Alexander Normal Gear Order

[dank1]

Havent had a chance to log on yet but how do you get a free accessory for clearing?

Also doesnt the last turn have a change to drop an actual piece along with tokens?

[Ragnorak]

Thank you Sir Taint!

[PerihVashai]

Actually I'd have to disagree. . .

For a Two week plan (Savage ready min/max with little expectation of going back in normal during the lockout)

Week 1 T1 Belt, T2 Feet, T3 Head, T4 Hands
Week 2 T1 Accessory, T2 Feet, T3 Head, T4 Hands

This yields the best results if you're just holding off until esoteric. Week three it will fall behind though.

Personally I feel this is better over a three week period, (Savage ready still but requires a few extra lockouts of alexander to be better than the prior suggestion)

Week 1 T1 Feet, T2 Head, T3 Legs, T4 Legs
Week 2 T1 Feet, T2 Head, T3 Legs, T4 Legs
Week 3 T1 Waist, T2 Accessory, T3 Hands, T4 Hands

Over a four week period it ends at the same position the OP's does.

Week 4 T1 Accessory T2 Accessory

The primary advantage of this over OP's plan is over a three week period you'll get all of your left side first. Otherwise you're sacrificing VIT and DEF unnecessarily in the early weeks.

Admittedly we don't know what Savage will drop either if it's similar to sands system and both the body/legs use the same piece to upgrade as the other pieces then legs become more enticing. If Alexander body upgrades into a higher ilvl than esoteric than this going to be off because of how much STR is weighted compared to secondary's currently and you'd want to follow the five week plan.

Regardless either of the two as a tank is the ideal route if your focus is esoteric's and savage.

Math~

Two Week plan:

Perih
DEF: 78
STR: 18
VIT: 21
Accessory: 7
Total Stats: 46

"Best" Two Week Plan
DEF: 89
STR: 19
VIT: 22
Accessory: 11
Total Stats:52

Taint
DEF:75
STR: 17
VIT: 19
Accessory: 11
Total Stats: 47

Three Week Plan:
Not listing the best two week plan since that's going to fall off hard due to lack of having legs.

Perih
DEF: 121
STR: 27
VIT: 31
Accessory: 11
Total Stats:69

Taint:
DEF: 98
STR: 22
VIT: 25
Accessory: 15
Total Stats: 62



And Four week plan is a moot point as we've come full circle.

edit: The stats are listed in terms of the primary gains from 180, barring the first accessory which is listed as a stat gain from 170.

[SirTaint]

That's a good counter.

My counter to your counter would be Feet,Waist,Legs are the only 3 drops even worth their salt and the three you will want for starting savage. But there is also nothing stopping a group from doing week 3 normal before starting savage. There also will probably be crafted gear for 3.05 that surpasses the head,hands,body slots since their secondaries are lacking.

Excellent feedback, thanks.

[Marxam]

You get a free accessory for clearing.

but we dont know is its a one time thing or if its a weekly like the ct weekly. If the latter is true then I guess I can get vit accessories too. Im not planning on getting 190 vit accessories outside of the ring since I highly doubt the hp cap for Alexander normal is that high.

[Kiara]

Regarding the chestpiece... we don't have enough information to determine that it's a good idea to ignore it. Here's a few facts:

1. With the sole exception of Law Gear, every single Tank Chestpiece buyable with Tomes has had Parry on it.

Here's some possible theories we can concoct due to this.

A. The Esoterics Chestpieces for all three Tanks stand a high chance of having Parry.

Thanks SirTaint, Donjo.

I'm curious if with the removal of additional Parry effects on STR, they somehow made the actual "+ Parry" Stat more useful?

Just wishful thinking, but if so, perhaps we can get some tests w/ stacking a bunch of +Parry on the new Alexander drops to see if it ever changes beyond the flat 20%?

If not, I'm baffled, because Yoshi P just put in a totally useless stat.

[Timat]

Can someone clarify what is going on here? What do you mean gear order?

[SirTaint]

Can someone clarify what is going on here? What do you mean gear order?

Alexander has 4 floors each drop tokens. You may acquire 1 token per week per floor.

Body and legs require 4 of their respective tokens.
Head,Hands,Feet require 2.
Waist and accessories require 1.

[Timat]

Alexander has 4 floors each drop tokens. You may acquire 1 token per week per floor.

Body and legs require 4 of their respective tokens.
Head,Hands,Feet require 2.
Waist and accessories require 1.

I see, so this is a discussion on which tokens to roll for when?

[MrsFluffyButt]

You get a free accessory for clearing.

Whuuut, seriously? Though I haven't checked my invent after each turn...