Alchemical Crafting T3 Results and Discussion

[DragonTroy]

Yup. Tiers are mix-and-match, no benefits/penalties for doing do.

has anyone made any of these on lamannia? i would really enjoy a link, i need to show a buddy you dont have to go all one element

[Jacoby]

Wait . . . are you rationalizing this by saying Green Steel is APPROPRIATELY powered for level 12?

Dude get over it. Turbine gave up on balance long, long ago when updates were called mods and fire elementals could cast cold resist... etc. This is an MMO version of D&D, rulesets don't apply and game balance is really a thing of one Dev's idea to make it not so easy. D&D was never about balance anyway, that is just a forum concept that has been passed along from WoW which is detested by most D&D fans. It's not that I agree with it but it's the path that has been choosen to make the game relevant in light of newer games comming down the pike in the fall and spring.

[psteen1]

just a thought...

anyone else find the amount of buffs on these items to be too RIDICULOUSLY much?
waaaaay too much texts!

how do you hide that text, as in the screenshot of the kukri?

[edragoon148]

how do you hide that text, as in the screenshot of the kukri?

It's under Options > UI Settings. There is a checkbox that says something like: Show Detailed Descriptions on Items. If you turn it off, it will remove all the text and just list the all items' properties.

[sirio.gala]

Yup. Tiers are mix-and-match, no benefits/penalties for doing do.

Yum a lit2 +6% doublestrike +10 seeker.
Bye bye Emarilith chain...

[budalic]

My fault, miswrited.

That's another thing what i wrote was absolutely about dps (cit. "Talkin' about dps")

It brings reasonable DPS to dex builds. Ergo, it is good for DPS in some situations.

It might or might not be good (beats me, I don't have a rogue, nor I have an idea how do two of theese compare to rad II/lit II khop pair) to use on str build when not raiding/boss beating.

[Letrii]

Noticed release notes said some items from raids were corrected from unbound to btc. Might wanna look at ones you have to see what exactly got changed.

[RumbIe]

My apologies if this has been asked yet, but I have looked a little (not exhaustive). There's just so many pages and threads on crafting and updates, etc.

I know that there are alchemical handwraps and everyone is excited for them. I saw one example of Air Air Air I think that had silver and a ton of lightning damage, double strike, + dex, etc. I also saw an axe that wasn't air based but had righteousness.

So my question is, for us dark monks (and I admit I am new to the monk class so this may be more of a monk general question) can we make silver of holy burst or silver of pure good or silver of righteousness? Or is there no need and the other abilities on the wraps made with those suffixes make them not as good as the air air air because you have already broken the dr?

So I guess what I'm asking is what wraps would a dark monk, who has no silver or cold iron wraps yet make? And how common/rare would it be to get the mats to do so? Are we talking in the realm of standard GS items. I.e. a 15-20 run or so grind to get the mats. Or is it more like grinding to find silver threaded?

Will i need to make a cold steel and a silver version or can you attach metalline?

Lastly the air air air ones i saw were a ML of 20. At what level can you start crafting them for a dark monk that will be useful?

Thanks in advance.

[Diyon]

My apologies if this has been asked yet, but I have looked a little (not exhaustive). There's just so many pages and threads on crafting and updates, etc.

I know that there are alchemical handwraps and everyone is excited for them. I saw one example of Air Air Air I think that had silver and a ton of lightning damage, double strike, + dex, etc. I also saw an axe that wasn't air based but had righteousness.

So my question is, for us dark monks (and I admit I am new to the monk class so this may be more of a monk general question) can we make silver of holy burst or silver of pure good or silver of righteousness? Or is there no need and the other abilities on the wraps made with those suffixes make them not as good as the air air air because you have already broken the dr?

So I guess what I'm asking is what wraps would a dark monk, who has no silver or cold iron wraps yet make? And how common/rare would it be to get the mats to do so? Are we talking in the realm of standard GS items. I.e. a 15-20 run or so grind to get the mats. Or is it more like grinding to find silver threaded?

Will i need to make a cold steel and a silver version or can you attach metalline?

Lastly the air air air ones i saw were a ML of 20. At what level can you start crafting them for a dark monk that will be useful?

Thanks in advance.

Well, you should be able to get good damage off a tod ring. Beyond that, the base item can be made into any of the metal types (except mithril) or crystal. Tier 2 fire gives righteousness. Tier 3 gives a epic red slot that you could put a DR breaking crystal into.

[MarmaladeAgenda]

Wondering how the +10 seeker (or any seeker bonus) will work with the x2 base damage on ranged weapons via the new Point Blank Shot feat.

[TreknaQudane]

Wondering how the +10 seeker (or any seeker bonus) will work with the x2 base damage on ranged weapons via the new Point Blank Shot feat.

There's no reason to think that it would function differently. PBS is only increasing the weapon dice.. nothing else.

[Aelonwy]

Hmm.. In that case, I just have terrible luck with named loot. Never could get Insanity from "Missing".

No, I think perhaps Shade has the same loot luck as my hubby. Together my hubby and I have ran Harbinger of Madness 12 times on our alts... he had at least one of each named item by the third run thru, multiples of several. I still am missing 2 items that have not dropped for my characters ...both on the end reward list. On the Reign of Madness series hubby has ran 8 times, he had everything by third run, now he's just getting multiples and extra ingredients for upgrades. I've only ran RoM 5 times thru still missing about a third of the named items. Also I would not have some of the items I do if hubby didn't pass them to me in chest.

In the past it really upset me how much the loot god's favor him... now I just accept it.

[IgorHackNSlasher]

Do I get this right ?

with the new crafting, I could make , for an AoV Evoker:

Adamantine Longsword with :
T1 : Superior Combustion IX, Superior Laceration IX , Magma Surge Guard
T2 : Superior Fire Lore, Superior Laceration Lore
T3 : Efficient Metamagic Maximize II, Greater Evocation Focus, Arcane Augmentation IX

Is there an additionnal bonus for triple fire ? (not that there should be, there's enough on that toy already ^o^)

Not as I understand it, the caster effects are only able to be put on caster sticks, but i'm unsure if they are staves or scepters.

[Diyon]

Not as I understand it, the caster effects are only able to be put on caster sticks, but i'm unsure if they are staves or scepters.

The icon seems to indicate scepters.

[Dendrix]

No, I think perhaps Shade has the same loot luck as my hubby.

Your hubby is obviously a very lucky man, after all, he got you!

[Mystera]

Not as I understand it, the caster effects are only able to be put on caster sticks, but i'm unsure if they are staves or scepters.

Are you kidding me? Why put this limitation on casters when melee can craft onto any item they want? I need to put my caster effects on kamas so I can maintain my stance bonuses. Why for hells sakes would they make it so I can't craft caster effects on kamas?

[Saethiar]

Noticed release notes said some items from raids were corrected from unbound to btc. Might wanna look at ones you have to see what exactly got changed.

I've done a couple of each LoTB and MA raids with my guild.

The elemental Spirits bound to character really stood out. Is this intended? The raids are not easy enough for someone to bring a specific character and get a specific element they want. Say, Air to make a Lightning Strike handwrap for a monk.

In a guild or friends run its actually possible to trade stuff in chest but. It would be nice if elemental spirits were bound to account.

[altrocks]

I've done a couple of each LoTB and MA raids with my guild.

The elemental Spirits bound to character really stood out. Is this intended? The raids are not easy enough for someone to bring a specific character and get a specific element they want. Say, Air to make a Lightning Strike handwrap for a monk.

In a guild or friends run its actually possible to trade stuff in chest but. It would be nice if elemental spirits were bound to account.

Think of it like GS. Mats are unbound and shards are BTC. Here we have dragonshards BTA and essences BTC. I like and understand this. This will keep the economy from blowing up with people trading 5 FRDS for one Refined Air Essence and killing the entire price structure on the servers. We don't need yet another overpriced barter currency.

That said, if you're not good enough to run this raid with a specific toon that needs an essence, then consider running some other content to make that toon better so they can run those raids.

[kcru]

Are you kidding me? Why put this limitation on casters when melee can craft onto any item they want? I need to put my caster effects on kamas so I can maintain my stance bonuses. Why for hells sakes would they make it so I can't craft caster effects on kamas?

Yeah... seriously? I want to create a mixed mystical/martial shield for my cleric. I can't? Why?

[Havesmat]

Do you guys really think alchemical is so high dps? I was thinking, most of its good abilities are elemental damage, and most of end bosses have resist from them. On my barb 2wf, i calculated the best boss beater is a +5 holy burst [metal type] khopesh of greater [kind] bane. With him it out dps lit2 and all alchemicals, if the boss has resist from the elements. The only situation i think the alchemical are better is on velah, with a water/water/water alchemical.