God's pride vs God's legacy??!?

[skyhrg]

So God's pride gives me 1% per rank for a boon to be epic, while God's legacy is 1% per rank for it to be legendary.

Isn't a no-brainer to pick the latter?

[burner19]

The difference is level cap. I mean you can take less points in legendary than epic. Your picking less rarity but more chance vs better rarity vs les chance.

[Manxome]

First, let me point out that "legendary" isn't simply a higher rarity level; "legendary" is a tag that applies to certain specific boons. For example, the Artemis boon named "Fully Loaded" is legendary; it cannot ever appear as any rarity other than legendary. On the other hand, "True Shot" is an ordinary boon that could potentially appear as normal, rare, or epic (or possibly heroic, if it's a swap), and will have different power levels depending on which rarity gets selected. True Shot cannot be legendary.

If you look at the boon lists in the codex, the legendary boons will be specifically labeled as either "legendary" or "duo".



So, three reasons this is not a no-brainer:

1. God's Pride has a higher maximum level; it caps out at 20%, while God's Legacy caps out at 10%

2. Legendary boons all have prerequisites. If you don't meet the prerequisites for any of a god's legendary boons, then your chance of a legendary is zero, no matter how many bonuses you have. But it's always possible to get epic boons.

3. In some cases, it is arguable whether a specific legendary boon is actually good. For instance, I don't like the Demeter/Aphrodite duo boon.

[Lorska]

You pick the legendary/duo if you have a build in mind that uses them.
Getting an epic on one of the attack types early on can make your run super easy.

So "by default" the epic one is actually better because it will always apply, while legendaries/duos are conditional

[skyhrg]

Originally posted by Manxome:

First, let me point out that "legendary" isn't simply a higher rarity level; "legendary" is a tag that applies to certain specific boons. For example, the Artemis boon named "Fully Loaded" is legendary; it cannot ever appear as any rarity other than legendary. On the other hand, "True Shot" is an ordinary boon that could potentially appear as normal, rare, or epic (or possibly heroic, if it's a swap), and will have different power levels depending on which rarity gets selected. True Shot cannot be legendary.

If you look at the boon lists in the codex, the legendary boons will be specifically labeled as either "legendary" or "duo".



So, three reasons this is not a no-brainer:

1. God's Pride has a higher maximum level; it caps out at 20%, while God's Legacy caps out at 10%

2. Legendary boons all have prerequisites. If you don't meet the prerequisites for any of a god's legendary boons, then your chance of a legendary is zero, no matter how many bonuses you have. But it's always possible to get epic boons.

3. In some cases, it is arguable whether a specific legendary boon is actually good. For instance, I don't like the Demeter/Aphrodite duo boon.

Ah, I see. Thanks for the clear up!
Now I regret putting points into the legendary one loll

[Rogue Scientist]

Originally posted by skyhrg:

Originally posted by Manxome:

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Now I regret putting points into the legendary one loll

And *that* is why you can spend a key to reset the spent points of darkness!

[Manxome]

*shrug* I got the legendary one first to help with completing the prophecies that require you to obtain every legendary and every duo boon once each.