14 Sep 2006 at 21:40 - 18
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good suggestions here but i'll say stick with 1.5k armor for now and wait till night fall. New armor skins are on the way and possibly new stats too.
I was going to do that, I had a set of Kurzick Sentinels and figured I'd wait until Nightfall to get an alternate set. Of course I saw some energy-heavy no-strength build that I wanted to try out.
I found the Shing Jea armor from Kaineng is a good cheap set as all it takes is cloth and damask and you can farm the materials for damask easy enough in Pongmei and craft your own damask. A low budget but functional alternative for Gladiators armor.
16 Sep 2006 at 23:27 - 19
nota big fan of the man bra meself but it has its uses.... personally I ues 15k(or basic) plate helm with sup vigor knights chest minor tactics and gloves(2 pairs of knight gloves 1 axe 1 sword sup runes) 15k plate (or basic) leggins with sup absorbtion and boots15k plate (or basic) with minor strength
17 Sep 2006 at 00:40 - 20
I find that dragon/platemail/wyvern is the best all 'round.
17 Sep 2006 at 00:49 - 21
Sigh...this is why I don't venture into the warrior subfolder very often.
1) for PVP play, hands down your best set is gladiator's armor. Hammer and shock warrior builds are very energy heavy, and the +8 energy gives you almost 50% more energy, which is awesome. If you're going to get fow, and ever plan on being a competitive pvp player, Glad's is what you need to get.
2) For general play, 90 armor sets are really good, because it allows you to play with attributes and get a boost against elemental attacks.
3)sentinel's armor is bad, because anyone running 13 strength makes me sad.
4)For Helms, you need 1 for each attribute sans strength. strength is bad.
17 Sep 2006 at 01:19 - 22
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good suggestions here but i'll say stick with 1.5k armor for now and wait till night fall. New armor skins are on the way and possibly new stats too. Maybe some new leet armor like FoW....
I second that.
@Thom, Do you like Bjork?
17 Sep 2006 at 02:47 - 23
sentinals armor is really nice....and its very balanced when fighting eles and stuff.... plus everyone grabs a elemental damage mod for the warriors
17 Sep 2006 at 05:01 - 24
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Originally Posted by IllusiveMind
@Thom, Do you like Bjork?
she's pretty.
17 Sep 2006 at 20:38 - 25
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Originally Posted by Dante the Warlord
sentinals armor is really nice....and its very balanced when fighting eles and stuff.... plus everyone grabs a elemental damage mod for the warriors
No, it's not balanced, Platemail/Dragon/Wyvern is rather balanced. You are limiting yourself with 13(!!) in strength while there (depending on the environment) are very important attribute lines like "tactics" (for a sexy heal sig) where you should invest into if you are not attempting to play a crippled warrior build.
17 Sep 2006 at 22:41 - 26
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Originally Posted by Thom Bangalter
...and the +8 energy gives you almost 50% more energy, which is awesome.
Why are you wearing a Gladiator's Helm?
18 Sep 2006 at 05:09 - 27
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Originally Posted by Savio
Why are you wearing a Gladiator's Helm?
What should he use?
18 Sep 2006 at 05:16 - 28
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Originally Posted by Age
What should he use?
A weapon mastery helm.
18 Sep 2006 at 07:51 - 29
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Why are you wearing a Gladiator's Helm?
nitpick much? I just generally assume people don't suck at this game and wear weaponmastery helms.
18 Sep 2006 at 15:41 - 30
weapon mastery helm, always
I got the collector's executioner's helm from crystal desert
is there one in factions? I'd take that one if possible...
My armor is:
exe helm
Berserker Leggings [better bonus hp, except for berserker chest]
Legionare's everything else...
110 AL vs. physical? For just a stance?! Eat that Sentinal's Ripoff, er armor... 90 AL vs. elemental isn't as good as 100 AL, but since 10 AL is I think 1/8th dmg reduction [20 being 1/4th and 40 being 1/2], I think that 1/8th extra damage ain't crap to worry about.
I used to have a W/Mo smite paladin hammer config but I've decided to stop using KDs and focus on a secondary sword build, cause Ripostes own solo PvE...
18 Sep 2006 at 21:51 - 31
My halmet is in tactics and my guantlets are in weapon mastery.
18 Sep 2006 at 22:54 - 32
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Originally Posted by Thom Bangalter
nitpick much? I just generally assume people don't suck at this game and wear weaponmastery helms.
You didn't assume that at all. You said Gladiator's for the +8 energy, which means you are wearing the gladiator helm instead of the weapon mastery helm. If you wear gladiator's with a weapon mastery helm, it's +7 energy.
Anyway to answer the original question, for PvP, have a set of +health armor and a set of +energy armor. Which you use depends on whether the other team is spike, degen, how much DP you have, and what your build's energy useage pattern is.
19 Sep 2006 at 10:02 - 33
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You didn't assume that at all. You said Gladiator's for the +8 energy, which means you are wearing the gladiator helm instead of the weapon mastery helm. If you wear gladiator's with a weapon mastery helm, it's +7 energy.
Anyway to answer the original question, for PvP, have a set of +health armor and a set of +energy armor. Which you use depends on whether the other team is spike, degen, how much DP you have, and what your build's energy useage pattern is.
whoops. To be honest, I didn't even know they MADE gladiator's helms.
19 Sep 2006 at 15:38 - 34
The Gladiator's Helm is still on the PvP creation screen, much to my dismay. The Dragon, Knight's, Brute's (?!), and Sentinel's are all also still on there. I don't understand why Anet would make 4 variations on the same crappy bonus, especially one that has no inherent bonuses over the others.
It'll be interesting to see next weekend what new armors they're rolling out, as well as any tweaks to existing armors.
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However, im saving for 15k dragon or ascalon - I want more looks and respect.
