Which Reforge to go with?

• spirit2roam wrote on 2015-05-04 02:38
  @ironwoman: Ah...you're right. I've been worrying about end game stuff when my DEX stat isn't even up to par. I guess I'll go for ele 6 then to help me fill that gap until I can hit 1k+ Dex clean.
• Fracture wrote on 2015-05-05 20:20
  Personally I'd say keep the Crisis radius, if only because chaining Crisis -> Crash Shot negates the need for the CS range reforge anyway.
• spirit2roam wrote on 2015-05-05 22:40

  Quote from Fracture;1273784:

  Personally I'd say keep the Crisis radius, if only because chaining Crisis -> Crash Shot negates the need for the CS range reforge anyway.

  
  
  Huh, that's true too isn't it lol. Only reason why I was contemplating getting the CS reforge is with gunner + archery, but eh idk. I'll probably just keep it for now.
• Bunny wrote on 2015-05-05 22:56
  I personally prefer crisis on my hat instead of crash shot.
  
  Why?
  Because I rarely ever get a good number of mobs nearby when I'm running things with my guild. (The mobs are usually dead by the time I finish loading crash shot to 90%)
  That's just my preference though. I'm also a full-time archer, and I can assure you it gets irritating.
• spirit2roam wrote on 2015-05-06 05:50

  Quote from Bunny;1273796:

  I personally prefer crisis on my hat instead of crash shot.
  
  Why?
  Because I rarely ever get a good number of mobs nearby when I'm running things with my guild. (The mobs are usually dead by the time I finish loading crash shot to 90%)
  That's just my preference though. I'm also a full-time archer, and I can assure you it gets irritating.

  
  
  Oh, my bad. I forgot to reply whoops. I'll take that into consideration too though since I believe you have more experience than me as an archer haha. Thanks.
• ironwoman wrote on 2015-05-06 17:17
  Also speaking as a practically full-time archer...
  
  Crash Shot range reforge is nice, but it's not as worth it as you might think. Crash Shot has decent enough radius to begin with, and while it's really not that rare to come to occasion where level 20 range can be of use, there will be more times that you won't even need the reforge, because the chance is, the number of targets the skill can hit will be in the original radius anyway. When I solo missions or solo rooms, I use crash shot most of the time, and I still have crisis radius instead of Crash Shot on my hat.
  
  Also, on the topic of reforges and gears in general, when you take FH and gunners more seriously, you'll see that you'll need seperate gears for that. Unlike range, they don't have a set effect that they benefit from, except maybe Thames set for dual wielding, but you'll still need specific reforges for that since Smash is pretty much a situational skill for humans now. Reason I recommend seperate gears is because if you're not getting set effects, you should be aiming for more possible maximum damage, and with your bohemian set, unless you can get Long-Lasting and Heroic in your lucky abyss dungeon runs, you should be looking at Champion armors, light or heavy, doesn't matter.
• spirit2roam wrote on 2015-05-07 00:45

  Quote from ironwoman;1273933:

  Also speaking as a practically full-time archer...
  
  Crash Shot range reforge is nice, but it's not as worth it as you might think. Crash Shot has decent enough radius to begin with, and while it's really not that rare to come to occasion where level 20 range can be of use, there will be more times that you won't even need the reforge, because the chance is, the number of targets the skill can hit will be in the original radius anyway. When I solo missions or solo rooms, I use crash shot most of the time, and I still have crisis radius instead of Crash Shot on my hat.
  
  Also, on the topic of reforges and gears in general, when you take FH and gunners more seriously, you'll see that you'll need seperate gears for that. Unlike range, they don't have a set effect that they benefit from, except maybe Thames set for dual wielding, but you'll still need specific reforges for that since Smash is pretty much a situational skill for humans now. Reason I recommend seperate gears is because if you're not getting set effects, you should be aiming for more possible maximum damage, and with your bohemian set, unless you can get Long-Lasting and Heroic in your lucky abyss dungeon runs, you should be looking at Champion armors, light or heavy, doesn't matter.

  
  
  Oh really? I know you're an experienced archer, so I'll take your word as well with the CS reforge.
  
  As for the new armor...35~40 STR and maybe 1~4 att is a lot that I'm missing for gunner / dual wielding. Maybe I could go for a Languhiris Chaser Armor, and run WD raids constantly this summer to try and get a Champion ES. Either that or just buy a bunch of Gamyus to blow up. What prefix is good for Light Armors though, if I can't get the Languhiris or Gamyu?
• ironwoman wrote on 2015-05-07 01:46
  Champion is a suffix.
  
  For prefix, Seething is ridiculously easy to get but rank 5 enchant, so a little bit risky to put it on.
  Alternatively, you can have Innocent as Prefix. As far as the enchanting goes, the enchant you should put on a light armor is all the same, except for Gamyu, in which case you'll just put Encore Champion.
• spirit2roam wrote on 2015-05-07 02:28

  Quote from ironwoman;1274028:

  Champion is a suffix.
  
  For prefix, Seething is ridiculously easy to get but rank 5 enchant, so a little bit risky to put it on.
  Alternatively, you can have Innocent as Prefix. As far as the enchanting goes, the enchant you should put on a light armor is all the same, except for Gamyu, in which case you'll just put Encore Champion.

  
  
  Yeah, I know it's a suffix. Just wasn't sure what prefix to put on for an armor that wasn't considered clothing / armor like Gamyu or the Languhiris.
  
  When I get around to doing this, I'll probably will try for an Encore Champion Gamyu / Languhiris because I like the +3 Music Buff Effect. If not, then probably an Innocent Champion for light armor since I haven't even done any alchemy skills yet. Thanks for the tip.
• Bunny wrote on 2015-05-07 02:48

  Quote from ironwoman;1273933:

  Also speaking as a practically full-time archer...
  
  Crash Shot range reforge is nice, but it's not as worth it as you might think. Crash Shot has decent enough radius to begin with, and while it's really not that rare to come to occasion where level 20 range can be of use, there will be more times that you won't even need the reforge, because the chance is, the number of targets the skill can hit will be in the original radius anyway. When I solo missions or solo rooms, I use crash shot most of the time, and I still have crisis radius instead of Crash Shot on my hat.
  

  
  
  I literally said that already (crash shot is so irritating with groups, faskfhkahfs)..
  
  Anyways, if you really can't pick, you can always try to make a second r1 bohemian hat since the event is spitting out reforges. I was contemplating doing this since CS is actually beneficial in VHM girgash for the initial frag (seriously the only exception hahaha).
  
  Crisis --> Ice dragon --> Crash shot = A++++
• spirit2roam wrote on 2015-05-07 04:59

  Quote from Bunny;1274045:

  I literally said that already (crash shot is so irritating with groups, faskfhkahfs)..
  
  Anyways, if you really can't pick, you can always try to make a second r1 bohemian hat since the event is spitting out reforges. I was contemplating doing this since CS is actually beneficial in VHM girgash for the initial frag (seriously the only exception hahaha).
  
  Crisis --> Ice dragon --> Crash shot = A++++

  
  
  Don't worry, I didn't disregard you xD. It's more like ironwoman supporting that opinion even more lol.
  
  I would do that, except if I did at this rate I would never finish reforging whoops. I was using this event to rank up my accessories and FINALLY try and get my Hamlet outfit G15 to r1 to try and get lv 18+ Commerce speed for the future when I want to commerce again. Plus another Oblivion Dexterity which is like a ridiculous 5m and 1m respectively...eh.
  
  I'm just too lazy / have other priorities x_x. Maybe after I finish everything and I STILL want the CS range reforge, then just maybe.
• Kazusa Touma wrote on 2015-05-09 02:10
  CS range is for best for soloing stuff, which is what I mostly do aside from lord caravan mission -- girg I don't run just because finding people on my server is too much of a pain as less and less people play. And I notice a huge difference between with CS reforge and without when I'm soloing. Since my initial shot sometimes does and doesn't knock back a mob (if it crits it always displaces the target), it's always nice to still basically hit the entire room. Without the reforge you definitely won't still end up hitting pretty much all of the monsters most of the time. I'd recommend getting a separate cs forged hat and then trying it for yourself.