Help with Infusions & Agony Resistance
The recipes are on the wiki for the game. The wiki will answer most of your questions.
^Thanks – but looking at this I’m still unclear on how to upgrade an ascended item to get the +5 ‘built-in’ AR?
Although looking at those higher-level infusion recipes, they seem a bit ridiculous for the cost vs benefit o.o. And so I’ll definitely just stick with the ‘basic’ +5 AR one (i.e. Versatile Smple Infusion).
You put the ring in the Mystic Forge along with these 3 items:
1 Shard of Crystallized Mists Essence
3 Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence
5 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence
That is how you can get built-in AR for a ring.
and at the moment, the max AR is +40 (because you can only infuse rings)
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if you don’t plan on playing high level fractals, you never need AR. (high level = 10+, but it’s easy to get 10 AR, so 20+ would require built-in AR in items)
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Go through the wiki. I just linked one page among thousands for the game.
You put the ring in the Mystic Forge along with these 3 items:
1 Shard of Crystallized Mists Essence
3 Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence
5 Vial of Condensed Mists EssenceThat is how you can get built-in AR for a ring.
and at the moment, the max AR is +40 (because you can only infuse rings)
It’s 45. You’re forgetting the back item.
I’m looking to get full berzerker gear for my Mesmer, but before I get anything I’m trying to understand what’s the deal with infusions and agony resistance.
Basically, I recently read that you can upgrade an ascended item in the mystic forge to have +5 agony resistance ‘built-in’ – and on top of this you’re still able to add another +5 agony resistance via the infusion slot.
So my questions are:
1). What’s needed to upgrade ascended items to get the +5 built-in agony resistance?
Ascended crafting materials
2). For the offensive/defensive/utility infusion slot, if you plan to run fractals would you just put +5 agony resistance there – or is there an upgraded infusion which offers both the +5 agony resistance and some other stat? (e.g. Power?)
Whatever suits your build.
3). To run high-level fractals, what’s the minimum AR one should have?
Minimum necessary is 0 as long as you know how to dodge (or so I’m told). Otherwise scale minus 5 is strongly recommended.
4). Is 60 AR (+10 per ascended item) the highest AR currently possible?
No.
Many thanks guys…
RTM
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Last question.
If I put a versatile simple infusion (+5 AR) on an ascended ring which doesn’t yet have the built-in +5 AR – and then later decide to upgrade the ring to include the built-in +5 AR – will I lose the versatile simple infusion?
Yes because you create a completely new item in the forge.
^Thx – I figured this was the case. Ofc I’d happily upgrade the rings/backpack prior to adding the simple infusion, but my luck getting vials/globs/shards has been pretty horrible as I don’t yet have enough to upgrade a single item.
Oh well – at least simple infusions only cost 75 fractal relics…
^Thx – I figured this was the case. Ofc I’d happily upgrade the rings/backpack prior to adding the simple infusion, but my luck getting vials/globs/shards has been pretty horrible as I don’t yet have enough to upgrade a single item.
Oh well – at least simple infusions only cost 75 fractal relics…
Yeah, it’s still totally worth it just to grab the versatile simple infusions now and upgrade as you acquire the materials. I have 20 AR just from versatile infusions, but when I get the materials to “infuse” my items, I won’t bemoan the 75 fractal relics lost; they did help me earn those materials, after all. It’s hard to do 20+ fractals with no AR.
“It is the stupidest children who are the most childish
and the stupidest grown-ups who are the most grown-up.”
- C. S. Lewis
and the stupidest grown-ups who are the most grown-up.”
- C. S. Lewis
^Thx – I figured this was the case. Ofc I’d happily upgrade the rings/backpack prior to adding the simple infusion, but my luck getting vials/globs/shards has been pretty horrible as I don’t yet have enough to upgrade a single item.
Oh well – at least simple infusions only cost 75 fractal relics…
Yeah, it’s still totally worth it just to grab the versatile simple infusions now and upgrade as you acquire the materials. I have 20 AR just from versatile infusions, but when I get the materials to “infuse” my items, I won’t bemoan the 75 fractal relics lost; they did help me earn those materials, after all. It’s hard to do 20+ fractals with no AR.
I got to 23 before getting any AR. You can survive everything except the Jade Maw transformation sequences.
^Thx – I figured this was the case. Ofc I’d happily upgrade the rings/backpack prior to adding the simple infusion, but my luck getting vials/globs/shards has been pretty horrible as I don’t yet have enough to upgrade a single item.
Oh well – at least simple infusions only cost 75 fractal relics…
Yeah, it’s still totally worth it just to grab the versatile simple infusions now and upgrade as you acquire the materials. I have 20 AR just from versatile infusions, but when I get the materials to “infuse” my items, I won’t bemoan the 75 fractal relics lost; they did help me earn those materials, after all. It’s hard to do 20+ fractals with no AR.
I got to 23 before getting any AR. You can survive everything except the Jade Maw transformation sequences.
It’s possible, yes, but I would still recommend paying the 300 fractal relics for 20 AR. I mean, I have almost 600 of them now. It’s not like they’re so hard to get.
“It is the stupidest children who are the most childish
and the stupidest grown-ups who are the most grown-up.”
- C. S. Lewis
and the stupidest grown-ups who are the most grown-up.”
- C. S. Lewis
^Thx – I figured this was the case. Ofc I’d happily upgrade the rings/backpack prior to adding the simple infusion, but my luck getting vials/globs/shards has been pretty horrible as I don’t yet have enough to upgrade a single item.
Oh well – at least simple infusions only cost 75 fractal relics…
Yeah, it’s still totally worth it just to grab the versatile simple infusions now and upgrade as you acquire the materials. I have 20 AR just from versatile infusions, but when I get the materials to “infuse” my items, I won’t bemoan the 75 fractal relics lost; they did help me earn those materials, after all. It’s hard to do 20+ fractals with no AR.
I got to 23 before getting any AR. You can survive everything except the Jade Maw transformation sequences.
It’s possible, yes, but I would still recommend paying the 300 fractal relics for 20 AR. I mean, I have almost 600 of them now. It’s not like they’re so hard to get.
Yeah, I have 2 ascended backpieces and I was saving all my precious relics for my first one (then realized I wanted different stats). I was also waiting for an Infused Ring and/or Globs for the recipe.