Right now I am about level 56 on my Monk and have been just leveling hoping the awakening mats come to me, which they have. But I was wondering if it is completely necessary and if I should just sell my mats now, then buy them later when the materials are more plentiful and cheaper. Can and should a class go without awakening until far later in to the game?
Posted Apr 6, 2015, 7:47 AM UTC
I would seriously suggest selling your chaos stones. The price is already dropping and is going to drop even more in the next few days.
And since you're already doing that, may as well offload everything else too since you're not going to awaken. The other materials won't drop quite so much but they will drop.
You could easily make a couple million by just waiting a few days, or maybe till next test, to awaken.
Shhhh....everyone that saves the materials or awaken isnt that smart. You should have been selling the materials while you could. Then awaken in OBT2, when maybe we actually get end game content that needs it. Prices will only continue to drop. I'm 60 on 3 chars. And sold ALL my materials. Would I now buy them for awaken. I would have already made millions of profit. But im not gonne awaken, just so that I can clear noob dungeons a few seconds faster.
everyone that saves the materials or awaken isnt that smart.
That's pretty smug. It's not difficult to earn the materials in the first place. It took me 3 hours to earn the gold required to awaken (already having the 10 red/white cubes).
There's this concept called opportunity cost. You might not have spent very much money directly, but you lost a shitload by not selling.
Pretty much this. I'm sitting on quite a bit of gold eve after Awakening, and continuing to make more every day just from doing 60-70 dungeons. Yeah, you can profit a bit off the mats, but in the long run the bit of gold is going to be insignificant in terms of buying lategame gear.
If people will NEED to awaken I'm obt2 it will become more expensive. You made a bad choice based on your own dumb logic.
If you can you definitely should just because: dry out.
If you were on another class, then yes I'd suggest selling the mat, but for monk dry out is such a fantastic skill that I found it 100% worth awakening for.
If you can clear dungeons just fine without it, I wouldn't fork over the gold. It's an economic consideration. Do so only when the gold cost is worth it to you.
Monk here a little above you. You can live without it. DryOut is nice, but it's only a must have in PvP. The prices have already started dropping a little bit, I'd just save money and awaken later.
I spent roughly around 3 mil on materials for awakening, but i earned them back by keep playing and selling cube frags.
Awakening gives access to TP so that alone makes its worthwhile.Also the extra skills are super nice to have. I regularly use Gatling Punch and Demolition Punch. Also Dry Out is fantastic.Nope. You can access TP as soon as you hit 50. Awakening is mainly for the awakening passive and all new cube skills past level 50
oh woops, coulda sworn it was awakening related. my b.
Arctic Booster is a godsend for Launchers and Stinger SW gives them a nice bit of single-target punch for sure. Almost every class's 60 and 70 skills are very useful for them, and most classes get some form of beneficial passive skill by Awakening as well.
Male Launchers get a nice utility skill, for example, that shows the names of off-screen enemies to help you aim at things you can't see (LOVE this when blinded). It also reduces the evasion and crit resistance of those enemies. Female Launchers get a passive that increases damage at the cost of weapon durability. Soul Benders get an aura that reduces enemy Shadow Resistance, Movespeed, and Attackspeed. Etc etc.
It's worth it especially if you can get the materials without buying them, though in general right now the materials are several times more expensive than they realistically should be. On the other hand, post-Awakening you should be able to easily farm 15-20 Seals of Emperor Helm a day, making back the Awakening costs in about a week if prices stay the same. If you have the materials/money there's no real reason not to Awaken.