Gear for wizz: What lvl what to wear?

Hello b:victory

About shards...well this is what I plan on doing regarding shards.
Since 60-70 isnt all that long, I wouldnt bother using lvl5 or greater shards. I stuck lvl 4 shards in my 60+ gear, simply because they cost a fraction of what lvl 5 cost, and the difference in stats between lvl4 and lvl 5 is not worth the huge price difference.
Now, for my 70+ gear, i plan on using all lvl 5 shards, as I have some more money now, and 70-80 takes a little while longer.
And for 80+, I am saving all my lvl 6 shards i acquired from the recent event that gave shards as prizes.
I wouldnt bother with molder gear, unless you get one that you can use on an FB, or you have tons of money to spend. 80+ molder gear can be useful because of the amount of time it takes to reach 90, but once again it will cost a lot.

Also, check the auction house often, as you can usually find some good gear with lvl 5 shards in it for a good price, considering the cost of 2 or more lvl 5 shards.
For example, lets say you find a good 3* chest piece with 2 lvl 5 hp shards in it for 150-200k. If you had to buy the shards alone, it would cost 100-120k, so 150-200k for the whole chest piece isnt a bad deal.

Hope this helps b:bye

P.S. Trying to find good arcane gear after 70 is near impossible, and the good stuff is expensive as all hell. So start savin lol

***Oh, and I definitely agree with Kristoph regarding the 70TT gear. Its nice for clerics, but very crappy for mages, because none of it gives physical defense or hp blues, and thats what we are most interested in as mages. Do what he^^ said, find 2 or 3* armor with good physical defense and hp blues, and you will be much better off.

CeliaZ - Sanctuary wrote: »

You do know she is on a PVE server? There was not ONE single moment when I needed physical defense in my entire 60's.

Doesn't take away the fact that those pants aren't great. And I have no idea how much she does PVP-wise. Either way, the belt is worth using up to 80ish, the pants get replaced at 63 or 70.

If you're talking about rank gear, don't get the rank belt. It's elemental defense for Wizards. They were saying to take the belt for the Mantavip quest, but it sounds like you already took the 3* pants there. The rank pants are about the same as the Mantavip ones, only advantage is that you can re-buy rank gear every day, so if you rolled low on your blue stats for manta-pants, you can get rank gear that's slightly better.

In fact, pass on everything but the rank 4 top. If you have 5k rep at 60, congratulations, you win the prize.

CeliaZ - Sanctuary wrote: »

What's wrong with elemental defense? Again, all mobs past 60 are magic and she is on a PVE server...

If only. Magic mobs are cake anyway, it's the ranged physical ones that will tear her apart.

Optimeau - Heavens Tear wrote: »

... Assuming we are talking about arcane armor.

At 67 I only saw one physical ranged mob (required for quest) so far. Rattus Cadaverist.
To be very honest... why bother spending money on gear on PVE-server in your 60s? In your 60s most mobs can be killed, without being hit. I always try to wear armor with +x magic points. Most of these are quest rewards.

Obviously, if you go in TW, or feel like soloing ranged physical mobs, you could work on your physical defense. put (some) phys def stones in.
Though, in TW, I hope, that you have skilled faction members, that keep the archers away from you, the glass cannon.

cheers,
Optimeau

TW doesn't work like that, and you sure as hell won't have anyone saving you if you get killed in 1-3 hits by any Archer/Axe BM.


Mantavip belt


There's not much point in using an elemental belt as a wizard if you're arcane, unless it has channeling, especially at those levels. Honestly, what's 150 more mdef going to do for you? Some good pdef ornaments will add a lot more % damage reduction, because it's relatively low. I'd be surprised if you had over 1k pdef unbuffed.