Anyway to recreate Ascetics armour in Nightfall?

Keira Darkwind

Keira Darkwind

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Clan Arthur

Mo/Me

I was looking at Nightfall armour since I beat the game the other night.
I usually use Ascetics armour as a monk since I like the energy bonuses. I can't find any way to get the same bonuses using insignia, I must be missing something..
On a chest piece, my Factions Ascetic armour has +8 energy. Radiant insignia would give me +3 on a chest piece, a rune of attunement gives an extra +2. But that is only +5 total....and I would not be able to use any other type of rune on the armour either (my chest piece currently has a major healing prayers rune on it)
So, is there a way?

SamGad

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

X-Universe

W/Me

your armour has an innate energy bonus anyway.
Factor that in and it should answer your question.

bog boy

bog boy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

pxks

R/E

u just put radiant on all pieces i think and it works out the same

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

R/

Like Bog boy said, you can use more than 1 radiant insignia. The only insignia's that don't stack (or aren't supposed to anyway) are those that give a defensive bonus, such as Sentry's Armor +10 (while in a stance), they only effect a single body location, having 5 of them does not grant you +50 armor while in a stance.

KamikazeChicken

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Keira Darkwind
I usually use Ascetics armour as a monk since I like the energy bonuses. I can't find any way to get the same bonuses using insignia, I must be missing something.
Chest = base +5; Radiant = +3 chest; Total possible= +8 Chest

Ascetics is one of the worst armors a monk could use, but whatever. >.>

Keira Darkwind

Keira Darkwind

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Clan Arthur

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by KamikazeChicken
Ascetics is one of the worst armors a monk could use, but whatever. >.>
I only PVE, so Ascetics suits my needs.

Thanks everyone for your help!

DeathandtheHealing

DeathandtheHealing

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2006

In a PVE GUILD YAY! :P

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Keira Darkwind
I only PVE, so Ascetics suits my needs.

Thanks everyone for your help!
even so, that +10 def from blessed or slawart runes help out a lot. +10 vs ele is good in some areas where you find almost no phy dmg.
You could always put+10 on your chest piece and +energy one the rest. You'll only lose 3 energy by using this way^.

Lavindathar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Manchester, England

The Monstrous Fangs (fang)

N/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by KamikazeChicken
Chest = base +5; Radiant = +3 chest; Total possible= +8 Chest
Isn't 10 posisble?

Chest = base +5; Radiant = +3 chest; Attunement =+2 Chest Total possible= +10 Chest

DeathandtheHealing

DeathandtheHealing

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2006

In a PVE GUILD YAY! :P

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lavindathar
Isn't 10 posisble?

Chest = base +5; Radiant = +3 chest; Attunement =+2 Chest Total possible= +10 Chest
yes but most ppl use minor runes.

you have a Sup vigor, minor divine, and or healing or prot so you have a little flexablity

KamikazeChicken

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lavindathar
Isn't 10 posisble?

Chest = base +5; Radiant = +3 chest; Attunement =+2 Chest Total possible= +10 Chest
Ascetic is not +10, and that's the amount the OP was after. Attunement runes are utter trash, but go ahead and use them.

Keira Darkwind

Keira Darkwind

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Clan Arthur

Mo/Me

No I wasn't after +10, just +8, which is what my Ascetics chest piece has.

I don't want to use an attunement rune because I need the rune slot for a minor rune of something else (healing or protection, can't remember which is in there atm)