Need validation for my 100 build :o

Lazurus - Lost City

http://pwcalc.com/e6815b0d3b266677

Self-buffed. Originally put in event ornaments and cape, but the pdef increase was barely noticeable when full buffed. Reasons for keeping the HH 90: better adds and lower grade = cheaper to 4 soc. The hp difference on refining g 11 and g 12 arcane armor is laughable.

Thoughts? Suggestions? I know I won't be tanking any aps classes any time soon, but with 6240 hp and 10158 hp buffed i'm not a total oneshot anymore... right?

Mizuoni - Dreamweaver

http://pwcalc.com/8c0fc11ea224ee66
7.8k HP buffed and 11k pdef fully buffed = you should be okay...

Adroit - Lost City

Lazurus - Lost City wrote: »

http://pwcalc.com/e6815b0d3b266677

Self-buffed. Originally put in event ornaments and cape, but the pdef increase was barely noticeable when full buffed. Reasons for keeping the HH 90: better adds and lower grade = cheaper to 4 soc. The hp difference on refining g 11 and g 12 arcane armor is laughable.

Thoughts? Suggestions? I know I won't be tanking any aps classes any time soon, but with 6240 hp and 10158 hp buffed i'm not a total oneshot anymore... right?

It kinda depends what you want to be doing, but 6.2k hp is a one shot to just about anything end game. imo you should really set your goals a little higher, because that gear is horribly below standards nowadays. End game items should be +10 (ESPECIALLY the weapon), and put in some better shards. 4 socket is all fine and dandy, but a 2 socket item with citrine gems is better than 4 socket with immaculate.

Until you have some decent gear, I'd recommend putting in like 50vit.. as it really won't gimp your damage much, and it's the cheapest hp:cost ratio that you'll find. My current gear is actually not too far off from what you want (keep in mind it hasn't changed for over a year) http://pwcalc.com/42c53798ecb8a533. I'd been inactive for a while, am currently working on ways to get better gear.. but from personal experience I can tell you it is horribly outdated and below average. If you can't merchant or cash shop.. you might consider making a sin or bm to farm with. Just my 2cents

Mizuoni - Dreamweaver

Adroit - Lost City wrote: »

It kinda depends what you want to be doing, but 6.2k hp is a one shot to just about anything end game. imo you should really set your goals a little higher, because that gear is horribly below standards nowadays. End game items should be +10 (ESPECIALLY the weapon), and put in some better shards. 4 socket is all fine and dandy, but a 2 socket item with citrine gems is better than 4 socket with immaculate.

Until you have some decent gear, I'd recommend putting in like 50vit.. as it really won't gimp your damage much, and it's the cheapest hp:cost ratio that you'll find. My current gear is actually not too far off from what you want (keep in mind it hasn't changed for over a year) http://pwcalc.com/42c53798ecb8a533. I'd been inactive for a while, am currently working on ways to get better gear.. but from personal experience I can tell you it is horribly outdated and below average. If you can't merchant or cash shop.. you might consider making a sin or bm to farm with. Just my 2cents

Can you look above you silly goose. I didn't put +10 weapon because I didn't think he could afford it.

Adroit - Lost City

Mizuoni - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Can you look above you silly goose. I didn't put +10 weapon because I didn't think he could afford it.

if you can't afford +10 wep, you shouldn't be playing a mage imo. I have been really looking into making money lately, but honestly I wish I'd started another class to fund my mage. Now I'm doing it backwards.. and have WAY less money in the long run than I would have if I'd just started making money when anni packs first came out (int gear became accessible)

Lazurus - Lost City

Adroit - Lost City wrote: »

If you can't merchant or cash shop.. you might consider making a sin or bm to farm with. Just my 2cents

Funnily enough, I finally farmed enough coin to buy my NV daggers and +8 them (I'd be 5.0)... and then raps went up to 1.7 mil each >.>

This wiz is my pet project until prices go down again. Refines and shards are kind of not what I was concerned about (they're just the highest refines and shards I can get without orbing or needing to buy more gems/sockets atm). Was just curious as to whether using HH 90 / OHT boots / non-event ornaments was viable in the long run. Honestly, I don't see how anything short of NV gear is better for the pants (and I REALLY don't want to farm second cast NV gear again), and the phys res from the ornaments is more or less on par with that of event gear.

Is it worth holding onto this gear and refining/sharding? If not, what should I aim for (short of second cast NV / event ornaments)

Adroit - Lost City

Lazurus - Lost City wrote: »

Funnily enough, I finally farmed enough coin to buy my NV daggers and +8 them (I'd be 5.0)... and then raps went up to 1.7 mil each >.>

This wiz is my pet project until prices go down again. Refines and shards are kind of not what I was concerned about (they're just the highest refines and shards I can get without orbing or needing to buy more gems/sockets atm). Was just curious as to whether using HH 90 / OHT boots / non-event ornaments was viable in the long run. Honestly, I don't see how anything short of NV gear is better for the pants (and I REALLY don't want to farm second cast NV gear again), and the phys res from the ornaments is more or less on par with that of event gear.

Is it worth holding onto this gear and refining/sharding? If not, what should I aim for (short of second cast NV / event ornaments)

again it depends on what you are looking to do.. but I would recommend holding off for better gear. I have a bit higher hp, relatively same resists/matk etc.. and I can tell you it isn't as fun as you might think I don't really know what to tell you other than 2nd cast nv.. but the average gear on LC has gone way up. You can't really get by anymore with HH90 and mediocre shards/refines imo.

DaKillanator - Raging Tide

Is it really necassary to refine the ring to +5? Hardly adds any elemental resistance, I'd personally just +3 it with mirages and not worry about it.

And how much does it cost to add the sockets to gear? If I got a 3 socket rank top for instance, would if be smarter to keep buying rank tops once a day until I got a 4 socket top, or to buy the socket stones to add that one extra socket?

Same question goes for the wep and legs.

Also, would it be more efficient to just refine with perfect citrines on a +5 piece of armor, than to put incomparables on a +7?

MageFizban - Lost City

Mizuoni - Dreamweaver wrote: »

http://pwcalc.com/8c0fc11ea224ee66
7.8k HP buffed and 11k pdef fully buffed = you should be okay...

http://pwcalc.com/3e7e6b57af6cd9e2

lol

Adroit - Lost City

MageFizban - Lost City wrote: »

http://pwcalc.com/3e7e6b57af6cd9e2

lol

lmao.. interesting idea actually.. except that you'd probably wanna replace the helm at end game

Lenestro - Sanctuary

i was actually wondering about the eidea of adding 50 extra str points and putting an earth warsol in, i mean, youd get more extra hp than adding 50 vit....

Fistol - Raging Tide

Lenestro - Sanctuary wrote: »

i was actually wondering about the eidea of adding 50 extra str points and putting an earth warsol in, i mean, youd get more extra hp than adding 50 vit....

for a wizard adding 50 str doesnt = helmet warsoul . str requirement is 146 iirc

plus you lose a spot for -channel on your head which wizard typically needs.

Adroit - Lost City

Lenestro - Sanctuary wrote: »

i was actually wondering about the eidea of adding 50 extra str points and putting an earth warsol in, i mean, youd get more extra hp than adding 50 vit....

it's an interesting idea, just makes it a little more difficult to restat back to pure int.. takes more than one intermediate restat scroll + you need to sell the helm and buy a new one. If I had that option available to me when I first went vit, I'd probably have gone with the warsoul helmet tbh.. but not worth switching now

Lazurus - Lost City

MageFizban - Lost City wrote: »

http://pwcalc.com/3e7e6b57af6cd9e2

lol

lol.. Don't know why I never thought of that. I currently have a +10 warsoul of earth on another char, so I think I'm pretty much going to work towards this for now. Playing around with the refines and sockets, I can hit 10 k+ hp without too much hassle (buffed).

Not really loving the OHT bracers (no channeling QQ), but I'll make a hundred or so anyway and see if I can get a channeling + HP mod on them. Thanks for idea b:pleased

Amour - Lost City

Leave rings +3, don't assume or imagine 4 sockets on everything, use your +10 helmet, keep everything +5 and +10 your weapon.

I had +12 weapon with +7 gear :]

Lazurus - Lost City

The Plan

Budget 100 gear coming to a total of roughly 300-350 mil for gear/shards/refines (I used sage hp buff just because I wanted that 10k hp). Not TOO shabby, and about half the cost of NV. Not spending a dime more on this guy b:shutup

@Amour: It's pretty realistic to have this gear be full 4 soc. G11 is super cheap to max out, rank 8 chest will be 4 soc after enough attempts, and the cape can be bought as is. The only somewhat pricey thing I can foresee is the boots.. even then, that's not a huge expense. Yay full body citrine glow.

Amour - Lost City

g11 1k socket stones to 4socket and g12 is 2k. Thats a 10/20m respectively, you could purchase a +10 orb for that much.

That's a decent build, okay, but what happens when you'd like to improve it? I guess for me I'm all about end game options. Which means I'd never +10 an elite leather, cause I know a NV cape will replace it. Just like I won't +11/12 any nv or rank9 stuff I get (other than weapon) because there's always a possibility of better gear to be released

75% of the battle is GETTINg the gear, seems you're just +ing the cheap options really high.