Which of these shields is better to use?

Waylander · Post by **Waylander** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:53 am

The sos+1 with BR 14 or, the +3 with BR 16? I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that BR is more important than anything else on a shield.

crazy death · Post by **crazy death** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:36 pm

Try to up the BR on the SOS shield, since BR14 is 0% on a SOS shield it can only stay or get better.

ponder · Post by **ponder** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:25 pm

yeah the SOS is better all apart from the BR - id still use it even though its lower

kitary · Post by **kitary** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:56 pm

i would upgrade the sos to +3 , and use some rerols for block . you find those tabs sooner or later anyway's and if you get a higher blockrate you can sell it for a better price to ^^

Waylander · Post by **Waylander** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:20 pm

Thanks for all your help.

I'll try upping the BR on the SOS but it can stay at +1. I have an sos blade that cost me 2.6m to get from +1 to +2 so I've given up on elixirs until I hit 8th Degree items.

crazy death · Post by **crazy death** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:42 pm

but shield elixirs cost about 1/8th the price of a weapon elixir, so upping shields is not really expensive. And you find shield elixirs anyway, so if you have some you might just go for it^^

But hey, still your decision...

element_45 · Post by **element_45** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:14 am

Getting a shield to +3 really isnt that tough. You could easily get a shield to +3 with the same amount it would cost for 1 weapon elixir. Just sell the extra elixirs off if you get it to +3.

As far as alchemy goes, definitely try to up the blockrate. It can only stay the same or get better, so no reason not to attempt it a couple of times.

Waylander · Post by **Waylander** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:55 am

Tried upping the BR and got no where apart from blowing 1.68m on tabs and elements (I'm basing this on the price I could sell the elements, not what they cost me).

1. 14-14
2. 14-14
3. Failed
4. 14-14

Seeing as it took me 11 weapon elixirs to get my blade to +2, I can't see much point in trying to get the shield to +3, even though shield elixirs only cost 30-35k. I'd probably just end up breaking the shield.

I'm only lvl 31 and, from my point of view, I've blown a fortune on alchemy already! Unless I stumble across a pile of 50m gold I think I'll just quit alchemy until I'm on 8th degree items.

initialbee · Post by **initialbee** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:43 am

Whatever,SOX will be my first choose

if u think ur sos shield's br low then used the BR16 shield,then what use for the alchemy updated?

Waylander · Post by **Waylander** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:28 pm

After spending 1.8m on stones (I got obsessed by it ok) I finally managed to get some success and got the shield to BR 18. XD

crazy death · Post by **crazy death** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:51 pm

Cool, gratz. That for once are good news concerning the new alchemy^^