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For comparative purposes, how much % is the sipping increase of an upgrade for the bracelet to level 3 (5% health/mana increase), or the belt to level 2 (~7% health increase?), against the sip ring level 2 upgrade of an extra flat 10% to sipping?
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- With sharp, crackling tones, Kyrra tells you, "The ladies must love you immensely."
- (Eleusian Ranger Techs): Savira says, "Most of the hard stuff seem to have this built in code like: If adventurer_hitting_me = "Sarathai" then send("terminate and selfdestruct")."
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If the sip ring is your only sip bonus, L3 is 30%. With 5.5k health and a 30% bonus, your average sip should be around 1163.
http://www.achaea.com/forum/concoctions-bonus
http://www.achaea.com/forum/concoctions-sip-bonus
http://www.achaea.com/forum/concoctions-sipping-bonus
Whether or not these are still in effect (they're old posts, so it could have changed, and like I said, I never really kept track), I do not know.
- With sharp, crackling tones, Kyrra tells you, "The ladies must love you immensely."
- (Eleusian Ranger Techs): Savira says, "Most of the hard stuff seem to have this built in code like: If adventurer_hitting_me = "Sarathai" then send("terminate and selfdestruct")."
- Makarios says, "Serve well and perish."
- Xaden says, "Xaden confirmed scrub 2017."
- With sharp, crackling tones, Kyrra tells you, "The ladies must love you immensely."
- (Eleusian Ranger Techs): Savira says, "Most of the hard stuff seem to have this built in code like: If adventurer_hitting_me = "Sarathai" then send("terminate and selfdestruct")."
- Makarios says, "Serve well and perish."
- Xaden says, "Xaden confirmed scrub 2017."
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I already have a couple of health artefacts (a sip ring, a bracelet, and a regen band) and I'm trying to get into combat this time around, so which others are useful for alchemist?
Is an SoA still a good purchase? What about a diadem - that seems somewhat confusing since, for instance, the typical recommendation is nimble over quick-witted. What else is useful?
I do not mean SoA is useless, it is still ungodly for bashing, very useful for raid/group fights and situationally for 1v1.
I know about the general utility of general artefacts, I'm talking alchemist specifically - that's why I keep asking whether a diadem actually does anything useful for alchemists. If, for instance, lower equilibrium is pointless because it won't make wrack any faster, or if there are enough uses for shorter equilibrium to make it worthwhile for more than just faster hunting. If it is useful, it seems like it would be worth it to pick it up now while I'm still wrapping my head around alchemist offence rather than get it later and have to relearn all the timings of everything.
Similarly, are collars actually useful for alchemist? I know I'm not going to damage anyone out by just spamming educe iron, but would it make it significantly easier to get an aurify off?
That's the sort of thing I'm trying to get a handle on.
Diadem is generally useful. Speeds up your hunting of course, increases all of your alchemy attacks, touch shield, touch crystal, basically anything that uses a fair amount of equilibrium. Whether or not it's worth it is entirely based on your opinion. I would save the 850 credits for something else, though, just because I don't feel that I'd need it to get kills. You don't either.
A collar is not really going to help your aurify significantly. The most effective method for an Alchemist to get an aurify would be via tempering choleric and melancholic for inundation. You'd at most educe twice in that strategy. The extra 200 or so damage is very rarely going to be worth the 1600 credits you paid for the bonus.
The reason I suggest defensive artefacts is because it allows you to carry out your momentum offence without having to worry so much about your defensive vulnerability.
SoA is not "useless" for any class, just to be technical. You can wield it every time you use a non-TwoArts ability/combo (like, when you diagnose, shield, use any defensive ability, many non-blade attacks, and most notably, any time you're not able to attack, but are able to wield (big one being while prone).
This is particularly great for Blademasters, since SoA ignores the "what shields your class can wield" rule, which buys Blademaster an additional 11% / 11% damage reduction, on top of the absorption effect. 11% damage reduction, on top of the absurdity known as Health/Mana Trans, can be the difference between dying to a leg break damage setup and standing up at nearly full health, ready to stand up and Evade or push your Brokenstar win button.
@Avto is right in that its effectiveness has been somewhat reduced - for the reasons he listed, as well as many others, but there are also quite a few ways it has become more useful. Being usable by Knight is probably the best example, even if it isn't a very good S&B shield, offensively.