Lifespan of TL2/3 standard twinking items (GAI and GE)
Yeah, yeah, I hate GA threads too.
I bought a GA disc a while ago (it was a good deal at the time, although about normal price these days), and yes, it was to bought to turn a profit. However, I decided since I had the damn thing, why not roll a fixer and try it out? Yes, I've read the threads, y'all seem to have mad hate for folks who roll GA fixers. I don't really see how it matters or why it affects your day but there you go. Acknowledgement that I suck. Yippee.
That said, I went on my way, and got the thing equipped, damn near gimping myself in the process. Note to new fixers with GA dreams - unless you have it, or are getting it for free, or whatnot, it's probably not worth it. Using my 20-20 hindsight, I would say that had I known what I know in the first 60 levels of my fixer's life, I probably would have been just as happy rolling through the low level stuff with regular armors.
Oh, and I went and got the Gamma Ejector, the same way the new gold record selling rapper has to go pick up a Bentley. Yay for me. I'm now a cookie cutter fixer!
Okay, so to the question: I have zero intention of trying to acquire/equip GAII, III, or IV. That being said, what would you say the effective lifespan of GAI and a GE on a Solitus fixer would be? I'm currently lvl 59. I could probably work out the numbers myself except for two things - I haven't quite got a handle on how the AddAllDef of GAI affects things, and where the high evade/low AC begins to be compromised vs the regular evade/high AC of something like CDS, nor have I been able to really find a concrete answer on when something like a high lvl Manex or MCS will begin to outdmg a GE, taking into account my (hopefully) ever rising SMG/MG and Burst skills.
I'd like to know, since I currently still use a wrangle or infuses to cast GAI, and wonder if putting the IP into being able to self-cast will be worth it if I'm just going to need new armor in the next 10-20 lvls, in which case that IP can defenitely be spent better elsewhere.
So there's the $64,000 question. Feel free to add any helpful posts. Comments like "Ppl who roll GA fixers suck" are expected, but you get no points for them, and there won't be any lovely parting gifts either.
