Post u51 gearing?

[Kodwraith]

What's a good gear layout for the modern at-cap Arti? I'm doing mostly ranged with Inqui but would also like to not nerf my Evo DCs for tactical detonation.

I've been toying with a WallWatch / Autumn gearset tryin gto fit in the SpellFocus mastery on a slaver's trinket.


Weapon: Legendary Screamshatter
- Red Augment Slot:
Offhand: Legendary Breaking the Bank
- Green Augment Slot:
Armor: Legendary Wildwood Vest
- Green Augment Slot:
Belt: Legendary Bronze Dragonscale Belt
- Blue Augment Slot:
Boots: Legendary Windriders
- Green Augment Slot:
Bracers: Legendary Green Dragonscale Bracers
- Green Augment Slot:
Cloak: Legendary Cloak of Autumn
- Green Augment Slot:
Gloves: Legendary Wildwood Gauntlets
- Yellow Augment Slot:
Goggles: Ir'Kesslan's Most Prescient Lens
- Blue Augment Slot:
- Green Augment Slot:
- Yellow Augment Slot:
Helm: Legendary Wallwatch Circlet
- Blue Augment Slot:
Necklace: Legendary Amber Pendant
- Green Augment Slot:
Ring1: Legendary Ring of Nightfall
- Green Augment Slot:
Ring2: Legendary Duskbone Ring
- Green Augment Slot:
Trinket: Legendary Five Rings
- Legendary Slaver's Prefix Slot: Intelligence +17 Enhancement
- Legendary Slaver's Suffix Slot: Deadly +14 Competence
- Legendary Slaver's Extra Slot: Spell Focus Mastery +6 Equipment
- Legendary Slaver's Bonus Slot: Intelligence +4 Quality
- Legendary Slaver's Set Bonus:
- Green Augment Slot:

[hit_fido]

What's a good gear layout for the modern at-cap Arti? I'm doing mostly ranged with Inqui

The state of ranged Artificer game play: be an Inquisitive. I guess repeating cross bows have finally sunk to the bottom of the barrel right around throwing war hammers, but to be fair bows were down there for a long time and its good to see that shine for bow loving players now.



Trinket: Legendary Five Rings
- Legendary Slaver's Prefix Slot: Intelligence +17 Enhancement
- Legendary Slaver's Suffix Slot: Deadly +14 Competence
- Legendary Slaver's Extra Slot: Spell Focus Mastery +6 Equipment
- Legendary Slaver's Bonus Slot: Intelligence +4 Quality
- Legendary Slaver's Set Bonus:
- Green Augment Slot:

Keep in mind these numbers (should) have changed with the so-called stat squish - INT would be +13 and spell focus would be +4, for example.

The 2-headed platinum piece from Salt Marsh looks interesting to me for +14 INT and improved deception on a trinket/artifact. If you had it you could instead craft a slavers ring with +DEX and whatever else to replace the Prescient Lens...

[kmoustakas]

Right now I'm just trying to fit all the sets and see what happens. It's not terrible but certainly not ideal as well. Also, I am not using any legendary stuff as I don't have saltmarsh yet.

I do 5 piece adherent (trinket, goggles, cloak, necklace, ring), 3 piece wallwatch, 4 piece winter (runearm, artifact belt, boots, bracers) and the remaining slot goes to a mythic reaper ring of prowess. I often switch for toven's, lucid, breaking the bank runearms though so that hp boost is not always on but since I'm ranged also not always necessary. I use epic fatal flaw but the sharn raid repeater is obviously way better.

I would love to replace the wallwatch with legendary red dragon armor + helmet because that will give me the same ranged power for one slot less but obviously looses me the artifact doubleshot. I've been trying to figure out a way to replace wallwatch with googles/gloves of tyrannical tinkerer with very limited success because again, artifact doubleshot. What I hate most is wallwatch limits me to light armor making me have to ignore mastermaker and sorta force me 11 points on shadowdancer. Now, shadowdancer is FINE! But, I'd rather have the option thank you.

It's quite possible that legendary windlasher ferocity IS the way to go, getting artifact doubleshot and artifact ranged power for two items and ditching wallwatch but not sure which items to use and can't test really because I'm lawful good this life for some reason - was thinking splash pally but never did it.

[magaiti]

I do 5 piece adherent (trinket, goggles, cloak, necklace, ring), 3 piece wallwatch, 4 piece winter (runearm, artifact belt, boots, bracers) and the remaining slot goes to a mythic reaper ring of prowess.

Interesting, I've theorycrafted almost the same setup (no Saltmarsh).
Except I'm using 2 AotM rings (Nightfall, Perfect Pinnacle, though can be any other if you use Damage augment instead, I don't have one), and Rosethorn Necklace for an artifact (and Thorn of the Rose proc).

[Kodwraith]

Interesting, I've theorycrafted almost the same setup (no Saltmarsh).
Except I'm using 2 AotM rings (Nightfall, Perfect Pinnacle, though can be any other if you use Damage augment instead, I don't have one), and Rosethorn Necklace for an artifact (and Thorn of the Rose proc).

Do folks just not run Medium armor? Spring is the only ranged set that has a medium armor option unless you're a WF (which I'm not).

I worked out an OK setup using the Spring 7 set / Winter 4 using the Necronomicannon. It's somewhat hard just because the Rosethorn is just not a very good artifact. The Magmatic Grasps seem to be a better option.

Weapon: Stickerclick, the Bitter Hail of Bolts
Goggles: Legendary Acolyte's Lenses. <-- All your INT


Spring Set:
Armor: Stormscale: Medium Armor! Spring set.
Belt: Legendary Black Dragonscale Tasset: Armor piercing
Bracers: Legendary Vinelash Bracers: Doubleshot, INS DEX
Gloves: Magmatic Grasp
Helm: Legendary Crown of Butterflies
Ring1: Legendary Ring of Spring's Storms
Ring2: Legendary Rockslide Ring. <- shatter


Winter Set:
Boots: Legendary Deepsnow Boots
Cloak: Legendary Cloak of Winter
Offhand: Legendary Necronomicannon: Ghostly Winter Set
Necklace: Legendary Winter Court Necklace <- not great but need the set.


Trinket: Legendary Five Rings. <-- Con / Seeker goes here.
- Legendary Slaver's Prefix Slot: Constitution +17 Enhancement
- Legendary Slaver's Suffix Slot: Seeker +17 Enhancement
- Legendary Slaver's Extra Slot: Spell Focus Mastery +6 Equipment
- Legendary Slaver's Bonus Slot: Intelligence +4 Quality

[magaiti]

the Rosethorn is just not a very good artifact
11 Deception, 5 insightful deception and a chance to exhaust on hit is not very good?

[kmoustakas]

Interesting, I've theorycrafted almost the same setup (no Saltmarsh).
Except I'm using 2 AotM rings (Nightfall, Perfect Pinnacle, though can be any other if you use Damage augment instead, I don't have one), and Rosethorn Necklace for an artifact (and Thorn of the Rose proc).

The ring of prowess is basically 12RP on its own (+8, +1 mythic, +3 reaper). Otherwise the setup would have been a lot easier with keylock ring and nightfall (+6 ins int) clearing up necklace most likely. I'm using the raid rloft necklace with 13 wisdom.

Thorn necklace doesn't look good to me because I don't use any spring items and the belt covers at least two things (int, mrr) and two relevant sets (winter, autumn). Does exhaustion do anything in reaper mode? Now, do I have any other autumn items on? No, sadly, but there is potential for runearm at least. With ranged power auguments maybe the ring of prowess will be made obselete, we'll see, possibly clearing up room for another winter item?

In raids, in shiradi, runearm can do A LOT of damage since you are mostly standing still and shiradi procs off of runearm so autumn isn't a waste.

[kmoustakas]

Do folks just not run Medium armor? Spring is the only ranged set that has a medium armor option unless you're a WF (which I'm not).

I worked out an OK setup using the Spring 7 set / Winter 4 using the Necronomicannon. It's somewhat hard just because the Rosethorn is just not a very good artifact. The Magmatic Grasps seem to be a better option.

Weapon: Stickerclick, the Bitter Hail of Bolts
Goggles: Legendary Acolyte's Lenses. <-- All your INT


Spring Set:
Armor: Stormscale: Medium Armor! Spring set.
Belt: Legendary Black Dragonscale Tasset: Armor piercing
Bracers: Legendary Vinelash Bracers: Doubleshot, INS DEX
Gloves: Magmatic Grasp
Helm: Legendary Crown of Butterflies
Ring1: Legendary Ring of Spring's Storms
Ring2: Legendary Rockslide Ring. <- shatter


Winter Set:
Boots: Legendary Deepsnow Boots
Cloak: Legendary Cloak of Winter
Offhand: Legendary Necronomicannon: Ghostly Winter Set
Necklace: Legendary Winter Court Necklace <- not great but need the set.


Trinket: Legendary Five Rings. <-- Con / Seeker goes here.
- Legendary Slaver's Prefix Slot: Constitution +17 Enhancement
- Legendary Slaver's Suffix Slot: Seeker +17 Enhancement
- Legendary Slaver's Extra Slot: Spell Focus Mastery +6 Equipment
- Legendary Slaver's Bonus Slot: Intelligence +4 Quality

We don't use medium armor because as of right now, wallwatch set is too good to pass up. 7 set spring for basically equivalent the same of 3 wallwatch items is not a good idea even though yes, I'd much rather use medium armor and free up the points of shadow dancer.

[magaiti]

The ring of prowess is basically 12RP on its own (+8, +1 mythic, +3 reaper). Otherwise the setup would have been a lot easier with keylock ring and nightfall (+6 ins int) clearing up necklace most likely. I'm using the raid rloft necklace with 13 wisdom.

Thorn necklace doesn't look good to me because I don't use any spring items and the belt covers at least two things (int, mrr) and two relevant sets (winter, autumn). Does exhaustion do anything in reaper mode? Now, do I have any other autumn items on? No, sadly, but there is potential for runearm at least. With ranged power auguments maybe the ring of prowess will be made obselete, we'll see, possibly clearing up room for another winter item?

In raids, in shiradi, runearm can do A LOT of damage since you are mostly standing still and shiradi procs off of runearm so autumn isn't a waste.

Epic Dynamistic Quiver provides +4 ranged power (not stacking with the ring)

Exhaustion slows enemies by 50%, and the proc has no save, but usefulness depends on the proc rate, and I haven't tested it yet.

Not sure how you want to use the rune arm in a way that would make spell power useful and not gimp your DPS (assuming you are talking about 2 pcs autumn set).
Shoot out of it? Would that not slow down your xbow shooting?