Plovoon Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 so green and blue armor both seems lie it can't be upgraded so why is blue better? and orange and purple can both be upgraded so why is purple better? also I here people talking about dots a lot when referring to different attacks. I'm not sure what they mean by that can someone clarify? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelialSempai Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 so green and blue armor both seems lie it can't be upgraded so why is blue better? and orange and purple can both be upgraded so why is purple better? also I here people talking about dots a lot when referring to different attacks. I'm not sure what they mean by that can someone clarify? thanks For the green and blue, Blue is just better. It will have better stats, and is generally harder to find. For orange and purple. The purple armor has base stats in it, that will make it better then the orange. (It's almost as if it has an extra non-removable mod so... the stats end up better). The orange has no base stat so it's a little worse (Though they have announced that they should be changing that to make them about equal). Then the dots are Damage Over Time (Which is when one skill applies damage repeatedly over time). You want to use them early in the fight, and the more on one monster at once, the better. Hope this helps some! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plovoon Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 ok yea that helps a lot! thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maranea Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 (edited) For orange and purple. The purple armor has base stats in it, that will make it better then the orange. (It's almost as if it has an extra non-removable mod so... the stats end up better). The orange has no base stat so it's a little worse (Though they have announced that they should be changing that to make them about equal). That's not true. Purple gear doesn't have an extra slot, but their amoring/hilt/barrel is not removable. If you find a better armoring/hilt/barrel and put it in an orange gear, and move the mod/enhancement from the purple to the orange, the orange will be better. Maybe that's what you meant to say, but you can't just say that purple > orange, always. Edited February 19, 2012 by Maranea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthshnooky Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Basically blue is better than green at the same level. For example, let's say a green chest piece at level 20 has 200 armor, +20 Strength, +20 Endurance, and +50 Power. A blue chest piece that is also level 20 might have 220 armor, +30 Strength, +25 Endurance, and +75 Power -- so they are for the same level but one is clearly superior. The blue is likely to be harder to find, often coming from Heroic missions or various Flashpoints. Now, Orange items have no inherent stats. They are sort of a blank slate. The mods used within them determine how good they are. Just like other items, the mod's color indicates how high the stats in it are for a certain level. So an orange piece with level 20 green mods is going to be as good or better than a comparable green piece. But that same orange piece with level 20 BLUE mods will be much better than a gree, and have stats equal to or better than a comparable blue piece of gear. Purple items are better than blue, and at level 50, they are basically special forms of orange gear. Right now, the core mod (armoring for armor and barrel/hilt for blasters and lightsabers) is not removable and is a static part of level 50 purple gear. Fairly soon, that will change it will be be removable -- basically make endgame purples into oranges that come with very powerful mods in them. Mods that are much better than any green or blue mods available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternalnight Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Yea, purple items have the stats that orange item would get from barrel/hilt/armoring built into them. Now if we are talking about those purple items that can be equipped when you're low level, then if your orange item had purple modifications on every slot (including barrel or hilt or armoring) then the orange item would be exactly equal to a purple item (if they are also all same item level). However most people usually dont have full set of purple mods in their orange gear while they are still low level, so the purple is better while you're appropriate level for it. Once you outlevel the purple item enough it will become useless as it does not have open barrel/hilt/armoring that could b upgraded so it's armor rating / damage rating will always be the same, while for an orange this can be upgraded. Now if we are talking about gear you get when doing endgame content at level 50 then the purples are for the moment better than any orange could ever be, because you cant get purple barrel/hilt/armoring mods of that item level for your orange gear. But in the future it will be possible to remove those from endgame purples and put them into an orange item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternalnight Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) Also the difference between blue and green of the same level is equal to that of green and green that is 2 item levels higher. (Speaking of item levels not player character levels. New item level becomes useable every 2 levels) For example see these: Green Might Hilt 10 http://www.torhead.com/item/54OqMk9/might-hilt-10 Total Stats: Weapon Damage/Power Rating 58 Armor Rating 58 +12 Strength +8 Endurance Requires Level 25 Blue Might Hilt 10 http://www.torhead.com/item/4lb7T7i/might-hilt-10 Total Stats: Weapon Damage/Power Rating 66 Armor Rating 66 +15 Strength +10 Endurance Requires Level 25 Green Might Hilt 12 http://www.torhead.com/item/1zznqS3/might-hilt-12 Total Stats: Weapon Damage/Power Rating 66 Armor Rating 66 +15 Strength +10 Endurance Requires Level 29 Also the difference between blue and purple is the same. Edited February 20, 2012 by Eternalnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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