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Artifact Help
I'm cosidering trading in my Mask of Lifevision and Fishscale Tunic to possibly get another artifact.
I talked with a couple people and have narrowed it down to either Eagles Wings, a level 2 Bow or a level 1 Sip Ring/Level 1 Bow combo.
I'll have 777 credits to play with (will hunt for more to 800 if I get the wings or bow).
This is what I have currently, please make a suggestion.
*******************************[ Artefact List ]*******************************
Item Name Originally
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xxxxx a pair of Logosian Bracelets N/A
xxxxx a golden band of Draconic vigour N/A
xxxxx a compass of the Ranger N/A
xxxxx Prospero's Greater Vault N/A
xxxxx a silver stocking N/A
xxxxxx an elegant diamond vial N/A
xxxxxx a black glass vial N/A
xxxxxx a quartz vial N/A
xxxxxx a Hood of the Sphinx N/A
xxxxxx an earring of Sinope N/A
xxxxxx a Collar of Agatheis N/A
xxxxxx an inlaid ebony pipe a long, elegant ebony pipe
xxxxxx a ring of flying N/A
xxxxxx a painter's palette N/A
xxxxxx a garnet vial N/A
xxxxxx a Brooch of the Tempest N/A
xxxxxx a glass vial N/A
xxxxxx a moonstone vial N/A
xxxxxx a jade vial N/A
xxxxxx a ruby vial N/A
xxxxxx a dragonskin pack N/A
xxxxxx a ruby vial N/A
xxxxxx an Amulet of the Will N/A
xxxxxx a sapphire crystal vial N/A
xxxxxx a peridot vial N/A
xxxxxx an amethyst vial N/A
xxxxxx a garnet vial N/A
xxxxxx an onyx vial N/A
xxxxxx a ring of Lucretian clarity N/A
xxxxxx a Belt of Aegis N/A
xxxxxx a crafter's portfolio N/A
xxxxxx a moonstone vial N/A
xxxxxx a ruby vial N/A
xxxxxx a ring of endurance N/A
xxxxxx a taper of eternity N/A
xxxxxx a signet ring bearing the arms of Draqo a signet ring
xxxxxx an emerald vial N/A
xxxxxx a pair of caestus-style knuckles spiked knuckles
xxxxxx a glittering fishscale tunic N/A
xxxxxx an amber firefly N/A
xxxxxx a buckawn's amulet N/A
xxxxxx a silver mask with gold reliefs a mask of lifevision
xxxxxx a miniature flagon on a chain N/A
xxxxxx a gem of cloaking N/A
xxxxxx a quartz vial N/A
xxxxxx a polished marble pipe N/A
xxxxxx a polished marble pipe N/A
xxxxxx a rosewood stationery kit N/A
xxxxxx sturdy combat boots bearing a scorpion Ethereal Boots
xxxxxx a moonstone vial N/A
xxxxxx an Aldar talisman N/A
xxxxxx a steel armband of the Fist N/A
xxxxxx a driftwood stationery kit N/A
xxxxxx Gauntlets of the Aldar N/A
xxxxxx a sacrificial kris N/A
xxxxxx a moonstone vial N/A
I talked with a couple people and have narrowed it down to either Eagles Wings, a level 2 Bow or a level 1 Sip Ring/Level 1 Bow combo.
I'll have 777 credits to play with (will hunt for more to 800 if I get the wings or bow).
This is what I have currently, please make a suggestion.
*******************************[ Artefact List ]*******************************
Item Name Originally
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
xxxxx a pair of Logosian Bracelets N/A
xxxxx a golden band of Draconic vigour N/A
xxxxx a compass of the Ranger N/A
xxxxx Prospero's Greater Vault N/A
xxxxx a silver stocking N/A
xxxxxx an elegant diamond vial N/A
xxxxxx a black glass vial N/A
xxxxxx a quartz vial N/A
xxxxxx a Hood of the Sphinx N/A
xxxxxx an earring of Sinope N/A
xxxxxx a Collar of Agatheis N/A
xxxxxx an inlaid ebony pipe a long, elegant ebony pipe
xxxxxx a ring of flying N/A
xxxxxx a painter's palette N/A
xxxxxx a garnet vial N/A
xxxxxx a Brooch of the Tempest N/A
xxxxxx a glass vial N/A
xxxxxx a moonstone vial N/A
xxxxxx a jade vial N/A
xxxxxx a ruby vial N/A
xxxxxx a dragonskin pack N/A
xxxxxx a ruby vial N/A
xxxxxx an Amulet of the Will N/A
xxxxxx a sapphire crystal vial N/A
xxxxxx a peridot vial N/A
xxxxxx an amethyst vial N/A
xxxxxx a garnet vial N/A
xxxxxx an onyx vial N/A
xxxxxx a ring of Lucretian clarity N/A
xxxxxx a Belt of Aegis N/A
xxxxxx a crafter's portfolio N/A
xxxxxx a moonstone vial N/A
xxxxxx a ruby vial N/A
xxxxxx a ring of endurance N/A
xxxxxx a taper of eternity N/A
xxxxxx a signet ring bearing the arms of Draqo a signet ring
xxxxxx an emerald vial N/A
xxxxxx a pair of caestus-style knuckles spiked knuckles
xxxxxx a glittering fishscale tunic N/A
xxxxxx an amber firefly N/A
xxxxxx a buckawn's amulet N/A
xxxxxx a silver mask with gold reliefs a mask of lifevision
xxxxxx a miniature flagon on a chain N/A
xxxxxx a gem of cloaking N/A
xxxxxx a quartz vial N/A
xxxxxx a polished marble pipe N/A
xxxxxx a polished marble pipe N/A
xxxxxx a rosewood stationery kit N/A
xxxxxx sturdy combat boots bearing a scorpion Ethereal Boots
xxxxxx a moonstone vial N/A
xxxxxx an Aldar talisman N/A
xxxxxx a steel armband of the Fist N/A
xxxxxx a driftwood stationery kit N/A
xxxxxx Gauntlets of the Aldar N/A
xxxxxx a sacrificial kris N/A
xxxxxx a moonstone vial N/A
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Best Answers
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Monks can make extremely good use of both the health and the mana sip rings. Not having those, but having other extremely niche arties like the fishscale tunic is complete wtf-ery.
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Katzchen
Mhaldor
I would keep the mask, trade in the tunic, and save for the sip ring.
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Caladbolg
Campbell County TN
On a more serious note after discussing this with you in game I figured i'd post this here and get more input on mechanics.
Bow for boarder raiding aka when you can't choke or crush seems completely useful.
Assuming level 1 sip ring is half of level 2 then 150 health more per sip seems not as useful as it would be for me because you have level 3 regen at most if not all times.
Also im not sure if you remember what life with out lifevision is but I cry everytime I play an alt with out it.
Also, since you have high health regen mana sip ring might be more useful due to monk regen + transmute.
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Achilles
Los Angeles
Would get wings and trade in tunic. Would also trade in all those artie vials.
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Kyrra
Australia
Arti vials are worth keeping. The gold you spend on replacing vials adds up over time, not to mention all the refills if you don't catch the decays. 26cr for vial trade ins isn't a lot either.
Also, sip rings are amazing.(D.M.A.): Cooper says, "Kyrra is either the most innocent person in the world, or the girl who uses the most innuendo seemingly unintentionally but really on purpose."2 -
Don't upgrade gauntlets.
Asking forums what you should get without more info of yourself wont give you good suggestions. Ask yourself where you want to improve or what you do most often.
If you are in trouble of pure tankying - sip ring. Even though sip rings aren't as useful for monks as to other classes, who have more ressistance. Monks take a lot of damage and have 1037 ways of recovering them, improving one way (even though it's primary) by a few % won't be significantly efficient.
You raid a lot? - get wings. For me wings are second best artefact if you raid a lot, or plan to in the future. It had primary focus of traveling, but with advanced autowalking and mapping that's not huge deal now. But in raids, ability to quickly (and realiably) escape death, heal up and jump back in fray. Also ever been in clouds skirmishes? you jump out to heal up and want to jump back in? For me wings would be second best artefact if I could use SoA.
I can't say pros and cons about bow, without aiming. Let someone who has experience in them post.
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And if the sip ring, mana or health?
To me, it's the convenience of always having vials ( no decay, no permanent theft by people, denizens, or broken novices ), there are enough vials that my OCD is happy and they aren't that expensive over a long run. People will spend 10 credits more changing the appearance of an item purely for aesthetics and nothing else.
Out of that list of items that can be traded in, vials are worth a lot less value and only give a small return compared to something like a fishscale tunic. Unless you plan on diving 24/7, nobody really goes through that much pear, and a tunic is replaced by an item that is consumable but won't decay inside a rift. *shrug* I am very practical and I just see vials as way more efficient to keep, but that is solely my own opinion.
Being me, I'd just save and buy stuff. Draqoom will do whatever he wants in the end regardless
I got them around 4 years agoish after coming back from dormancy to all of my vials decaying. I kept them due to the increased sips and the convenience of never having to buy them again as well as being able to recognize by type which kind I am out of. I might consider trading in a couple of the more used ones like health, mana, mass, mending and resto, but the less used ones I will still keep. Should net me about 286 credits bringing me to 829 total if I traded in tunic, gem of cloaking, those vials and used the 11 I have on me now.
Edit: I guess though, that with all of them traded in with the tunic, gem and the 11 I have I would be sitting at 1063. So... There's that too. Plenty for a lvl 2 bow or wings or two sip rings, or a lvl 2 sip ring or almost being able to upgrade my gauntlets to lvl 3.
Choice made, discussion ended. Please bbtx4 this thread. I'm sure it'll prone for you to make it easier.
For a simplified formula, assuming none is ever wasted by letting your vials decay:
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Concoctions/Transmutations: D=(48000*C*V-7200000*C)/((R*T+1200)*V-150*R*T-360000)
Venoms: D=(24000*C*V-3600000*C)/((R*T+600)*V-150*R*T-180000)
C = Credit prices
R = Refill prices
T = Sips/applications used per day
V = Number of days left on vials when you switch to new vials (and sell the old ones to Rufio)
D = Number of days required for the artefact vial to pay for itself
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Unless you always let you FULL vials decay you wont back your credit investment in your lifetime
I assumed in my formula that the refill price is the same for normal and artefact vials (which is true of tuns), but since it costs half the ingredients, you can get artefact refills cheaper from some forestals/alchemists.
I'm not sure how it works with venoms. Artefact vials can hold 200 venom applications while normal vials hold 150, but I'm not sure if milking also refills artefact vials faster.
Artefact vials hold 20% more sips, for the same refill cost. Assuming 200 gold per refill and 6000 gold per credit, that means that your artefact vial will have paid for itself in extra sips (ignoring the vial costs) after 6000 refills.
6000 refills is a lot, but easily "in your lifetime" for a lot of players, as long as it's something that you use quickly (an artefact vial of levitation will probably never break even, but health/mana for someone who bashes a lot will).
This is ignoring the tiny bonus of not having to buy new vials, and the chance of full vials decaying (which still happens fairly often).
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