Help Gearing Up?

[Jirokun]

Hi! need advice on gearing up my main character <arti>. I'm a returned player (of more than 2yrs) and is still getting a grasp of the surroundings.
So currently:
>I have T1 medea set (all armor +11)
>(main weap +13, secondary +16)
>Chiron accessory set
>Jades are Epic; main stats that I focus are INT, MATK, CRT, CRT DMG, and A bit of HP
>All heraldry are lv95, but I have champ health and champ tent that has 41K CRT 3rd stat <50% town crit>
>Talismans are all lv95 but magic grade

What do you recommend? upgrade my +gears or take less gamble and purchase heraldry/talismans/jades.
Costume suggestions also welcome.
Which would have better stat input and is more cost efficient?

[NearLawlet]

Critical is essential for all DPS classes, but even more so for Artillery who must stack Fatal Arrow bubbles from critical hits. Thus your first priority is to get as much critical as you can.

I can only assume you have limited budget, so I would recommend you start by completing your 3rd Critical (41K) set first.

[Jirokun]

I see now, maybe I go stack more crit for now

[Mr.Shovels]

hello! i can only suggest that you should equip jades that increases your offensive stats than increasing your defensive stats such as HP or VIT, this is only advisable if you are skilled on dodging and trusts your party members on nests/ raid nests!

i use level 93 jades that has critical stat value instead of hp/vit because i need the critical damage considering my class is a dps! and now, i am thinking if i would transition to level 95 epic jades with a larger agi give, and damage (attack power) or go for critical damage and critical!

the important part of gearing is determining the situation, plans, positioning, how you engage your enemies/the nest boss, and your gameplay and play style! gameplay is how your properly position yourself in situations, where you attack, how you attack, play style is if you take risks on continuously attacking the nest boss to do consistent damage or to finish them off quick before they do another game mechanic situation!

[Jirokun]

I only have 2 INT HP jades and it's already good. also, I forgot to mention that the medea stats that I chose were agi int. as of now, I have around 1.3m max hp.

[Jirokun]

Update, I have now 75% crit chance. And I'm already freaking out because I can activate fatal tracking/fatal cannonade fast without using stun shot. It boosted my DPS roughly by 2x (as shown after nest/dungeon clear). What's next after my crit heraldry complete?

Update 2: now 79% <3

[Mr.Shovels]

nice job! next is usually boosting your main stat or matk, crit dmg won't be a problem for you as you have int as your main, it will increase naturally as you add up more int to your gear.

next is enhancing your gear, if you have the chance or budget, consider enhancing your gear, if not, maybe try your everyday luck at completing atleast 2~5 runs of slayer mode depending on the daily task assigned that day (for slayer points and crystal points purposes) if you have enough points, purchase a hammer at the store, or use it for yourself if you do not have any jelly to use to enhance (like me ;-; ) but you will have favorable odds if you spend a little to buy jelly, and enhance your gear when an enhancement rate event is available, take advantage of the event!

next if you already have a good/above average gear score (e.g medea tier 2 +10~+15 geared) you should aim to hunt for materials to craft your very own lvl95 unique jades, this will help you a lot, even just a single jade would up your dmg!

i have an idea on how to earn gold easily, but i have not tested it yet so don't risk doing so:
invest your gold by buying the crafting materials on TH, be sure to purchase the cheapest, craft a unique jade, check if the jade is worth the price above the amount of gold you spent for purchasing the materials to craft it, after that sell it, i am sure that you may earn more than you've purchased the materials, since jade hearts are getting cheaper (275g i saw is the cheapest as of now from 450g before) it is because of an increase in stock by players grinding to earn the jades (method is CP hunt, spamming the Duel Green Dragon Nest dungeon, with an RH or Returned Hero, and 3 other members, total of 4, ofc it will require a lot of FTG, more or less 1500~1700)

[Jirokun]

Thank you so much! Maybe my next target would be unique jades. QAQ super expensive. (I've been traumatized of enhancing already, like breaking @ +10 during enhancing event)

[Jirokun]

I'm actually leaving my +gears to that gacha event. and I'm not gonna risk my gold for it for the meanwhile. :v