Tank gear questions for the number crunchers.

[lillin]

<DIV>In many of my groups i end up being main tank.  Be it the plate tank left, cant hold aggro, has ADD, what have you.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Other than switching my hex dolls from str to stamina, i do little else since my weapon is the grizzle staff ( 2 hander ) to have less repostle.  I don not raid and pretty much stick to either player crafted or quested gear.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Here is my question ......... </DIV> <DIV>With staying around the idea that i can only obtain player crafted and dropped/ quested gear from group or solo content ........ What would be the best set up for tanking in the higher zones and instances of KOS.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I do fine in most places do to my hp able to get pretty high, and my avoidance bounces around from 65 to 70%.  Places like HoF and nameds in some higher level instaces can 2 shot me when i have around 9k hp.  How could i raise my resist to magic and melee, with what gear is availible to the non raider.  I just want to give the healer in my group a chance to heal me before i get two shotted.  One thing i do worry about is a major drop in str doing this that could lead to aggro problems.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So with all that said, whats the best set up of gear i could switch out when im at bat to tank 70 + mobs?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Side note, being seeing these Manacles of dark sky on broker and been tempted on buying them for the stifle effect ...... any feedback on how useful these do prove to be?</DIV>

[PrimusPilus]

<blockquote><hr>lillin wrote:<DIV>In many of my groups i end up being main tank.  Be it the plate tank left, cant hold aggro, has ADD, what have you.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Other than switching my hex dolls from str to stamina, i do little else since my weapon is the grizzle staff ( 2 hander ) to have less repostle.  I don not raid and pretty much stick to either player crafted or quested gear.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Here is my question ......... </DIV><DIV>With staying around the idea that i can only obtain player crafted and dropped/ quested gear from group or solo content ........ What would be the best set up for tanking in the higher zones and instances of KOS.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>I do fine in most places do to my hp able to get pretty high, and my avoidance bounces around from 65 to 70%.  Places like HoF and nameds in some higher level instaces can 2 shot me when i have around 9k hp.  How could i raise my resist to magic and melee, with what gear is availible to the non raider.  I just want to give the healer in my group a chance to heal me before i get two shotted.  One thing i do worry about is a major drop in str doing this that could lead to aggro problems.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>So with all that said, whats the best set up of gear i could switch out when im at bat to tank 70 + mobs?</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Side note, being seeing these Manacles of dark sky on broker and been tempted on buying them for the stifle effect ...... any feedback on how useful these do prove to be?</DIV><hr></blockquote>First, the basics, Queens Carapace chestpiece (333 mit) and dark and/or light chitin rings from the nest, and Zhardiz leggings from one of those bird places, perhaps Nest of the Great Egg. Also, the basics from Sanctum of the Scaleborn, mits of the restrainer, boots of bashing (not much better in mit than crafted, you lose some resists and gain defense), and Im not sure where it comes from but wastelander cuffs are usually available. Round it out with Hooluks hat if you can get it.Then, the harder part, do the entire "Claymore" line of quests that start in Qeynos, go to Sanctum of Scaleborn, and go on to Barren Sky and Bonemire locations. Those will give you an upgraded chestpiece and shoulders and perhaps more importantly, some jewlry with + to slashing/crushing/piercing which amount to about 284 or more mitigation with just the earrings and belt, as well as good stats such as health and stamina, strength, etc. The end result when you are all done (it will take some time) is over 3000 mitigation, possibly as high as 3300 (at the expense of some other things, such as wearing 2 light chitin rings rather than dark, and gaining mit and resists and losing health and stats). You might even be able to get the Acid flecked necklace from the librarian in the vaults of El Erad for some ok stats plus about 69 more mit.After that there are a few items you can get, some legs in halls of fate (from Doom Lord Septimus) and such, although you will probably need the above gear to survive that, as well as a well balanced, equipped, and skilled group.Lastly, your skills. You will want the best taunts aided by haste skills and defensive stance and such as you can get. You can also make a signifigent difference with Acheivment Abilities, have you visited every place that could give you AA location experience? You can get as much as 15 or even 16 AA (assuming you haven't visited all these places already and gotten the AA) from Thundering Steppes (outdoor locations, underground doesn't seem to give any there), and pretty much every outdoor area of that level or higher (possible exception Nektulos), as well as Maj'Dul, Clefts, Silent city, and such indoors Sinking sands as you can get in, as well as as much of sanctum of the Scaleborn as you can get at and haven't been to already, and every other KOS place you can get into that you haven't been to yet. This is a quick way to get AA if you haven't already visited these places, which you can use for both offensive (agro holding and mob killing) and defensive AA skills.Do all that and you should see a signifigent difference in survivability, your selfbuffed health may be 7000+ or more and mit around 3100+, probably about 3200, as well as some improved resists that can be improved with some jewlry, as well as some player made jewelry that can give signifigent resists for certain mobs that use one or two kinds of attacks.<p>Message Edited by PrimusPilus on <span class=date_text>06-04-2006</span> <span class=time_text>12:21 PM</span>

[selch]

<P>Best would be also checking brokers and making money to a side.</P> <P>You don't raid as you said, but that would not stop you from having Masters off broker. Many sellers are actually putting prices high than expected, however, you can simply mail them with your offer in a kind language. Many people really help a lot on this. But still would require money and money making is not that hard but requires time as solo/group player.</P> <P>As previous poster stated, there is many possibilities to gear up decently (for encounters you may meet) as a non-raider. But ofcourse many needing time and effort on this and ofcourse patience.</P> <P> </P>

[Bewts]

Dont forget your class hat either =) <div></div>

[ArcticBlue182]

do monks get 1? ive had a look but cannot find it.. where does the quest start ?<div></div>

[selch]

<DIV>That's a bit tricky...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jump on chain in Strafewind Island and follow chain till it ends to Isle of Discord, at corner when you turn your camera you will see an npc, at edge jump down carefully and talk with Hoo'luk (sp) </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Gives quest for every class hat.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[ArcticBlue182]

ok thanks, i'll check it out! <div></div>

[Despak]

What's better? Dark Chitin Ring or Imbued Acrylia bands of strength and Agility?Also - Dual Wield or 2hb (I have currently got strifewing and ravasectan claws and also Grizz' Staff)?

[Bladewind]

<P>The stat bonuses on dark chitin are about the same as on acrylia, yes?  I cannot remember off the top of my head.</P> <P>Anyway, the +5 defense on dark chitin is really nice, so I would personally prefer that.  The mitigation bonus on light chitin is also very nice, so I think the tougher choice would be between the two.</P> <P>The feathered ring is a good substitue for dark chitin, and can be crafted in the nest fo the great egg using the counseler's head.</P>

[lillin]

<P>I guess i should of mentioned what im currently in fully to really help understand where i in particular am going wrong.</P> <P>All my armor is Pristine imbued Dragonhide set, except gloves which are Mitts of restrainer.  THe dragon hide set im wearing is the set with stam, str, agi at about 16 ............ with resist of course.</P> <P>My jewelry is</P> <P>Neck : Vitae Imortalis</P> <P>Earing : Pristine Fashioned Acrilica Hoop (high stats, no resist)</P> <P>Rings : Pristine Imbued Acrilica Band or str and stam</P> <P>Bracelets : Narr'Yora Bracelet x 2 ( i liked the high stamina and Wisdom on these)</P> <P>Ranged : Pristine tailored Dragonhide sheath</P> <P>Belt : Pristine Fashinoned Acrilica girdle</P> <P> </P> <P>Alot of the jewelry and stuff like belt and sheath are pure stat raisers ( str, agi, stam ) no resist on these</P> <P>so what im thinking is getting another set of stuff to switch out when im dps role or tanking role.  I had the chitin chest peice from den and noticed the high mit but the stats bothered me.  The zardoz leggings i did wear for a bit but i felt the dragonhide gear was the better choice for tanking there.</P> <P>THe chitin rings i am after, but some one else always wins in my den groups and those sell pretty high on broker.  Ill look this stuff up on broker and put some numbers here to kinda see whats best gear for tanking to the non raider.  </P> <P>I'm just getting kinda tired of being able to get great aggro but not live through it lol.  </P> <P>THanx for suggestions so far, and would putting my stats unbuffed with current gear and no gear help with this lil equation?</P>

[selch]

<DIV>Well, I'm L64 yet soon to be L65, as far as I can tell Zhardiz's leggings are better than dexterous with 338 crushin & 338 piercing mitigation.. And I didnt changed to acryllia stuff because T6 current stuff has also resists and better procs</DIV> <DIV> </DIV><p>Message Edited by selch on <span class=date_text>06-05-2006</span> <span class=time_text>05:54 PM</span>

[Bewts]

<blockquote><hr>lillin wrote:<div></div> <p>I guess i should of mentioned what im currently in fully to really help understand where i in particular am going wrong.</p> <p>All my armor is Pristine imbued Dragonhide set, except gloves which are Mitts of restrainer.  THe dragon hide set im wearing is the set with stam, str, agi at about 16 ............ with resist of course.</p> <p>My jewelry is</p> <p>Neck : Vitae Imortalis <font color="#ffff00">Good choice until you get a claymore neck item or can finish mark of the awakened instinct (last part of quest is an epic raid)  Other options include Neckband of Might (18 str/agi, 40 health 35 power 134 vs c/p) or Acid Flecked Necklace (18 str 18 sta 70 health 50 power 66 vs c/s/p and +2 defense)</font> </p> <p>Earing : Pristine Fashioned Acrilica Hoop (high stats, no resist) <font color="#ffff00">Try a Planar Orb of the Warrior via a collection quest? 20 str 4 defense and procs a heal/mit buff</font> </p> <p>Rings : Pristine Imbued Acrilica Band or str and stam<font color="#ffff00"> You can't go wrong with Light or Dark Chitin Rings, I have 2 dark ones and I'm happy.  The Light ones add 250ish applied mitigation at the loss of HP, STR and STA and the Dark ones give you +5 to defense, 69 vs c/s/p, and 20 str 15 agi 20 sta 80 HP.  I would hold onto one imbued acrylia STR ring for the times you don't tank and want to push your DPS numbers. </font></p> <p>Bracelets : Narr'Yora Bracelet x 2 ( i liked the high stamina and Wisdom on these)<font color="#ffff00"> Aviak Feather charm via a collectin quest? 15 str sta agi, 65vs c/s/p </font></p> <p>Ranged : Pristine tailored Dragonhide sheath <font color="#ffff00">Same, not many choices here.</font> </p> <p>Belt : Pristine Fashinoned Acrilica girdle <font color="#ffff00">Adjutant's Belt - 24 str agi, 65 health 60 power 852 vs magic and poison</font> </p> <p>Alot of the jewelry and stuff like belt and sheath are pure stat raisers ( str, agi, stam ) no resist on these</p> <p>so what im thinking is getting another set of stuff to switch out when im dps role or tanking role.  I had the chitin chest peice from den and noticed the high mit but the stats bothered me.  The zardoz leggings i did wear for a bit but i felt the dragonhide gear was the better choice for tanking there. <font color="#ffff00">Zhardiz's Leggings give almost the same raw stats as dragonhide, 15 more HP/power and 65 vs c/s/p and have more raw mit as well. The only thing you get is +1 defense and a spattering of small resists by using dragonhide over Zhardiz's.  For BP, work on the claymore quest and the final quest in SoS(Ithe quest doesn't end there BTW) gives you a nice BP: <a href="http://img318.imageshack.us/img318/1777/xhorroz7mf.jpg" target=_blank>Soaked Guard of Xhorroz</a>  Until you get that, the Queen Carapace should service a tanking monk well enough. </font></p> <p>THe chitin rings i am after, but some one else always wins in my den groups and those sell pretty high on broker.  Ill look this stuff up on broker and put some numbers here to kinda see whats best gear for tanking to the non raider. <font color="#ffff00">Keep doing them, eventually you will get one or two and its best if you do the zone with friends instead of a pickup group where your friends would default it to you because of it being an upgrade over them selling it.</font> </p> <p>I'm just getting kinda tired of being able to get great aggro but not live through it lol.  </p> <p>THanx for suggestions so far, and would putting my stats unbuffed with current gear and no gear help with this lil equation?</p><hr></blockquote> Don't forget to do your class hat quest, <a href="http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/643/hoolohscooliehat0go.jpg" target=_blank>Hoo'Loh's Coolie Hat</a>  not terribly hard to complete (no raids at least!) and probably the best head item from non raid loot tables. You can also try to get yourself an <a href="http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/7443/abominablemantle7ka.jpg" target=_blank>Abominable Mantle</a> out of... HoF?  That is very comprable to the Manacles of the Dark Sky although I like to use my manacles in most heroic situatations as the stifle effect combined with your stuns and own stifle can keep a mob from using most of its combat arts on you! I'd also suggest upgrading anything defensive for buffs in nature, Spirit Like Mountain, Coiling Serpent, Black Widow Stance, Tsunami, Outward Calm for example.  Master I is best, but adept3 will serve you just fine. Using an AGI potion and a mit potion on really tough mobs for your group is always a key if you are tanking as well.  Never leave home without them. One of the biggest keys when tanking is to ensure that you aren't overlapping your stuns to maximize the time the mob is stunned which will minimze the amount of time the mob can swing at you.  As an avoidance tank, the lower the amount of incoming swings, the better your chances to live are.  As you extend the fight, the worse pounding you will take as eventually your avoidance will fail back to back at a bad time.  Kill faster is normally my tanking motto and unless im in HoF I am nearly always in offensive stance.  I've given in to the fact I will take spiking damage, so my goal ist o put the mob in stasis and kill it as fast as possible.  With our ability to keep aggro, and us killing as fast as we can most other classes can let loose on their DPS as well.  Has worked for me so far through 70 levels /shrug Typically I use Mantis Star to Pull (AA skill) followed by a group or single taunt depending on the encounter.  From there I hit Punishing Cobra to debuff the mobs defense, Flailing Centepede (anyone ever notice this crits a lot?), Soaring Dragon.  After that I spin the mob with eagle spin, stun with arctic talon, slam it with frozen palm, followed by soaring eagle (in an attempt to keep its back to me), launch leaping tiger and then stun it again with assailing jaguar.  I then take in the maintained buffs I have to see if Dark Squall from the Manacles of Dark Sky is up and if not I use Silencing Palm.  Otherwise I wait until it fades, then I use Silencing Palm.  When the duration to the stifle(s) ends I take in how my HP looks, how many mobs I have to go, and my healers power and either pop a Tsunami or wait for my cycle starter to refresh(Punishing Cobra).  Notice I said nothing about taunting after the initial pull?  Its almost uneccesary after the initial pull with our hate proc on a single target mob. Against any ^^^ single heroic mob, its a near stasis in a group setting with that setup with only a few random attacks slipping through.  If you use teamspeak or ventrilio to group with the same people you can work your stuns in succession with other classes that can truely make mobs unable to attack. The only change I do for multiple mob encounters is to fire off Dragonbreath after my master2 version of Challenge.  Right there you have 1k hate from the taunt and another 900 from dragonbreath before any AE's go off.  From there I cycle targets using my bigger damage combat arts, skipping a CA use on a mob when I use taunt as most of my big CA's hit for 800-1k and laying in 2k hate on one mob is a waste of power and time because they die so fast.  In case you don't know or are missing my point, each point of damage is worth 1 point of hate, so if on a 3 mob encounter you cycle a CA a mob you can maintain enough hate with your 1800 hate advantage to start over many of the death wishing AE classes that don't understand a monk.  The key is to cycle targets and inform your group members to assist off someone other than you. Hope this all helps, Sanctum, 70 Monk, Evergrobb<div></div>

[PrimusPilus]

<blockquote><hr>lillin wrote:<P>I guess i should of mentioned what im currently in fully to really help understand where i in particular am going wrong.</P><P>All my armor is Pristine imbued Dragonhide set, except gloves which are Mitts of restrainer.  THe dragon hide set im wearing is the set with stam, str, agi at about 16 ............ with resist of course.</P><P>My jewelry is</P><P>Neck : Vitae Imortalis</P><P>Earing : Pristine Fashioned Acrilica Hoop (high stats, no resist)</P><P>Rings : Pristine Imbued Acrilica Band or str and stam</P><P>Bracelets : Narr'Yora Bracelet x 2 ( i liked the high stamina and Wisdom on these)</P><P>Ranged : Pristine tailored Dragonhide sheath</P><P>Belt : Pristine Fashinoned Acrilica girdle</P><P> </P><P>Alot of the jewelry and stuff like belt and sheath are pure stat raisers ( str, agi, stam ) no resist on these</P><P>so what im thinking is getting another set of stuff to switch out when im dps role or tanking role.  I had the chitin chest peice from den and noticed the high mit but the stats bothered me.  The zardoz leggings i did wear for a bit but i felt the dragonhide gear was the better choice for tanking there.</P><P>THe chitin rings i am after, but some one else always wins in my den groups and those sell pretty high on broker.  Ill look this stuff up on broker and put some numbers here to kinda see whats best gear for tanking to the non raider.  </P><P>I'm just getting kinda tired of being able to get great aggro but not live through it lol.  </P><P>THanx for suggestions so far, and would putting my stats unbuffed with current gear and no gear help with this lil equation?</P><hr></blockquote>Your problem is a total fixation on stats, you need to get over that when tanking, and fixate on things that will keep you alive. High strength or such won't help you while lying there dead while the mobs chew through your healers and mages.The stats you want are mitigation, stamina/health, mitigation (+s to slash/crush/pierce resistance on jewelry and armor count as mitigation), resists and avoidence (mostly +s to things like deflection, parry, and defense, in that order), mitigation, strength, mitigation, agility (last since it takes 30 to make 1 avoidence), and oh, don't forget mitigation. Did I mention mitigation? So you don't like the stats on the Queens Guard, but have you noticed it has a full 100 more mitigation than what you are wearing, plus two very good resists? Thats about the best peice of non raiding armor you can get easily, so get it out and put it on! Sure, you will lose some stats, but not enough to make up for the mitigation and resists. If you absolutly insist apon stats, there is also the Premonition Mantle, from a quest in Halls of Fate, the problem being you kinda hafta live through Halls to get it, and that means you need to wear that Queens Guard. Your goal in Chestpiece though is the Soaked Guard of Zhorroz, the final one of the Sanctum of Scaleborn line of the Claymore series of quests, its quite doable (IF you are wearing your Queens Carapace) and has pretty much all the stats you want, excellent mit, even some resits and 3 parry.For legs I fail to see why you think that the Zhardiz's Leggings are not as good for tanking, they have signifigently more mit and adequate stats and resists (one really good resist instead of a bunch of rather small resists, too small really, on the crafted legs). You can also get some even better mit legs from the Claymore series of quests with great mit and stats although it is lacking in resists. Your goal is the Endbringer Leggings from Halls of fate, but you once again hafta survive Halls and that means mit. For now, put on the Zhardiz's and forget about whatever you think makes the crafted better, because when it comes to legs they aren't.The rest of your armor can often be crafted, boots are hard to improve on, forarms are ok although wastlander cuffs have better mit if you can get them. Helm and shoulders can come from Hooluks and the Claymore quests respectively, both are excellent. You can get resists from some pieces of player crafted jewelry, go for the rare made stuff since it gives a few stats and twice the health, plus higher resists, so you lose less stats if you need that resist against the mob you are fighting (assumes the mob uses a specific kind of attack that you know about). You might first look at the jewlry you get from the Claymore series of quests though, they aften have +s to slash/crush/pierce as well as good resists, and that means mit, and you want mit, so if you are going to get that later (and I strongly suggest you do the entire line), then you may want to not spend any cash at least on jewlry that goes in that spot. Chitin rings are excellent, but you can get two good rings from the Claymore series of quests as well if you can't get those, and they both have mit and stats (or adequate health at least) and one even has good resits as well. You will want to replace that stamina ring first, it's proc is pretty much useless for tanking, a ring with mit and stats and reists like chitin or Claymore quest rings is MUCH better for tanking, by the time the proc on the stamina ring actually does anything, you will be dead. The Claymore series jewlry gives you enough mit, resits, AND stats that any stats and resists you miss from crafted chest or legs will not be missed.Lastly, your stats equipped are what I'd want to look at, although I can already guess about what they are, since I have one of those renta caracter level 70's on test, and he feels WEAK in that stuff, which is pretty much the same stuff you are wearing. He can DPS, but I don't really feel like he is an adequate tank in that stuff, just a Queens and Zhardiz's and say a chitin ring or such would make me feel a lot better tanking wise. Sure, his resits are balanced, but kinda low, so all that balance doesn't help much does it?

[RyanTSi]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> lillin wrote:<BR> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Other than switching my hex dolls from str to stamina, i do little else since my weapon is the grizzle staff ( 2 hander ) to have less repostle.  I don not raid and pretty much stick to either player crafted or quested gear.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>i believe DW wepons will have less resposte then 2handers, there was a somewhat recent update that made faster wepons result in less repostes. <BR>

[PrimusPilus]

<blockquote><hr>RyanTSi wrote:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE><HR>lillin wrote:<BR><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Other than switching my hex dolls from str to stamina, i do little else since my weapon is the grizzle staff ( 2 hander ) to have less repostle.  I don not raid and pretty much stick to either player crafted or quested gear.</DIV><BR><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>i believe DW wepons will have less resposte then 2handers, there was a somewhat recent update that made faster wepons result in less repostes. <BR><hr></blockquote>I think it's more that dual wield now give less riposts than they used to. It used to be that you got a lot more ripost damage coming your way using dual wield, now it may be even or only a bit more using dual wield than two handed. I haven't heard that dual wield gives less ripots than two handed though.

[Despak]

Tried using both 2h and dw weapons and to my mid I haven't noticed alot of difference.Yes I get riposted a bit more, but I am able to burn mobs down alot faster and thus is seems to even out over the course of a fight.Main thing that matters to me is; do I hold all the aggro and does the healer have any trouble keeping up with me?So long as the answers are yes to the first and no to the second then it's all good.

[Sslarrga]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> lillin wrote:<BR> <P>My jewelry is</P> <P>Neck : Vitae Imortalis</P> <P>Earing : Pristine Fashioned Acrilica Hoop (high stats, no resist)</P> <P>Rings : Pristine Imbued Acrilica Band or str and stam</P> <P>Bracelets : Narr'Yora Bracelet x 2 ( i liked the high stamina and Wisdom on these)</P> <P>Ranged : Pristine tailored Dragonhide sheath</P> <P>Belt : Pristine Fashinoned Acrilica girdle</P> <P></P> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Earring go for the one you can get from a collection quest.  Planar Orb of the Healer, until you can get something better the chance to proc extra mitigation is much more useful than the chance to proc the small heal.</P> <P>For bracelets, you'd be better off with a pair of Zorv's Wristguards.  However, finish the collection quest for Aviak-Feather Charm for one of the best non-raiding bracelets you can get.</P> <P>As stated the Dark Chitin rings are some of the tanking gear you can get in a ring slot.  If you can max stamina in a group then Light Chitin rings might be doable.  Otherwise, the Light Chitin ring isn't really worth the loss of stamina and hps.  I can almost cap stamina now solo, and I still generally prefer the Dark Chitin rings.</P> <P>And as someone mentioned I'd seriously suggest doing the Claymore series of quests.  It's easy to do and you'll get a lot of good gear from it. </P> <P>The SoS series will net you a great BP and some useable pieces in other slots.</P> <P>The Barren Sky/PoA series will net you a ring with mitigation, a choice of a ring or earring with mitigation, a belt with mitigation, a bracelet or neck with +30 to all stats and 7 defense, a nice 52 DR weapon, and arguably the best range slot item for a brawler in the game.  Razorwing's Bandolier.  Granted it doesn't do as much damage as the Combine Sheath from 3 princes or the the one from Tarinax, but neither of those have resists.  And Razorwing's Bandolier gives a nice wonderful 420 boost to magic, divine, and cold resists.</P> <P>Basically, doing the claymore quests will do you more to improve your tanking ability in the shortest amount of time than just about anything else.</P> <P>You can also get some nice gear from doing the Infiltrating the Sanctum line of quests.</P> <P>Regards,</P> <P>Croaker</P> <P> </P>

[Raidi Sovin'faile]

<DIV>Biggest piece of advice is to drop the fixation on the crafted legendary armor.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Here's a big slap in the face for ya... look at the mitigation compared to the <EM>level 50 crafted armor</EM>. It's <STRONG>exactly the same or lower</STRONG>.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You know what that means? The amount of mitigation that was expected to be adequate as leather level defense against lvl 50-59 stuff, is on your equipment that is expected to defend you against lvl 60-70+ stuff.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It'd be like a lvl 50 character wearing level 30 crafted armor! You wouldn't wear it because it's grey, right? Well the mitigation on T7 crafted <STRONG>is</STRONG> grey compared to T7 mobs.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Drop that armor like a bad habit, and find dropped/quested gear mentioned in this thread. I know it looks like crap, but the Queen's BP <EM>works</EM>. Once you get Endbringer Leggings (from Septimus), some Chitinous Boots (forget where, usually cheap-ish on market), and Dark Manacles (from a low level ring event mob in Tenebrous, the Skywatcher i think it's called), it won't look quite as bad. You'll be mostly dark brown/green, with that purple/red tie-dyed BP.</DIV>

[lillin]

<P>KK took yalls advice and got some of this stuff since i first posted and too screenshots of what yall suggested compaired to what i was wearing.</P> <P>Still have not got the jewelry yall mentioned but did finish hat quest finally last night and dinged 70 lol.</P> <P>I'll put these pictures up as soon as i figure out how to put pictures on the forum, sorry never done it before =/</P>

[Despak]

Other than the fact they already stated that the Mitigation on T6 Legendary was a mistake and way too high.

[Bewts]

Glad we could help you out.  Lots of great information on this thread and another thread similar to this about gear for a non-raiding brawler in general. <div></div>

[TheSummoned]

I also suggest you go and work on the Claymore quest line, it involes a fair bit of camping, but the rewards are more then worth it. You won't really see the good rewards until you come out of SoS though. Last quest in SoS gives you a chest piece with 330ish mitigation and 69 to c/s/p with great stats! <div></div>

[Deathspell]

What's a good combination of chitin rings for a monk? Light/Dark? Light/Light? Dark/Dark?(I don't have acrylia clusters, so i'd like to combine some of these chitin rings).<div></div>

[Zooce]

<P>I'm in a similar boat, a lvl 70 monk that does not do raiding (at least at the moment).</P> <P> </P> <P>I'm currently working through Claymore line, up to PoA. I made a mistake, when I had the option of choosing one reward from one of the quests - you have to choose between earring and ring, I chose the ring (I was in a hurry) - which has less mitigation!!!</P> <P> </P> <P>Is there any way of going back and choosing a different reward? I'm kicking myself for throwing away the extra mit *cry* </P>

[Cirth_Beer]

<div></div>you cannot undo a choose you did sorry (you may try a gm ...)Question ! if you had to choose between the queen spider <a href="http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3100/queenscarapace9de.jpg" target="_blank">carapace </a> and ageless hauberk of <a href="http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6932/hauberk5cu.jpg" target="_blank">endurance </a>which one would you choose ?With the carapace i have 1901 mitig and 55.3 en avoidance and 6710hp and with the other 1876 mitig, 54.6 avoid and 6820hpedit : nevermind i got the one of the claymore line which is better than those two :p<div></div><p>Message modifié par Cirth_Beer le <span class=date_text>07-09-2006</span> <span class=time_text>03:10 AM</span>