uebermann Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) So I've got a nice assortment of modded orange gear and armormech gear and I'm looking at the Rakata gear with a bit of disdain. I know its supposed to be better, and it does have much more aim, endurance, and armor rating than my current gear, but I'll be losing a good bit of mitigation too if I were to use it. Here's the gains at a glance from the spots I would be using this in (every slot minus bracers as I have those on already): Rakata 4520 armor rating (base) 637 aim 748 endurance 255 accuracy 122 defense 62 absorption 0 shield Current 3763 armor rating (base) 402 aim 585 endurance 27 accuracy 168 defense 81 absorption 255 shield Overall changes by using Rakata: +757 armor rating (base) +235 aim +163 end +228 accuracy -46 defense -19 absorption -255 shield Not having hard mode or nightmare mode ops, I've no clue about the gear but I'm assuming end game PTs are using the Rakata gear. I know having the extra aim, hps, and armor is helpful but is it worth losing 290 points of mitigation stats? Does one actually need the extra 1630 hps provided by the endurance difference for tanking end game hm/nm modes? Thanks for any input. Edited January 19, 2012 by uebermann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DredlyLB Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 pretty sure shield and absorb are pretty much worthless in PvP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuubil Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 pretty sure shield and absorb are pretty much worthless in PvP Rakata is the pve set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KainrycKarr Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Rakata gear till cybertechs start coming out with 24 and 25 level mods/armorings. Then you can go back to your orange stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uebermann Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Rakata gear till cybertechs start coming out with 24 and 25 level mods/armorings. Then you can go back to your orange stuff. The huge loss of mitigation isn't an issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidrak Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) pretty sure shield and absorb are pretty much worthless in PvP Great job pointing out the obvious on a PvE set ... why post at all? As far as the armor values, I would honestly have to look at the numbers. Sure, you are losing quite a bit of defensive stats, but you are also gaining a lot of armor. Does it make up for it? I don't really know. I guess you could try plugging values into that one tanking sheet for BH that is floating around. I am probably going to try out the Armormech stuff first, as that is my craft of choice. I am sure the gear is going to become obsolete pretty quickly after doing the HM dungeons and raids. I would probably go with the Rakata set, but I honestly can't tell you off the top of my head, numbers wise, which is really better. Edited January 19, 2012 by Vidrak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uebermann Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 I should probably expand this to the Columni gear too but here's from the MorningMusume's spreadsheet/post Use the spreadsheet for a better indication for your gear, but as a rule of thumb: Absorb Rating > Defense > Shield Rating > Armor. Relative stats values for my actual gear (I recommend to calculate your own): Absorb Rating 1,55 Defense Rating 1,10 Shield Rating 0,77 Armor Rating 0,38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uebermann Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 yeah from the looks of it, I'll start replacing my crafted gear and oranges with columni and then Rakata. Most of the loss is shield rating which is 2nd last mitigation stat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkholynova Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 What about set bonuses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdstephen Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Can't you take mods and modify your Rakata armor to have more damage mitigation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJawaPhD Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Why in the hell does Rakata gear have so much accuracy on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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