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    Alright, I feel the need to ask this question because it's been bugging me. Why are people even going for the shaft/spring? Assuming you get 1 a week from M3-M4 it will take you four weeks to get the body/legs right? But in four weeks time, you could just cap lore tomestones and get the 230 body and legs without needing the springs/shafts from Midas.

    The only reason to run M4 is for the guaranteed item for the weapon tomestone once a week.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Khalithar View Post
    Alright, I feel the need to ask this question because it's been bugging me. Why are people even going for the shaft/spring? Assuming you get 1 a week from M3-M4 it will take you four weeks to get the body/legs right? But in four weeks time, you could just cap lore tomestones and get the 230 body and legs without needing the springs/shafts from Midas.

    The only reason to run M4 is for the guaranteed item for the weapon tomestone once a week.
    Just gonna step in and say, while they can get the Lore body/legs in the same/less time, they may also be going for either A.) Glamour, and/or B.) Gearing up another job.

    Quote Originally Posted by StouterTaru View Post
    If you think it's bad now, just wait a few weeks until the mid-core players get all their stuff and stop doing runs. It was about 6-7 weeks into Gorditas, I expect it in about 2-3 weeks due to lore and superior crafted gear being released at the same time as Midas.
    Put it at 7 weeks for non-savage clearers since they need to do 7 for a High-Capacity Tombstone for weapons. And thats if they are only going for one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dualblade View Post
    Put it at 7 weeks for non-savage clearers since they need to do 7 for a High-Capacity Tombstone for weapons. And thats if they are only going for one.
    That will just be a once weekly clear though, not repeated runs to get a specific drop.
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    Quote Originally Posted by StouterTaru View Post
    That will just be a once weekly clear though, not repeated runs to get a specific drop.
    Which is still more than Gordias had going for it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Khalithar View Post
    Alright, I feel the need to ask this question because it's been bugging me. Why are people even going for the shaft/spring?
    And another reason apart from those already mentioned is that the Lore top/pants don't always have the best secondary stats. For example, as a scholar I try to maximize my crit rate. And both the pants and the boots from Midas have crit rate, whereas the Lore pants/boots don't. So I'm going for the Midas version for those.
    (Same with tank gear, I try to go for as few pieces as possible with Parry, since I most often go as OT in my static, so... I don't get to parry all that often anyway.)
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