Would Like some advice on AA and Augs please, hate asking

[Cormil]

Since there is always a million requests for this but I am kind of at a stand still.  First here is my magelo #:  1424117 .  I cant hyper link it since a) i am a dumbass and dont know how b) if i did i prolly couldnt cause my job blocks most cool things like this.

What i am looking for is this, I am wondering if i should replace some pristine augs for AC/HP augs.  My AC is decent for a group BST imho but my good friend a monk is trying to convince me otherwise.  i am starting to raid so my ac should start to go up but who knows exactly how long that will be.  I would appreciate guidance on this. 

Second, I am kind of all over the place with AA.  I am on the fence about boosting my triple attack since my mentor of sorts says that capping the Triple attack aa isnt worth it since it would make my triple attack go from crappy to way below average.  i am working on PET crit and flurry, Planar power, and Third spire then when i get those maxed i want to get Paragon and FPOS maxed then the HP one.  Not sure to be honest but can someone please give me some advice on the path to go to from here considering i will be raiding more and often box myself with an 83 ranger ( Another toon of mine that i am leveling). 

Again thanks i HATE asking this but i am really stumped.

Cormil

[Khauruk]

Out of what you mentioned, throw pet crits, and 3rd spire way to the bottom of that list.  Put regular paragon just above those.

I'd probably go:
FpoS up to 3rd rank
Burst of Power maxed
Pet flurry
FPoS 6
Planar Power
HP
Paragon
Pet Crits
3rd spire (probably)

[Praxxis]

I would also look at maxing out enhancement buff duration AA's.  It will increase the duration of FPoS.

[Codak]

Fury of Magic- Increases spell crits very worth it(destructive fury after)
Critical Affliction- Dot crit's is pretty nice with are new insta dots
Focused Paragon of Spirits-nuff said
Hastened Focused Paragon- its worth it

[nedoirah]

Here's a good site with a listing of most of the ac augs.
http://www.evilgamer.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4870&highlight=ac+augs

I agree with Khauruk on all his listed aa. If you haven't done it already, try to max as much of your avoidance aa as you can. I personally prefer to balance out offensive and defensive aa. I also like to buy as many of my utility aa as I when new ones come out.

[Firenz]

If you're getting into raiding I would suggest:

Bestial Alignment 3/3 and Hastened Bestial Alignment 4/4 (only other disc we get, without the hastened aas it's relatively useless though)
Hastened Feral Attacks 3/3
Extended Swarm 3/3 (this can wait a while but still pretty useful)
Fury of Magic 9/9 and Destructive Fury 3/3 like Khauruk said
Hastened Focused Paragon 3/3 .. I wouldn't worry about getting Focused Paragon to rk6 for a while the increase from rk3 to 6 is pretty minimal
Burst of Power 4/4 (should probably put this off until most of the others are done)
I'm not sure on the third spire myself as I use the first spire exclusively.. so can't really so if it would be worth it or not.

And, of course the pet crit/flurry aa's but you said you were working on those already.  And then the HP aa's somewhere in there along the way whenever you feel like getting those.

[Hzath]

I fully support going for the ac/hp augs over the weaker hp/ac augs.  500hp lost is pretty irrelevant when you're buffing to 30,000, whereas the 350AC will matter a lot more when you only have 3500.

Your charm doesn't have an aug in it, so definitely do that new dragons event while you still can.  Any group you get could easily handle the first 10 waves for a solid aug there.



Hastened Focused Paragon to 3/3
Hastned Feral Attacks to 3/3
Fury of Magic to 9/9 and Destructive Fury to 3/3
Sinister Strikes
First Spire to 3/3 (Free 200dps for 90 seconds every 10 minutes)
Group Beastial Alignment (It gets a bad rap, but for 7 AAs a 30%damage mod group disc with 12minute refresh is huge return per AA.  Beastial Alignment is good, but you have to invest tons more AAs to get practical use out of it.)

If you're looking to get into raiding I would say toss a few into the mend companion line.  Also consider Beastlords Feral Kick 1/3, its bugged and makes you immune to enrage.

After that I would say personal preference on what you're looking for HP, Pet flurries, Burst of power, HEALING AAs (people hate on our heals too much imo),

[Kanan]

If you're getting into raiding I would suggest:

Extended Swarm 3/3 (this can wait a while but still pretty useful)

At the bugged moment only, I can't agree with this one, since they've messed it up and it doesn't work.  Once it functions, yeah.. the extra dps, esp if it affects howl/yowl/etc, will be wonderful.

[Razimir]

If you're getting into raiding I would suggest:

Extended Swarm 3/3 (this can wait a while but still pretty useful)

At the bugged moment only, I can't agree with this one, since they've messed it up and it doesn't work.  Once it functions, yeah.. the extra dps, esp if it affects howl/yowl/etc, will be wonderful.

Yes, it used to work at 1st when it came, but then it got bugged. Extended swarm is pretty decent AA only if it works. I have bug repoprted it long time ago, iirc atleast 4 months.

3rd spire is useless, 2nd spire is useless, so unless you want to get those heroic stats get only 1st spire. Suspended minion and persistant minion are must to have. Get QUICK BUFF, that AA is very good (prolly one of the most under rated one). It halves ALL beneficial spells and AAs which have casting time 3.0 seconds or over and some duration (paragon, growl, pet block, buffs etc).  Seems that DPS AAs were mentioned already.

Mana regen AAs will affect on your DPS too. More mana you have more DPS you can do, they are pretty costly though but I'd do them right after other DPS AAs.

-Raz

[Cormil]

Thanks all for the great input ! I did alot of research and it feels good to reach a mental block and have you all help me get over it.  I never really thought about a few of the ones mentioned so you opened up my eyes.  Thanks and if your ever on Tunare, I know this great Gnome Pizza joint...


Cormil