings b:chuckle

TT90 Gold Sling - Striker: Glare - is better than CH:S.

Teppeii - Dreamweaver

Miugre - Heavens Tear wrote: »

My point is, never assume that your practical purpose matches that of the person you're speaking to. :P

I make no assumptions towards you, sir. This be a forum of public opinion. The OP posed a question of gear choice using the vague specification of "good." Considering good in this game 99.9% of the time is synonymous with practical, I formulated my opinion from past experience and spoke accordingly.b:cute

Doing your own thing for the sake of fun is a fine way to play this game, I agree, but considering that the OP is asking the opinion of others in a public place I think we can omit the possibility that doing their own thing is of utmost importance to the OP in this matter.

Miugre - Heavens Tear

Teppeii - Dreamweaver wrote: »

I make no assumptions towards you, sir. This be a forum of public opinion. The OP posed a question of gear choice using the vague specification of "good." Considering good in this game 99.9% of the time is synonymous with practical, I formulated my opinion from past experience and spoke accordingly.b:cute

Doing your own thing for the sake of fun is a fine way to play this game, I agree, but considering that the OP is asking the opinion of others in a public place I think we can omit the possibility that doing their own thing is of utmost importance to the OP in this matter.

All true, for the most part. :P Although I'm not sure asking for public opinion necessarily equates to a "practical" inquiry (and "practical" can be another vauge term, as well - practical for what?). But I digress. To be honest, sometimes I like to just throw these opinions out there to make people stop and think for a moment. But in the end, I'm getting the 90 gold set, I'm at least somewhat proud of that, and it kinda disappoints me when people entirely write it off and only care about the -int bracers (if they don't write off the bracers too for lack of nirvana potential). That's all. :P

Teppeii - Dreamweaver

Miugre - Heavens Tear wrote: »

All true, for the most part. :P Although I'm not sure asking for public opinion necessarily equates to a "practical" inquiry (and "practical" can be another vauge term, as well - practical for what?). But I digress. To be honest, sometimes I like to just throw these opinions out there to make people stop and think for a moment. But in the end, I'm getting the 90 gold set, I'm at least somewhat proud of that, and it kinda disappoints me when people entirely write it off and only care about the -int bracers (if they don't write off the bracers too for lack of nirvana potential). That's all. :P

For what it's worth, I think the T90 gold set in it's entirety is a decent set if you get it in it's entirety. The added elemental resistances from all pieces of armor do quite nicely. If it wasn't for the fact that TT90 gold set is unable to be Nirvana'd, i'd get it myself.

Of course, that would be my perspective on things and whatnot =P

ImReallyWhyt - Heavens Tear

Teppeii - Dreamweaver wrote: »

General's Bracers are nice.

Set bonus for 4 pieces of TT90 gold is +3% physical damage resistance.

But getting the full set, I wouldn't advise. TT90 gold cannot be made into nirvana. I suggest getting the rest as TT90 green and make into TT99gold(which is nirvana-able) when you reach that point.

Translation:Spend alot of your RL $$$$$.

Teppeii - Dreamweaver

ImReallyWhyt - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Translation:Spend alot of your RL $$$$$.

Aside from purchasing a $10 card back when I was lvl40 for a polar bear and some fashion(b:surrender) I haven't spent a single real dollar on this game.

Like I said, at lvl100 money making opportunities are everywhere.

Aldryami - Sanctuary

Elviron - Dreamweaver wrote: »

I got the entire TT90 green set (to be turned into TT99 gold once i get there with the mats), General's bracers (sold my bloodmoons too :P and got this + gorenox vanity), Rank IV armour.

I primarily use the rank 4 armour since the difference between that and my tt90 green in terms of hp and resistances isnt much. However the -interval on the rank chest makes a difference to me. However, I do use the TT90 chest during rebirths where every bit of HP counts.

Thinking back to it, the only piece which seems decent is the leggings which gives +HP. All others are just to make the TT99 golds.

Bracers -> Bloodmoons or General's Bracers
Chest -> Rank 4 Chest
Boots -> I guess even a decent 3* or legendary one would do better than the TT90 Green one.

And the order in which I would get my TT99 golds would be as follows:-
Leggings -> Boots -> Nirvana Leggings and TT99 Gold chest (hopefully by then I can get rank 6 or something) -> TT99 Gold Bracers.

Other alternatives that I could think of:-
Snowflake Soles (lvl95) - I believe there is a quest with wraith's eye for this one in old valley of the scarred if youre the grinding type. I havent been there (need to unlock that map still) but perhaps someone can confirm that the quest is still a viable option
Lone Troop Shoes (lvl95) - Lunar Glade Green boots. Stats are rather nice and much better than Mr.TT90 Green boots.
Budha Light Heavy Shoes (lvl95) - Lunar Glade Gold Boots. A bit more on the expensive side. Better stats than the green and can be upgraded to nirvana armour.

I'll let the more experienced archers shed further light .

You mention Gorenox Vanity here. I have been thinking about getting them myself. But is it really worth it? We have to sacrafice alot of Dex to use them and, since we don't get the Bow Mastery bonus with them, don't we make ineffective "fisters"? All BM's have Melee Masterys to pump up their melee damage. Archers don't.

I'd be interested in peoples thoughts on this since I'm thinking of getting them.

Teppeii - Dreamweaver

Aldryami - Sanctuary wrote: »

You mention Gorenox Vanity here. I have been thinking about getting them myself. But is it really worth it? We have to sacrafice alot of Dex to use them and, since we don't get the Bow Mastery bonus with them, don't we make ineffective "fisters"? All BM's have Melee Masterys to pump up their melee damage. Archers don't.

I'd be interested in peoples thoughts on this since I'm thinking of getting them.

At first, it seems like using fists on archers is a bad idea. I'll admit I thought it was a stupid idea myself at first.b:surrender

But as you lvl and get more interval gear, you come to realise you can do some serious damage with fists/claws. With perma-spark, I can easily outdamage my bow.

It seems like you'd have to sacrifice a lot of dex, and you would at lower lvls. But if you get gear with strength adds(General's Bracers, Buddha Light War Armor, Str tomes, Sky Demon's Pearl, etc.) you'll find you'll only have to restat a little, if at all.

BM's do seem to have an advantage with Fist Mastery, don't they? Seems they do till you realise an endgame archer can easily have over 35% crit. Pretty much every other punch is double damage, and crit strings are plentiful. It's quite nice.b:cute

Anyway, my thoughts are: get FC gold fists. BUT only after you hit 100 and have acquired a decent amount of -interval.

Aldryami - Sanctuary

Teppeii - Dreamweaver wrote: »

At first, it seems like using fists on archers is a bad idea. I'll admit I thought it was a stupid idea myself at first.b:surrender

But as you lvl and get more interval gear, you come to realise you can do some serious damage with fists/claws. With perma-spark, I can easily outdamage my bow.

It seems like you'd have to sacrifice a lot of dex, and you would at lower lvls. But if you get gear with strength adds(General's Bracers, Buddha Light War Armor, Str tomes, Sky Demon's Pearl, etc.) you'll find you'll only have to restat a little, if at all.

BM's do seem to have an advantage with Fist Mastery, don't they? Seems they do till you realise an endgame archer can easily have over 35% crit. Pretty much every other punch is double damage, and crit strings are plentiful. It's quite nice.b:cute

Anyway, my thoughts are: get FC gold fists. BUT only after you hit 100 and have acquired a decent amount of -interval.

Well I ignored what you said and bought some for cheap b:chuckle

And yes you are absolutely right> At my level (with rank top and .05 bracers) they are lame in the extreme! I'm going to sell them at a small profit, restat into dex again and sell all the cool STR gear I found(including +14 str necklace and +9 str helm ^^). Dex dex dex all the way until later levels! (just as you advised)
b:thanks