Another Torpor Question

[dbparden]

Would you sell your JBB and Iksar Chestplate to finish off funding Torpor?

[loramin]

I traded two fungis (one of which was literally "the shirt off my back") and some plat to get my Torpor. Since one fungi is worth more than a JBB and Ikky BP combined, the answer to your question would be ... yes :)

Honestly, once you get Torpor you'll find it hard to notice a Fungi's regen, let alone an Ikky BP's. And while you may miss your JBB a little, if you want you can solo farm the Seb crypt to earn one back (or, if you don't want to play at 3AM to get the crypt to yourself, you can farm any number of other camps to earn 10k plat, and then you can just buy a new one) ... after you get Torpor.

Torpor will open up entire new worlds of plat and item farming to you, so the correct answer is that you should sell anyone and anything (RMT your children if you have to ;)) to get Torpor, because once you have it you can much more easily earn everything you sold back.

[daxchunjae1912]

For the longest time I kept fungi tunic with torpor because I always thought the regen is beneficial no matter what happens. Turns out torpor is so good you really don’t need it. Plus once you’re 60 that chest slot can be filled with tons more ac and hp like ss bp, vindi bp, or even the cheaper thurg bp does wonders when trying to max out the rest of your stats.

Before 60, fungi tunic + fungi staff by all means and after sell those, surprisingly jbb is still useful even at 60, despite what some naysayers might say. Good luck!

[dbparden]

Thats awesome news and what I was hoping to hear. Thanks guys!

[Halfcell]

I sold my Fungi, JBB, and Heiro cloak to buy Torpor and have never regretted it for a second. Sell blood if you have to, Torpor and an epic are all you need.

[Legidias]

(sell a kidney)

[dbparden]

Would you raid an alts gear also?

[fortior]

people can't answer that question for you, dude. dare to make your own decisions.

[dbparden]

Actually I probably would not raid my alts. But I would be tempted!

[Halfcell]

Would you raid an alts gear also?

There is nothing you have on an alt that you can't buy again with the money you can make doing with Torpor. It is without question worth selling whatever you need to get it.

[Schmandis]

Seeing as I spent 100k for my copy and they're going for like ~60k-70k now, yes to your question.

[dbparden]

The long grind to 60 is over and I am very close to having my funding for Torpor after I sell my JBB and Ikky BP and farm a few more thousand plat. Now my thoughts have turned to pillage and grandeur. I have never played with a Torpor Shaman before and do not know what to expect. I do not have my epic and my gear is stuff that I could buy in the tunnel or scale stuff that dropped in KC. Soooo....what can I realistically expect to be able to do as far as camping mobs? For instance mobs in Chardok or Seb? Also what roles do Torpor Shamans play in a guild raid setting? Are they healing and buffing or standing there taking a beating while others kill the mobs? We have all seen the videos of Shamans single handedly slaying dragons.

[loramin]

I do not have my epic and my gear is stuff that I could buy in the tunnel or scale stuff that dropped in KC. Soooo....what can I realistically expect to be able to do as far as camping mobs? For instance mobs in Chardok or Seb?

First off, I assume you mean solo, but don't forget about groups. With Torpor you should be fairly in demand for King/Fungi Tunic groups for instance, or for Guardian Wurm duos/trios (for Torpors to sell for plat).

But solo-wise, you can't do the really hard stuff without an epic, and probably some more gear too (don't go trying to solo WW dragons or Lodizal or anything ... I wouldn't even try to solo Seb Crypt). But I would think you could do (say) NG in Seb.

http://wiki.project1999.com/Treasure_Hunting_Guide has lots of other ideas (you'll pretty much want to start at the bottom and scroll up).

Also what roles do Torpor Shamans play in a guild raid setting? Are they healing and buffing or standing there taking a beating while others kill the mobs? We have all seen the videos of Shamans single handedly slaying dragons.

Heh, on guild raids you are not a one man army. You definitely do buff, though that tends to be at the start of the raid. After that, your primary purpose is usually slowing, with malo/malosi being second. But if you have Torpor your group will 100% expect you to keep them alive, even if you have a Cleric (the Cleric will be focused on your tanks).

I'd say, join a guild, try raiding, and find out! :)

http://wiki.project1999.com/Blue_Guilds#Raid_Guilds is a great place to start, and probably all of those guilds will have people who can give you tips on how to be a good raider. Listen and learn!

[Jimjam]

In raids avatar the charm pets and tell players to get sleeper keyed?

[dbparden]

Mission accomplished. Torpor is scribed. Thanks for all the advice everyone :-)

[loramin]

Mission accomplished. Torpor is scribed. Thanks for all the advice everyone :-)

Congratulations, from one "level 61 Shaman" to another.

(I consider Torpor to be the equivalent of about one level of power, and IMHO a 60 Shaman without Torpor is equal to other 60s with all their spells :))

[Sacer]

Grats on torpor, it's amazing and worth any trade.

But I don't really agree on fungi being useless when you get torpor, it would be like saying "oh I don't really notice c2 now that I have torpor, I guess I don't need it"
C2 will get you a lot of extra mana, and the 15 hp/tick from fungi converted with canni will give you 8 extra mana per tick, I don't think it's negligeable. But 99% of the shamans think otherwise it seems.

I literally switch from vindi bp to fungi if I don't need the resist, that's how much I value fungi.