Question - Armor progression

[nezstor]

Hello!
Could anybody help me with a question about armor progression?
What would be the best suited armor progression type when you level up, both for prestige (subbed) and non prestige (f2p)?
Something like this:
Armor type - Level - Prestige - Acquire
Simple Defiant - 5 - No - Drop
Crude Defiant - 10 - No - Drop
Rough Defiant - 15 - No - Drop
Ornate Defiant - 26 - No - Drop
Flawed Defiant - 37 - No - Drop
Intricate Defiant - 48 - No - Drop
Elaborate Defiant - 59 - No - Drop
Elegant Defiant - 70 - No - Drop
But after the defiant gear i don't really know what to get, both for my subbed and for my non subbed accounts.
I used to play on test, but there you could get almost everything for free, like blood soaked, ice encrusted and so on.
So, if anyone know and have time it would be nice to have info after level 70 with a short list and possible guide how to gear. both for subbed and non subbed accounts
When you level up you don't want to put to much work in to upgrade because you will replace it after not to long, but sooner or later you need to upgrade to be able to continue to level.

 

[jmaez]

https://www.redguides.com/community/threads/gear-path-for-heroic-characters.64973/

 

[Redmonkey]

I really went thru the full line of gearing up on 2 of my guys and after all that work I decided it was a waste of time to be changing out gear so much and chasing the best for one or two levels. And buying the boxes to do the combines, like the Shroud you need for HOT armor, or the Rust tinged boxes etc. some of those are 10k! Or saving up a gazillion remnants of tranquility or marks of valor. Too much work for me!


So I don't bother any more. I leave them in whatever I get from Daily Hot zones or other quests or just what drops.

Then I head to Shards Landing, not for drops (but you certainly can) but for what dropped for others and they sold to the 2 NPC mechants that are in the tent with the banker . There are a lot of items you can buy off them for as little as 1 plat to 50 plat.

Then its off to FM where more goodies drop for level 105. Nice exp there too. And all you need to do is right click the item to turn it into gear.

Next is conflagrant. Buy in baz or make it yourself. 106.

Oceangreen Hills might be good for you as it has a quest line of armor you create and also stand alone dropped armor called Archaic. Level 70 and up. 200 hp/m/end

My main guy supports the rest of the group so until they are at level 106 and over, they don't get much attention.

A lot of the higher level stuff is useable on F2P also now, like conflagrant. I advise to stay away from stuff in the baz until you are over level 105 cause you will just outgrow it fast. And its over priced

 

[Free_Sid]

Personally I just really enjoyed the grind and went through all the content and killed the rares. If you have higher level characters power leveling you can skip some content.

 

[reedreddington]

not to toot another website but um... www.raidloot.com

They have filters for literally everything you described. Levels. Expansions. Prestige/Non-prestige. Group attainable (No Drop but not raid level). Bazaar attainable (Attunable)


I found a spreadsheet from a more wellknown youtuber for EQ. This could help with your research.

Level	Type	AC/H/M/E	Location
1 - 80	Defiant	98 / 396 / 358 / 367	Random
75	Warped Steel	115 / 330 / 325 / 525	Secrets of Faydwer T2
80	Martial Steel	135 / 460 / 0 / 415	Secrets of Faydwer T3
80	Martial Cloudsteel	156 / 565 / 0 / 495	Secrets of Faydwer T4
70 - 75	Archaic Plate	112 / 300 / 0 / 295	Seeds of Destruction T1
80 - 85	Concordant	153 / 545 / 0 / 495	Seeds of Destruction T3
80 - 85	Balanced Ironbone	164 / 655 / 0 / 595	Seeds of Destruction T4
80 - 85	Tarnished Ironbone	170 / 765 / 0 / 695	Seeds of Destruction T5
80 - 85	Paragon	190 / 964 / 924 / 943	Seeds of Destruction Ach
80 - 85	Stellite Armor	181 / 875 / 0 / 830	Underfoot T6
80 - 85	Celestrium Earthwall	190 / 955 / 0 / 905	Underfoot T7
80 - 85	Vitallium Earthwall	200 / 1045 / 0 / 990	Underfoot T8
80 - 85	Damascite Earthwall	210 / 1110 / 0 / 1050	Underfoot T9
80 - 85	Abstruse Ironhand	195 / 1015 / 0 / 980	House of Thule T1
82 - 87	Recondite Ironhand	210 / 1205 / 0 / 1135	House of Thule T2
85 - 90	Ambiguous Ironhand	220 / 1390 / 0 / 1310	House of Thule T3
90	Lucid Ironhand	237 / 1575 / 0 / 1485	House of Thule T4
85 - 90	Rustic	228 / 1485 / 0 / 1400	Veil of Alaris T1
87 - 92	Formal	239 / 1725 / 0 / 1625	Veil of Alaris T2
90 - 95	Embellished	252 / 1925 / 0 / 1810	Veil of Alaris T3
90	Grandiose	267 / 2110 / 0 / 1985	Veil of Alaris T4
92 - 95	Boreal “Fear Touched”	277 / 2337 / 0 / 2248	Rain of Fear T1
98 - 100	Distorted	293 / 2490 / 0 / 2395	Rain of Fear T2
100	Twilight	300 / 2554 / 0 / 2457	Rain of Fear T3
100	Frightweave	312 / 2640 / 0 / 2540	Rain of Fear T4
100	Latent Etheric	328 / 2806 / 0 / 2699	Call of the Forsaken T1
100	Manifested Etheric	348 / 2973 / 0 / 2860	Call of the Forsaken T2
100	Castaway	350 / 2996 / 0 / 2882	The Darkened Sea T1
102	Tideworn	364 / 3109 / 0 / 2991	The Darkened Sea T2
104	Highwater	384 / 3305 / 0 / 3179	The Darkened Sea T3
70 - 105	TBM Aug Based	248 / 3906? / 2600? / 2600?	The Broken Mirror T1
75 - 105	TBM Aug Based	248 / 3906? / 2600? / 2600?	The Broken Mirror T2
75 - 105	TBM Aug Based	248 / 3906? / 2600? / 2600?	The Broken Mirror T3
105	Cohort’s	571 / 4280 / 0 / 3870	Empires of Kunark T1
105	Selrach’s	607 / 4575 / 0 / 4140	Empires of Kunark T2
105 - 110	Scale Touched	644 / 4830 / 0 / 4370	Ring of Scale T1
106 - 110	Scaled	718 / 5335 / 0 / 4830	Ring of Scale T2
106 - 110	Conflagrant	681 / 5085 / 0 / 4600	Ring of Scale TS
105 - 110	Weeping	758 / 5700 / 0 / 5157	The Burning Lands T1
110	Battleworn	838 / 6439 / 0 / 5825	The Burning Lands T2
110	Adamant Triumphant	898 / 6924 / 0 / 6264	The Burning Lands TS
110 - 115	Snowbound	923 / 7100 / 0 / 6424	Torment of Velious T1
115	Icebound	957 / 7332 / 0 / 6633	Torment of Velious T2
115	Velium Infused	987 / 7894 / 0 / 7142	Torment of Velious TS
110 - 115	Snowsquall	1012 / 8280 / 0 / 7491	Claws of Veeshan T1
115	Blizzard	1047 / 8908 / 0 / 8060	Claws of Veeshan T2
115	Velium Threaded	1077 / 9581 / 0 / 8668	Claws of Veeshan TS
115 - 120	Waxing Crescent	1102 / 9371 / 0 / 8479	Terror of Luclin T1
120	Waning Crescent	1137 / 9669 / 0 / 8748	Terror of Luclin T2
120	Luclinite Ensanguined	1167 / 10397 / 0 / 9406	Terror of Luclin TS
120	Ascending Spirit	1192 / 10672 / 0 / 9656	Night of Shadows T1
120	Celestial Zenith	1227 / 11014 / 0 / 9965	Night of Shadows T2
120	Phantasmal Luclinite	1257 / 11841 / 0 / 10713	Night of Shadows TS

 

[wowfool]

After defiant I think House of Thule armor kicks in around 80 and the main component drops from feerot / house of thule named. That should last you until 90 or so.

 

[Aandien]

Don't forget that the merchant in PoK sells the defiant non vis gear. Several thousand plat so if that's an issue I understand, but by level 40 the gear maxes your stats so no longer need to worry about it. This usually carries me till HoT.

 

[knave23]

Don't forget that the merchant in PoK sells the defiant non vis gear. Several thousand plat so if that's an issue I understand, but by level 40 the gear maxes your stats so no longer need to worry about it. This usually carries me till HoT.

TIL! Good tip!