Shaman gear prices

[Shidisu]

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

You definitely want +HP rings over +WIS rings. Leave the wis only crap to the druids.

That is false...from a pure mana persective, Wisdom is king. You want some decent hp/ac if you are soloing and how much depends on your play style.
There are many posts on Wisdom vs HP mana conversation ratios. Check em out
Some slots are cheaper to fill with certain stats than others...do some research and find out.

[radditsu]

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

That is false...from a pure mana persective, Wisdom is king. You want some decent hp/ac if you are soloing and how much depends on your play style.
There are many posts on Wisdom vs HP mana conversation ratios. Check em out
Some slots are cheaper to fill with certain stats than others...do some research and find out.

Screw mana when you can load a dog, slow tank a mob with a nice proccing weapon.
Such as
http://wiki.project1999.org/Barbaria...ist%60s_Hammer

OR you can go an entirely different path, drop the dog, load your fast and slow roots. Pull 5 mobs and epic rot/JBB them to death. If you mess up with this you will need all the HP gear you can get. With canni dancing I have stayed almost FM leveling on the top floors of COM and Pulled every LDC in SOLB for hours without a break.


Shamans don't need 200 wis, they are not a max mana burn down/quad class like druids or wizards who need every sliver of int/wis they get. If I mess up I would want to have the health to get a gate off, not worry about an extra 1%mana.

Epic and torpor are the no holds barred best things you can get. I thought i was a beast... then i got torpor and I understood what a beast I was. And you can get 95% of you epic done with Peg leg killing + Woe /envy turnins+COM pages(again..and again..and again). Also any scrub guild can do fear now. That leaves just a group or two of fun loving friends who want to kill reavers to pop the final guy.

[fadetree]

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

That is false...from a pure mana persective, Wisdom is king. You want some decent hp/ac if you are soloing and how much depends on your play style.
There are many posts on Wisdom vs HP mana conversation ratios. Check em out
Some slots are cheaper to fill with certain stats than others...do some research and find out.

Dude...HP *is* mana. Not to mention survivability.

Also, don't assume that everybody who disagrees with you is uninformed.

[Norathorr]

For the most part I will be duping with a monk so I will be healing and slowing plus rooting. I won't be soloing too often. With items like jbb and epic I am a long way off (only lv 22) and no super rich friends. So would a high mana pool be best for ne due to my lack of tanking and multi purpose role?

[Swish]

I think it comes down to opinion. If you're going to be sat around, healing, buffing and stuff...there's no reason not to gear for WIS up to 200 at least.

Once you get to 200ish, maybe then consider switching out +6 WIS rings for +55 HP rings but its swings and roundabouts. All the advice in the world won't tell you how you best operate [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Shidisu]

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

Dude...HP *is* mana. Not to mention survivability.

Also, don't assume that everybody who disagrees with you is uninformed.

You are the one that said "You definitely want +HP rings over +WIS rings". All I said was that that is false. He does not "definitely" need +HP over +Wis. If he is going to be just healing and slowing in a group, then he will want lots of wisdom, because it will give him lots more mana per point than stamina/hp.
I did not say not to get any HP/Stamina/AC gear...its just not as good from a pure mana perspective.

To the OP: like I said...do some research on gear and find out which wis/mana pieces you can get cheap...and for the other slots try to fill with cheap hp/stamina pieces.

[webrunner5]

You have to balance it out. You can't have all HP AC gear or all Wis gear unless you are rich as hell. Once u get your dog you can solo. If you are in Melee mode you need AC and HP gear. Piss on Wis stuff. If you are the healer u need Wis or mana stuff. But guess what as a Shaman you do both. So go for the balance.