sirmorte wrote:
Ok I have read your crafting thread. It doesn't however, discuss which of the three arts we should focus on and when. For example, do we press two speed and one durability? Do we only focus on one item such as + progress. or + durability. Also there are supposedly reactive arts. What are these?
There does need to be some more indept discussion about this in my opinion.
Those
are your reactive arts :) They are called that because when an event occurs you react by using an art to counter it.
The reason I don't discuss exactly which ones to use when is because, as I said, there is more than one right way to apply them. Also, the classes are not equal and different classes apply them differently. I also don't believe in telling people how to play the game - part of the fun is figuring it out for yourself.
What I do is apply a mix of Arts from 4 Tiers (my main is maxed). With my woodworker I've discovered a couple of combinations that minimize Durability loss while maximizing Progress, provided the RNG doesn't bite me. If it does I have other combinations which will bring Durability back up without sacrificing too much Progress. I'd suggest making a bunch of non-rare items and playing with your Arts. (You end up doing that just about every time you get new Arts, btw.) It's just like figuring out the best way to use a new spell or combat art when adventuring.
There were several good discussions on the old official forums; I'll see if I can find a current one.