Using the mantra of recovery with the centaur runes can provide nearly 100% swiftness uptime. But you’re giving up many other useful stats for bleeding and swiftness.
Considering 2nd grade was 20 years ago.. which was 1993..
Funny how I thank you and yet to come back with an insult.. lol
What? I was saying math, across all levels, is powerful in helping people understand the correct use of numbers. Injecting an unfounded bias (this is an abstract concept that is difficult to explain) into other people’s writing can result in getting offended over something that is neutral.
Harsh? Asc trinkets are a 3-5% overall boost to your stats. Unless you are hell-bent on always having the best items, you don’t have to get these.
Exotics will still be viable as they always were.
Crafting needed something like this to be worth-while again. No one crafts for any reason other than to level now, it’s pointless otherwise. Now you can make money and help guildies by being a 500 crafter.
Non-Ascended Berserker Stats vs Ascended Bersker Stats (Trinkets):
Power: 461 vs 541 (17.4% increase)
Precision: 315 vs 341 (8.3% increase)
Crit Damage: 32 vs 39 (22% increase)
So, the increase in OVERALL stats of ascended vs non-ascended trinkets is far greater than 3-5% overall. As with the armor, I’m sure we’ll something similar, just as we do in rares vs exotics. Anyone who has a full set of ascended equipment will have a significant stat increase to someone with full elites. As with ascended trinkets, it sounds like we won’t be able to get 6 pieces of armor day one. I can understand why someone would be jealous of not having such a nice stat boost. I’m looking forward to getting a full set.
Is that figure for the exotics counting the slotted gem? It’s important to consider because Ascended items merge the gem into the stats. So to compare an Ascended berserker’s trinket to an exotic one it’s the [exotic trinket + matching gem] vs. Ascended Trinket.
Can’t be.. here are the stats
Exotic Asc
Power/prec power/pres
508 346 570 376
Difference of: 10.8% 7.9%
I don’t know the crit changes tho.
Exotic crit is 36%.. so if 36 vs 39 is a 7.7% increase. Not 22%
Your calculation is a percentage difference, I’m stating percentage changes (in this case increases); the increase of 36 to 39 is 8.33% not 7.7%. My value for the exotic crit was 32, which was an error since I didn’t include the backpiece on any of my calculations; with the correct values the increase is 20.46%. I found a site that explains it in simple terms: go to mathisfun.com to understand some basic terms.
Here’s an easier to understand breakdown using actual item names and the simple calculations:
Prototype Fractal Capacitor: 56/35/5
Magister’s Field Journal: 91/60/7
Althea’s Ashes: 91/60/7
Crystaline Band: 103/68/8
Ring of Red Death: 103/68/8
Mark of the Tethyous Houses: 126/85/9
Total: 570/376/44
Guild Assassin Backpack+Ruby Orb: 42/30/3
Ruby Orichalcum Earring of the Berserker (Includes Exquisitie Ruby Jewel): 81/55/6
Ruby Orichalcum Earring of the Berserker (Includes Exquisitie Ruby Jewel): 81/55/6
Ruby Orichalcum Ring of the Berserker (Includes Exquisitie Ruby Jewel): 92/63/6
Ruby Orichalcum Ring of the Berserker (Includes Exquisitie Ruby Jewel): 92/63/6
Ruby Orichalcum Amulet of the Berserker (Includes Exquisitie Ruby Jewel): 115/79/8
Total: 503/345/35
Stat INCREASE from Exotic to Ascended
Power: ((570-503)/503)x100) = 13.32%
Precision: ((376-345)/345)x100) = 8.99%
Critical Damage: ((44-35)/44)x100) = 20.46
Harsh? Asc trinkets are a 3-5% overall boost to your stats. Unless you are hell-bent on always having the best items, you don’t have to get these.
Exotics will still be viable as they always were.
Crafting needed something like this to be worth-while again. No one crafts for any reason other than to level now, it’s pointless otherwise. Now you can make money and help guildies by being a 500 crafter.
Non-Ascended Berserker Stats vs Ascended Bersker Stats (Trinkets):
Power: 461 vs 541 (17.4% increase)
Precision: 315 vs 341 (8.3% increase)
Crit Damage: 32 vs 39 (22% increase)
So, the increase in OVERALL stats of ascended vs non-ascended trinkets is far greater than 3-5% overall. As with the armor, I’m sure we’ll something similar, just as we do in rares vs exotics. Anyone who has a full set of ascended equipment will have a significant stat increase to someone with full elites. As with ascended trinkets, it sounds like we won’t be able to get 6 pieces of armor day one. I can understand why someone would be jealous of not having such a nice stat boost. I’m looking forward to getting a full set.
I use a disc and/or strength banner only when the fight will be long and confined (e.g. the holding area in the uncategorized fractal and the waves of dredge that spawn from the vehicle in the underground facility fractal). Other than that, no banners.
I noticed if I post an item for a very low amount, I can avoid a high listing fee. For example, if I post a Ruby Ori Ring for 5s and the highest buy order is 3.5g, I’ll only pay 25c rather than 17s if I had simply selected the sell to highest order option. Is that considered an exploit?
I guess I’m extremely lucky. I have 15 fractal weapons (see attached screen) that are currently equipped across my 3 level 80’s (War, Guard, Thief). I’ve been doing fractals since mid January and got to 43 sometime in late February. I’m now doing 3 dailies per day on my warrior. A guild member asked me how many I had and was shocked. He is now on fractal 49 and has only found 2 weapons.
I also make rare armor from the bones and venom sacks that drop in abundance. People should try out the never-ending fort construction project over in penitent. Prior to this, I too was getting awful drops.
I farmed the never-ending fort construction event at the penitent way point and noticed a significant increase in my rares. I farm in 30 minutes chunks (the duration of 1 omni-bar). I received between 2-4 rares every 30 minutes with 170 mf. As a warrior using a GS and Dual Axes, I can tag everything.
I have 171 mf from all possible sources and found 2 rares from 4 events at the penitent and shelter waypoints. Prior to the patch, I was getting 2-4 rares per event.
