Speaking of The Collaborator rewards, GXBow is also good (keen) for rogues (Mechanic 1st core gives proficiency)
A list of guaranteed or particularly low time investment items to grab while levelling to make your life easier.
- Thread starter Eunostos
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Is this the best DR item in game?
OMG hadn't noticed it until now.
Decent training wheels for a new player/1st life melee character.
Doesn't help much when a reaper/champ hits you for 1000.
I'm currently using this: https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Cloak_of_the_Mimic_(level_16) for lvls (16-20/21)
which gives me 10/Lawful and I mainly play R1-R3 heroic quests
I do not know how and why, but when I look in the combat I see that it actually reduces 36 damage per hit.
Which is very very welcome at my levels.
I will try to get a screenshot. Now if the 15/- translates to 54 dr then it is even better! Practically for levels from 11 until 20 being an absolute Tank.
I do have decent PRR (~100) but that should be a separate reduction if I understand well
PRR ~= Absorption
DR ~= Resistance
Not worth it - Ethereal Ingot weapons from Borderlands are much easier to obtain, have a lower ML and don't require running Tomb of the Tormented.
These are not only obsolete, but also don't play well with the current gear tetris. Ravenloft into Sharn gear will take you to 20, and while you're not guaranteed a full set on the first run through, you'll get a few, more if you're in a group and ask people to pass.
The Mire set especially is not very useful because of how may random gen Speed items you get in loot tables these days. The rest of the set is a relic from the days when FF and UA items were actually rare, so you'd be willing to give up 2 slots to get these effects. These days, not so much.
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Also should add the Borderlands mounts, not too hard to get and useful throughout the game.
Shadowfail items are very accessible - you get to choose from all 3 in the end reward, after every quest run on any difficulty (except maybe casual -never tried that). They can be useful to cover some glaring flaws in a new player's gear. Until they manage to get some "real" loot.
unbongwah
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One thing I'll add here is that since the heroic set items are end-quest rewards, it does not matter what difficulty you run and you don't have to worry about chest ransack. So you can just speed-run everything on Normal until you fill out your gear-set checklist. If I'm starting on a new server, Red Fens' are usually one of the first gear sets I farm, simply because of how quickly you can acquire them vs named gear from other quests.
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Shear-buckler
Master of reactions
Ethereal ring from Saltmarch. Ghost touch from level 3 independent of weapon choice.
Ring of Power from Slavelords with a 30% striding augment to get haste-light from level 8.
Ring of Power from Slavelords with a 30% striding augment to get haste-light from level 8.
Sturmbb
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Hi Igo
Thankyou for the list, Some of those chains, Is what i run as i love the chance of getting something valuable in the end reward list. Rather than just Vendor junk.
Can you please clarify what the FR vendor is
Fr= forgotten realms.
I often get a cormyrian weapon from there if I don't have something at level 16,20,24.
It's nothing special just a good random weapon.
Also there are 5 I think other vendors that sell some sets with commendations. It is the villager, wizards, clerics, knights and druids I think.
You can get some decent epic starting equipment. The only problem is that if you are a first lifer won't have the commendations and if you are a multi-lifer the items are nothing wow. But for few life's, especially for someone that changes play style it is a good option.
I had got the druid stuff at my second life and it served me well! At least that is what I remember.
For our PD style, that could be a cool option at second/third life. Yeah, I know, I'm too optimistic
I often get a cormyrian weapon from there if I don't have something at level 16,20,24.
It's nothing special just a good random weapon.
Also there are 5 I think other vendors that sell some sets with commendations. It is the villager, wizards, clerics, knights and druids I think.
You can get some decent epic starting equipment. The only problem is that if you are a first lifer won't have the commendations and if you are a multi-lifer the items are nothing wow. But for few life's, especially for someone that changes play style it is a good option.
I had got the druid stuff at my second life and it served me well! At least that is what I remember.
For our PD style, that could be a cool option at second/third life. Yeah, I know, I'm too optimistic
Mornyngstar
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REMINDER: The runs you do for a guaranteed Ioun stone can be done on Casual. I typically do a R1-4 run then do 2 more on elite then casual or 2 casual runs.
Matuse
Join Date: February 2006
The Heroic Mire set is not that great, but surprisingly the Epic and Legendary versions are quite good, if you're not pushing through to a 34 gearset, it's worth taking a look for level 20 or 30.
Legendary mire 2 piece gives:
16% Force Absorb
All saves +11
Protection +11
Legendary Stone Guard
Feather Falling
Quality Con +3
Sheltering +34
Balance Skill +20
Vitality 45
Swim +20 and UWA
+3 Artifact Dexterity
30% Movement speed
+3 Artifact to all saves
+7 Artifact Jump/Tumble
1 Green, 1 Yellow, 2 Colorless
Legendary mire 2 piece gives:
16% Force Absorb
All saves +11
Protection +11
Legendary Stone Guard
Feather Falling
Quality Con +3
Sheltering +34
Balance Skill +20
Vitality 45
Swim +20 and UWA
+3 Artifact Dexterity
30% Movement speed
+3 Artifact to all saves
+7 Artifact Jump/Tumble
1 Green, 1 Yellow, 2 Colorless
PurpleTimb
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Ferocrystal weapons from the feywild are typed as crystal, so can be great for an ooze/rusty beater on a character that doesn't have an easy alternative.