Can I get some set advice please?

LadySinflower · March 2020

Hi! Here's my dilemma. I'm not very good at putting together builds or analyzing how different stats work together. I'm at CP875 and only in the past few months have I been confident enough to join groups for dungeons and trials. The problem? There are so many gear sets in those dungeons and trials!

The two characters I mainly play are a Breton Magblade who is a dps and runs with double fire staves, and a High Elf Magplar who hasn't quite reached level 50 yet but will be a healer. She has a lightning and a restoration staff. Both characters are almost exclusively PVE except for when there's an event in PVP land.

I run dungeons and trials with the magblade but want to save the right sets for both characters. But I don't know which sets to save and which to deconstruct! There are so many that look great and I think might be of use. Right now I've got pieces of too many sets and inventory is becoming a huge problem.

I also keep all the monster helms I get but don't have shoulders for all of them. Right now I only have full sets of Valkyn Skoria and Iceheart. I have 3 VS helms and only one Iceheart.

The question I have? If you were running with these two characters, what sets would you save? What specific pieces within these sets would you look for?

Thanks for any advice.

Edit: Thank you for the first few messages I received. I did not say in the first place what sets I'm already running with.

The DPS Magblade is currently wearing Mother's Sorrow and Julianos, with the Valkyn Skoria monster set.

The healer Magplar is currently wearing Seducer and Eye of Magnus, but she's not yet level 50 and has to rely on what can be crafted. I won't take her into any dungeons or trials until after level 50 when she can swap gear with everyone else.

The Magblade is a 9-trait crafter and can craft any set in the game. I'm only asking for advice on dungeon and trial sets so I can stop wasting inventory saving things that "look good." Thank you again.

Major_Lag · March 2020

For magicka DPS role, you can't really go wrong with Mother's Sorrow.
And Zaan for monster set, I guess? Not sure if that's still the current meta, but Zaan used to be pretty solid for magicka DPS.
For the third set it's your choice, Julianos is a very good craftable DPS set - but since you do trials, you have access to trial sets which are even better.

For the healer you'll probably want one sustain set and one group buff set, in any case this will be up to the raid leader to decide.

idk · March 2020

It can be daunting navigating all the sets that are out there. It was 6 years ago when we have a much smaller number of sets to consider.

First, I suggest you look at Alcast's site for build ideas. This is not a bible but it is a good resource since he lists top sets and alternatives since not everyone has the best gear already. As for the healer, I would look at Vana for more ideas. She is a fabulous healer and posts her build ideas on her Youtube channel. Again, not a bible, but a good resource for gear and such.

Second, I have saved pretty much every trial set out there. Especially the weapons. I had even saved bad trait weapons before Zos indicated we would be allowed to change traits, even if it is not a weapon type I am using at the moment. Weapons are the hardest to come by and you never know what build you might use or what changes Zos might make.

I do the same with almost all monster sets but tend to only save them in better traits since they are easier to farm with a group of friends.

Ok, I am a packrat but I have also tried a bunch of different things over the years.

LadySinflower · March 2020

I am sorry everyone! I guess I should have specified what sets

idk wrote: »

It can be daunting navigating all the sets that are out there. It was 6 years ago when we have a much smaller number of sets to consider.

First, I suggest you look at Alcast's site for build ideas. This is not a bible but it is a good resource since he lists top sets and alternatives since not everyone has the best gear already. As for the healer, I would look at Vana for more ideas. She is a fabulous healer and posts her build ideas on her Youtube channel. Again, not a bible, but a good resource for gear and such.

Second, I have saved pretty much every trial set out there. Especially the weapons. I had even saved bad trait weapons before Zos indicated we would be allowed to change traits, even if it is not a weapon type I am using at the moment. Weapons are the hardest to come by and you never know what build you might use or what changes Zos might make.

I do the same with almost all monster sets but tend to only save them in better traits since they are easier to farm with a group of friends.

Ok, I am a packrat but I have also tried a bunch of different things over the years.

Where do you have room to save all the trial sets and random weapons? I'm struggling with just a few saves. I have all the chests but they are full of furniture and motifs. It's too much of a PITA dealing with alt-mules and since the healer still has to do research, the bank is full of research pieces again. I work for a guild group and they need all my guild slots, so it's not feasible for me to save one slot for a self-made guild bank. Thanks again.