Nirvana or Rank 8?

urbandetox
urbandetox Posts: 54 Arc User
edited March 2010 in Archer
Subject says it all... which is better for a demon archer, Nirvana gears or rank 8 and why?
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  • Devoted - Lost City
    Devoted - Lost City Posts: 3,634 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    nirvana with the proper stats by far

    edit: for bow only, rank8 also gives an amazing chest and good ring, if money wasn't an option i would probably pick rank8. nirvana is cheaper and farmable and if advanced soul shatter is 10%...
  • urbandetox
    urbandetox Posts: 54 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    What nirvana stats would make it better than rank 8?
  • Sneakret - Heavens Tear
    Sneakret - Heavens Tear Posts: 618 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    It's been a while since I've taken a peek, but for the negative interval bonus I believe the second grade of nirvana offers a -.05 on leggings as well as-.01 on wrist and/or chest plate.
    I can see what you see not,
    Vision milky, then eyes rot.
    When you turn, they will be gone,
    Whispering their hidden song.
    Then you see what cannot be,
    Shadows move where light should be.
    Out of darkness, out of mind,
    Cast down into the Halls of the Blind.
  • WaffleChan - Sanctuary
    WaffleChan - Sanctuary Posts: 2,897 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    its only on pants and gloves. rank 8 archer = only -.1 interval armor.
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  • urbandetox
    urbandetox Posts: 54 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Is Nirvana pants the only pants that offer negative interval?
  • Absoluth - Heavens Tear
    Absoluth - Heavens Tear Posts: 764 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I dont see the point of these questions...
    If you buy your rank 8 and unlock all that gear, you'll still farm for nirvana later, wont u? If you invest on nirvana now, you'll still farm rep later wont u? They way i see it, just buy the dam rank 8, which will give you instant access to that sweet gear, then farm nirvana when you feel like it. Eventually you'll have the best gears at your disposal.
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    "Free to play. Pay to win"

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  • SinCroz - Lost City
    SinCroz - Lost City Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Military rank nv 8 is the best option to have the most damage possible. Nirvana is good, but loses in critical damage and attack speed, noting that it comes with the best available adds.

    FOR Archer only. Any other class of weapon nirvana ends up being more
  • Ussichu - Sanctuary
    Ussichu - Sanctuary Posts: 429 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Nirvana bows don't lose in attack speed, and they get a 10% chance to purge someone which makes a really big difference in killing and well its great at **** people over.
    Navarre was your everyday veno, until she learned her true form. Now she's fox walloping and purging over and over again.. all for a deep stinging, head hunting, wind pushing Assassin. Will there be inner harmony and myriad rainbows? But of course! Yuri&Lemon Find it on Fanfiction XD "Discovering Sanctuary" Chapter 2 is up ^_^
  • SinCroz - Lost City
    SinCroz - Lost City Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Wrong ...
    The biggest add attack speed of the bow Nirvana is 0.05 while that of fame has an add from -0.1. Only way the bow nirvana is going to match two adds, which would further damage and possible critical. Not to mention fame as armor from -0.1.

    And hoping to get a chance to turn the soul shatter is discouraging b:bye
  • Devoted - Lost City
    Devoted - Lost City Posts: 3,634 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Wrong ...
    The biggest add attack speed of the bow Nirvana is 0.05 while that of fame has an add from -0.1. Only way the bow nirvana is going to match two adds, which would further damage and possible critical. Not to mention fame as armor from -0.1.

    And hoping to get a chance to turn the soul shatter is discouraging b:bye
    Just to let you know pwdatabase is wrong on the weapon bonuses..

    http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/items/25682

    http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3083/09120117597238b34bf2af3.png

    the above fist has -0.1 and +2 range as its two minor stats, along with a major stat which i'll get translated for you ^^

    note that 2x -0.1 is possible.


    also, what scares me is that im pretty sure that major stat is advanced debuff.. aka 5 attacks per second with a 10% chance to debuff? game over?
  • Legendadry - Harshlands
    Legendadry - Harshlands Posts: 250 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    you do realize that each nirvana run you might maybe get just 1 raptrue crystal? you need 250 total recast your weapon all the way to G15. Unless you got a good group of friends just buy R8 and wait till more 100's come around.
    I dont level Slow I just enjoy the game b:surrender
  • SinCroz - Lost City
    SinCroz - Lost City Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Just to let you know pwdatabase is wrong on the weapon bonuses..

    http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/items/25682

    http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3083/09120117597238b34bf2af3.png

    the above fist has -0.1 and +2 range as its two minor stats, along with a major stat which i'll get translated for you ^^

    note that 2x -0.1 is possible.


    also, what scares me is that im pretty sure that major stat is advanced debuff.. aka 5 attacks per second with a 10% chance to debuff? game over?

    http://bbs.w2i.wanmei.com/attachments/month_1002/1002210634bf2204a2c4b2473e.png

    2 Adds of atk speed 0.05.
    as I said, the only way to match the speed of attack is losing the chance for additional damage and criticalb:laugh
  • Devoted - Lost City
    Devoted - Lost City Posts: 3,634 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    http://bbs.w2i.wanmei.com/attachments/month_1002/1002210634bf2204a2c4b2473e.png

    2 Adds of atk speed 0.05.
    as I said, the only way to match the speed of attack is losing the chance for additional damage and criticalb:laugh

    No, you said nirvana bow can't have -0.1 unless it's 2x -0.05, you can get -0.1 as a single stat. Not to mention the 10% debuff chance or +attack level..
  • Legerity - Sanctuary
    Legerity - Sanctuary Posts: 1,072 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    No, you said nirvana bow can't have -0.1 unless it's 2x -0.05, you can get -0.1 as a single stat. Not to mention the 10% debuff chance or +attack level..

    That's interesting. Guess w2.wanmei is also incomplete in terms of possible attributes on weapons. I checked on their site that there were no -0.1s interval available for fists but the screenshot clearly shows otherwise.
  • SinCroz - Lost City
    SinCroz - Lost City Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    No, you said nirvana bow can't have -0.1 unless it's 2x -0.05, you can get -0.1 as a single stat. Not to mention the 10% debuff chance or +attack level..

    w8 the SS of a nirvana bow with this add :)
  • Cailleach - Harshlands
    Cailleach - Harshlands Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Just to let you know pwdatabase is wrong on the weapon bonuses..

    http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/items/25682

    http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3083/09120117597238b34bf2af3.png

    the above fist has -0.1 and +2 range as its two minor stats, along with a major stat which i'll get translated for you ^^

    note that 2x -0.1 is possible.


    also, what scares me is that im pretty sure that major stat is advanced debuff.. aka 5 attacks per second with a 10% chance to debuff? game over?
    I haven't gone to the effort of translating the full thing, but the name translates (roughly) to "Shatter spirit pond". According to [Translation] Nirvana Ranged Weapons, that's Advanced Soul Shatter all right.
  • Legerity - Sanctuary
    Legerity - Sanctuary Posts: 1,072 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    w8 the SS of a nirvana bow with this add :)

    Actually, based purely on w2.wanmei's tables and that screenshot, it is fairly logical to assume that even bows can acquire -0.1s interval.

    Also, you could just acquire both bows - r8 for killing and nirvana for adv. soul shatter.
  • Devoted - Lost City
    Devoted - Lost City Posts: 3,634 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I haven't gone to the effort of translating the full thing, but the name translates (roughly) to "Shatter spirit pond". According to [Translation] Nirvana Ranged Weapons, that's Advanced Soul Shatter all right.

    I've had 4 different guildies tell me it's roughly:

    "debuff with higher chance"
  • Chezedude - Dreamweaver
    Chezedude - Dreamweaver Posts: 236 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Just to let you know pwdatabase is wrong on the weapon bonuses..

    http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/items/25682

    http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3083/09120117597238b34bf2af3.png

    the above fist has -0.1 and +2 range as its two minor stats, along with a major stat which i'll get translated for you ^^

    note that 2x -0.1 is possible.


    also, what scares me is that im pretty sure that major stat is advanced debuff.. aka 5 attacks per second with a 10% chance to debuff? game over?

    that picture could have been photoshopped by someone? nirvana fists shouldn't have soul shatter and -0.1 int isn't listed. I've looked at a large number of pictures of nirvana weapons on the CN server and all of them conformed to the stats listed on the site.
    youtube.com/chezedude
  • Legerity - Sanctuary
    Legerity - Sanctuary Posts: 1,072 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    that picture could have been photoshopped by someone? nirvana fists shouldn't have soul shatter and -0.1 int isn't listed. I've looked at a large number of pictures of nirvana weapons on the CN server and all of them conformed to the stats listed on the site.

    Could very well be because so far only this picture has inconsistencies with what is listed at w21.wanmei.

    I'm interested as to where this picture came from actually. Would you happen to know the source, Devoted?
  • SinCroz - Lost City
    SinCroz - Lost City Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I've been thinking about this possibility and I examined the SS's...

    Notice that the SS of weapon that has two additional 0.05 to distance between the 5 and the next symbol Chinese is quite large. Since the SS which has the additional -0.1 the distance between the 1 and the same letter is virtually nonexistent. Not to mention that the quality of SS is very bad.

    b:victory
  • Devoted - Lost City
    Devoted - Lost City Posts: 3,634 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Could very well be because so far only this picture has inconsistencies with what is listed at w21.wanmei.

    I'm interested as to where this picture came from actually. Would you happen to know the source, Devoted?

    I really do hope it's photoshopped as it is clearly the most broken weapon in the game.

    I can ask the guildie that took the ss but already talking about it with 3-4 people who play the cn version and although I'm somewhat troll-resistant their responses make it seem as if it is in fact real, just very rare.

    Here's hoping it's one big troll. b:surrender
  • Chezedude - Dreamweaver
    Chezedude - Dreamweaver Posts: 236 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I really do hope it's photoshopped as it is clearly the most broken weapon in the game.

    I can ask the guildie that took the ss but already talking about it with 3-4 people who play the cn version and although I'm somewhat troll-resistant their responses make it seem as if it is in fact real, just very rare.

    Here's hoping it's one big troll. b:surrender

    pretty certain it's fake. but I wish my fists have soul shatter :(
    youtube.com/chezedude
  • SneakyStalk - Harshlands
    SneakyStalk - Harshlands Posts: 440 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Nirvana or Rank 8 for archer? just save ur money, re roll and hyper to 100
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