Achievement weapons?

[Kewt]

<div></div>Hello <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />Lvl 55 defiler here - I started my ahievement exp and chose the str path since I think the last effect is worth while (but we will see)My problem is that "leg bite" requires dual wield or 1h great spear or spear to work.Right now I am carrying imbued ironwood wand which has 14wis and 50 power. I cannot find anything that is just NEAR that in dual wield, 1h great spear or spear.I was thinking about choosing the wis path for my second but it requires that I have a symbol in my secondary and right now I have imbued ironwood buckler which is also a really good item and there are no symbols that match this.Am I looking in the wrong places or is it a flaw in SOE's planning - or what?I hope someone out there can tell me about this.Thank you <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div>

[Ishnar]

<div></div><div></div><div></div><p>It's just a matter of priorities and choices.  Which is more important to you, 14wis 50 power, or 16 dps at level 4 + interrupts?  Personally, I'll take the interrupts and dps for soloing.  In a group the wis will be more useful because you won't make a significant contribution to group dps. </p><p>Basically, they are trying to make the game so that you actually have a reason to use an assortment of equipment to adapt to situations instead of just using one set of armor and 1 weapon as many people do now.</p><p>Generally, these Advancment Skills are better than the plain stats of any given item, at least situationally.</p><p>They are simply making equipment selection about more than simply stat comparison.  Now the abilities that go along with them matter as much as the base stats.</p><p>Personally, I'm going to max my AGI line except for Ancestral Spirits.  I'm going to use what's left to max out Ritual.  That way I can use the 2h spear when I solo and use a symbol when I group.  Maxed out Ritual will increase heals about 48%.  Much better than a +5.84% heal crit chance.  I'll just have to settle for +2.9% heal crit.</p><p>Message Edited by Ishnar on <span class="date_text">02-25-2006</span><span class="time_text">12:32 AM</span></p>

[Kewt]

<div></div>Thank you very much for answering <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />So basically I need to carry 2 sets of armor and weapons with me - one for raid and one for group...since all the new gear in KoS has little to no resists, I need resistgear for raids, spear and symbol for casters and my ordinary "best-wis-gear-I-can-get" set....I need some bigger bags...<div></div><p>Message Edited by Kewtee on <span class="date_text">02-25-2006</span><span class="time_text">10:01 AM</span></p>

[Snr]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Kewtee wrote:<div></div>Thank you very much for answering <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />So basically I need to carry 2 sets of armor and weapons with me - one for raid and one for group...since all the new gear in KoS has little to no resists, I need resistgear for raids, spear and symbol for casters and my ordinary "best-wis-gear-I-can-get" set....I need some bigger bags...<div></div><p>Message Edited by Kewtee on <span class="date_text">02-25-2006</span><span class="time_text">10:01 AM</span></p><hr></blockquote><p>I think there's an HQ for a bigger bag now....</p><p> </p><p><img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Zathrys]

<span><blockquote><hr>Kewtee wrote:<div></div>Thank you very much for answering <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />So basically I need to carry 2 sets of armor and weapons with me - one for raid and one for group...since all the new gear in KoS has little to no resists, I need resistgear for raids, spear and symbol for casters and my ordinary "best-wis-gear-I-can-get" set....I need some bigger bags...<div></div><p>Message Edited by Kewtee on <span class="date_text">02-25-2006</span><span class="time_text">10:01 AM</span></p><hr></blockquote>I carry at least 2 sets of gear along with a bag of potions.  That way I can max any resist that I need to survive raid mob AOEs</span><div></div>

[Ixnay]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Zathrys wrote:<span>I carry at least 2 sets of gear along with a bag of potions.  That way I can max any resist that I need to survive raid mob AOEs</span><div></div><hr></blockquote><p>I carry two full sets of backup gear for new attempts on hard mobs, plus as much high resist jewelry as I can find, for whatever situation I might find myself in.  I also make sure to carry at least a few of all the resist potions at all times.</p><p>I'm seriously leaning toward our sta and wis lines for achievements.</p><p>I picked up the sta line already, and the knockdown stun totally rules for soloing and grouping, I love it so far.  I only have it at app 2 so far, but it only seems to get resisted on orange (and epic, but it still magic debuffs them) mobs, which imo is reasonable.</p><p>So many new choices, but traveling on business so no time for pwnage till next weekend <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[NimSul]

<div></div><p>Hehe normal grouping your gear doesnt really matter much is what ive come to, i usually just group in whatever im wearing and normally thats my duel gear :smileyvery-happy: That being said i carry 3-4 sets of armor and 2-3 sets of jewelery (i like having defferent looking armor, not to mention the 10ish weapons i carry for looks, gotta love it) so i never get nude in instances and anways have some resist gear that fits the situation im in. In raiding comming well prepared is a good part of being successfull.</p><p>And yes theres a heritage for a 32 slot bag with 100% weight reduction, "the wonderous inventions of a gnome" or something like that, starts at the crashsite in realm of night.</p>