BiS HQ Ruby Gear

[Sibyll]

They is exactly one reason to get Topaz over ruby and that is the cost.

The SS is very important for WAR so you can get over 400 and fit in 9 hits during zerk. (390 is the minimum but a lot recommend 420)

You don't run out of TP because of SS you run out of TP because the fight is long.

I think people sometimes neglect to realize that Wrath Abilities give you a huge buffer on your TP. Three minutes on a dummy in Defiance and I'm at 800 TP still, out of Defiance I'm down to 400-500. Also, SS synergizes well with warrior because you'll have less down time on your wrath stacks.

Only thing that sucks about the Topaz gear is the Parry though :S.

[Donjo]

Only thing that sucks about the Topaz gear is the Parry though :S.

Trust me; the Strength you'd gain from melding Topaz completely outweighs any number of secondary stats you might be missing otherwise. Don't worry too much about it; the meld should still increase your DPS by 20% or so.

[Sibyll]

Trust me; the Strength you'd gain from melding Topaz completely outweighs any number of secondary stats you might be missing otherwise. Don't worry too much about it; the meld should still increase your DPS by 20% or so.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't it be more cost effective to mix and match i130 DPS/Tank accessories to get a similar effect as overmelded i90 and for a hell of a lot less? I mean much of the tanking accessories this tier has Crit and Det widely available. If you take a DPS bracelet you can pretty much spec your accessories to have zero parry.

[Donjo]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't it be more cost effective to mix and match i130 DPS/Tank accessories to get a similar effect as overmelded i90 and for a hell of a lot less? I mean much of the tanking accessories this tier has Crit and Det widely available. If you take a DPS bracelet you can pretty much spec your accessories to have zero parry.

Now that the i130 Tier is out, the i90 accessories have gone from giving 65 STR at the cost of 30 VIT at max accessory level to giving the same STR at the cost of 60 VIT. For every i130 VIT accessory you trade for a i130 STR accessory, you're trading 23 STR for 27 VIT. It's generally inefficient to trade the stats in this particular manner because you're losing more in VIT than you're gaining in STR. Even in this tier, the i90 accessories end up giving more STR than lost VIT, so they're still the best option. Albeit, health checks later on have encouraged the mixing and matching of i130 VIT accessories and the melded i90.