To whole Community , Where does your character stand gear wise?

Not sure what full China R9 gear that GM’s won’t revert is considered so other I guess...

Oh boy, okay. Wall-o-text time. First off, everything I say here is in a PVE context only, because PVP in this game lost any pretense of balance somewhere around 2010 at the latest, and is therefore all but dead to me.

So, PVE-wise, if I ever get the sense that someone is asking about my gear to evaluate me, or if anyone ever asks for a weapon link, I do not engage with them any further. If you (general "you," not the OP) can't understand that gear is not an indicator of skill, game knowledge, or general character growth, then I do not wish to play with you.

That said, I do not mind showing my gear in the general sense. But most people get mystified by my gear, because I make weird choices (often to specifically troll people who would get enraged at weird choices). For example, when I made my archer his g17s2 weapon, I put these shards in it - the same ones I put in my g15 weapon from years ago. Why? Because I believe most modern gear is OP, I get bored of seeing the same damn shards in every piece of gear, and it's my own little reminder to myself of how much power creep PWI really has.

The archer also has g16 armor, but I hate it with a passion and I'm working on replacing both it and the weapon with something pretty damn obscure. Once my project on him is complete, I guarantee you 90% of wep link squads will have no idea what the hell I'm showing them (assuming the sharding choice alone doesn't make them ignore me), so I will continue to not bother.

My other main is a barb. He's got 37.5k HP (at the moment), good mdef, and that's really about all I require him to have. People are routinely surprised to discover that he gets these stats with... g15 armor, +5. That gear is probably at least six years old now. I never needed to upgrade it for what I wanted to do with him. I probably will g16 it at some point (after the archer's project is done, most likely), but I'll miss confusing people with it.

The barb has a s1 Warsoul +8 weapon, which I have no intention of upgrading because he's a Vit build and isn't meant to be a DD anyway (I got that weapon because I wanted the stun proc and guaranteed 2s to throw some Amber Gems into).

Don't even ask about my ornaments. That's a whole 'nother wall-o-text.



Basically, part of the reason I still play PWI is to see what I can get away with PVE-wise in gear that small-minded people would consider non-standard or substandard. And the silver lining to all that primal-daily grinding and war avatar / star chart accumulation is that you can make a perfectly passable character in almost any gear these days (as long as it's level-appropriate).

My chars reach g16 and I call it end game. Not sure if I'll get to r9, but I have the molds for some in case I do. That weapon greenfire linked for the archer, I have the dagger equivalent. I'd recommend getting the Morai 60 slaying level weapons, as it's damage is comparable to g16, easier to acquire, and way cheaper to roll. Hell when mine was just +3 it out damaged my g16 +8.

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lv100togekiss wrote: »

That weapon greenfire linked for the archer, I have the dagger equivalent.

Wow, nice! Can you post a screenshot of it? There are so few penumbra weapons on my server, I can probably count them on one hand (and that's including my wife who recently finished the cleric wep). So naturally, I haven't seen many (and we don't have ecatomb anymore). I'm interested in a pic of the bow too, of course, but I can't decide if I want to be surprised when I finish it.

Too bad I'm doing the armor first just to get out of that boring g16 all the sooner... oh well, about 3.5/5 pieces of that done and a replacement cape more or less ready to go.

EDIT: Definitely want to echo the recommendation of Morai g15s1 gears (those are the ones you can get from the three orders). They recently got a lot cheaper to buy, and they're a totally viable replacement for g16.

What a funny poll at this time? Does pwi also want to know on what level gears thier player base are generally lol omfg such a blatant poll to try figure players gears from a pwi MOD....not a hai im new what gears you guys have lol nope non other than poll from forum GM asking whats your gear levels..........wow............much wow..........and people actually replied..........woooooow


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Well after changes of recent...its a very convienent poll?

This is such a strange poll to put up right now. I like greenfire's reply and perspective on gear -- and using those old school elemental damage shards is just awesome -- I well remember when that was a popular thing to do for physical classes.

But really, why are we talking about gear like it's a choice? Unless you're doing something consciously like greenfire and pushing yourself to do more with less, everyone else is stuck hitting that ceiling of "r9 or gtfo." A player's "reason behind it" for using g15, g16, morai gear, or r8 isn't because there's some benefit to it (with a couple exceptions: aps builds, players who like stacking warding lvls for pve), it's because they're not willing to sell their soul dumping 10 hours a day trying to scrape for coin in this barren farming environment OR they can't afford/don't want to dump a fortune in RL money in to get r9.

I'm not trying to be a jerk about a poll that was made for innocent reasons I'm sure, it's just a strange discussion to bring up right now when so many are unhappy with the company, and gear gaps/power creep is one of the major sources of irritation for f2p players.

On my main veno I used to wear r8s2 and after that I went r9s3 with low refines + warsoul glaive and stayed that way for a long time. My character is currently r9s3 +10 with r9s3 weapon +11
I think I also am one of the few players on Etherblade that have this but I have not refined it too much since I went casual at about the time that I finished that weapon.

Pretty much all the gear I have (aside from the penumbra weapon and the refines on r9 + the usual pvp stuff) I got during 2012 - 2013.
I stop upgrading my gear since I don't feel it is worth to keep doing it anymore, this mainly due the state the game is and lack of time and patience to play this too much.

The main reason why I got r9 was 'cause it was my main and at the time the only goals left i had were to gear up and level up to 105. Also it was really easy to farm and merch stuff at time I did. When i got r9 on my veno, gold was 1 mill per aprox and nw tokens used to be super expensive so with that + farming stuff it was easy to make hundreds of millions in a few weeks, then buy a lot of gold on auction and plus a few small charges you could get r9 with no problem.

coz ican't be r9... plain and simple..

Surprised ppl still run g16 and aren’t bored with this games next to 0 challenge in PvE. To each their own I guess. I get the sentiment some can’t afford r9 but personally if I could only PvE on this game with how it’s structured and how easy it is I’d say I’d have played max 1-2yrs. The only thing that makes anything tough is 1 shot mechanics which in itself can be buggy as hell (UP run jump over fire and still die GG) but no real tactical perspective or critical thinking required once you get the basics of a boss’s functions.

You guys do realise forum mods are NOT GM's or employees right, but volunteers to help with the community? And last i checked, it was ok to be curious. That aside I'm in that rare R8 group. I may not go for r9, but might go for rank 8's third cast just to be different. PVP is not as interesting to me, and its more then powerful enough to handle end game content.

I suppose Im in the higher tier in the r9 group by now. While pvp and pve can motivate me, I mostly just gear up just for myself. I love collecting stuff and getting that 1 extra stat I can reroll for. All those small insignificant details I like working for, and by now they have all added up in my stats.
Had I been PvE only I would have done nothing different. PvP is just the bonus I get out of my gear.
I have the standard r9.3 but also r8rr weapon (farmed the hard way) and morai qsm'd weapon. Soon a g17.3 weapon which I have been slacking on, not sure if I will work for higher casts anytime soon.

Collection is just really fun for me and thats my reason.

The challenges I face atm is the items that cost a lot of gold (aptitude, trophy) for the reason I cant really afford to charge, and buying gold is painful on my server. Nowadays I probably wouldnt charge anyway even if I could.
Another challenge is my love for my alts. They limit me in my journey to complete my main, which I really wish to do. I keep end up spend a couple hundred millions here and there on the alts.

My main is a BM. Got Morai level 95 armor on her, but my awesome faction gifted me with T3 axes when I hit level 100. My ornaments are a bit better than my armor, but (probably?) not as good as my weapons.

By the way, I've been playing (on and off) since Dreamweaver (now part of Tideswell) opened.