Quote Originally Posted by Farrell View Post
Well if you have the Hive it is +2 weapons damage and +9 mind, and If you have the 180 chest it is +15 mind. It's fairly close. Also when you factor in the crit on the weapon you get to keep (although you are going to lose it no matter what eventually, until relic) and the slight defense boost of the chest make the chest a decent first buy.

Also @ckc22 the gordian legs have 94 crit on them and wil be bis, so if you recommend buying order I would consider that.
First off wd is estimated at close to 10 of a primary stat so the weapon is almost double the chest piece.

Second I included a qualifier that said assuming no alex gear - obviously obtaining BiS by mixing and matching with savage gear will change things up a bit but it's too individualized to fit in the context of what my post was trying to get at.