T8 Master 1's vs T9 Adept 3's????

[PattontheGen]

<div>I have heard from some that if you have T8 Master 1's be careful about upgrading to the T9 Adept 3's because they do less than the T8 master 1's....can anyone verify this?? I have been holding off on upgrading any of my spells because I don't want to spend a ton of plat on rares just to find out that the T9 version is less effective than the T8 master version.</div>

[Tanna]

<p>You need expert for the researcher to research the master for you. I wouldn't buy rares either, especially if you are a tank class, just go harvest, you dont' even have to kill mobs that are beating on you. I found all my rares in one day of harvesting. It might be more effective to use your mastered T8 buffs, but i'd definitely use the T9 spells due to resistability issues.</p>

[MoeSizlak]

<p><cite>PattontheGen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><div>I have heard from some that if you have T8 Master 1's be careful about upgrading to the T9 Adept 3's because they do less than the T8 master 1's....can anyone verify this?? I have been holding off on upgrading any of my spells because I don't want to spend a ton of plat on rares just to find out that the T9 version is less effective than the T8 master version.</div></blockquote><p>I can tell you this is false...sort-of.  This has been an issue since RoK when they pared down from 14 levels per upgrade to 10, such that the scaling from the previous tier Master is almost identical to the current tier adept3/experts or whatever SOE wants to call them now.  Usually the current teir experts will actually do more, but the difference is very small, usually on the order of less than 100 points at the top end for most CAs/spells. </p><p>So if you are already mastered out with T8 masters there is little reason for you to upgrade to T9 experts because the gains will be marginal and you're best off using your T8 skills until you can get T9 masters, or if you going to upgrade 1 by research assistant, then I'd upgrade it.</p><p>And as to resistability - masters are less likely to be resisted than experts so any resistability increase due to level difference is likely made up for, or surpassed, by the fact that a master level ability is being used rather than an expert.</p>

[PattontheGen]

<p><cite>Tannayr@Permafrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>You need expert for the researcher to research the master for you. I wouldn't buy rares either, especially if you are a tank class, just go harvest, you dont' even have to kill mobs that are beating on you. I found all my rares in one day of harvesting. It might be more effective to use your mastered T8 buffs, but i'd definitely use the T9 spells due to resistability issues.</p></blockquote><p>Wow in one day...man were are you harvesting at if you don't mind me asking, and are you using anything special to help with chances on rares?? I have heard things like the harvester cloak increase your chances to score a rare not sure if its actually true.</p><p>I have harvested and only found one rare so far in all this time and it was a crappy rare wood.</p>

[Tanna]

<p>Nah I just had a lot of time to kill the first few days of pre-release. I found them all in SF I also had an assassin friend who needed diamonds and we would trade eachother, so went twice as fast really. I'll tell you the spot to be is not in the rat caves.</p>