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Shirt, weapon and offhand are +12. Saving money currently to +13 dual weps.
Summary of key stats with 3-set 70L +12 and 4-set 70A crescent armor:
-72k P-atk
-75.11% Dark
-3034 FD (max for 70cap, 41% for 80cap)
-955k HP
-122k CRIT (max for 80cap)
-38k crit dmg (8% for 80cap)
Things you can derive from my raven:
1. 70L has a very small growth in base attack from 60L, as compared to previous caps. From changing to THREE 70L main pieces, all i got was around say 20%? physical attack boost. The boost in HP and critical (forgot to screenie my crit, sorry) is awesome though. Gained around 150k HP and went from 80k crit to maxed crit in 80cap, a challenge for many.
Conclusion: If you have dual 60L+13 weapons, get 70L armour first. It may look nooby, but it's actually more effective in terms of gearing, since you'll need all that extra HP and critical.
2. The HP gain from +10 70A->+12 70L shirt is TREMENDOUS. Around 140k-ish. It is MUCH more than +10 70A->+10 80A, especially when 80A high grade jades are not out yet. It is hence strongly recommended to go full-70L if you have the money. If not, go 3-set 70L like me, and 4-set crescent armor. It is simply not worth the loss in FD and money to go 4-set 80A; with volcano nest/bdn hc's mechanics, you'll get one-shot KO'ed either way if you do not dodge properly.
Conclusion: The only option for 80-cap DPS classes as of now, is 70L. I doubt i have to elaborate for weapons, its either L-grade or go home for DPS characters, like it or not. For armor, 80A is not worth it as of now. You're better off saving money for enhancing L-grade.
3. The jades on my raven are all high grade 70A jades. They're better than 80A jades. Hence, for those of you in 70CAP versions of the game who are preparing for 80-cap, it is recommended that you start collecting the better version of your high grade jades, as you'll be using them for 80-cap as well. By this i mean variations like 1039AGI+261VIT or 861 VIT jades.
What I'm doing now? Dailies, the occasional volcano nest, BDN HC. I'll be saving money for the next +30% enhancement event, at which I'll try to +13 my weapons again.
Skill Build (Pure PVE):
Missing skills: Lvl 2 The end, Lvl 1 umbra ex
With level 80 cap, a lot of SP are left over, because chaser tree has not been upgraded. Hence, max out every dark skill and fan of edge. I no longer maxed umbra, due to popular requests (lol). It's a nice skill, but yeah I gotta admit it's too useless for most mechanics now. Only use it during solo/farming low level dungeons.
Mp regen is maxed this time. Mainly for solo-ing purposes, as MP is needed now with vigor suffix no longer present in DN.
Sliding step maxed. Mainly for volcano nest. With my ping, it's very hard for me to dodge stuff perfectly. I need that extra bit of iframe most of the time. Hence, maxed for lower CD so i can spam more. If you play other servers and have perfect ping, I recommend you drop this to 1 and get burning call as well as max fake log. Would be a lot better.
So that's that, my build/stats for 80-cap. Will remain that way til I unlock 70L (I really have no other places left to upgrade lol). 16k/35k achievement points WISH ME LUCK FOR FARMING~