1:32 pm, October 27, 2016
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Problem with gearing for builds
Hi all, first time doing a serious post to the TSW forums. I hope everyone's doing well!
One thing that I keep ******** up now that I'm in the late game isn't so much looking up a build and putting together the abilities for it, but getting the stats to line up just right. I have this feeling that I've been wasting an absurd amount of PAX over something that seems like it could be a lot more straightforward and I'm overlooking some vital route like an idiot.
Take for example this Tokyo Survival Build that I'm following (https://www.tswdb.com/builds/solo/ex...survival-build). If you look at the gear section, it suggests 1800+ Attack Power, 600-800 Heal Rating, 3500 Health (+3500? Or total?), 500 Hit rating, 500+ Penetration, 200+ Crit rating. So, naively, I look at this and I think "Welp let's go to the marketplace and see what we can do", but even with buying QL10 blue items for each slot, I can't seem to hit those totals. I can hit them partially, coming close with Pen rating, Hit rating, Heal rating, and most of the attack power, but no manner of combination of glyphed gear bought this way seems to do the trick.
What am I doing wrong? Is it a mistake to try to gear out entirely from auction-bought gear? And if so, what's the best and most economical way to gear up for a build, possibly working from scratch at QL10?
One thing that I keep ******** up now that I'm in the late game isn't so much looking up a build and putting together the abilities for it, but getting the stats to line up just right. I have this feeling that I've been wasting an absurd amount of PAX over something that seems like it could be a lot more straightforward and I'm overlooking some vital route like an idiot.
Take for example this Tokyo Survival Build that I'm following (https://www.tswdb.com/builds/solo/ex...survival-build). If you look at the gear section, it suggests 1800+ Attack Power, 600-800 Heal Rating, 3500 Health (+3500? Or total?), 500 Hit rating, 500+ Penetration, 200+ Crit rating. So, naively, I look at this and I think "Welp let's go to the marketplace and see what we can do", but even with buying QL10 blue items for each slot, I can't seem to hit those totals. I can hit them partially, coming close with Pen rating, Hit rating, Heal rating, and most of the attack power, but no manner of combination of glyphed gear bought this way seems to do the trick.
What am I doing wrong? Is it a mistake to try to gear out entirely from auction-bought gear? And if so, what's the best and most economical way to gear up for a build, possibly working from scratch at QL10?
References
1. https://forums.thesecretworld.com/showthread.php?97718-Problem-with-gearing-for-builds&goto=newpost