Finding Gear [For DPS]

[Istaril]

As a Healer, I'm well aware that I'm poor choice of raid slot 80% of the time, and essential the other 20%. Obviously it's my job to make my contribution bigger in the other 80% of the time... so I'm very focused on pushing my DPS higher. As an Inquisitor - finding gear was easy. Strength was king - anything that increased my insane auto-attack. Betraying over to a templar... I have to think more like a caster. I'm on Nagafen (pvp), so keep in mind I don't have access to all the same buffs on a raid as the rest of you <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. I've currently specced; 4-8-4-7 (Str) = Disruption/Focus and Skull crack are extremely useful - especially in a pvp setting. But it also seemed the best way to up my DPS. 4-4-8-8-1 (int) = Max crit, short cast times. All the way down to "Blessings" Working my way down to Smite Wrath (5 points from getting it - yes, I know, I'm a slacker - I was away for ages). And have managed to grab (To swap in when I'm not in MT group); Relic BP, Electrified Greaves (Bolt of Energy VII), Bone Clasped Girdle, Grizzlefazzle mace, Buckler of Blight (Symetry "15"<img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />, Cloak of the Burning Prince (Fury of Ro), Ogham Stone (+adornment = +95 to all divine damage), Finger Bone Manacles (DT spell-cast proc damage), Mark of the awakened. Which means I have 395 Int Self buffed, and The equivalent of "plus up to 210 spell damage", and grizzlefazzle/fingerbonemanacles/BCG proccing. I have a base 31% Crit Chance, and a base cast time of 1.31 seconds on all my main nukes. As I'm sure you can tell - I'm not big on Hybrid DPS. I'd rather be treated as a caster - deal damage from afar, and land myself a troubadour and a wizard adding damage to my leet skills. That doesn't mean I won't turn auto-attack on and close to melee for skull crack - but I'm not really big on climbing up AA lines to improve it. In addition - I'm quite pleased with my Solusek Ro Deity - Fury of Ro is superb, and Incinerate has come in very handy. However, I'd really like to be parsing higher than I currently am - and am wondering what other decent gear (proc gear - thanks to blessings - especially) to hunt down?

[hanfr]

Well I'm on PVE and solo much and beside nuking I go melee 100% of the time. So a good 1H weapon would be your choice, maybe with a damage proc and a damage adornment. Currently I'm using Cudgel of Pain from HoS which does ~500 damage autoslay (I'm at 100% melee crit), does additional magic damage every hit, has a damage proc and i adorned it with a damage adornment. You'll need haste too, in this case I'm using the bangle from DT access. Secondly I am wearing spike adornments on shoulders and shield which both hit the attacker for ~90 damage when debuffed. Kinda nice dps tho. As for nuking except Finger Bone Manacles I am using Fitzpitzles Misty Proctector with +45 divine damage adornment. In my secondary slot I'm using the Blessed Direwood Buckler from EH which has the hightest damage proc available beside the Grizzfazzle Mace. Maybe it's higher (521 damage @ 411 int - crits for 1k+). My helmet is the leather chitin helmet from MO which has a decent damage proc on it (153-317 dmg @ 411 int). So that's my soloing stuff. Most time you can see what I'm wearing when I'm solo on my EQ2Players profile cuz I log off 90% of the time with that gear. If anyone knows some other good gear (yeah I know the bangle from Nizara, but it never drops), please post your suggestions <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Edit: Forgot 2 things: I'm wearing the Earrings of the bloodlust handler (Symmetry II - drops in Valdoon) and the Signet from Light to Darkness from Obelisk. The signet is pretty cool for soloing, the proc is awesome.

[ParlMoebius]

Alfi@Valor wrote: <blockquote>Edit: Forgot 2 things: I'm wearing the Earrings of the bloodlust handler (Symmetry II - drops in Valdoon) and the Signet from Light to Darkness from Obelisk. The signet is pretty cool for soloing, the proc is awesome. </blockquote> I second that on the signet, easy drop to get, and the proc is awesome when soloing, especially against groups or fast hitting mobs.