2011-01-30, 08:45 PM
SolicShooter Wrote:You're not factoring in natural randomness, maker bonuses and level ups. Who the hell would make a reverse weapon without any gems with it? They have the potential to be not that far from each other. Secondary stat has become mandatory for certain classes like pirates anyway to make the most out of your potential (71+ items) unless you go for the statless top/bottom combination.
You are completley ignoring several factors here.
First, its extremely rare to obtain enough Watt from level ups and gems. At absolute best, you will get 12, but chances are you will only see maybe up to 8 Watt, probably less though. All this work for a weapon you could never sell.
Second, VIPs are statless, meaning you can focus on not increasing your secondary stat. In my case, I already have a Pirate with about 90 total dex, and is dexless. This saves me the trouble of raising my dex for a reverse. Then the VIPs are interesting because they come with a base increase to your secondary stat. This will make it far easier to equip your other equipment rather than having your other equipment be used to equip your VIP. This could easily allow you to invest more into main stat and forget about your secondary stat. Besides, why invest in an inferior weapon that I cant resell when I can invest in a better weapon that I can resell?
Then obviously we have the 4th tier potential on a resellable weapon.
The final point is that we all know that as time goes on more powerful equipment will be released and will will want to upgrade to keep up with the other players and match or surpass the new standards. With the VIPs, this is easy because you can resell the weapon. With the Reverse weapons, they are stuck on you permanently. You'll never be able to sell them, and all money invested into a reverse will be completely wasted once you obtain a new and better weapon.
As my recommendation, I'd just use a well scrolled level 100 or level 110 weapon untill I could afford a VIP, VPQ is reopened, or nexon releases new broken pomegranate. At least level 100 and 110 equipment is only a little weaker at worse, costs far less to make, and the total cost to decently scroll one is far less than scrolling a reverse. Got to love cost efficiency and the ability to sell your weapon so that another player that wants it can use it once you are done with your weapon.