Rank IX hype

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edit: It's officially released. The bow and armor is as I've stated below.

So I had a look at flowing stardust a.k.a warsoul.

Flowing Stardust
Grade 16
Physical attack: 1211-2248
Str required: 52
Dex required: 287
Level Required: 80
Dexterity +8~9
Dexterity +8~9
Critical Hit Rate +2%
Critical Hit Rate +2%
Distract: Has a chance to decrease opponent's magic defence.
Atk. Level +50

The base of this bow is 1211-2248, 46-86 less than rank9 at 1257-2334.

The proc on warsoul is nice (could be better), but if the chances of it proc'ing is like 5% then it's pretty unreliable for killing those HAs. Comparing that to rank9 with advanced soul shatter which I speculate to be a 10% proc, would definitely bring this bow on top.

Rank9 also has -0.1s interval and some trivial hp compared to warsoul's +7-8dex advantage and it's 4% crit along with +20atk level.

However, since there is rank9 set bonuses, this +20atk bonus the warsoul has over rank9 is not so much impressive any more.

Rank9 is much more ridiculous compared to warsoul in my opinion. What are your opinions on this?


Additional information:

Official cost of r9:
Weapon: 5 badges, 85 G. Summer swords
Ring: 3 badges, 32 G. Summer swords
Belt: 3 badges, 32 G. Summer swords
Boots: 2 badges, 14 G. Summer swords
Arms: 2 badges, 14 G. Summer swords
Chest: 2 badges, 14 G. Summer swords
Pants: 2 badges, 14 G. Summer swords

There is a prerequisite of 300,000 reputation and you must get the ring first before you can access other rank9 pieces. Each G. Summer sword requires 9999 mysterious chips to make and there is no chip fee. The level requirement is 101. The badges are randomly assigned to a territory owner once per week, which is tradeable.

There are 7 pieces in rank9: chest, leggings, wrist, boots, belt, bow and ring. The ring does not count towards the bonus.

The belt and ring cannot be refined. Armors come in 3-4 sockets and the weapon is 100% 2 sockets. They cost 3-5million per piece and can only be bought once per day.

Rank IX Bow:
Grade 16
Physical attack: 1257-2334
Str required: 55
Dex required: 305
Level Required: 101
Reputation Required: 300000
Interval between hits -0.10s
Dexterity +10~11
HP +205
Adv. Soul Shatter: Has an increased chance to dispel positive buffs.
Atk. Level +30

Ring
Grade 16
Physical attack +210
Magical Attack +210
Critical Chance +3%
Accuracy +50%
Channeling -6%
Def. Lvl +5

Belt
Grade 16
Physical Def. +700
Magical Def. +700
Vit. +10
Dex. +10
Atk. Lvl +3

Light Chest
Grade 16
Physical Def. +897
Magical Def. +1395
Strength Req. 105
Dexterity Req. 105
HP +180
Dex. +10
Def. Lvl +3

Light Legging
Grade 16
Physical Def. +769
Magical Def. +1195
Strength Req. 105
Dexterity Req. 105
HP +180
Vit. +10
Interval between hits -0.05s

Light Boots
Grade 16
Physical Def. +513
Magical Def. +795
Strength Req. 105
Dexterity Req. 105
HP +180
Vit. +10
Speed +0.2m/s

Light Wristguard
Grade 16
Physical Def. +385
Magical Def. +600
Strength Req. 105
Dexterity Req. 105
HP +180
Dex. +10
Interval between hits -0.10s

Set bonus for rank9
[2] Def. Level +10
[3] +1% crit
[4] Atk. Level +10
[5] Def. Level +10
[6] Atk. Level +20

In-game cost:
Under the assumption that one would acquire their mysterious chips from tokens:

Ring: 300,000 rep + 3 badges + 287972 tokens

Weapon: 5 Badges + 764924 tokens + Ring
Belt: 3 badges + 287972 tokens + Ring
Boots: 2 badges + 125988 tokens + Ring
Arms: 2 badges + 125988 tokens + Ring
Chest: 2 badges + 125988 tokens + Ring
Pants: 2 badges + 125988 tokens + Ring

eg: if someone was to aim for rank9 weapon, it would cost them 300,000 rep, 8 TW badges and 1,052,895 tokens. At a rate of 11,000coin per token, this equates to roughly 11.6billion coin, almost twice the cost of a warsoul. Happy farming.