Armor selection

[Frostbyte]

Where is the best place to buy armor? I look in the market but there is nothing there is there guide out there that list all the armor types by level ??

[DwarvesR]

<p>There's no definitive guide that I'm aware of, but <a href="http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">EQ Traders</a> has a fairly complete "fashion guide" that shows the tailor made clothing and armor, mostly.</p><p>A quick rundown is that the game currently has 7 "tiers" of levels.  1-9, 10-19, 20-29, etc.  Within each tier there is a "handcrafted armor" and a "mastercrafted armor" for each of the 4 armor types.  As you progress in tier, "specialized" styles of armors become available too.</p><p>A quick breakdown off the top of my head (and all descriptions are IMO) follows --</p><p>For cloth, you have:</p><ul><li>Regular -- moderate STA, WIS, INT, health and power.  "all-purpose mage" armor</li><li>Tranquil - high INT, high power, high resists. -- "min/max sorcerer" armor</li><li>"Laborer Name" (architect, producer, dillettante, etc) - med-high INT and STA, moderate health and power, moderate resists. - "Solo/group mage armor"</li></ul><p>For leather you have:</p><ul><li>Regular -- Moderate STR, STA, and AGI, decent health and power, okay resists.  This is pretty much the "brawler tank armor"</li><li>Dextrous -- High STR and AGI -- this is the "min/max dps brawler armor"</li><li>Woven -- High STA and WIS -- this is the "druid specialized armor"</li></ul><p>For chain you have:</p><ul><li>Regular -- moderate STR, STA, and AGI -- this is the "predator/rogue specialized" type</li><li>Melodic -- moderate STR, AGI, and INT -- this is the "bard specialized" type</li><li>Reverent -- moderate STR, STA, and WIS -- this is the "shaman specialized" type</li><li>Brigandine -- moderate STA, WIS, and INT -- this is the "priest specialized" type</li></ul><p>For plate you have:</p><ul><li>Vanguard -- Moderate STR, STA, and AGI -- this is the "warrior specialized" type</li><li>Devout -- Moderate STR, STA, and INT -- this is the "crusader specialized" type</li><li>Plate -- Moderate STA, INT, and WIS -- this is the "cleric specialized" type </li></ul><p>Then of course there's all the various dropped and quest rewards.  They mix stats up all over the place, so you just gotta look at them to see what works best for your character if and when you find them.</p>

[Frostbyte]

Wow thank  a lot for the info   that link to the eq traders doesn't work the only reason i was asking if there was a list that showed the armor sorted by level is because i just wanted to know at what level is was time to upgrade the armor and weapon i am using

[Mattax]

<p>Every time you hit lev 10,20 30 etc...you can use the next tier material up.</p><p>Generally if you want to have the rare armour you have to wait till 12, 22, 32 etc</p>

[Frostbyte]

That's it??? that's not often at all lol doesn't give much variety does it lol ???

[Rokaab]

<cite>frostbyte211 wrote:</cite><blockquote>That's it??? that's not often at all lol doesn't give much variety does it lol ??? </blockquote>Well, thats it for crafted stuff, however, armour that mobs drop can be any level, or quest armour can be any level.

[Frostbyte]

are there always people crafting??  i'm not too much into the crafting thing, i tried it, did it for a long time and can't seem to get into it, drives me nuts to sit here and just craft and craft just to get to a level of stuff that i want, very very time consuming