What Shards for gear?

firebreatherr
firebreatherr Posts: 28 Arc User
edited January 2009 in Archer
Which shards should we put in our gear that is good for archesr in Town Wars and pvp..Hp shards, Evasion, or a mixture of both?

Also, some gear gives resistance to all elements and some gear only give resistance to some elements. Is there some useless element resistance we can go without or should we get all resist gear
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  • Mosz - Heavens Tear
    Mosz - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,181 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Hp Hp Hp Hp Hp Hp Hp
  • xlovex
    xlovex Posts: 152 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    all defensive stats suffer from diminishing returns, except for hp

    therefore, get hp shards =D

    1) evasion shards won't help at all. you have enough evasion already. besides, your main worry is those mage/cleric/veno spells that can't miss

    2) pdef shards - as a light armor, you're already basically as comfortably maximizing your defensive potential as you can get. unless you want to swap between elemental resist and pdef resist armor all the time, HP shards are much better, as they not only help more, they help against both.

    for your weapon, i'm pretty sure atk shards =D

    though! does anyone know if elemental shards would help take down HA wearers? i've never tried it myself. Like, metal shards, for those lightning skills we have.
  • firebreatherr
    firebreatherr Posts: 28 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Thanks for the quick replies, can someone also answer my second question


    Also, some gear gives resistance to all elements and some gear only give resistance to some elements. Is there some useless element resistance we can go without or should we get all resist gear
  • Mosz - Heavens Tear
    Mosz - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,181 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    well at lower levels you tend to have quests all teh time for all sorts of mobs
    later on you grind more and more and can choose what to grind on, while water and air are high XP (for water water resist would help minimally) on ground metal is good to grind on (since you have bonus fire attack) mostly you dotn grind on wood ones, cause poison is a pain in the ****, but some wood dont poison

    uhh, so i cant really say that one is exactly useless always, its definetally not something i would focus on--pretty much ever, the bonus stats would be more important on items
  • Devoted - Lost City
    Devoted - Lost City Posts: 3,634 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    if you're going to use elemental shards use all 5 unless you are making a set for a certain mob. ie people at 8x make water sets for undines and fish
  • Malcuid - Sanctuary
    Malcuid - Sanctuary Posts: 91 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Wich shards would you advice for PvE?
    Because i am a low level but had a shard as loot and wouldn't know to use it or to sell it or send it to my barb :p