Green steel questions

[Bolo_Grubb]

Hi I am new to the forums here and fairly new to the game. Only played for a few months.

I have a level 15 fighter and started to hear about green steel items.

As a pure fighter, should my focus be to get a green steel weapon first(in my case khopesh)? or an item like goggles with all the immunities?

If a green steel weapon is my focus what kind of add on/spells should I try to get? Can I have 2 green steel weapons? I am a two weapon fighter.

I still do not understand a lot about the green steel items but I am trying to learn

thank you

[Quikster]

Most peeps I know go with weapons first.

Yes you can wield 2 weapons with no drawback. Items however need to be cleansed before you put on a second. You get a stone of cleansing after 20 completions.

As far as what you should make, there are several effective combinations, depending on what/how you play...

Triple Pos-Good against trash, not so good against raid bosses with dr. Gets you a raise dead clickie as well. Much cheaper then those below in terms of larges (1/2 the cost)

Lit II- Nasty damage against trash, fine against normal raid bosses with dr. Not so good against h/e bosses with dr.

Min II-Ok against trash, solid against raid bosses with dr on all difficulty levels.

Radiance-A rogues preferred weapon. Solid damage and blinds target on crit allowing full SA damage.


Thats a quick break down of the 4 main weapons people craft.

[Bolo_Grubb]

thanks for the information, but I do not understand some of your abbreviations Lit II? Min II? Triple Pos?

Maybe I just need to read more on the crafting process...

[hydra_ex]

thanks for the information, but I do not understand some of your abbreviations Lit II? Min II? Triple Pos?

Maybe I just need to read more on the crafting process...

Lit II = Lightning II, a double tier 3 upgrade. Its tier 2 ability is chain lightning (CL 16) 3/day. Its tier 3 ability is lightning strike, which occasionally procs to hit enemies for 400ish damage. It is air/positive. Recommended upgrade: t1 - holy, t2 - shocking burst, t3 - shocking blast/pure good blast.

Min II = Mineral II, a double t3 upgrade. Its tier 2 ability is stoneskin (CL 16) 2/day. Its tier 3 ability is metalline, keen (or impact) and slicing. It is acid/positive. Recommended upgarde: t1 - holy, t2 - acid burst, t3 - shocking blast/pure good blast.

Triple Pos = Triple Positive upgrade. Its tier 2 ability is raise dead 1/day. Its tier 3 ability is greater disruption, which has a 3% change to destroy undead. Recommended upgrade: t1 - holy, t2 - pure good burst, t3 - pure good blast.

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[Quikster]

thanks for the information, but I do not understand some of your abbreviations Lit II? Min II? Triple Pos?

Maybe I just need to read more on the crafting process...

Lol i insist on using them so new peeps start to hear em more.

You do need to read more on greensteal crafting though

Heres the cliff notes:

GS items can be upgraded at three different altars inside the shroud raid (they are made in meridia in a fourth altar)

Players refer to these altars or upgrades as tiers. Tier 1 is in pt 1 of the shroud, tier II in pt III and tier III in pt V.

Tiers I and II allow you to add a single shard to each item/weapon. You can craft various types of effects on these shards. Tier III allows you to add a "supershard"or "dual shard" or a single shard to each item/weapon. A dual shard is basically two single shards combined into 1 for a more powerfull effect.

Triple positive is a weapon or item that uses a positive focus at each tier. There are several different effects you can get with this, but most weapons when referred to as triple pos are holy, good burst, good blast.

Lit II is Lightning II. Its a dual shard item which can have various effects, but also has a small chance (~2%) to have a lightning strike (~600pts) go off.

Min II is Mineral II. It is also a dual shard which can have various effects. What makes it min II is the dual shard adds Metaline, Keen, Slicing to the other effects.

Rad II is Radience II. Also a dual shard item with various possible effects which blinds opponents and does light damage (type not amount ) on crits.

These are all weapon effects, some of the item effects (a min II cloak/lit II cloak/rad II cloak) are slightly or dramatically different.

There are a lot of subtleties to shroud crafting, so read up on it, and ask questions

I give you a small teaser to not overwhelm you. For example you can craft a min II with holy/acid burst/+4 insight AC or holy/acid burst/ +2 exceptional wisdom or holy/acid burst/ +2 exceptional con or holy/acid burst/20% acid absorption or holy/acid burst/superior corrosion VI or holy/acid burst/acid blast. This is all just changing the third tier effect, you can also change the tier II effect or the tier I effect, all with various effects which still end up giving you Metaline, Keen, Slicing

Obviously there are some recommended ways to upgrade things, but you can basically make all kinds of stuff depending on the amount of ingredients you care to farm.