Level 1/2/3 health regen is 2%/5%/8% of your max health every 10 seconds. Berkana also adds 1 level of health regen.
Level 1 isn't great, but it's also the cheapest defensive artefact, so it might be worth getting if you really need just a little extra defence. I'd recommend waiting until you have 500 credits though, there are several better defensive artefacts to choose from then.
Health regen is friggin awesome, even level 1 (considering how cheap it is).
Like the Con stat, it isn't really about that 250/300 you get, it's about how it all totals up. Each little bit helps, and ya gotta start somewhere. It's a nice step to the also relatively cheap level 2 regen ring, which is a really great thing to have even early on in your artefact collection.
I bought the vitality ring fairly early on, but I purchased it with the artifact packages sale that IRE was having at the time (so I purchased something like the hunter's belt, the vitality ring, and possibly one other artifact, all at once).
I went on later to buy the Mayan ring, which I would definitely highly recommend purchasing before the vitality ring if credits permit. (Mayan ring is +hp sip bonus.)
I also have a lvl 1 mana regen ring. I would prefer to upgrade to lvl 2, but I'm a big believer in something is better than nothing. But that is just my experience.
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Kind of depends. If you buy health regen now that's 300 credits more you need to buy a sip ring which is generally worth a lot more. If I had to choose I'd always go for the sip ring, even if I had to wait a bit longer.
Save for the sip, get that first if you have the patience
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If you don't have any defensive arties at all, get a Shield of Absorption first. Especially since you're serpent and probably dex spec'd. It will probably be a much better choice early on - as you can always get sip/regen later.
If you don't have any defensive arties at all, get a Shield of Absorption first. Especially since you're serpent and probably dex spec'd. It will probably be a much better choice early on - as you can always get sip/regen later.
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Level 1 isn't great, but it's also the cheapest defensive artefact, so it might be worth getting if you really need just a little extra defence. I'd recommend waiting until you have 500 credits though, there are several better defensive artefacts to choose from then.
I went on later to buy the Mayan ring, which I would definitely highly recommend purchasing before the vitality ring if credits permit. (Mayan ring is +hp sip bonus.)
I also have a lvl 1 mana regen ring. I would prefer to upgrade to lvl 2, but I'm a big believer in something is better than nothing. But that is just my experience.
- Mathonwy
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Archdragon Mizik Corten, Herald of Ruin says, "Man, that was a big axk."
Hellrazor Cain de Soulis, Sartan's Hammer says, "Your [sic] a beast."