50's SK Gear Advice

[Samoht]

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

For FT 1, I looked into the shawl, but that seems like a whole thing. I think Eye will be my eventual target, but I'm not in a rush as Crown and Soul Defiler should give 10 mana a tick. The Brain would be ideal, but that might take me a couple years.

Honestly, the shawl is a terrible item for what you get for the effort put into it. There are so many better shoulder items out there. If you end up in a guild capable of killing CT, definitely save up for the eye or brain. Don't feel bad for maining an SK, just show up to raids when they're called and be prepared to tank and die as necessary. No matter how little you think you'll contribute to the raid, it will still be as much as or more than anything that DSM plays.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Honestly, the shawl is a terrible item for what you get for the effort put into it. There are so many better shoulder items out there. If you end up in a guild capable of killing CT, definitely save up for the eye or brain. Don't feel bad for maining an SK, just show up to raids when they're called and be prepared to tank and die as necessary. No matter how little you think you'll contribute to the raid, it will still be as much as or more than anything that DSM plays.

Don't trust anything this guy says unfortunately. He is so incapable of admitting he is wrong he will give you wrong advise until the end. I have completely trashed all of his arguments, and created video proof. He has nothing other than insults and silly memes. His idea of what "trash" items are is completely delusional. He has demonstrated in multiple posts he doesn't seem to know much about the raiding scene, either. So take any raiding advise with a grain of salt too.

[Samoht]

Another post from DSM that does nothing but sling mud with nothing to back it up, sigh.

I'm sorry you spent so much time acquiring the shawl on multiple characters and now you have to come here to defend your terrible decisions.

Consensus among players actually good at this game though agrees that it sucks. Shawl isn't good until 8, and we won't get that here.

You should have gotten a choker on your shaman instead.

Hope that helps.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Another post from DSM that does nothing but sling mud with nothing to back it up, sigh.

I'm sorry you spent so much time acquiring the shawl on multiple characters and now you have to come here to defend your terrible decisions.

Consensus among players actually good at this game though agrees that it sucks. Shawl isn't good until 8, and we won't get that here.

You should have gotten a choker on your shaman instead.

Hope that helps.

You do know you always start the mud slinging, right?[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] The thread histories are quite clear lol. Its a little late to try playing this game. The mud slinging occurs between us because you are incapable of budging on any opinion you have, even when I have proven you wrong and the majority of posters agree with me. I will happily talk to you in a more civil manner if you can act like a normal human being who can accept when they are not right all the time. You may end up learning something new about a 20 year old elf sim.

Don't be sorry, I enjoy the Shawl quest immensly, and may do it again on a third toon for fun. Shawl 7 is the easiest FT 1 piece to get for an SK, as our other options are high tier, high dkp, highly coveted items.

Choker is not better on Shaman unless you have a BiS shoulder piece. It is much easier to get a high stat combo with Shawl 7 + Necklace instead of Choker + Shoulder. Both necklace and shoulder are lower stat items for Shamans, so it doesn't matter too much either way. Choker also has no resists.

[Ennewi]

Duo'd in Skyshrine with a bard trying to get his robe not too long ago and even he had shawl 7, despite the questionable reactions it got from within his own guild. Granted he was every bit the completionist but still, bards have only one(?) other option for flowing thought which requires a doze tear and dedicating a weap/instr slot for it. The later version of charm eats through mana pretty fast; for that reason alone, I also plan to get shawled on one of my bards eventually. Other classes might shrug at it, but they have their pick of FT items to mix and match. Hybrids don't get much in the way of variety there. CT loot is a big DKP dump with multiple classes all vying for the ranged/mask slot. Also, if a version of shawl 8+ ever sees the light of day on here, 7 won't have been a terrible decision.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Duo'd in Skyshrine with a bard trying to get his robe not too long ago and even he had shawl 7, despite the questionable reactions it got from within his own guild. Granted he was every bit the completionist but still, bards have only one(?) other option for flowing thought which requires a doze tear and dedicating a weap/instr slot for it. The later version of charm eats through mana pretty fast; for that reason alone, I also plan to get shawled on one of my bards eventually. Other classes might shrug at it, but they have their pick of FT items to mix and match. Hybrids don't get much in the way of variety there. CT loot is a big DKP dump with multiple classes all vying for the ranged/mask slot. Also, if a version of shawl 8+ ever sees the light of day on here, 7 won't have been a terrible decision.

This is exactly correct!

[Samoht]

Right, Shawl 8 is good. Not 7.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Right, Shawl 8 is good. Not 7.

Wrong, both are good. You do not have a good opinion on items.

[Samoht]

You can keep posting that I'm wrong, but the reality is that you're just a baddie making a bunch of feel good posts because I'm telling you the gear you're wearing is bad. That doesn't make you right.

That makes you a baddie wearing bad gear.

Your gear decisions fly against the conventional wisdom and established gear standards. The mechanics of this game are known, but you're ignoring them because feelings.

You feel like your gear is good.

I'm sorry for the rude awakening, but it's not. Please quit making gear recommendations.

And you should delete your magelos before anybody else sees them.

Omg so bad.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

You can keep posting that I'm wrong, but the reality is that you're just a baddie making a bunch of feel good posts because I'm telling you the gear you're wearing is bad. That doesn't make you right.

That makes you a baddie wearing bad gear.

Your gear decisions fly against the conventional wisdom and established gear standards. The mechanics of this game are known, but you're ignoring them because feelings.

You feel like your gear is good.

I'm sorry for the rude awakening, but it's not. Please quit making gear recommendations.

And you should delete your magelos before anybody else sees them.

Omg so bad.

Yes, the game mechanics of this game is well known. You do not know them, and you have demonstrated it repeatedly. You don't know how DEX works, you don't know how targeting works, you don't know how buffs work, you think AoW is a raiding benchmark (it's not), and you think Narandi Crown is the same as Tormax Crown (they are not). You also think resistances are a noob trap lol.

The reality is you feel stacking HP is good in all situations. I have an entire youtube channel showing you are wrong. You have no counter evidence other than your silly memes, and most people disagree with you here.

Please actually play the game, and read up on it. Being this close minded is just hurting your ability to play the game properly. Every post you make just chips away at your credibility.

I am not sure where you got your "conventional wisdom and established gear standards", but they are really bad, and not the conventional wisdom and established gear standards of P99.