LogFAQs > #960535540

I'm not a huge fan of using CV to evaluate pieces because it implies that nothing but crit stats matter, which is hardly true, but they're certainly something to aspire toward most of the time.

To HDT, I certainly wouldn't be overly aggressive in selecting pieces when you are trying to gear a whole account, but at the same time, there's garbage and then there's garbage. Anything with three "bad" stats on it will universally be garbage. Even artifacts with two HP/Def stats typically end up with the majority in HP/Def. There is no way the selection process is true random. I have one piece that rolled into pure crit damage every time. I've had countless pieces that roll into the single Def or HP line on an artifact every time on more occasions than I count on both hands and feet. As a result, I cut my losses on a piece very quickly. The only time I'd let an artifact get to 25% def is because I wanted to see if it'd go 100% for the lols or because it's going on a def-based character. (And have you noticed how many people are complaining that they can't get defense on the new set when we actually freaking want it?)

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