Jaundiced Bone Bracer - to buy or not to buy?

Polixa · #1 01-31-2017, 03:44 PM

I just got to L49, mostly via solo and casual, unguilded. Took about 6 months, as an indication of my playing time/skill.

I have a dream of one day having enough money to buy a fungi tunic, and so far I have got up to about 14k, which I see is in the ballpark to buy a JBB (according to the wiki page).

Opinions requested please, should I:

1. Keep saving up the other 25k for a fungi, or
2. Spend my wad on JBB and start saving for the fungi from scratch?

And take into account I have zero expectation of raid gear or epic in the foreseeable future. I already bought a haste item, HP jewelry and a decent 2HB weapon, and the rest is made up of gear I collected along the way.

TL;DR
This is another way of asking if the JBB is "worth it" but I thought I would throw some context around my question. Thanks for any advice.

Mzy12345 · #2 02-01-2017, 12:15 AM

I would suggest you go ahead and buy the JBB if the 14k is not being used. They sell pretty often and the price is usually consistent on them so just be patient and try to pick one up at the lower end of their price range. It should be a tremendous help in getting you some additional levels faster to where you can start exping in higher level areas like Seb with more valuable drops. When you save up the other 25k for the Fungi you should have no problem selling the bracer and probably won't lose any money on the exchange if that is the direction you want to go. Good luck!

turbosilk · #3 02-01-2017, 12:28 AM

Since you are a casual I recommend play and enjoy the game and let the gear come to you. You don't have to have a JBB or fungi immediately.

fastboy21 · #4 02-01-2017, 12:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mzy12345 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I would suggest you go ahead and buy the JBB if the 14k is not being used. They sell pretty often and the price is usually consistent on them so just be patient and try to pick one up at the lower end of their price range. It should be a tremendous help in getting you some additional levels faster to where you can start exping in higher level areas like Seb with more valuable drops. When you save up the other 25k for the Fungi you should have no problem selling the bracer and probably won't lose any money on the exchange if that is the direction you want to go. Good luck!

Buy the JBB if you see a good price. Keep saving. Sell the JBB at a profit or break even (after you've enjoyed using it) to buy a fungi.

The fungi imo is a much more useful item than the JBB. If you are grouping you will rarely have opportunity to use the JBB. The fungi will do its thing all the time.

SoekiWiz · #5 02-01-2017, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fastboy21 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Buy the JBB if you see a good price. Keep saving. Sell the JBB at a profit or break even (after you've enjoyed using it) to buy a fungi.

The fungi imo is a much more useful item than the JBB. If you are grouping you will rarely have opportunity to use the JBB. The fungi will do its thing all the time.

+1 - No reason to NOT buy it

Also agree with the grouping in Sebilis to earn some plat/gear as you level.

Or

Root/Rot in HS or CoM Flr 2/3 if you want to maximize exp per hour. All about how you wanna play.

Swish · #6 02-01-2017, 06:15 AM

Try and level 55-60 in Sebilis, try to get into a King camp... you'll probably get hold of one before you hit 60 ^^

Gumbo · #7 02-01-2017, 07:19 AM

You should think to yourself if what you are buying is something that will be worth it and if it will be used as a main item? When you are in a group, what do you most often? Does the group want you to jump in and fight or do they want to use you as backup?

I'm just pointing out cause you said you're level 49 and the JBB is set to project at level 45. It's not much but you already missed out on 4 levels of use. Should have bought it 4 levels ago...

fadetree · #8 02-01-2017, 10:27 AM

Well, you'll get a lot more out of the fungi in the long run. The JBB is a good finisher, but the cast is long. At high levels, it's most useful for when you have fought down to the absolute last hit against a mob. On the other hand, a fungi will bless you forever with delicious body parts to consume for mana. A fungi is a world class gamechanger, a JBB is convenient.
Unless you just don't think you can feasibly get the next 25k, I'd keep saving for a fungi...AND I'd try to hang out in seb and get a king froup at the same time.

loramin · #9 02-01-2017, 01:09 PM

I would definitely recommend buying one. At level 49 having a JBB for soloing is really handy. Maybe not quite as handy as Fungi, but still really handy. With the JBB you can kill mobs by only casting a few roots (and maybe a heal, depending), especially if you also have the epic. Or you can cast your pet, slow the mob, and kill it with melee + pet + JBB (+ epic) damage. Either way, not having to cast DoTs (except epic) reduces downtime a ton, which means faster leveling.

Even when you get a little higher and can't just chain JBB all day, it's still a really useful item to have. And as others have said, if you save up the plat difference to get a fungi, you can always sell your JBB (just beware you might lose some plat on the deal: when I was playing a year or so ago JBB was selling for 20k-ish).

Lhancelot · #10 02-03-2017, 04:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I would definitely recommend buying one. At level 49 having a JBB for soloing is really handy. Maybe not quite as handy as Fungi, but still really handy. With the JBB you can kill mobs by only casting a few roots (and maybe a heal, depending), especially if you also have the epic. Or you can cast your pet, slow the mob, and kill it with melee + pet + JBB (+ epic) damage. Either way, not having to cast DoTs (except epic) reduces downtime a ton, which means faster leveling.

Even when you get a little higher and can't just chain JBB all day, it's still a really useful item to have. And as others have said, if you save up the plat difference to get a fungi, you can always sell your JBB (just beware you might lose some plat on the deal: when I was playing a year or so ago JBB was selling for 20k-ish).

I agree with this.

I used my jbb till 55 lvl, and only stopped because I quit playing the shaman. The bracer enables you to spam a decent nuke using zero mana.

I solo'd tons of guards with it. Iirc, 49 is when you get a really decent pet. With that bracer I would slow Kelethin guards, let the pet tank them, wait till pet beat them down to 90% to get decent aggro then just spam nuked them.

That pet holds aggro, and you essentially can nuke those guards dead with that bracer and 1-2 dots while the pet tanks.

Another tip is if you have not done it yet, get a mage reclaim energy quested item.

These clickies can be used by shamans too from your inventory and make it so you can easily recast your pet spell until you get a good pet. This is important because a higher con pet is significantly more powerful than the weaker ones.

If you really want a fungi and have the time and patience, you could always take that 14k and play the tunnel. Buy low, sell high and within 1-2 weeks you will have 50k.

I realize not everyone likes to do that though, but honestly it's the easiest way for a casual who doesn't raid to make plats quickly.

If you buy a jbb, and find it not that useful for your play style, you can just resell it. They have held their price at 11-14k for months now, so you shouldn't lose any money on it.