Upgrading to Myth Drannor Gear

[nenetteblackmoor]

It's been almost two months since Myth Drannor was released, and the raid has finally been added.

I think most people have started to gather their Myth Drannor gear by now, but have you found any good combinations with the old set bonus items?

I'm planning to use the Artifact bonus from the Devils' Infernal Dance items., but if anyone has recommendations for Profane bonuses or other combinations, I’d love to hear them.

I haven't upgraded my gear in years, so I'm thinking of completely overhauling everything with Myth Drannor.

I finally got Omen.
I usually play solo and only go to High Reaper occasionally, and right now I'm fighting with the Attuned Bone Greatsword.
My race is Aasimar

 

[jotmon]

I wouldn't rely on gearing with MD items, MD drop rates suck.
Sharn/Isle of Dread/Feywild items are relatively easily farmable and comparable.

 

[Zvdegor]

Dino and vecna gear + some Sands/Redfens/Sora-ket sets are still very good.
MD gear gives you the possibility to personalise your Profane set bonus and add maybe 1 or 2 Artifact bonuses in addition.
The artifact rings are hard to get but provide 5 fili slots. Quality stat ring and the belt with insightful stat value also very good for almost any build.

Take 3p Dino or Vecna, 4-5 MD Lunar 1-2 MD Solar items + fillers.
You should be ok.

 

[DBZ]

You mean down grade no thanks

 

[nenetteblackmoor]

Myth Drannor gear doesn’t have a great reputation, so people are a bit hesitant.
I’ve been thinking about new combinations with the new gear that was introduced, and here are a few points I’m considering:

1: The Dino Armor’s Sneak Attack Dice (2d6) could possibly be replaced by the Solar Augment’s Sneak Attack Dice (3d6).

2: Replacing the Dino Armor’s Profane Doublestrike with another item.
If I can replace it with Bloodrage Chrism, I can also gain Profane PRR and MRR.

3: The Dread Curse set bonus requires 5 items, but the Forbidden Knowledge set bonus has combinations for 3, 4, and 5 items. By substituting the Melee Power granted by the 5-set bonus with a Lunar Augment, it 'might' expand the variety of gear combinations.

4: If there’s a way to avoid using Dread Isle's Curse or Forbidden Knowledge, it might be possible to equip three sets of 3-piece Augments. Some existing Profane bonuses are unnecessary, so by prioritizing and selecting carefully, it might be possible to focus on the more essential Profane bonuses. However, I'm not sure if that would actually be a good thing.

5: The main reason for dropping the Dino Craft with the Artifact Bonus is that it's easier to get Curse, Mythic, and Reaper bonuses.

Switching to the new gear might not matter much for those who are already using the Attuned Bone Falchion and utilizing their existing Profane bonus items in a 4-set without changing weapons.

 

[Zvdegor]

Myth Drannor gear doesn’t have a great reputation, so people are a bit hesitant.
I’ve been thinking about new combinations with the new gear that was introduced, and here are a few points I’m considering:

1: The Dino Armor’s Sneak Attack Dice (2d6) could possibly be replaced by the Solar Augment’s Sneak Attack Dice (3d6).

2: Replacing the Dino Armor’s Profane Doublestrike with another item.
If I can replace it with Bloodrage Chrism, I can also gain Profane PRR and MRR.

3: The Dread Curse set bonus requires 5 items, but the Forbidden Knowledge set bonus has combinations for 3, 4, and 5 items. By substituting the Melee Power granted by the 5-set bonus with a Lunar Augment, it 'might' expand the variety of gear combinations.

4: If there’s a way to avoid using Dread Isle's Curse or Forbidden Knowledge, it might be possible to equip three sets of 3-piece Augments. Some existing Profane bonuses are unnecessary, so by prioritizing and selecting carefully, it might be possible to focus on the more essential Profane bonuses. However, I'm not sure if that would actually be a good thing.

5: The main reason for dropping the Dino Craft with the Artifact Bonus is that it's easier to get Curse, Mythic, and Reaper bonuses.

Switching to the new gear might not matter much for those who are already using the Attuned Bone Falchion and utilizing their existing Profane bonus items in a 4-set without changing weapons.

MD gear might not as important now, but the next level cap raise will force players to use it cause the new gear will have the same aug system. IOD gear will be obsolate above lvl 35.
MD gear will shine later!

 

[Alternative]

1: The Dino Armor’s Sneak Attack Dice (2d6) could possibly be replaced by the Solar Augment’s Sneak Attack Dice (3d6).

This one "drops" from red named rares in the explorer area, so good luck with that. But also, as dps you should already be using 2d6 profane with 3 piece aug set for artifact 3d6.

 

[Bjond]

It's not really possible to go full MD even if you could farm it all. It's just missing too much.

It's fantastic to spot-fill some gaps, though. The candidate slots are usually Eye and Trinket for Artifact. Boots are always Seasons for me.

 

[l_remmie]

It's senseless to go for full MD gear. You'll quit the game in anger before ever using it.

A loose piece or 2 with the right augment in it can be a good addition though.
Some extra spell DC or extra damage is always nice.

 

[nenetteblackmoor]

I'm not planning to fully switch to MD gear.
I was thinking of using Devils' Infernal Dance as the base and then complementing with Forbidden Knowledge or Dread Isle's Curse to fill in the gaps with the MD gear.

Forbidden Knowledge offers more flexibility compared to Dread Isle's Curse, so by increasing Lunar gear, could reduce unnecessary Vecna gear. For Sun gear, adding a Helpless augment to the goggles can cover the weaknesses of Devils' Infernal Dance.

But PRR and MRR still end up dropping no matter what.
DDO devs definitely make sure the gear doesn’t fit together perfectly, so trying to solve the gear puzzle just gets super frustrating.

So if anyone has good ideas for combinations, I’d love to hear them.
I've checked the Barbarian and Fighter forums, but no one has posted any gear setups that include MD gear.