Cryptic Metallic Coat

[Longtrang]

<DIV>Please tell me that I'm not the only ranger left out there still wearing this T-5 fabled item. And, has anyone seen an equilivient T-6 replacement (including proc ect..)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks, [Removed for Content]</DIV>

[Ssindain]

Heh you're not alone.  I'm wearing the leather version and the cryptic bps are far better than any of the junk I've seen from T6.  The procs on it more than outweigh the better mitigation and small stat increases one the newer stuff.  <div></div>

[Longtrang]

<P>Thanks for the response Starla.</P> <P> </P> <P>Anyone else? we can't be the only two out there.</P> <P> </P> <P>Thanks, [Removed for Content]</P>

[The_Wind]

went down with a group of guys and owned that instance so easily.  had one drop and replaced my cobalt BP with it.  Who needs mitigation anyways.  the proc alone makes up for it.  <div></div>

[King Leor]

<P>Man, I would LOVE to have that or the robe. I hate my stone imbued chestguard. The cobalt is lame as the above post mentioned, we dont need mitigation. Should keep that BP due to the ice blast proc. I am jealous. Killed that instance at least 120 times and never had that or the cryptic metallic robe drop.</P> <P>Leoric<BR>Level 60 ranger</P>

[NovacaineExpre]

<div>I've been trying to get that for a while now with no luck.  But I am using my T5 crafted fabled BP Rubicite Chain.  It has no proc, less mitigation, but +17 str and +16 agi.  And I think it looks cooler than Cobalt.  If I come across another Amalgam stone I will be making the matching leggings.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Askol ~ 60 Ranger</div><div>Lucan D'Lere</div>

[Siphar]

<div>T5 armour mayb have procs and equal-ish str and agi generally, but the mit is way off and it all adds up believe me.</div><div> </div><div>The other 2 Rangers in my guild still use various T5 fabled and still have less STR (generally more AGi) but a lot less Mit, we are talking around 500 mit which is huge.</div><div> </div><div>This really makes a big difference when soloing or tanking named with stream. Perhaps T5 fabled is situational armour for raids when you don't get attacked much but in general i'd rather stick to my increased STR (which makes up for any procs) and my hugh Mit boost.</div>

[NovacaineExpre]

<div></div><p>I argue with another ranger in my guild about this all the time.  I wear some leather armor too just because I like the stats better than some chain.  I concentrate all of my armor in beefing up my str as high as possible.  I think self-buffed, with ring, and food my str is at 349 (no-potion).  My mitigation is obviously lower than what it would be if I were to wear pure cobalt armor/fabled chain but my stats would take a hit.  I have no problem in soloing, have been able to solo scornfeather roost now without dieing once :smileyhappy: But to be honest I have never tanked in a group, even with stream of arrows, so I can't comment on the need for mitigation on that.</p><p> </p><p>Askol ~ 60 Ranger</p><p>Lucan D'Lere</p>

[Siphar]

<div></div><div>solo tank named not grps hehe</div><div> </div><div>349 self buffed is pretty high as well. I dont use a lot of str food generally and mine are like 285 STR 280 AGi with semi fabled and cobalt and around 2600ish mit.</div><div> </div><div>I do understand Str is important though and 349 is high.</div><p>Message Edited by Siphar on <span class="date_text">01-06-2006</span><span class="time_text">07:49 AM</span></p>

[King Leor]

<div></div><p>I agree fully with NovacaineExpress, STR above all for me, than INT. I still am very much attached to my t5 fabled (especially my weps for procs) and than I have some t6 fabled better suited than the t5 stuff I had. Mitigation to me means nothing. If I for whatever reason am going to "tank" I'll use stun poisons to make [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] sure the mob doens't touch me. Plus if im in a group where they expect me to tank i'll leave em and go solo stuff...lol. Heck, im still wearing some t5 fabled leather and have no prob soloing scorn, all ya gotta use is stun poisons. Best mitigation of all :0)</p><p>LeoricLevel 60 ranger</p>

[NovacaineExpre]

<div></div><p>Leoric, you work on getting your INT up too?  I talked to a bard about this the other day about INT increasing your damage on your poison.  Does anyone know if there is any truth in this?  I just recently downloaded a Combat Parser and was looking at some stats and saw that my procs (including poison) was making up to 50% of my DPS and poison was around 20% of the total.  So I was curious if INT really can make a significant difference on my poison damage base.  Any feedback based on experience would be helpful.  :smileytongue:</p><p> </p><p>Askol ~ 60 Ranger</p><p>Lucan D'Lere</p>

[Crychtonn]

<div></div><p>Int inceases your damage from poisons and proc's.  Next time you group with a class that can buff Int check your poison damage before and after they Int buff you.  You'll see the difference.</p><p> </p><p>And unless they start adding comparable new BP's I'll still be wearing my Cryptic when I hit 70.  Same with Bow's, if they aren't going to add new and better fabled I'm sure I'll be using my Valian bow at 70 also.  And since the prismatic 2.0's are still borked and don't proc off bows I'll probably end up using the damm prismatic 1.0 that long also.</p><p> </p>

[NovacaineExpre]

<div></div><div>Thanks for the info.  I have wanted to test this and see if it was true or not for a while now.  No wonder why when I duo with a Wizard we do so well with the str and int grp buff they give :smileyvery-happy: </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Askol ~ 60 Ranger</div><div>Lucan D'Lere</div>

[Ronin]

Yeah INT really helps poison procs alot, atleast to a noticable rate, and str, hehe well str is very noticable also.<div></div>