advise gearing my sk

[Man0warr]

There are some really good 2h SK weapons that are super cheap though, not like he'd be blowing all his plat on it.

[kaev]

Originally Posted by Samoht [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No, do not do this. Spread your money around to buy ARMOR with stats like HP, mana, stam, and MR. Do not funnel all of your money into a single item, much less a weapon. You're an SK. You're an SK without haste. Your DPS is going to suck either way. You'd be much better served pumping up your HPs and tanking stats and being a great TANK instead of a low quality DPSer.

This is NOT good advice for a lowbie hybrid tank, Danth's advice was much better. You won't always be grouped, you need a decent weapon to kill stuff solo. Also, just as important, under L40 or so your damage output can be decent relative to other classes (excluding epic rogue twinks, of course.) Don't fall into the trap of imagining that all of your agro will come from spells. Agro + AC + HP are the three crucial tanking stats, melee agro is not meaningless to hybrid tanks.

* get a decent bang-for-the-buck weapon
* cover yourself in cheap armor (banded/bronze)
* replace individual armor pieces with decent bang-for-the-buck pieces as you can afford to (including initial gearing)
* save for haste once you've got fine plate or better in every slot

The 5ac/55hp rings are great to start. As a troll your mana pool will be more of a mana puddle, so watch for gear that gives you +int or +mana without sacrificing AC or HP and learn the most efficient use of your spells to boost agro. Any cheap Blood Ember pieces you see are great, the high AC on them will be very helpful.

[Ennewi]

Green Jade Halberd offers both +HP and STA, plus other stats for a 28/38 ratio and it's not too expensive either.

[Roguejm11]

Originally Posted by Ashur [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well, my budget just dropped by 2k, I put the gear from my chanter that I was gonna sell on the ground in a couple bags to get my with druid to sell and I couldn't log back on. It took me 10 minutes to get back on and stuff had disappeared. Last time I make that mistake.

Petition this information, they will restore you the gear in time if it was not picked up by another player and actually did expire. Just takes time.

[Roguejm11]

My advice for gear for a Troll SK.

Arms: Large Banded
Back: Werewolf Skin Cloak - 250pp
Chest: Large Banded
Ear: Golden Sapphire Earring - 150pp
Ear: Golden Sapphire Earring - 150pp
Face: Sarnak-Hide Mask - 150pp
Feet: Large Banded
Finger: 5ac/55hps (you already own)
Finger: 5ac/55hps (you already own)
Hands: Large Banded
Head: Large Banded
Neck: Sapphire Platinum Necklace - 300pp
Shoulders: Bloodstained Mantle - 150pp
Waist: Purity Belt - 10pp
Wrist: Large Banded
Wrist: Large Banded

Primary: Rod of Lamentation - 250pp

Roughly 1500pp, assuming 100pp for the banded pieces.

[Ashur]

Thanks guys, all geared now and good to go. I picked up A noc blade, full banded with a clay shield and a few armor upgrades including crested spaulders, glowing bone collar, azure sleeves, str/int ears and pretty happy with this start. no need for a 2 hander cause noc blade hits hard enough

I also submitted a petition for the lost gear.

[Sage Truthbearer]

That is more than a start, it's a pretty solid set up. There's plenty of people in the early days of P99 and Live who still wore bronze on planar raids. So what you have should last you a long, long time. Have fun.

[Thiefboy777]

Azure sleeves = Suns out, guns out.

[Ashur]

Originally Posted by Thiefboy777 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Azure sleeves = Suns out, guns out.

lol

[webrunner5]

Originally Posted by Pipip [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Post on the petition forum about your lost stuff, including approximately when it happened. You might get your stuff back.

Ain't happening. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I have tried that 4 or 5 times in 5 years I have been on here. They figure if you are a dumbass, which it sort of is, then you ARE a dumbass!! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]