Noob gear question

[Alvinea]

As the headline says im having some trouble deciding what gear to use.

For now i mostly solo but i intend to do 6mans and raid with better gear and skills

I run a hybrid build 45 avatar/ 34 possesion

My rotation goes a little like this:

BtD - Pillar - Fire lance - (MSS) - BtD ... and Hellfire breath whenever possible


From patch notes i understand that the dot from BtD now scales correct with intelligence but that mean i should go with BB demo/necro gear instead of hox gear og maybe demo/necro from wolves or should i just go with hox wolf gear for more survivability?

[Greyloins]

BB hox gear (and the unchained set) is the only serious option still. There aren't really any times a hox should go for demo/necro gear (excluding accessories ofc), except temporarily if you lack a decent item in that slot, and you aren't ninja'ing from a demo/necro.

[LunaticAsylumLA]

Go for Brittle Blade.

[HaremBunny]

Go with BB HoX gear.

If you want some armor upgrades join hyrkanians and get Trial of Flame sword and Kakaba Guide necklace.
In tier 3 get High Priests ring of Strength for armor. Ring of Intelligence for more Elemental protection
From milestones quest get Cang-Jei's laugh for strength or Cang-jei's Grin for intelligence. This quest is repeatable so you can have both.

These are some of the easier to get accesories.
The sword is one of the best you can get b.t.w. The AoK one is probably better (of that "level") but luck based to get. (T3 doesn't have the strength)

EDIT: Don't forget you can buy Wolves Dungeon Gear with tokens while aligned with Hyrkanians .... you just have to fight your way there

[Skavenaps]

for BB HoX gear you mean the firebringer set or the battlethrall one??

[Mellaus]

Battlethrall chest and head.
Firebringer wrists and feet.
Charred earth legs, belt, hands, shoulders.

The set has not the same name for every piece, but it's referred a the BB set, since it is indeed one set, it's just FC that created an odd naming pattern which is rather confusing.

[cynara]

Battlethrall chest and head.
Firebringer wrists and feet.
Charred earth legs, belt, hands, shoulders.

The set has not the same name for every piece, but it's referred a the BB set, since it is indeed one set, it's just FC that created an odd naming pattern which is rather confusing.

The naming pattern is fine, people just forgot about it Faction armor names have a prefix and a suffix; the prefix tells you the tier (the lower three tiers are blue, the highest tier is purple), the suffix tells you where this piece of armor is obtained (dungeon drop / bought with rares / bought with MoA). In your case, you want the purple set, so you have to identify it by the prefix, which in this case is Blade's. (A problem with this is that a faction typically offers several different groups of armor sets, aimed at different classes, and they all use the same prefixes. So there is also a Blade's set for demo/necro, and another Blade's set for assassins.)

For details of the naming system, see the March 2010 letter, especially the very interesting illustration there:
http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthr...tor-March-2010

[Skavenaps]

Battlethrall chest and head.
Firebringer wrists and feet.
Charred earth legs, belt, hands, shoulders.

The set has not the same name for every piece, but it's referred a the BB set, since it is indeed one set, it's just FC that created an odd naming pattern which is rather confusing.

ok thanks. For comparation in power, is this set better than tier 3,4,5?

[Mellaus]

BB set offers more firepower than T3.5, but with much less survival / constitution.

T4 has more firepower than BB with the level of survival of T3.5.

T5 is slightly above T4 overall.

If you equip your HoX in full BB purple gear, you can consider it ready for anything in AoC, it can stept into T4 and T5 no problem.
You migh need at time to equip a constitution ring like the death ward to gain that extra survival you need, but it's rather marginal unless you raid T3.5/5 with regularity.
It's also worth noticing that T3.5/4/5 offers ton of hate decrease, where BB set has 0.

[Skavenaps]

BB set offers more firepower than T3.5, but with much less survival / constitution.

T4 has more firepower than BB with the level of survival of T3.5.

T5 is slightly above T4 overall.

If you equip your HoX in full BB purple gear, you can consider it ready for anything in AoC, it can stept into T4 and T5 no problem.
You migh need at time to equip a constitution ring like the death ward to gain that extra survival you need, but it's rather marginal unless you raid T3.5/5 with regularity.
It's also worth noticing that T3.5/4/5 offers ton of hate decrease, where BB set has 0.

thanks, that was really helpfull.