Is It Worth Holding Onto A Exotic Armor ......

[Sparky862]

If it is still sitting at 1534, but the rest of my gear is already like 1569??

[EckyThump]

If the stats are good, sure. You can always infuse it up to your current power level too.

[PhellAsleep]

Originally posted by EckyThump:

If the stats are good, sure. You can always infuse it up to your current power level too.

I get the feeling he didn't know what infusion was and you just blew his mind.

[Sparky862]

Originally posted by EckyThump:

If the stats are good, sure. You can always infuse it up to your current power level too.

Infuse Armor?? Never knew that.

I don't really like the stats on my Helmet, but using it cause it makes my Warlock Grenades and Ability cool down at 50% speed

[Nibbie]

Originally posted by Sparky862:

Originally posted by EckyThump:

If the stats are good, sure. You can always infuse it up to your current power level too.

Infuse Armor?? Never knew that.

I don't really like the stats on my Helmet, but using it cause it makes my Warlock Grenades and Ability cool down at 50% speed

All equipment with a power level can be infused. Inspect the armor you want to keep, one of the buttons/dropdown menus will be to infuse it. In that dropdown, you choose a piece of equipment of a higher power level; that piece of deleted, and the item you are infusing becomes its power level, at the cost of an Upgrade Module (purchasable from Banshee in the Tower).

For your situation for example, right click your 1534 helmet to inspect it, and hover over the infuse option to show your other helmets. Hold F (or whatever button it shows) on a 1569 helmet, and if you have an Upgrade Module, the 1569 helmet will be deleted and your original 1534 helmet will now be 1569 instead. Weapons work the same way. That way you can always use the equipment you want as you level up. Since it costs an upgrade module every time, you don't want to be infusing constantly until you are near power level cap.

[andi]

i may add, if you infuse the weapon/armor with the same weapon/armor it just cost 1000 glimmer

[Nakos]

Yeah ... it's really all about the stat points on the individual piece. If it's got high stats (especially in stats you personally want) then yeah, infuse it and save it.

Especially if you masterworked it. (Although masterworking an exotic is on the expensive side).

[Sparky862]

Originally posted by Nakos:

Yeah ... it's really all about the stat points on the individual piece. If it's got high stats (especially in stats you personally want) then yeah, infuse it and save it.

Especially if you masterworked it. (Although masterworking an exotic is on the expensive side).

Doesn't have the stats I want, but it helps my Grenade Cooldowns a lot.

It's the Eye of Another World. No idea how it works anyway other than I know it reduces my Cooldowns

[Ixamesh]

Originally posted by Sparky862:

It's the Eye of Another World. No idea how it works anyway other than I know it reduces my Cooldowns

Do you use DIM? There should be Community Perk Insights in settings that will tell you what perks do, exact numbers etc. It takes a while for new perks to be tested, but it's better than default descriptions

[sesshomaru641]

Originally posted by Sparky862:

Originally posted by Nakos:

Yeah ... it's really all about the stat points on the individual piece. If it's got high stats (especially in stats you personally want) then yeah, infuse it and save it.

Especially if you masterworked it. (Although masterworking an exotic is on the expensive side).

Doesn't have the stats I want, but it helps my Grenade Cooldowns a lot.

It's the Eye of Another World. No idea how it works anyway other than I know it reduces my Cooldowns

If its the only exotic you have there is really no downside to using it, just infuse a helm you dont want if it has a higher power level and rock it till you find something else that catches your eye.

As others have said stats on gear are the things to watch but mods can always balance that out and if you are new my advice is don't get too deep down that rabbit hole quite yet as really crunching stats is a late/end game thing. For now just have fun with whatever you get and THEN watch the stats.

Last bit of advice is keep a backup helm on hand just in case you get a different piece of exotic gear you want to use (you can only wear one exotic armor at a time)

[Nakos]

Originally posted by Sparky862:

It's the Eye of Another World. No idea how it works anyway other than I know it reduces my Cooldowns

Originally posted by light.gg:

Passively grants 15 Airborne Effectiveness.

Highlights enemies below 50% HP enemies in a red outline, and Enemy Guardians with Fully-charged Supers in a yellow outline.
Invisible enemies that fulfill those conditions will also be highlight.

50% Additional Base Grenade/Melee/Class Regeneration Rate.

https://www.light.gg/db/items/3381022970/eye-of-another-world/

Generally speaking, for armor (even Exotics) you're looking for stuff that has over 60 native stat points.

[AkuPijo]

its power level infuse right? stat stay same for base gear 1st, i mean it didnt mix up with 2nd gear stat riht? stay remain unchanged just power level

[Nakos]

Originally posted by AkuPijo:

its power level infuse right? stat stay same for base gear 1st, i mean it didnt mix up with 2nd gear stat riht? stay remain unchanged just power level

It's the Light Level that you infuse, the stats do not change.

Here's a quick video that shows the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9PaOJ5hCUs

They're showing a weapon, but the process is functionally the same for armor.


Note also that if you increase the power slots (or whatever they're called) up to 10 and "Masterwork" the armor, then the stats DO change, you get a +2 to every stat (if I'm recalling that correctly).

[Crystal Sharrd]

Originally posted by Sparky862:

Originally posted by EckyThump:

If the stats are good, sure. You can always infuse it up to your current power level too.

Infuse Armor?? Never knew that.

I don't really like the stats on my Helmet, but using it cause it makes my Warlock Grenades and Ability cool down at 50% speed

Yep. I still have the Sunbracers I got as a reward during the Red War campaign.