View Full Forums : Interesting Wildheart observation


Mazikeen
05-12-2005, 10:47 AM
First off, let me say, naturally I wish to have the entire set, just because. However, I wanted to have the best I could earn/buy while I farmed it, my results have been surpising and negated my hardline drive to equip it quickly. In an effort to be objective, I merely left all my current enchants/armor packs equal to the base line of all equipment stats so the numbers are a true representation of "all thing being equal" type setup. Here are the results;

Wildheart buffed;
AC 2369|Agi 24|Str 105|Sta 165|Int 280|Spi 261
Casting buffed set
AC 2311|Agi 12|Str 69|Sta 174|Int 290|Spi 182

Surprising numbers, for my level of end game, my current build has near the same armor count, but 150 more mana and 90 more HP. The numbers reflect a full wildheart set, and includes the sets 17 stamina bonus. All numbers are complete over a druid base stats.

So if I dropped the armor pack off chest and added 100 mana enchant, the big change in game for me functioning as a healer, ranged dps would be I pick up 79 spirit points, plus the resistances and +40 healing of the wildheart set and some minor increases in my ranged attack. Not a big issue, as I innervate another healer (priest) the vast majority of the time. Wildheart is the right set for soloing for me though, and I think better for pvp as the innervate would be worth more. So, I still wish to have the set, just not as badly as I did at first.

My current equipment;
Soothsayer headress
Triune Amulet
Nightshade spaulders of the eagle
Wildheart Bracers (+7 stamina enchant)
Wanderers chest of the eagle (+40 armor pack)
Girdle of insight
Mightly gloves of the eagle (+40 armor pack)
Tressermane Leggings (+40 armor pack)
Nightshade boots of the eagle (+40 armor pack
Royal tribunal cloak (+50 armor enchant)
Archaeic stone of the owl
Quicksilver owl ring
Solstice staff of the owl (+3 int enchant)

The first piece I will replace will be the shoulders, they are enough of an upgrade to my set replace my eagle outright.

Second, the chest and head need to be replaced at the same time to maintain something close to base line.

At that point the specs would be;
AC 2354|Agi 12|Str 75|Sta 169|Int 294|Spi 222

I will hold that until I have the complete set in the bank, probably drop the armor pack chest in favor of the +100 mana and use that mixed build as my endgame instance run set and the full wildheart as my playing set. I'll also like to look more into what can be enchanted for mana/stamina and see if I want to drop another armor pack or two as I can still bump up the cloak by 20 to make up for half the loss.

I hope all find this as intersting as I did and hope it helps others to not spend money on items/equipment that won't last them. I'm always looking for better trinkets and rings also :)