Quote (ShocKioN @ Dec 30 2012 12:33pm)
Atm have a 1062 dps 2os 120 dex manticore but saw that a 1200+ dps 1os 150 dex manticore gives me like 30k dps
my crit chance with andys is 52% without is 47.5%
should i still be using the 2os?
You can easily beat the DPS from that 2 socket manticore with that of a 1 socket manticore (you can roll stupid high dex and base dps is not that expensive). I have been running my 1 socket manticore for a while now, it is obviously my worst piece but at the same time its hard to make a significant upgrade because it has pretty good stats and gives me more DPS than a 1150 dps + Dex + 2 socket manticore would. I suggest using a damage calculator to decide your upgrades.
http://theasiangamer.com/d3-damage-calculator/Above is the link to a very easy to use and extremely accurate DPS calculator.
As for the DHs looking for an overall upgrade in DPS and EHP. Best route to take unless you have about 500m - 800m to spend is to go Inna's Pants + Rare Braces + Inna's favor. These 3 items will be the cheapest source of EHP + DPS(200-300m for really good pieces that can't be beat under 800m while maintaing/gaining EHP+DPS going the Lacuni's Route). Dex, All Res Vit, Crit Chance bracers should be decently cheap these days since people are just going lacunis (most lacunis when you go cheap just place a HUGE burden on your EHP not to mention their dps is not THAT high if you are spending under 2-300m on this piece alone).
Cheapest source for a DPS gain if you are using a 2 Socket Manticore Under 1100 base DPS is to go for a 1 Socket 1250-1300+ Dex 1 Socket Manticore
Cheapest source of EHP+DPS is to go the items i mentioned above, a lot of people don't know but it takes a good 85+ Dex 9% IAS 42% CD+ Witching Hour to beat a decent Inna's Favor (with the inna's 2 piece bonus of course -- you can probably even get EHP on this piece and stlll come out spending less and getting more), so it's not worth it unless your budget can handle it.
As far as farming goes, farm what is EFFICIENT/FAST and EASY for you -- 8-12 min alkaizer routes whatever mp you can do this in do it. If you are farming mp1 and it takes u 12 mins and you're dying a couple of times you'd be doing yourself a favor by going down to mp0.
This post was edited by donkilluminatiV on Jan 1 2013 02:12pm