Quote Originally Posted by Aquaslash View Post
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You need to make some sort of a simulator, I don't know if there's any available publicly and up to date though. But for this patch I don't think we know the stat weights yet, so just be patient and wait for lord Dervy to bestow us the numbers.

As for melds etc, just meld depending on your current gear, if you're not doing savage early you'll at most end up with tomestone and prototype gears which will be replaced by their upgraded and savage counterparts. I usually use tier iv mats for these transition gears.