Woot 99! Priorities?

If you are going for 5 aps, have you considered if you are doing:
Tome and 2 TT99 HA
2 TT99 HA and 2 TT99 LA
Tome and TT99 HA and TT99 LA for 4.0 base.

If so, which pieces of HA and LA might pick your route.

I wanted 4 aps base because I'm not always sparked. In fact, in instances I'm rarely sparked. So I looked around and decided a cube neck was an endgame piece that give me a bulk of my mdef, better than an mdef belt or any piece of armor. And of course I was going for -int Nirvana pants. So the 4 pieces I had to make TT99 LA and HA were belt, armor, wrist, and boots.

I compared an evasion belt with HA armor pieces. I compared LA plate with HA belt and other pieces. I compared pretty much every combo and liked HA belt and plate, LA wrist and boots.

So. The tt99 LA wrists are a priority for many people who don't have DQ wrists or LA tt90 wrists and its an automatic -int boost. Then complete the set with tt99 boots. Then go for the defense of tt99 HA plate (biggest def boost of the tt99 pieces), then complete the tt99 HA set bonus with tt99 HA belt

Of course, if you have -.1 int wrists already you might want to do HA plate, then HA belt, the LA wrist, then LA boots.

just having demon HF wont get you in nirvana easy...but yes it helps a lot....since 2x just ended and who knows when is next one i would say go for gear first ....and link your build/gear so we know where you are now...could help people to guide you easyer...also dont forget to show refines and shards

Covary - Raging Tide wrote: »

but I'm worried as Jaabg said that no one will take me cause I will/might get one shotted.

Don't worry about being one shot, bms have awesome support skills to. I just meant that you can't charge in and tank mobs easily alone. That is why let others take agro and keep agro. Use hf, gs, stuns, mss, aoe skills.

BH runs is not about gear that much (except maybe warsong metal boss), but more about how well you can play the class.

Nirvana runs = friends, if you have friends who do the instance in 5 minutes, adding you in the group won't make it any faster or slower for them. Trying to get into random world chat squads, that is another story, i never go for those.

tt runs = same thing, just be mindful of tt 3-x, the aoes can be deadly and one shot you, i get one shot with 10k hp at times , but that is tt and to be expected from me (noob player).

Warsong, you can might have some difficulty soloing a pavillion, will have to try it out and see.

Cube neck = 80m~160m depending on refines and luck.

Tome = 200m~350 for pan gu (today for some reason on sanc, pan gus are selling for sub 300, very odd)

The tt99 bracer gold drop = easy boss in 3-2, can be opened in medium mode so as to not take a sub.

I got my foot, bracers at the same time. Farmed the bracers, chipped the feet :P. I had the luxury of chipping all my gold mats, most people don't. That is where the hard choice comes in . BH100 can give you good money coupled with weekly events, to get you 1~2 gold mat per week. Over the next 8~12 weeks you'll have enough money to chip all the gold mats from bh rewards and weekly events.

If you put on a def blessing, you get about 1.4145 in def lvls and warding lvls. I believe that is an equivalent of reducing damage by 41.45%, could be wrong on the calculations.

I would recommend that you look into endless universe(EU) and advanced endless universe. EU not that hard, but not sure how popular it is these days or on your server, but you can make your next step of morai gear from it. AEU = good exp, but starts at 100, and can get you skill books (rare chance) which can sell and get you money.

Just explore your coin making options and set a realistic time line to farm/merchant/buy the gear.

Sakubatou - Sanctuary wrote: »

Cube neck runs about 100m

My opinion on demon HF is it is a priority. I always facepalm seeing 5 aps +10 BMs "no I don't have demon HF. That skills expensive!" So is everything else they have, lol. Demon HF gets you in squads with good sins, which should be the bulk of your dding, not the BMs. BMs that get everything else first and then demon HF are like sins who +10 their G15/R9 weapon while still having +3 ornies and armor.

I farmed most my aps gear and the pieces I needed I kept, the rest I sold to pay for my my demon HF so I actually farmed them together. Think I was using Deicides +8 and 3.33 aps or 4.0 aps when I got it.

I planned on soloing as much as I did squad runs. Aps are for soloing, HF is for squad runs. Whichever you do more is where your focus should be but demon HF is an eventual priority anyway because you always end up squading for something.

I carry both blessings and have them on hotkeys (can create a second facebook account or just get them on different days). I mainly use Jones for PvE, soloing, or tanking a boss. I use the O'malleys in TW and when pulling places like Seat, Delta, or Lunar.

I cap my dex at 200/203 depending on the weapon. Every 20 dex gives one crit percent so if I have a weapon that reqs 193 dex I go till 200 for that crit percent. If it requires 203 its not worth pulling 17 strength to get that 1%.

Not in the mood to snip out what I was going to fully reply to, but yeah this post pretty much sums up the BM class at lvl 100 for main goals.

Just a tip, find the rich people in your server and make good friends with them (and any realtive/gf/bf they might have). Got myself demon dragons on BM account (now banned after I spammed world chat for 2 hrs straight selling it ), cause the guy wanted me to plvl his GF's sin to 100 and that chick was never on when I was, so pretty much free demon dragons xD.

Nigoshi - Raging Tide wrote: »

Seeing as we're on the same server man imma tell you to make getting your demon hf before the rest of your aps gear, reason being on our 'ever so friendly' server most squads during 2x ask for bm's with demon HF while rejecting lvl 10 HF bm's

Yea, given your server is full of Re-Res:

Put a damn shard in your deicides.
Level 100
4-5 APS (Demon HF is useless without the APS to spam it and GS)
At LEAST +5 your gear for HP.
Demon HF
Enjoy being a debuff (bleep) for the Mentally Challenged and Farm for N3/+7ish your Deicides
Get N3
Get Tome

(Quick OT break: WTF is wrong with RT? I see/hear/read about the dumbest **** from your server.)

APS gear Advice:

DO THIS: http://pwcalc.com/d7a9fc4fa828b20d

This way, when you get N3 and only have one -int, you can get a tome and be 5.0. This also allows you to use a 5% neck with your APS gear - which is a big deal.

Jaabg - Sanctuary wrote: »

When i was 99 i had this waiting for me.

When i was 100, it took me 2 weeks to get this It was 2x.

In another week i had this

After 2x ended, 2 months later i was here

Next 2x, which was 6 months later, took me 2 months of farming but i got this

1 month after g16 came out i had this

It took me a year or so to get the build done. Still not complete, but there. I don't have demon hf though.

That was my progression, farming all the way with great friends and support.

Most people rush to 100 without having gear waiting for them, that is a mistake in my eyes. What point is it to reach 100, if you can't do anything and are easy 1~2 shot by mobs in aba/seat?

I never had any issues farming vana at 4 aps, low weapon refine. Not having demon hf, was not a hindrance. Fast squads just need hf, demon hf is nice, but not necessary, just means requires better timing. Mostly my hf did 1.2m~1.8m damage on bosses. Other bms often didn't time the hf well, so the damage was lower. BM's fall in the trap thinking that they have to spark and hf straight away, which may not always be the best option. When my dd was low, i focused on debuffs and timing.

wow you must've sucked in both pvp and pve cos unrefined deicide and 5k hp at lvl 100 aint gonna do sh*t even if ur 5 aps b:bye

Maelael - Heavens Tear wrote: »

4-5 APS (Demon HF is useless without the APS to spam it and GS)

Excelent point. 3.33+ makes HF and being chi'd up all the time.

Maelael - Heavens Tear wrote: »

(Quick OT break: WTF is wrong with RT? I see/hear/read about the dumbest **** from your server.)

For me its Lost City I always go "wtf? ..."

Nigoshi - Raging Tide wrote: »

on our 'ever so friendly' server most squads during 2x ask for bm's with demon HF while rejecting lvl 10 HF bm's (probably because we have quite a number of DHF bm's)

I noticed this being a trend on Sanctuary also this 2x. Squads used to demand 3.33 aps. Then 5 aps. Then 5 aps R9 sins (wtf rite?). Then 4+ aps and +10 refine. Now its level 11 demon HF and level 11 amp.

Ambisagrus - Lost City wrote: »

What about LC makes you go "wtf?" for?


I can try to explain

Nothing specific. Sanctuary has a fair amount of smart people in the forums that are helpful and intelligent with only a few idiots lurking about the forums. LC is the other way around with a few intelligent people and a few level 100+s still figuring out what game they're playing and asking basic questions and giving horrible advice.

Covary - Raging Tide wrote: »

It looks to me the server I'm in plays a role in how well I'll be able to farm if I don't have close friends to go on these instances with.
Now I'm considering farming for dhf first @_@

everyone will want to be your friend if you have DHF especially during 2x b:laugh