I just came back after 4 months and have a few questions.
Is it better to buy BIS gear or buy the mats to craft? Seems like 3 perks is a longshot, but these 3 perk monsters in the trading post are coming from somewhere. I heard 3 perks you want is like a 1/600 chance. Is any crafting profession profitable for gear?
Is 2 bis perk gear worth upgrading with shards? 3 perk gear seems so expensive and time consuming, that it would be unrealistic to expect to have these by 600 expertise when you want to start running mutations.
Mutations are like mythic plus wow. They are harder versions of normal dungeons that require higher gear score. You get umbral in them you can use to raise gear score from 600-625.
Expertise is similar to gear score. It determines what level gear you can wear and what level gear will drop. It is a separate grind.
Rafflebones is a random spawn mob they added that drops umbral and weapons. If you find him you have to kill him before he explodes.
When you spend Gypsum orbs at a slot thats GS600+ you’ll get 100-400 umbral shards.
Those BiS 3 Perk items are supposed to be your longtime goal, you either craft them or buy them its up to you and the rng gods.
Mutations are different buffs to the Dungeons which will force you to Adapt your playstyle.
Finishing mutated dungeons awards you with umbral shards depending on the Level of the Mutations (1-10).
I think long term it’s cheaper to save your money and buy gear. You can try to craft. Maybe you get lucky and roll a bis, but chances are you won’t. Also if it’s a good 2 perk it’s worth it to get it to like 615-20 to help you get into higher mutations for sure. The third perk isn’t a huge deal.
as of before the blunderbuss patch the odds of crafting a BiS piece of armor was sitting at 1/2280 if you pick a weapon perk for the armor. to craft a BiS chest piece without using a weapon perk for PvP using your own mats would take you over 200 years. so as @Soluss has said you are far better buying all your pieces and selling craft mats.
