If you need some help figuring out how you can use the information on the signs in my shops to tell what Armor and Plate combo you need in order to hunt specific mobs you want to hunt, here's a youtube video that will walk you through it:
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Longtooths from Adolescent to Guardian have been known to deal 100% Impact damage while Longtooth Dominants and above have been suspected to deal a mix of about 70% Impact to 30% Penetration (
see this thread by Mega for more information regarding Longtooth maturities).
Below you will find some recommended Armor set ups for each known Longtooth maturity, starting with set-ups that will 'underprotect', followed by 'Balanced' set-ups which should allow a hunter to hunt continuously without the need to heal, and ending with set-ups that would 'overprotect' the hunter. These recommendations are made based on what Armors are most popular in the game, or which ones are most easily available or cheapest. For clarity and ease of reading, I've omitted many armors which just aren't that easy to find for purchase, either on the auction or in this forum.
Balanced recommendations made below aim to protect sufficiently so that there is no need to heal, since healing is generally more expensive than armor protection (consider these recommendations balanced for someone with an Evade level ~20, if yours is much higher, you may not need as much protection).
Please note also that these recommendations are made based on information gathered during past Migrations and there is no guarantee that everything will be 100% identical this time around, MA might have some surprises in store for us. Should anything be different, I will update these recommendations below as soon as I am made aware.
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I'm assuming that it will be virtually impossible to account for every hunting style out there but I will grade my recommendations in the following 3 sub-categories to give people more options:
Underprotected: These armor set-ups will block from ~70-80% of the maximum damage that the mob can do. This choice will result in a solo hunter probably having to heal or wait for their health to regenerate occasionally, especially when using unlimited gear, which will protect less and less as it decays during the hunt. However if you are hunting in a team, have a high Evade level or a Health Regen buff (such as a ring), than consider one of these options.
Balanced: These armor set-ups will block from ~80-90% of the maximum damage that the mob can do. These options will allow a solo hunter to keep hunting continuously without having to worry about healing (of course that could depend on the frequency of Critical Hits).
Overprotected: Indicates a set-up which provides more protection than is really needed. Although these choices will not result in excessive protection costs like they used to before Loot 2.0, they also won't allow a solo hunter to take full advantage of free Health Regeneration, if that is what the person wants. However it should be taken into consideration that a higher level Armor could very well have an additional 2k points of durability, which would make your armor protection about 1.5% cheaper overall (example Nemesis versus Pixie or Goblin). Overprotecting as a hunting style shouldn't be disregarded too quickly, it very well could be the cheaper way to go in some cases, especially when someone must choose between having to fap, or not having to fap.
100% Impact Longtooth
Longtooth Adolescent (12 dmg max, average 9):
Pixie or Shogun
total 9-10 points
Adjusted Pixie, Gnome or Predator
total 11 points
Musca Adjusted or Vigilante + Mark.2A or Mark.3A armor plates
total 12-13 points
Kobold, Goblin, Knight or Koroma
total 12-13 points
Pixie, Gnome or Shogun + Mark.2B or Mark.4C armor plates
total 12-14 points
Aurora, Nemesis, Gremlin, Rascal or Viceroy
total 15 points
Most common & easily available: Adjusted Pixie or Gremlin
Longtooth Young, Mature & Old (29-36 dmg max, average for Old 27):
Boar or Ghost + Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
total 25-26 points
Tiger, Phantom or Solir
total 25-26 points
Jaguar + Mark.2A or Mark.3A armor plates
total 27 points
Aurora, Nemesis, Gremlin, Rascal or Viceroy + AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 27 points
Martial, Spartacus or Aquila
total 28 points
Bear or Zombie + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 28-29 points
Jaguar + Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
total 28-29 points
Angel or Holy
total 30 points
Tiger or Phantom + Mark.2A or Mark.3A armor plates
total 30 points
Boar or Ghost + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 30-31 points
Martial, Spartacus or Aquila + Mark.2B, Mark.2C or Mark.4C armor plates
total 31 points
Jarhead + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 31-32 points
Solir + Mark.2A, Mark.3A or Mark.4A armor plates
total 31-32 points
Tiger or Phantom + Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
total 31-32 points
Martial, Spartacus or Aquila + Mark.2A or Mark.3A armor plates
total 33 points
Jaguar + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 33-34 points
Martial, Spartacus or Aquila + Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
total 34-35 points
Moonshine or Spam
total 35 points
Most common & easily available: Ghost + Mark.5B
Longtooth Guardian & Provider (41-42 dmg max, average 31.5):
Boar, Ghost or Jarhead + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 30-32 points
Aurora, Nemesis, Gremlin, Rascal or Viceroy + AP-18 Impact armor plates
total 33 points
Jaguar + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 33-34 points
Martial, Spartacus or Aquila + Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
total 34-35 points
Moonshine or Spam
total 35 points
Angel or Holy + Mark.2A or Mark.3A armor plates
total 35 points
Angel or Holy + Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
total 36-37 points
Tiger, Phantom or Solir + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 36-38 points
Jarhead, Boar or Ghost + AP-18 Impact armor plates
total 37-38 points
Moonshine or Spam + Mark.2B, Mark.2C or Mark.4C armor plates
total 38 points
Aurora, Nemesis, Gremlin, Rascal or Viceroy + AP-24 Impact armor plates
total 39 points
Martial, Spartacus or Aquila + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 39-40 points
Angel or Holy + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 41-42 points
Moonshine or Spam + AP-6 Impact, Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
total 41-42 points
Mayhem, Malware, Lich or Shadow
total 44-46 points
Most common & easily available: probably Jaguar, Tiger or Martial + Mark.5B
70% Impact / 30% Penetration Longtooth
Longtooth Dominant & Alpha (70-74 dmg max: 52 Impact, 22 Pen):
Spam + Pulsar 9 or AP-18 Penetration armor plates
total 50-53 points
Angel or Holy + Mark.4A or Mark.5A
total 51-52 points
Vain + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 51-52 points
Martial, Stealth or Solir + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 51-53 points
Aquila + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 52-53 points
Cetus or Pegasus + AP-18 Impact armor plates
total 53-54 points
Angel or Holy + Mark.2E or Mark.3B
total 54 points
Moonshine
total 55 points
Hermes or Eon + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 55-57 points
Malware + Pulsar 9 or AP-18 Penetration armor plates
total 55-58 points
Angel or Holy + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 56-57 points
Mayhem
total 57 points
Moonshine + Mark.2B, Mark.2C or Mark.4C armor plates
total 58 points
Moonshine + Mark.2A or Mark.3A armor plates
total 60 points
Spartacus + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 61-62 points
Moonshine + AP-6 Impact, Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
total 61-62 points
Lich + Pulsar 9 or AP-18 Penetration armor plates
total 62-65 points
Angel or Holy + AP-18 Impact armor plates
total 63 points
Cetus or Pegasus + Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 63-64 points
Tiger or Martial + Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 64-65 points
Necromancer or Anti Virus + Pulsar 9 armor plates
total 65 points
Moonshine + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 66-67 points
Angel + Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 67 points
Mayhem + Mark.3B
total 67 points
Shadow or Perseus
total 68 points
Necromancer or Anti Virus + AP-18 Penetration armor plates
total 68 points
Supremacy
total 71 points
Sentinel, Infiltrator or Rutuba
total >74 points
Most common & easily obtainable: probably Martial or Angel + Pulsar 5
Longtooth Old Alpha & Prowler (80-86 dmg max: 60 Impact, 26 Pen):
Moonshine + AP-6 Impact, Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
total 61-62 points
Lich + Pulsar 9 or AP-18 Penetration armor plates
total 62-65 points
Angel or Holy + AP-18 Impact armor plates
total 63 points
Moonshine + Mark.2E or Mark.3B armor plates
total 63-64 points
Malware + AP-24 Penetration or Pulsar 6 armor plates
total 64-66 points
Tiger or Cetus + Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 65 points
Necromancer or Anti Virus + Pulsar 9 armor plates
total 65 points
Spartacus + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 65-66 points
Moonshine + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 66-67 points
Hermes or Eon + AP-18 Impact armor plates
total 66-67 points
Mayhem + Mark.3B
total 67 points
Perseus
total 68 points
Necromancer or Anti Virus + AP-18 Penetration armor plates
total 68 points
Mayhem + Pulsar 8 or Mark.6A
total 68 points
Pegasus, Martial, Stealth or Solir + Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 68-69 points
Shadow
total 69 points
Aquila + Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 69 points
Mayhem + Mark.5B, AP-12 Impact or Penetration
total 69 points
Martial, Stealth or Solir + AP-30 Impact armor plates
total 70-71 points
Perseus + Mark.2B, Mark.2C or Mark.4C armor plates
total 71 points
Lich + AP-24 Penetration or Pulsar 6 armor plates
total 71 points
Shadow + Mark.2B, Mark.2C or Mark.4C armor plates
total 72 points
Vain + AP-30 Impact or Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 72-74 points
Perseus + Mark.2A or Mark.3A armor plates
total 73 points
Angel or Holy + Pulsar 5 Impact armor plates
total 73 points
Tiger + AP-36 Impact armor plates
total 73 points
Shadow + Mark.2A, Mark.3A or Mark.3B armor plates
total 74 points
Perseus + Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
total 74-75 points
Necromancer or Anti Virus + Pulsar 6 armor plates
total 74-76 points
Supremacy
total 75 points
Shadow + Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
total 75-76 points
Hermes or Eon + Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 76-77 points
Perseus + Mark.2E or Mark.3B armor plates
total 77-78 points
Shadow + Mark.2E armor plates
total 78 points
Perseus + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 79-80 points
Rutuba
total 80 points
Infiltrator
total 81 points
Spartacus or Moonshine + Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 82-83 points
Sentinel or Carramone
total >86 points
Most common & easily obtainable: probably Shadow or Perseus
Longtooth Stalkers (98 dmg max: 69 Impact, 29 Penetration):
Mayhem + Mark.5B, AP-12 Impact or Penetration
total 69 points
Aquila + AP-30 Impact or Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 69-71 points
Pegasus + Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 71 points
Lich + AP-24 Penetration or Pulsar 6 armor plates
total 71 points
Tiger + AP-36 Impact armor plates
total 73 points
Angel or Holy + AP-30 Impact or Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 73-75 points
Moonshine or Spartacus + AP-18 Impact armor plates
total 73-75 points
Perseus or Shadow + Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
total 74-75 points
Vain + AP-30 Impact or Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 75-77 points
Martial, Stealth or Solir + AP-36 Impact armor plates
total 76-77 points
Perseus or Shadow + Mark.2E or Mark.3B armor plates
total 77-78 points
Necromancer or Anti Virus + Pulsar 6 armor plates
total 77-79 points
Supremacy
total 78 points
Hermes or Eon + Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 79-80 points
Perseus + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 79-80 points
Moonshine or Spartacus + AP-24 Impact armor plates
total 79-81 points
Protector of the Empire + AP-30 Impact or Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 79-81 points
Shadow + Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 80-81 points
Angel or Holy + AP-36 Impact armor plates
total 81 points
Sand Stormer or RX OpTac x2 + AP-18 Impact armor plates
total 82-85 points
Moonshine or Spartacus + Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 83-85 points
Rutuba
total 83 points
Infiltrator
total 84 points
Dune Rider + AP-30 Impact or Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 84-86 points
Moonshine or Spartacus + AP-30 Impact plates
total 85-87 points
RX OpTac x1 Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 87-88 points
Ethereal + AP-30 Impact or Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 87-89 points
Infiltrator or Rutuba + Mark.2A or Mark.3A armor plates
total 88-89 points
Supremacy Pulsar 8, AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
total 89-90 points
Wormslayer + AP-30 Impact or Pulsar 5 armor plates
total 89-91 points
Sentinel
total 97 points
Carramone
total >98 points
Most common & easily obtainable: probably Shadow or Perseus + Mark.5B, or Rutuba
Happy Longtooth hunting o/
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