SoS vs. Alchemy

ShizKnight · Post by **ShizKnight** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:07 pm

Lately, I'm seeing a lot of SoS trying to be sold at enourmous prices. Right now, I'm looking at an SoS lvl 24 Glavie being sold for 5 mil, and I think its highway robbery.

I've never really used much SoS, except for my lvl 18 boots which I got at a very low price. I can't really see the addiction to SoS, although the bonus damage at a fresh degree is very nice. I've always just made due with cheaper, just as effective 'plussed' weapons. A helpful tip to remember is to think how many elixers you could buy with the price of the said item, and if you think you could use those elixers to get an equivalent +.

Ja · Post by Ja » Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:13 pm

if you can afford it sos is the way to go... seal of star is already +7... eee if you +3 that... pwnnnage...

i use regualr +3's for weapons.. i dont really care about gear... im poor =/.. i only have around 7m around 6m in items... i dont think i can get anywhere with that..

ShizKnight · Post by **ShizKnight** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:14 pm

Seal of Star is +5. I'm pretty sure about that.

Macro · Post by **Macro** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:30 pm

Sos aren't really worth getting until the 30's, IMO, since that's when leveling gets really tough and it gets harder and longer to grow out of your equip. For weapons, I guess people just buy them because it has a cool glow, or is just impatient ( Like me, lol )

So basically I guess I prefer + items.

Sp@rrow · Post by **Sp@rrow** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:38 am

well for me i got a +5 merchants hook glave and i compared it to a SOStar hook glave. and my +5 is better. i think people think just cause it has the fancy name of SOS they price it up to such high prices. I dont really care about SOS or stated EQ too much cause im not really a PVP person.

P.S. I love the pink glow on my weapon.

xAZN_Wookiex · Post by **xAZN_Wookiex** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:52 am

well everyone who has wep elix trying to make their wep/protecters or w/e +5 so it can match a sos look at it this way,
a sos is already +5 AND u can make it +3 pretty easy (lets say 5-6 elix)
if u want to make a normal wep/protector +8 (+5 + +=+8 -_-) its more expensive (about.... uhhhhh 50 elix o.0 lol maybe lower)

MadMountie · Post by **MadMountie** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:16 am

Seraph707 wrote:seal of star is already +7...

ShizKnight wrote:Seal of Star is +5. I'm pretty sure about that.

SilkroadOnline.net--What's New?--Notices wrote:******************* 3/3 Update

Q. How much more powerful is a Seal of Star/Moon/Sun equipment in comparison to normal + bonus equipment?

Rare items each have differences in power so it is difficult to give an exact answer however in a normal approximate observation; a basic Seal of Star item will have at least a +7 equivalent value, a basic Seal of
Sun will have at least a +15 value. Seal of Moon items will occupy the middle values between the two.

The link below will probably point to the wrong story in a couple days...
http://www.silkroadonline.net/sro_board/fmboard/fm_board.asp?bID=SB_Inform&sID=1&Page=2&Num=143

Geobot · Post by **Geobot** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:18 am

edit - sorry, misread something above ^^;;

ShizKnight · Post by **ShizKnight** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:32 am

Thats strange... For ingame results, I've always had it closer to +5 than +7. Oh well.

RaiKiRii · Post by **RaiKiRii** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:37 am

i think its +7 compared to NPC stuff... not to stuff you pick up

ShizKnight · Post by **ShizKnight** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:42 am

Well, then NPC stuff blows

.

MadMountie · Post by **MadMountie** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:28 am

ShizKnight wrote:Thats strange... For ingame results, I've always had it closer to +5 than +7. Oh well.

RaiKiRii wrote:i think its +7 compared to NPC stuff... not to stuff you pick up

I think you two both win. I'd forgotten about Bakemaster's post (somewhere) about the drops being ~+2 NPC items. Sorry about that, ShizKnight-- Looking at SOS items as +5 in comparison with drops is perfectly legit-- I think that's what we see most of, anyway. There's not a massive market for NPC items...

Kew · Post by **Kew** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:03 am

if you upgrade a weapon, nothing else will change but its attack power. so a +x weapon will lack on attack rating and reinforcements compared to an sox item with the same attack power. same for armor and parry rate and so on

Bakemaster · Post by **Bakemaster** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:13 am

GRR, someone find my post, I'm lazy and don't want to go looking or type it again.

Kew · Post by **Kew** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:50 am

http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic ... item#16171
here it is mw

fena · Post by **fena** » Sat May 26, 2007 7:24 pm

When you're on the later forms of that degree of weapon, it might be wise to get a +5, or +7, than using your SoS...

For example, a Level 24 SoS, versus a Level 29+5.
Level 24 SoS ~ Level 29 weapon.
Level 29+5 ~ Level 34 weapon.

Of course, the Level 29+5 is cheaper than the Level 24 SoS.

Did I just revive an old topic?

Belgarath · Post by **Belgarath** » Sat May 26, 2007 7:53 pm

What the hell? This topic is over a year old. Now you're just spamming.

fena · Post by **fena** » Sat May 26, 2007 7:54 pm

Belgarath wrote:What the hell? This topic is over a year old. Now you're just spamming.

Loll, sorry, man. I was just surfing through the forums, and thought that I wanted to reply to that, for some reason, is all.

woutR · Post by **woutR** » Sat May 26, 2007 8:25 pm

you do know that everyone who participated in this thread all don't play SRO anymore, right?

fena · Post by **fena** » Sat May 26, 2007 8:29 pm

woutR wrote:you do know that everyone who participated in this thread all don't play SRO anymore, right?

LOL, seriously? I remember ShizKnight... what happened to him?

Disconn3cted · Post by **Disconn3cted** » Sat May 26, 2007 8:31 pm

joymax info is wrong i have compared many sos with +5 items of the same lvl and the stats are the same go check for yourself

MadMountie · Post by **MadMountie** » Mon May 28, 2007 5:45 pm

Yeah. I havn't played SRO in about a year.

And then I get an email

"by the way, a topic on a forum that you havn't read in about a year and a half about a game you no long play was dug up. spam spam spam."

sup bitches =P

MastaChiefX · Post by **MastaChiefX** » Mon May 28, 2007 5:49 pm

Wow.
I think now we know it is AROUND +5. Hella old topic

IceCrash · Post by **IceCrash** » Mon May 28, 2007 6:00 pm

MastaChiefX wrote:Wow.
I think now we know it is AROUND +5. Hella old topic

O RLY

takolin · Post by **takolin** » Mon May 28, 2007 7:06 pm

Disconn3cted wrote:joymax info is wrong i have compared many sos with +5 items of the same lvl and the stats are the same go check for yourself

Sos has a higher reinforcement as the +5
Thus the +7

TBA if you compare a + weapon with the weapon it would be, the real equivalent is better.

EG
A lvl 42+6 is slightly worse as a lvl 48 clean even if you'd think they are the same.

Airbeat · Post by **Airbeat** » Mon May 28, 2007 7:22 pm

Weapons: I prefer +5 or higher with full blue. i look on the damage and % too of course..
And my gear, well if i find a cheap sos, i will buy it and pimp it.
if not, then i look for ++'ed gear with int/str ^^

heroo · Post by **heroo** » Mon May 28, 2007 8:35 pm

i prefer both, SUN+9

PB_and_J · Post by **PB_and_J** » Mon May 28, 2007 9:14 pm

So many old names...

shoto · Post by **shoto** » Mon May 28, 2007 9:59 pm

just keep looking..not everyone sells SOS at ridiculous prices...
you can find
lvl 16 1mil (glavie)
lvl 24 2mil (glavie)
lvl 32 5mil (glavie)
lvl 42 prices go insane..but you can find ~25mil if you look.

These are prices i've paid.

Cerus · Post by **Cerus** » Tue May 29, 2007 2:54 am

ShizKnight wrote:Lately, I'm seeing a lot of SoS trying to be sold at enourmous prices. Right now, I'm looking at an SoS lvl 24 Glavie being sold for 5 mil, and I think its highway robbery.

I've never really used much SoS, except for my lvl 18 boots which I got at a very low price. I can't really see the addiction to SoS, although the bonus damage at a fresh degree is very nice. I've always just made due with cheaper, just as effective 'plussed' weapons. A helpful tip to remember is to think how many elixers you could buy with the price of the said item, and if you think you could use those elixers to get an equivalent +.

Come to Alps, you can find the following all around Alps. No one seems to buy them.
1) All SoStar lvl 24 for 2M except Bow that would b 3M
2) SoStar lvl 16 Bow for 5M
3) SoStar lvl 32 for 4-6M
(I got my Bow for 4.8M)
4) SoStar lvl 42 for 17M onwards
5) SoStar lvl 52 for 30M onwards
6) SoStar lvl 64 for 100M onwards

I think its really cheap compared to the other servers.
BTW, elixirs r 140k onwards.

And, to answer your question, I think SoX r better due to its resell value. Its easier to sell your SoX too when you are done with it.

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