Wizards - where do you slot your second GS item?

[sephiroth1084]

I swear by making Con OP always an hp item... and the author of the OP may feel a tad dismay about this but my suggestion is rebuild a set of HP con op goggles. Use the ones he made 'til then and then bank them to use in new content crafting later. I believe they'd be much happier in the long run...

Now here are my thoughts on as to why...

• first, there are plenty of other SP items in game for 150+sp off the bat which do not stack with the first tier of a GS con op SP item... I'd never put SP on tier I.
• second, an SP item is easily switched out after buffing - so even if you build a second SP item for tier II for 50 and tier III 100 sp shroud item as a temp for dungeon shrining/walk in burn that 150 (300) buffing then swap the slot for something useful through...
• third, Con Op usage requires decent DR and HP buffer to utilize well, you want yout dr and hp high while you're generating SP back... but not neccessarily are you needing to generate to your capped blue-bar.
• fourth, comes a point where you just lack slots for a second GS wearable at all.

General thought is more and more you epic a toon the less space you have for GS... I believe many of the creame top players are down to one GS item worn at a time if any come level 20.

Goggles - good spot
Cloak - bad spot
Bracers - Ok for now
Boots - never
Gloves - not to bad
Necklace - never
Belt - never

The allure of the Conc/Opp as an SP item is that your +150 SP comes with +5 Cha skills (UMD, intimidate, diplomacy, bluff), whereas basically anything else you would make likely doesn't have the Cha attached.

[winsom]

Bracers + Gloves: Glacial Assault, Spell Pen 8, Archmagi, Efficient Metamagics

Wizard 20th finds this combo useful, despite having upgraded other item slots with non-epic items. I often cast a dozen or more damage spells per Shrine, so the gloves pay off with extra SPs.

The bracers Archmagi is almost redundant, but still good for me. Where else do 20th level casters enjoy Efficient Metamagics?

The Spell Pen 8 is nice. I'd prefer Spell Pen 9, but I do not own yet. i.e. Epic Spell Pen 9 on Greenblade or Epic Hruvayah's Medallion or Epic Shaman's Band (Ring). Ring is my GFL and Poison Immune slot, so I'd consider that change carefully. My hands and neck are easy swap-slots.

I see that Vibrant Purple Ioun Stone is a nice trinket. I do not have it. Archmagi + Spell Pen 9

[CountHenri]

My WF PM has con-op SP goggles (Blindness immunity and redundant disease immunity teir 1) and a MinII Helm for HP.

The Stoneskin Clicky is nice and its heavy fort...