Thread:Rhithik of Powers/@comment-24003266-20131117081249/@comment-24003266-20131117183959

Dude, thx for the excellent details. I wrote basic armors off except for the fusion fodder aspect. It sounds like its a matter of intensity and that's probably why I start using the craftable fodder way earlier than you - I already dedicate way to much time to other aspects of the game unless I'm super motivated to get an armor into my line-up. Plus, I get frustrated when my leveling rate is less than 1 per enhancement (not related to strategy). The problem I have is all the tier rewards clog my inventory (mostly common, but rare if I chose to go to lv 35 b4 I finish crafting the normal version) while still crafting the normal EB armor. Starting btwn lv 12-15 I start mixing in 1 craftable w/ 3 uncommons for ~4 levels, then 2-2, then 3-1 and finally 4-0 by about lv 25. This way I can free up inventory and begin crafting more fodder as I go. The rest of ur approach is very similar to mine (again, except when I get impatient) and has worked really well for me.

I've maxed 5 armors now and have done so w/ <10 EP extra every time. Since it requires 5080EP to reach 70/70, that means u need to have at least 4360 total EP to finish in one push w/ matching fusion boosts (or I use this value to calculate my best strategy using 50EP sets if I don't have enuf or any boosts). Level 64 requires ~4390EP so I know that if I'm at ~ lv 63 3/4 I can make the push. Now, I've worked out that cost-wise, the break even point for using 4 fodder vs. 4 craftable is ~lv 62, so I never use more than 4 boosts to max an armor since these are harder to come by as most of my gold goes into armor leveling; though I try to consistently contribute at least $1M per week to my Guild. But similar to my mix-n-match strategy for uncommons and rares, I use the same approach using rares and fodder ~lv 50 (3 rare, 1 fodder, then 2-2, then 3-1) before going w/ straight fodder (this helps me conserve stones while still leveling at least 1 level at a time). Somewhere around lv 52-54 the EP/level >96.

Anyway, good stuff and thx again for the beta.