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DK gearing for MSA (and other PvE content)
tiamak
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Hi all!
Now that I've done some extended farming, I'm finally in the position to gear up in a way that suits a v16. However, since farming and buying the mats was such a chore, I'd prefer to not craft some gear that I then find to be ill fitted to my playstyle. So, I turn to you for some advice.
I'm a Redguard DK and want to play a stamina based DD. This might put me at a disadvantage with respect to magicka based DKs, but it fits my picture of my char much better, so I don't want to discuss this aspect here. I mainly want to do PvE endgame content, in particular MSA and, someday, vMSA as well. But I'd like to be able to contribute to groups as a DD as well without the need for a second gear set. Occasionally, I do some PvP, but that's not the main focus of this char.
Currently, I lean towards the following gear:
Now, I'm unsure concerning the armor/weapon sets. I've read that sustain is an important aspect in MSA. So, I tend towards 5 pieces of the Morkuldin set (e.g. 4 armor pieces and 1 weapon in each slot) since I think that this set will give me both sustain and weapon damage with a nice bonus on the fifth piece. Concerning the second set, this amounts to the bonus for three (first weapon set) or four (second weapon set) items. Here, I thought that the following could be good choices:
Since my heals will be based on stamina as well, I take Night Mother's Gaze to be suboptimal. This leaves Night's Silence and Hunding's Rage. Would it be overkill to add more stamina regeneration with Night's Silence? Should I opt for the guaranteed crit chance from Hunding's Rage? I might swap to a bow on the second bar from time to time which would take away the four piece bonus for the second set on both bars.
Thanks for any input!
Now that I've done some extended farming, I'm finally in the position to gear up in a way that suits a v16. However, since farming and buying the mats was such a chore, I'd prefer to not craft some gear that I then find to be ill fitted to my playstyle. So, I turn to you for some advice.
I'm a Redguard DK and want to play a stamina based DD. This might put me at a disadvantage with respect to magicka based DKs, but it fits my picture of my char much better, so I don't want to discuss this aspect here. I mainly want to do PvE endgame content, in particular MSA and, someday, vMSA as well. But I'd like to be able to contribute to groups as a DD as well without the need for a second gear set. Occasionally, I do some PvP, but that's not the main focus of this char.
Currently, I lean towards the following gear:
- 5 pieces of medium armor, 2 pieces of heavy armor
- two handed sword for the first weapon set
- two swords for the second weapon set
- jewelry: 3 pieces of the agility set
Now, I'm unsure concerning the armor/weapon sets. I've read that sustain is an important aspect in MSA. So, I tend towards 5 pieces of the Morkuldin set (e.g. 4 armor pieces and 1 weapon in each slot) since I think that this set will give me both sustain and weapon damage with a nice bonus on the fifth piece. Concerning the second set, this amounts to the bonus for three (first weapon set) or four (second weapon set) items. Here, I thought that the following could be good choices:
- Night's Silence (giving me more stamina and sustain and on the second bar additional crit chance)
- Night Mothers' Gaze (giving me more crit chance and weapon damage and on the second bar even more crit chance)
- Hunding's Rage (giving me more crit chance and stamina and on the second bar even more crit chance)
Since my heals will be based on stamina as well, I take Night Mother's Gaze to be suboptimal. This leaves Night's Silence and Hunding's Rage. Would it be overkill to add more stamina regeneration with Night's Silence? Should I opt for the guaranteed crit chance from Hunding's Rage? I might swap to a bow on the second bar from time to time which would take away the four piece bonus for the second set on both bars.
Thanks for any input!
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