I’ve had RL stuff going on and haven’t had a chance to test EQ yet on seasonal PTR. My testing is going to simulate 1000 paragon and level 100 gems and no augments. Planning to test holding Tribes and then cubing it and wearing IB. Some other combinations I’m going to try as well.
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Cool, sounds good. IRL stuff for me as well!
Also, anybody know what the highest PTR Leap clears are?
Not very high. 128. Right now there aren’t any clears with one of the legacy-PTR 200% dibs weapons, so that tells me that the turf is too fresh to say anything based on the leaderboards.
But, anecdotally, I just did two GR120 runs, both very good, similar maps, one with each setup.
IB: boss at 8:48, finished 10:40 (woods, 5 elite cond, no pylon binder)
Furnace: boss at 8:11, finished 10:42. (woods, 4 elite power, 2 elite cond, no pylon bloodmaw)
Didn’t die with IB, died twice with Furnace, one was to boss. I was able to take 44% extra area damage with IB. Had to play a little more conservatively with Furnace, which is why it actually took longer to kill the boss. IB seemed to do maybe a little better killing huge packs, but Furnace seems way better at killing solo elites.
Again, anecdotal, and I’m sure as the PTR continues, it’ll become clearer where everything stands.
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Hmm…
Yeah, 128 is super unimpressive with the new buffs.
IB should only have 24% more possible AD than Tribes, though I understand this may not be the case with your particular weapons.
Also: not surprising you killed Binder faster, because of her adds.
At high paragon, ideal rolls on both IB blades will probably be AD-DMG%-CDR. At lower paragon, one or both of those CDR rolls would be dropped for STR.
The IB armor bonus is very modest in this case, since it is additive with MOTE4… off the top of my head, adds maybe 5-7% toughness.
Anyway, thanks for testing, keep at it!
Almost cleared a 126. The RG takes a long time unless its one with a lot of adds. The buff might sound more impressive on paper than it really is.
Curious to see where the build ends up in terms of clear potential. Extra curious to see which setup (IB or Furnace) takes the crown. I suspect they’ll be close.
Finally got the 126 (season). I went with demoralize. It helped get things stacked. VERY squishy. Lots of damage. Going to try IB next.
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Nah. It’s 8-9 GRs. I am 100% sure that at least 141 is doable at high paragon.
This is seasonal on PTR? How much paragon?
1931 paragon at the time of the clear
What did you have in 4th slot? CoE?
Yes, he had BoM, and CoE. 200-800 primal Tribes.
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Hmm… 200-800 Tribes plus CoE is (or at least should be) 23-ish 16-17 GRs worth of damage…
Apache, what’s your top Leapquake clear on live?
on live Ive done a 115 before. that was where it stopped being enjoyable. not that i was ever a die-hard leapquaker either.
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So, PTR clear 11GRs higher than your live one. And with less paragon too, right? Looks like on NS you’ve got about 3500 paragon.
I’m guessing NS character would have roughly 26k str with augments, seasonal ptr character maybe around 18k? That would be about +2.5 GRs of strength for your NS character.
So, on a “paragon equalized” basis, your PTR clear may actually be about 13 GRs higher…
A 200-800 Tribes is about 14 GRs stronger than an old one that just has the 200% dibs.
So that spread in your clears seems like it’s pretty close to making sense, if you set aside CoE…
Non-season ptr 140 clear now, with furnace 7800+ para…
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However, this GR clear appears to have a 200%/800% Blades of tribes equipped. See screenshot:
Not surprising. With 200/800 Tribes and 10k paragon, build should be able to hit at least 145.
Triple damage is +7 GR’s, right? So this is equivalent to GR133 I believe.
My emotional wellbeing requires that this buff goes live as-is, so I will be pointing out anytime there’s a high clear with a 200/800 Tribes that you need to subtract 7
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Right now on PTR the high clear is 140 from someone with almost 8k gon and 150 augs. Normal server.
I can clear a lot higher than 126 with a good map and augments. After I get home from work I’ll try it.
btw - IB swords do work pretty well. Just need to focus on trash killing.
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Yep, that makes sense. Hopefully we end up with a situation where carrying Tribes, carrying Furnace, and carrying IB are all comparably good. It’s nice to have options.
Good luck on your push!
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