Sharding for armor.

If you can afford really high refines then go for +2 def stones.

so this mean ill be fail am pure tank built till am low lvl am a lvl73 and 9.7k hp tiger buffed idk really understand should i be ok are ill be fail with that tank built???

I agree with Rawrgh. If you can afford refine all your armor to a point where you are closing in on 20k human buffed the % in vit increase is no match to the % in dmg reduction the jades will give you.


vit stones if you have about 20kish human will give you roughly 25% more hp = arma +25% dmg

I prefere jades.

Blood_Panda - Raging Tide wrote: »

I read somewhere +50 defence is 50% defence reduction but +50 attack isnt 50% damage increase.

http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=698392

I dont know how you would get that. the formula

If Attack Level > Defense Level:
damage = damage dealt * (1 + (A - D)/100)
else
damage = damage dealt / (1 + 1.2 * (D - A)/100)

States that 50 att lvls are 50% dmg increase, while def lvls have a multiplier of 1.2.

the brothers of fear are kinda ridiculous to get though

Lol I'm almost certain Roid can afford it.


I'd probly go vit XD just to arma ppl.

<.< *dont pay attention to my LA atk lvl barb running around*

as you say Bm forum. Bm get lower Hp/mag/phy per vit compare to Barb.

and hp stacks with HP buff

http://pwcalc.ru/pwi/?char=ecc37aed1c7c1825

I see I'm not the only one cursed with 2 socket nirvana.

Rawrgh just get 4800 socket stones :P I had 2 socket wrist now they are 3.

Alright well my main is Susamajii, I'd say I'm at least top 3 best geared barb on LC server this is my armor, I am also Demon but I pull catapults ;o

Full Nirvana all 6 pieces.

+10 Demon Serene Robe 3 Socket ~ 3 vit stones
+10 Ancestral Divine Helm 3 socket ~ 3 Jade of Defense
+11 Lionheart Nirvana Chest 3 socket ~ 3 vit stones
+10 Lionheart Nirvana Greaves 3 socket ~ 3 vit stones
+10 Lionheart Nirvana Boots 3 socket ~ 3 Jade of Defense
+10 Lionheart Nirvana Bracers 3 socket ~ 3 vit stones
+10 g14 Cube neck
+10 g14 Warsong belt
+10 Seal of Eternal Solitude
+8 Sign of Frost: Chaos

Now I think I have a good mix of def shards and vit stones. My defense level with the stones and the nirvana bonus is 27. (42 with the anniversary blessing)

My HP standing atm is roughly 20k unbuffed.

I have 400 vit, 300 str, 87 dex all green number.

This is my survival index fully buffed.
http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv148/WayWardArcher/NotSquishy.jpg

Now I also have the Forest Wisdom +11 with 3 vit stones and the Tide of Elysium +10 with 2 vit stones.

My Hp with those on is higher but my survival index is more around 225-230k with those 2 pieces on versus the 336k with the nirvana bonuses and jade shards.

So like was previously said, if you can afford high refines then i'd go half and half I'm debating on getting 3 more and losing 3 vit stones for 3 more jades atm actually.

Nirvana Armour should be sharded with Jades of Steady Defense.
Anything else should only be used as a stop gap till you can use Jades... unless your HP shards give more than 2% of your HP... after all, 4soc with Jades in Nirvana will gives like 61 def level? 24 Jades = 48 def level + the 13 from having the full set. 61% damage reduction if your opponent has 0 attack level.
As I once heard, refine for HP, shard for protection.
Also, if a wizzie comes along and 1shots you after you shard vit stones, but Jades would have saved you by chopping a chunk of damage off his/her attack...