The Art of Optimization: Liberating the Gloves Slot

kiwiz · Jul 23, 2023

The Art of Optimization: Liberating the Gloves Slot

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+1 DEX

+2 DEX, -2 LUK

+1 DEX, -1 STR

Eventually sold for 53 Prestigious Coin after getting 2/4 goggles.

+1 DEX, -2 LUK

+1 DEX

Overview

Having read journals on gears improvement, I'm tempted to create one myself, even though mine appears to be mostly completed. Nonetheless, there are still upgrades that can be made.

Here are my Shadower's current stats: with a base of 4 STR and 25 DEX, I can equip everything without depending on any event items.

Moreover, I've successfully freed up the cape slot without it having to contribute any secondary stats, allowing me the flexibility to upgrade to any cape whenever I choose.

Goals

(Achieved!)
To free up the gloves slot so that it doesn't need to contribute any secondary stats. To achieve this goal, I'll need to find 5 DEX upgrades from the current gears other than cape and gloves.

In addition, I'd like to upgrade every gear possible in my possession.

Gears

Here are my current gears, along with information on how I obtained them to the best of my recollection, and if any potential improvements that can be made for each equipment slot. It has been over 6 months since late year 2022 I acquired these items, spanning a period of more than 2 years from late year 2020 when I created my Shadower.

I was impatient to wait for a better stats helmet, so I decided to use 1× 30% scroll and 6× 70% scrolls on it. Fortunately, all of them successfully passed with the initial 17 DEX and an upgrade over my previous 17/31/x/15 Scarlion Hat.

I'm looking into scrolling another Ravana Helmet or a Scarlion/Targa Hat for more than 32 DEX that still has 19 STR or more.

I can't recall the exact amount I paid for this pendant, but it was likely around 40 to 50 million mesos.

Chaos Scroll??? Nah. Not gonna touch this. Also very unlikely I'll be in any Pink Bean run as a casual player.

It took me a little over 1 month to collect 300 card sets for this ring, and I managed to earn over 700 million mesos from Gachas during that time.

I purchased this dagger with 364 Prestigious Coins in the late year 2022. The c/o at that time was 1.1 billion and I a/w-ed it at 1.2 billion mesos with Prestigious Coins at the rate of 3.3 million meso each.

I had actually spent slightly less than 1 billion mesos for it by opening coin pouches that were priced below the average rate, as it was during an event and the market was flooded with pouches. Specifically, P1 (1-3 coins) were going for as low as 6 million, P2 (4-8 coins) at 18 million, P3 (10-20 coins) at 45 million, P4 (20-30 coins) at 78 million, and P5 (80-100 coins) at 280 million. Furthermore, I also acquired coins below the rate of 3.2 million each.

I earned those meso within a month by capitalizing on the market inefficiency in the late year 2022. This was achieved through scrolling 22 TMA earrings, 15 TMA gloves, and 170 TMA wands. The calculated expected production cost for each item was lower than their perceived market value, allowing me to make an average profit of 40-80 million mesos for each production.

I'll maybe attempt to scroll a +6 Gold Double Knife, for 18 LUK, 130 weapon attack. I could set a limit for the attempt, like 300 to 500 million meso. A perfect weapon is gonna be a project by itself.

Someone smega-ed this shield with the c/o of 300 million mesos. I offered 350 million mesos, and they immediately accepted after the previous offerer backed out. After my successful purchase, the previous offerer regretted their decision and offered to buy it from me for 360 million mesos.

I declined and instead persuaded them to trade my existing weapon attack 28 Dragon Khanjar for 160 million mesos worth of Onyx Apples and Prestigious Coins. (...which they later regretted their decision and wanted to trade back. However, by that time, I had already quick-sold the apples and coins for around 150 million mesos, so I declined the trade.)

I'll probably just purchase a scrolled one with 3 LUK, 32 weapon attack.

Bought this at 300 million meso.

I scrolled this goggles by purchasing a couple of them with 2 STR, 1 DEX, 2 slots (failed 1 slot), for 5 million mesos each. Managed to pass 2× Eye Accessory for Accuracy 30% scrolls on one of them.

I could scroll another goggles for 4 to 5 DEX. Or purchase one with 3+ STR 4+ DEX.

Think I purchased this mask at 180 million mesos from a store.

I could scroll another mask with 5× 70% scrolls, then 2× 30% scrolls for 9 DEX.

Traded with 12 DEX Single Earring + 150 million meso.

Upgraded from 12 DEX to 13 DEX, which is pretty decent now.

I'm looking to make or purchase a 12 DEX Fallen Leaf Earrings or Sword Earrings for the extra HP. Or purchase a scrolled Element Pierce with at least 12 DEX and some extra STR/LUK.

Traded with 2-slots, 8 weapon attack Pink Adventurer, which I bought at 700mil meso.

My previous 7 weapon attack cape. Initially, I saw this item listed at 500 million mesos in a store, but unfortunately, I didn't have enough mesos to make the purchase, and it was sold to someone else. Later, I came across it being resold at 550 million mesos, so I decided to purchase it at that price.

Bought a 4 weapon attack 4 slots Pink Gaia Cape in the late year 2022, at 35 million meso. Scrolled it to 2 STR, 2 DEX and considering using a Chaos Scroll on it... 5+ STR, 5+ DEX, 8+ weapon attack dream.

Otherwise, I'll purchase a 8+ weapon attack cape.

Think I purchased this female thief top at 70 million mesos from a store.

23 stats is actually quite impressive for now. I'll see if I can make a less STR, more LUK piece if other equipment gets +STR upgrade.

Will be using 18 DEX skirt once I've manage to get another +1 DEX.

Currently using this 19 DEX skirt to maintain 150 DEX without gloves.

Had to scroll these myself because nobody was selling scrolled skirts.

Previous skirt.

Think I purchased this female thief bottom at 180 million mesos from a store.

I'll maybe make or purchase one with 17 to 20 DEX.

I wanted to purchase an 11 weapon attack Blue Anelin, as I relied on its 5 DEX. Unfortunately, the market had none available, prompting me to consider scrolling one myself. Initially, I thought of using 10% scrolls on the first slot and 60% scrolls on the remaining 4 slots. However, due to the limited supply of Blue Anelins with perfect stats, this approach wasn't practically viable.

Then, a brilliant idea struck me - I could scroll the first 4 slots with 60% scrolls at a much higher rate, and finish the last slot with a 30% scroll. I successfully implemented this strategy within 14 gloves.

This experience motivated me to explore the market further for arbitrage opportunities. As a result, I realized that I could reliably profit by scrolling 22 TMA earrings, 15 TMA gloves, and 170 TMA wands, at a mathematical advantage.

I'm looking into scrolling a 12 weapon attack Blue Anelin. If I can get a 5 DEX upgrade from other equipment, I'll be able to free the gloves slot for any gloves upgrade.

Think I purchased this thief shoes at 220 million mesos from a store.

I'll maybe make or purchase one with 11 to 12 DEX.

Expectation

Currently, this character only possess 200k mesos. It will likely take at least another 2 years for most of the upgrades.

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