Runes of Magic US / AU

Current Optimal statting for....w/wd is:
detonation rites
detonation ravens
detonation bones
ability foreign isle
ability of rites
detonation ancient spirits / ability of arcanium.

replace the word detonation with control and you have m/x (or w/m). Rogue I suppose is maybe different since they can replace a 210 dex/pa with a 231 str/pa (not sure this is better but it is one possibility). We'll focus on warrior from this point on, but the reader can read through and perform their own analysis for a given class.

Attempting to gather all 6 of these stats, as a non-endgame player, is rather difficult. Only during Proof of Myth events will you have regularl access to detonation stats. This means that attempting to get optimal statting on gear could take you weeks, or months. By the time you finish statting a new set of gear, it will already be outdated.

Let's also consider the gold cost that was SAVE if we were to skip the detonation rites, and instead use a bag stat...

Bag stat cost: 5m gold
Detonation/Vengeance/Control of rites: 60m gold

Upgrading from a bag stat to an orange rite stat costs 55m gold. On 14 items this costs 770m gold. Let's see what waiting weeks for stats to appear on AH, and this 770m gold, gets you...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1…u5G4/edit#gid=0

Unless I have missed a buff, a warrior/warden loses only 4935 patk fully buffed (dmg food, no cooldowns). Is 770m gold REALLY WORTH less than 5k patk...? On Mithras, 770m is roughly 11 000 diamonds. I'm sure 11k diamonds, roughly $150 USD during sale, is not worth 4935 patk (if we have some limited resources like time or money).

What if we replaced not just the detonation of rites, but the ravens as well?

What if we use easily obtainable stats instead?

195 Bag
195 Splitwater
195 Bones (eoj farmable)
201 Brinewind
210 Arcanium
216 Foreign Isle

-- notice some overlap between this stat list and the top one --

Cacluations are done on the spread sheet linked above. For a warrior, fully buffed, we lose 12k patk. Is this a lot? Argueably...but 288k vs 300k is a mere 4% more attack power. FOUR PERCENT.

In total we save over 1 BILLION GOLD worth of stats since we can farm all of these, and lose only 4% patk FULLY BUFFED....??? Am I crazy here or does it suddenly seem like detonations are a waste of money? Why wait and use oranges, when you can use yellows and be 96% as good. 195+ Stats appear regularly on AH, far more frequently than oranges do. You will be able to completely stat a set of gear FAR QUICKER using "any 195 stat" (hell even 186 is probably okay tbh), rather than holding out for oranges.

And this was for w/wd. Spreadsheet shows that the change in attack would be even less, AND COST MORE, as a rogue/mage.

TL;dr - use 195s and 201 stats if you're a returning player or a new player. Fancy things aren't worth $300 USD when they only make you 4% more powerful. Spend minimal amounts of gold, and make your equipment quickly. You don't need the best stuff to run the best instances.

-- note --
If my spreadsheet is missing some buff, please mention so somewhere and I will update values.

I had another thread, an old one, basically saying the same thing. Same kind of analysis at 80 cap. I felt reposting with up to date numbers might make some ppl realise the value of old items.

A guild mate of mine constantly crying about not being able to buy control or good demon stats prompted me to post this. If he jsut uses 195 and 201 stats, he'd finish his gear. He could complete his gear, and get a (still substantial) boost in attack power. Instead, he cries, doesn't farm shells/eojs/bag stats, and will take weeks or months to finish his items.