I'm just about capped on a Sorc that I'm going to TR to a couple more Sorc lives and maybe a Wizard life.

It's time to make Greensteel for him.  I really don't know what particular gear is extra sexy for an Artificer, but since Artificers pew pew in addition to casting, I expect that it's going to be a lot different than both offensive casters and melee/ranged characters.  So here I am asking for slot advice.

Concordant Opposition +45 HP item is going somewhere.  It's the only accessory that I'm going to build.  Tharnes sounds good for goggles, but I might be wrong about that if there is another sexy item for that slot.  Torc for necklace (I'm assuming that Torc stacks with the rune arm).  I'm not going to be going absolutely nuts with this guy for gear, but I expect he'll probably end up better geared eventually than most of my characters are.  I'm willing to feed him epic gear that my other characters farm.

So what slot currently looks to be the most open?  If I have to make a second Con Opp HP item if this one turns out to be filled by some sexy piece of gear that comes out in the X-pack, but I don't want to build it if it's already better filled with another piece of gear today.

Any slot suggestions?

Do artis have gloves they want to equip? Gloves is the default slot for caster +45 HP con opp.

cdr wrote on Apr 25^th, 2012 at 9:30pm:


Epic Spectrals are a great DEX item.

cdr wrote on Apr 26^th, 2012 at 12:45am:


They are good, but for ranged DPS, use the Tinker's Set. Like Tharne's, only not raid loot.

don't have storm reavers napkin?

Carpone wrote on Apr 26^th, 2012 at 5:18pm:


Gs belt for hp/conopp
Gs helm for sp/cha skills

I have 2 pairs of GS goggles.

1st set is CHA skills/SP. That was what she wore in her previous life as a squishy sorc.
2nd set is HP/Conc Opp. I love em. I always forget to put the SP goggles on before I shrine so they're useless for the most part.

I really need to work on her gear, but I've got so many other toons to gear up it's not even funny 

She is the only character I have who owns a Litany though     

Yog, what is your UMD at that you can't hit no-fails on a pure arti? You even get enhancements!

It's pretty simple really.

Can you think of a halfway decent Epic Helm that works well for an arty? Red Dragon/eMoron/eFrost? Even the Darkstorm or whatever helm is more of a swap item. There's one spot for GS.


Now for belts. eMoron Blet is a nice item, but not really necessary. And Rahkir's Ring is GREAT for Arty's. The belt and set bonus? Not as much.

Carpone wrote on Apr 26^th, 2012 at 11:39pm:


I use Lucid FAR more than Toven's. Maybe if Toven's did better DPS than Lucid, I'd swap. Also, max Force line > Max Lightning line on Arty.

Shintao Set maybe. I'd rather have Torc than it though.

RotStalker ain't bad, but what about Ring of Master Artifice?

I wear the Toven's but with the bug with a rune arm and the frozen tunic, only one of them goes off. Tunic for trash, hammer for boss fights.

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Even if you don't use a Toven's Hammer, I just don't see the need for a Torc on an Artifiicer.  The +15 Concentration, +2 hit and +2 damage? Hells yeah.  Most Arty to-hit sucks terribly:

* BAB 15 (BAB 14 if you splash 2 monk). When you compare against a melee with Power Attack, it's mostly a push (BAB 20 has slightly higher attack rate, but it's negligible).  Yes, you can "fix" this with Divine Power clickies, but I personally hate managing those low duration timers (less of an issue for pure Artificers).

* Your DEX is probably 28 (16 base + 3 tome + 7 item +2 ship) because you maxed out your INT, and you're using Insightful Damage.

I don't know about you, but I pretty much mock any melee with a STR or DEX of 28 because they can't hit shit.  My evoker favored soul has a 28 STR. 

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Not a fan of it even on a Warforged.  Lucid+Toven's both provide Superior Potency VI; Epic Reconstruction VI isn't sexy enough to make me slot this.  You can fit in Wizardry VI on a Greensteel accessory.  The 50 sp difference from Archmagi isn't going to matter.