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Two Questions...

OgamiReiXOgamiReiX
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Well since the search function is kinda trash since the update to the new forum....
1) Is it better for me to gear and alt with a 2 star orange and rely on events for lubber's quality coupons to upgrade it to 3 star, or is it better to get a 3 star and replace the mats slowly...? Keep in mind this side char is only played a few times and is on the same account as my main...
2) What are the rates of Lubber's Quality Coupons?
Thanks for the info!
  1. 3 Star + Replace or 2 Star +Quality Coupons23 votes
    1. 3 Star + Replace
       65% (15 votes)
    2. 2 Star + Quality Coupons
       35% (8 votes)

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  • MochiSweetMochiSweet
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    edited February 27, 2017
    anything using quality coupons for a play-a-few-times-alt is a waste.
    Okatsuhi5josh
  • IkarsuIkarsu
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    edited February 27, 2017
    1. Two or three star weapon should do nicely and 3 star armor goes well. The prime determines your max quality so crafting a max 3 purple if you want that should be good and replacing it keeps both quality and enchantments if you chose to stick rank A/9 Enchants on it. God ores are especially easy to farm in ben chenner entrance, leathers and cloths in world of pain, paradise orb in lochlann plains (double shiny lums), and green orbs in Twilight desert Area A, along with generating gold in deep corruption when completing all bonus missions (kick kills x7 on common mobs + armor not breaking 5 times.) Yielding 99,300 gold per run repsectively should give you an idea on where to specifically farm for these pieces with ease. Bear in mind that results may vary and RNG can be stubborn at times.

    2. as for the lubber sketchy coupon, it will in the long run be a total waste of money because it has a wide margin to fail more times than you can count. You're better off using a the purple prime and blue shard to get the quality/max enchant you want considering that expertise can craft these at a massive rate and still gain profit. This along with having cheap primal pieces at the market depending on which armor set you want can save you a lot of gold in the long run if you go the grinding route. Just be aware that Tailors cannot craft Regina, and Armorsmiths cannot craft Lugh pieces due to the plate/cloth limitations on expertise respectively.

    3. If you want to replace the weapon slowly with all shards being orange, you're going to need 100 god ores, 75 leather, 75 cloth, 30-36 paradise orb, and 84 green orbs along with 1.750 million gold.

    As for armor,
    you will need for head/arm/boot 30 cloth, 30 leather, 40 god ore, 16-24 para orb 24 green orb and 700K gold for each one.

    Chest/leg takes 45 leather, 45 cloth, 60 god ore, 22-28 para orbs, 44 green orbs, and 1.05M gold for each part.

    total for each mat to replace everything from chassis to orange.

    God ore: 100 + 120 + 120 = 340

    Heaven Leather/Godly Cloth: 75 + 90 + 90 = 255 of both leather and cloth
    (crafting from X to god = 1,275 exquisite material + 510 of each fire, ice, terra, life, and spirit remnants).

    Green orbs: 88 + 72 + 84 = 244 green orbs

    Paradise orbs: 122-164 paradise orbs (minimally 61-82 runs of lochlann plains assuming you get paradise orbs on both shiny luminaries).

    Gold: 5,950,000 to the NPC. extras if you buy materials from other players.

    4. It's essentially up to you to decide to go from here, but I provided my two septims and hope this will help you out in anyway. I bid good luck for both routes.

    Edit: good Elchulus I forgot that inherit replacements takes 4 paradise orbs per replacement and sealed takes 4 green orbs per replacement.
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  • PrototypemindPrototypemind
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    Quality coupons tend to go for about 15m or so, but you'd only be able to get the service from other players if your items aren't bound yet. If they are, it could be a pretty slow road to get enough quality/lubbers to get all your gear to higher levels. I tend to craft/buy 3/4* from the start and replace mats if necessary.
  • OkatsuOkatsu
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    MochiSweet wrote: »
    anything using quality coupons for a play-a-few-times-alt is a waste.

    ^ This
    Crafting or buying 3* gear off the market is much easier and cost effective. What I don't understand is if it's alt that you barely play why do you even care about them having 3* gear?
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  • hi5joshhi5josh
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    Don't spend a lot of gold/time on a alt that you don't care a lot about. If it was me I would just be satisfied with 2*. I would focus quality coupons on the characters I care about. If you want to go the rout of crafting 3* items or buying them for your alts, that's your choice, and it all comes back to how much time & gold you want to invest into them.