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Friday, November 6th 2015, 1:46am

optimal pvp gear

I've been using pve gear for siege for a while, but starting to feel like it's not good enough to survive in siege anymore. So thinking about making pvp gear and looking to make it as good as possible.

currently going using 3 stam/def, 2 stam/hp 1 stam/wis on most of my gear got some 4/2 statting on some old pieces (everything +16). dont have hoe set sadly. buffing to 500k hp/500k pdef/250k mdef for most sieges, can get up to 640k/600k/310k if i go all out(no eggrice)

From personnal experience having tried 4/2 and 3/2/1 I tend to prefer 3/2/1 but for reason that are somewhat irrelevent for siege like the ability to transfer the gear to a durid easily and getting over wis cap unbuff so dont have to buff in run keeping my hp low making me more survivable to % abilities bosses have. I do like the idea of having some more mdef in siege though, not gonna lie surviving not dying in 1 hit to a k/m when sod is down feels great.

currently considering to go 3/2/1, 4/2 or maybe something more hp heavy. Never been the biggest fan of high stam/hp amount on gear since most of the time it comes down to wether or not you can outheal the dps incoming rather then if you get bursted down before you can cast anything. Wondering what the impact of pvp gear is on that dynamic since you get damage reduction for lower heals.

the other idea i'm thinking about is a little bit bold, priest have been notorious for not using much wis for years, yet i wonder if 6 stam/wis statting or 4 stam/wis and 2 stam/hp for instance would actually be good in siege. The reasoning behind this is that wis gives you chances of resisting magical attacks. thinking about silence, lightning, banish and flame(m/wd) would actually resisting those skills be worth more then the sacrificed hp/pdef if you compare to the other options? would be interested to see someone that tried super high wis gear share his experience as far as wis resisting magical things go.

So here is the question what is optimal statting for priest pvp gear, what are your expenrience with the different statting and pvp vs pve gear in siege.
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Friday, November 6th 2015, 6:32pm

Since you are playing a priest, survivability is key in siege. You can't heal when dead. Many high physical damage dealers have 120k patk in siege, which means you want to aim for 600k pdef fully buffed, but I know that's pretty difficult to get without egg rice. As for magical defense, you can use either stam/mdef or stam/wis oranges (purity bones gives 800 mdef, light of bones gives 1280 unbuffed), and imo you should aim for 300k+. Having the w/p barrier helps in this regard (65% mdef instead of 39%).

I'd say try to go 4/stam/def 1 stam/hp 1 stam/mdef [or stam/wis]. Lower hp but slightly higher pdef. Having high hp doesn't help as much as ppl think (I've seen some healers buff to 1m+ hp, and get hit for 500k), so 1 stam/hp should be sufficient. Higher tier honor gear helps a lot also.

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Sunday, November 8th 2015, 7:38pm

I think you may be over thinking this. As mentioned above, staying alive is key in siege but that can be achieved in more ways than trying to create a "bullet proof" set of gear. I would suggest that what you are using now is perfectly fine for a pvp event that only typically occurs for 1 hour a day. Instead of focusing on a statting strategy I'd recommend working on the group dynamic with those you run siege with. Several players working together in siege have a much greater chance of staying alive than those who solo. Anyway, just an alternative viewpoint on the subjet. :)
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Sunday, November 8th 2015, 9:06pm

I am currently dying during a silence/stun duration when burned by the good r/m despite having sod on. dying instantly if sod isn't used. As you both mentionned saying alive is the most important part and with my current gear it might prove impossible vs certain players if they have burns regardless of how i play. This is why i'm looking for pvp gear with the idea of giving myself the best chances of doing good and keeping my team alive. Obviously can't always avoid dying, but been able to survive 1 or 2 players with burns on would be a huge increase in efficiency.

currently thinking about t8 3/2/1 statting for pvp gear, but i'm still curious about the high wis option. sometimes the best way to be tanky is to avoid taking damage and i'm wondering how many silence/lightning/banish/mouvement restriction/shadow prison it could avoid. Not been hit by those skills allows to kyte and also heal while ppl are hitting you increasing survivability.
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This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "pachat93" (Nov 8th 2015, 9:12pm)


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Sunday, November 8th 2015, 9:23pm

I play w/k in siege and buff to 230-300k mdef. As a priest in cloth honor gear, you should be able to get that much with w/p and k/p buffs easily. I wouldn't put too much emphasis on wisdom, as I don't think its needed that badly. I'd say at most 1 stam/wis on items, perhaps you could have your armor with stam/wis and none on accessories? Again, being tanky against magic based attacks is fine, but doesn't really help against the rogues you claim you're suffering from (or wd/w full burns should be equally perilous). Also, while it is true that resisting an attack is better, I personally prefer higher mdef (stam/mdef > stam/wis for mdef gain) due to it always reducting damage, rather then being a chance to reduce.

Don't forget as a priest/knight you have access to the skill Strike of Punishment. Its hard to hit on rogues (due to evasion), but it reliably hits k/m w/m wd/x classes who have little/no evasion. This prevents them from using physical attacks (white hits or skills), and can help you live. Also remember that holy candle shield + shield of discipline is basically an immune, as is shield of discipline + vn cape. I know it doesn't help against silence, but can help when you see someone going for you.

Druid/warden briar shield and/or multiple hhealers are the only reliable ways to survive a full burn r/m without using log duration cooldowns and praying. With high pdef honor gear you have a much higher chance to live, but solo, its hard no matter whwat gear you use.

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Tuesday, November 10th 2015, 6:38pm

Damage in siege has pretty much gone out of control. Any OP rogue, warden, mage, k/m, scout, etc will kill you easily with cooldowns. The only thing honor gear helps you with is staying alive for 2-3 extra seconds so your pocket healer can heal you. Of course, if you don't have a pocket healer, you're sol. Since you are the healer, I doubt you will even be able to heal yourself through against the damage that's outputted nowadays if you're in full honor gear and your dps isn't there to help you. And against average geared opponents you don't need any honor gear anyway because you should be able to heal through any damage. Basically my view on honor gear for healers is that it doesn't do much for 99% of situations. If your dps is strong enough then you will win the battle and if not then you will lose the battle.

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Tuesday, November 10th 2015, 9:09pm

I would highly recommend playing a w/k or r/k r/wd in siege. Build stam/def or stam/dex. Use arcanium Arena 7 piece set. Laugh as no one can kill you. Seriously, I saw 1 guy do this, and we did like 20k tops to him. Flame spam with m/wd was the only way we could kill him. The Crazy amount of Pcrit resist is stupid. It was like 3k? TBH it seemed better than the honor set.

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Wednesday, November 11th 2015, 1:44pm

talking about priest gear so arcanium arena gear is completly useless, only has magic crit resist on it. And i disagree on the dps point, i think a healer that finds ways to stay alive and do the job can turn the tide of a fight.
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Wednesday, November 11th 2015, 9:41pm

The gear he's referring to are items you use points (gained from arcanium arena) to purchase.