Mastercrafted set

[jkozlows]

I am somewhat new to eq2 and am going to be hitting lvl42 soon. most of my armor is still from TD have not seen much better in my questing so far, but i want to buy a set of lvl42 mastercrafted armor, I noticed there are 3 sets, wich one should i be going for? the 2 i remember are(the chest piece) one gives +15sta +15int +40 power/hp the other is +10sta +32int(i think) and +60 power, dont remember the 3rd at allwich set should i be going for the high power/int or the power/hp/int/sta ?

[duuf]

Go for the tranquil line  (32int 60power) it was designed for magesInt and power FTW

[Rqron]

Depends on what you want to do, If you primarily into grouping  and solo only occasionally you want to go with the above suggestion but if you want to solo a lot and only occasionally group you want to have the broadest available stats and you should go with gear that gives you sta for health, wis to withstand attacks and int for power and damage. Yes you will get less power but you get health instead and that will in turn help your soloing.One set does not fit all and even though the Power/int set seems to be made for mages it is only optimal if you don't solo a lot.J.C.

[duuf]

<cite>Rqron wrote:</cite><blockquote>One set does not fit all and even though the Power/int set seems to be made for mages it is only optimal if you don't solo a lot.J.C.</blockquote>Two mind sets on this topic about wiz solo.  Those that think we should give up our primary stat (Int) for survivability ie Sta, Wis, Agi and maybe resists.Those that say we can survive just fine because we can root nuke joust and hide when we need to.Rgron is clearly in mind set one.Theres a ton of us in mind set 2 that are tremendous soloists because we can hit harder and longer than those in mind set one.All about your play style.. For this wiz its always been Int above all other stats...

[Rqron]

<cite>duuf wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Rqron wrote:</cite><blockquote>One set does not fit all and even though the Power/int set seems to be made for mages it is only optimal if you don't solo a lot.J.C.</blockquote>Two mind sets on this topic about wiz solo.  Those that think we should give up our primary stat (Int) for survivability ie Sta, Wis, Agi and maybe resists.Those that say we can survive just fine because we can root nuke joust and hide when we need to.Rgron is clearly in mind set one.Theres a ton of us in mind set 2 that are tremendous soloists because we can hit harder and longer than those in mind set one.All about your play style.. For this wiz its always been Int above all other stats... </blockquote>And die a lot more because once your root breaks you will be one shotted because of your poor healt.  Its all a trade off and as I said one set does not fit all. The same as the DPS set of AA is great if you want to root and nuke but sux for solo because your root breaks a lot more and ya die a lot more then the wiz who uses the sta line and gives up a small amount of damage to do it..  its called balance. My advice..try it out. Use one set on this lvl and see how it influences your play style and use the other one next lvl..by the time you are 80 you will have found what combination is best for your style of playing. There is also nothing wrong with mixing the 2 sets up...there is no rule that saiz you have to have only the armor of one set equipped.J.C.

[simpwrx02]

<p>Get one shotted haha, guess what that extra 300 or so health will not really save you at level 42, if you are gettign hit by heriocs then you are toast, if it is non heriocs who cares reroot and back up, same with heriocs reroot and back up.  Only place when the sta/wis/int gear is really usefull is PvP when you will get ganked by opsoing faction all the time and not know where they came from where in PvE if you pay attention you can see all the mobs around you.  In PvE just get the tranquil set, in PvP get a mix of the sets to find a balance of damage and survivabilty.</p><p>I solo just fine in my DPS AA spec give me another 15% mit and well I might be able to take one more hit at level 80, but more than likely I will still get toasted.  If you dont have something up to save you if your root breaks when you nuke then you need to re-evalueate how you solo as a wizard.  Or you can continue to just mash buttons either way, but I persoanly always have at least one out before I cast anything.</p><p>However at lower levels when casting skill gear is very rare, the Sta line is appealing as it will lower your resists when you cast hostile spells.</p>

[Turtle]

<p>Ok so this is coming from a PvP Warlock who is only LvL 24 and has Mana Shield.</p><p>I would say INT all the way.  Mana Shield has saved me many times and having the extra power from my 4 pieces of high INT cloth (all that's available to us at LvL 22) more then likely contributed to me actually surviving 2 on 1 surprise attacks.  Your not only losing power from there hits, but also from casting spells, so if you go the MS route...INT it.</p>

[Force Weaver]

<p>As the OP should see our forums are quite in a tuffy on lvl 20-60 solo approaches.  </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;">In either event both camps would likely agree that how many AP's and how you distrubute them at where you are now will more significantly impact your solo/group experiences in EQ2 than whether you got the tranquil or one of the other sets. </span></p><p>Really, below lvl 60-ish you're wearing MC of any time, adorned for INT boosts on the jewelry and you're more than a match for most available content.  </p><p>Before you get Ice Comet at 50, Manaburn is a beast of an ability if you want it.  If you want to solo and take the smacks like our Warlock was saying go at least 8 points in the 3rd line in STA and whatever it takes for your panic button Manashield, although now with the Magi's Shielding in EOF you can get away with more not having MS than you used to.</p>

[simpwrx02]

As a 40 warlock on PvP I wear a mix of int,  sta/int, and sta/int/wis MC gear.  One v one I win the fight 95% of the time except when I go after red cons and then it is about 50/50 on those fights.  I like the extra sta for more health for a big reason as I can get off more spells before I have to use the oh snap manashield button, at later levels I may be down to 35% health if I get jumped before I can even cast a spell due to stifle/stun combos, if I was pure int on my MC gear i think I would be just about dead when that happens.  Also at higher levels players will start using pumice stones on you to strip manashield so the extra health comes in extremely helpful there, I have won a few fights when I had manashield stripped, last time was againt a 41 brig I killed him with about 5% health left and 70% power, he stripped manashield off about 4 seconds after I cast it.

[Tamo]

<cite>Rqron wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>duuf wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Rqron wrote:</cite><blockquote>One set does not fit all and even though the Power/int set seems to be made for mages it is only optimal if you don't solo a lot.J.C.</blockquote>Two mind sets on this topic about wiz solo.  Those that think we should give up our primary stat (Int) for survivability ie Sta, Wis, Agi and maybe resists.Those that say we can survive just fine because we can root nuke joust and hide when we need to.Rgron is clearly in mind set one.Theres a ton of us in mind set 2 that are tremendous soloists because we can hit harder and longer than those in mind set one.All about your play style.. For this wiz its always been Int above all other stats...</blockquote><span style="color: #990000;">And die a lot more because once your root breaks you will be one shotted because of your poor healt.</span>  J.C.</blockquote><p>"You will die. You will die often..."</p><p>-The Wizard's Creed</p>