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I've recently returned, and the landscape has changed drastically. I tried to peruse the wiki and nexus for some insight, however It's a little overwhelming tbh.

Armor has traditionally, not been a huge priority for me as I tend to kite mobs to the best of my ability, and generally have most mobs reasonably weak by the time they reach me. However as I move up the ladder of mobs, I'm finding it would be useful to have - ideally - one generally "good" set, or alternatively, two sets, suited to a different set of circumstances. And so, I was hoping that the friendly faces of PCF might indulge my curiosities and suggest my next armor set, in lieu of a coffee fueled research mission of my own. Of course, I will take all suggestions on face value, and do some due diligence of my own before making any purchases.
I currently utilize a set of (F) adj. pixie w/ Thorifoid Berserkers Helm, 2a, 6a, 5b and serpents scales, Elder gods suit, ares ring, and I regularly hunt small rex, furor, feffox/feffoid, ambu, but I am leveling reasonably fast (lvl22-46 in 4 weeks) and I am only 140hp, so a few hits from some of these mobs, and I am spamming my heals.

My intention progressing from this new armor, until my next upgrade, is to:
- finish the Rex mission chain (currently 8k/30k)
- grind cyclops depths, somewhat
- continue spending time at feff pit and SK
- protect calypso from bots
- grind a significant spectrum of mid-level codex mobs

I am hoping to find a set(s) that will get me through until lvl75(ish), at which point I will start grinding furor clan leaders, and other mobs of that calibre, and I expect I will require further upgrades once there. If it matters at all - perhaps it influences L choices somewhat - I grind around 30+hrs a week on average, often more. I will upgrade my rings, and drop the berserkers helm, and eventually get a tezla.

Back in the days before I left, the logical step would have been something along the lines of Gremlin/Ghost - I feel this is perhaps at the bottom of the spectrum of gear I'm looking for - martial (L), Tiger/Jag or something of that nature, with some plates. I'm aware Polaris is good for Cyclops depths, but am not sure of further applications (appropriate for Feffox/Feff pit?) and as I mentioned, I clearly have no idea of the scope of armors available.

Preferably, I would like to spend less than 5k PED, unless extraordinary credit/reasoning is given for investing more. I have the ability to invest if it is wise to do so.

I really appreciate any insight you guys might provide, and thank you in advnance.


Kind regards,
VIP
 
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Im generally miner, but hunt time to time to keep myself in shape for appropriate self defense in PvP zones so ill share my experience with armor over here.

First thing first you dont have to care about durability a lot nowadays as the game returns most of the TT lost on the armor in loot.

Considering youre upgrading from Adj pixie(35 total armor values), any better will help you now :)

I was using Ghoul(112 total armour values) armor (Basically upgraded Ghost(84 total armor values)) with various plates untill lvl 100 as life steal from rings/mayhem weapon amplifiers+Evade/Dodge managed to keep me well alive in most situations. Ghoul/Ghost i consider one of the most universal choices nowadays, in situations where your evade/dodge is high enough especially. Now as my evade skills and max HP are "good enough for lvl of mobs i hunt" i switched back to Ghost as i dont need that much armor and prefer to have PEDs in a pocket rather than in armor :)

Off course there are others, as you mention Gremlin for example (67 total armor), or adjusted nemesis (80 total armor) or a lot LOT of others, but those mostly lack some of the protections completley and therefore forces you to have multiple armor sets for various mobs/situations.

Good luck in your search VIP :)
 
Nemesis, good all around with varied plates IF you dont mind the price.

I personaly keep eye on durability beside protection values too. 🙂

That combined with proper defence lvl vs mob lvl, can make quite the diffrence in repair bill. 👍
 
Very Important Person said:
Back in the days before I left, the logical step would have been something along the lines of Gremlin/Ghost - I feel this is perhaps at the bottom of the spectrum of gear I'm looking for - martial (L), Tiger/Jag or something of that nature, with some plates. I'm aware Polaris is good for Cyclops depths, but am not sure of further applications (appropriate for Feffox/Feff pit?) and as I mentioned, I clearly have no idea of the scope of armors available.
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Mid level L armors are crazy cheap nowadays, you can get Martial/Tiger (L) for nanocube value (102-105% top), since it drops a lot from new Spina mobs that many people grind for carapaces
High level all around armor (Perseus) can be now purchased way below 120%, so it's very available too
For feff pit - Polaris is enough with some impact plates (5b) - again armor you can get for nanocube price (also good for Cyclops Depths - Mind Reavers and Thoris Shamans with no need for any plates)
 
Svako said:
Mid level L armors are crazy cheap nowadays, you can get Martial/Tiger (L) for nanocube value (102-105% top), since it drops a lot from new Spina mobs that many people grind for carapaces
High level all around armor (Perseus) can be now purchased way below 120%, so it's very available too
For feff pit - Polaris is enough with some impact plates (5b) - again armor you can get for nanocube price (also good for Cyclops Depths - Mind Reavers and Thoris Shamans with no need for any plates)
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, Svako brings up an idea that I had, in that I was considering Tiger (L) and Polaris (L) as a good duel armour solution. Are there any holes in that combo that I'm not thinking of? Thanks for the info regarding the spina drops, I didn't realize spina were looting those armors, I've only killed a few 100 myself and didn't check their tables.
Ghoul has also been on my radar, but I'm not sure it would suffice without having to augment it with another kit in order to plug the few holes it has, such as acid and penetration (I spend a lot of time - and intend to spend a lot more - on acid mobs).
I'm trying not to over-think this, but at the same time, I'd rather be sure of my decision before committing. I had previous looted a martial set, that I ended up selling, as it wasn't quite in-line with my goals, as much as I'd originally thought. Which is when I started thinking the Tiger/Polaris combo might be better.
Considering the MU of those kits, it could be the go.... hmm... no other planets have anything worth looking into?
 
Very Important Person said:
Tiger (L) and Polaris (L) as a good duel armour solution. Are there any holes in that combo that I'm not thinking of?
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I used it like this for a long time and was happy with it.

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(I spend a lot of time - and intend to spend a lot more - on acid mobs).
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For acid, you can always get serpent scales or from L variants AP-18/24 Acid (the higher protection, the more MU) or Pulsar 4 (i used pulsar mostly), it has some MU but does the job where needed. One more good thing about L is, if you don't like it, you easily sell and move on to a different combo.
Cheapest UL acid variant is Sigyn, I think you can buy pieces for around tt+400-500 ped (you can do some serious mobs with that already, with inci plates you can do Subject SH-30, etc...)

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hmm... no other planets have anything worth looking into?
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What comes to mind might be Aquila from ark, but that is higher MU for sure. Then Ursa and Moonshine, but those are not so available and again high MU (looking dope though, Moonshine is THE best looking armor set there is IMO)
 
Bit late to the party, but I use ghost + 5b/sometimes 6b for electric mobs, and adjusted vigi + 6a. The vigi you can get cheap from ah, sometimes adj vigi pieces cheap too. You need 10 generic nano adjusters, https://the-gladiators.forumotion.com/t901-item-upgrades , per piece to upgrade a vigi piece to adj vigi piece. Look for offers on AH. I bought 70 generic nano adjusters for 630 peds. Do this mission to unlock the upgrade mission for adjusted vigi: http://www.entropiawiki.com/Info.aspx?chart=Mission&id=1552 Kill 500 troopers, the ones in the valley near Osere are ok, lvl 21-26, do them with vigi. Adj vigi set gives +20% dodge +20% decreased crit dmg: http://www.entropiawiki.com/Info.aspx?chart=Armor&id=247

Can do feff pit + robots with that setup 😃
 
Thanks guys, I genuinely appreciate the input. For the short term I'm going to try piece together an L tiger/Polaris and keeping the adj pixie, and expanding my plate collection.
This should get me through the next 6 months.
 
Martial + new L plates is the way to go. You can get mega impact protection doing that... depending on if that's the type of mob you are after. Other L stuff is out there, just not in as big of quantity sometimes.
 
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