On the issue of a ht pendant vs. MoN for str shadowers, it has already been discussed that an HT pendant + buffs will > MoN with buff, although the clean range can possibly be higher with a MoN, the addition of buffs make the HT pendant more ideal.
Upgrading as a shadower would mean you were upgrading to what suits your shadower, as of recently, with the introduction of dragon khanjars, most people tend to switch over to str either way, quite a few have stayed luk/dexless, but a large amount have converted or stuck to being a str shadower. Upgrading with the possibility to resell as a *thief* would include using a luk top, because NLs can benefit for them as well, but those who choose to just upgrade their shadower, may want to scroll whichever top they see fit to the build they want.
Although it is a bit beneficial to be able to resell your equipment to a larger market, in terms of wanting to compete with the larger damage dealing shadowers, you would put your own build, stats before the resale value.
When i used to play my shadower, i have a 34 base str and i believe an 80 base dex lol, but at the time i was using a 119 atk gdk and 28 atk dkhanjar, and i used to be amongst one of the top damaging dits. In the end, a good mixture of both can suffice, my equips(most of which i sold) capped me at exactly 75 str and 150 dex that i needed to wear my dagger and shield. I understood the benefits of scrolling equips that would provide a higher resale value, but before as a non common str bandit/shadower, i put that factor second only to the first priority of dishing out as much damage as i could.
Upgrading as a shadower would mean you were upgrading to what suits your shadower, as of recently, with the introduction of dragon khanjars, most people tend to switch over to str either way, quite a few have stayed luk/dexless, but a large amount have converted or stuck to being a str shadower. Upgrading with the possibility to resell as a *thief* would include using a luk top, because NLs can benefit for them as well, but those who choose to just upgrade their shadower, may want to scroll whichever top they see fit to the build they want.
Although it is a bit beneficial to be able to resell your equipment to a larger market, in terms of wanting to compete with the larger damage dealing shadowers, you would put your own build, stats before the resale value.
When i used to play my shadower, i have a 34 base str and i believe an 80 base dex lol, but at the time i was using a 119 atk gdk and 28 atk dkhanjar, and i used to be amongst one of the top damaging dits. In the end, a good mixture of both can suffice, my equips(most of which i sold) capped me at exactly 75 str and 150 dex that i needed to wear my dagger and shield. I understood the benefits of scrolling equips that would provide a higher resale value, but before as a non common str bandit/shadower, i put that factor second only to the first priority of dishing out as much damage as i could.