Should I keep item sets for any reason?

[Jerm]

I have been keeping entire item sets since HSB and now I'm at 2D Universe and beyond and my inventory is filled. What should I do with them? Are they worth keeping for their small bonuses they offer up?

[grommile]

Most item sets are not worth keeping once you have the next item set reasonably well levelled.

There are, I expect, some very specific exceptions to that principle.

[muljostpho]

For head / chest / legs / boots / weapon you'll typically care more about keeping just the most recent set so you have the strongest power and toughness available. You can only ever have one of each of those items equipped at the same time, after all. (Well, there's a way to get a second weapon slot but that's not until somewhere around the middle or end of evil difficulty.)

There might be a select few pieces where a particularly useful special can give you reason to hold onto something for longer, but in most cases you'll be done with one of those items after you get something with more power and toughness. The special bonuses on the items in these slots are usually not the main attraction.

For the accessories, that can be a more complicated question since you can get access to so many slots to equip them into. This is where you will be more concerned with the special bonuses and less concerned about power and toughness.

Holding onto lots of old accessories gives you more flexibility to stack different bonuses at different times depending on what you're trying to accomplish in the game at that time. It's still possible for an accessory to get to a point where it's too outdated to be worth keeping around, but it takes a lot longer to reach that point.

[Elenoe]

generally no. You might keep the best EM cap item for each slot to unlock yggdrasil activations a bit sooner but there is no reason to keep sets you don't wear.

You may keep few items that have interesting bonuses, like the badly drawn gun for its augment speed bonus, or some gold items for gold sniping at the rebirth start, or some accessories that may be useful in some situations (like respawn bonuses, move cooldown bonus, etc) for a while.

But ultimately don't hoard. Once it gets MAXXED drop the item.

[Jerm]

thanks for the replies :)

[the-truthseeker]

Items that are a lower E/M value and have nothing else should be trashed, assuming you make sure it *is* a lower value. items that have a special feature like the Clock dimension's Sands of time should never be dropped. items that modify your scecial screens (like NGU/Wandross) should be kept individually unless you get a same slot item with a higher bonus modifier. Accessories with multiple slots should be saved and stacked when possible.
For instance, Jake From Accounting's tie gives an accessory bonus to NGU speed and King circle's amulet/Helmet/one of UUG's rings give bonuses to Wandross and these can be put in multiple accessory slots. Same with the stapler and the Triple Flubber in regards to respawn reduction.


But often the other pieces outside of this elevated amount or special modifier once you have a higher set/higher titan set can be safely trashed. Be careful checking out values, such as the GRB Chef hat has a nice power amount while later items have a much lower power value for multiple head pieces sets down the line until much later (around the Beanie Guady drop rare item.)

[Dragonkobold]

I would keep accessories that reduce Move Cooldowns since they're going to be lifesavers for future titans.

[Halfshell]

I find keeping raw energy power or magic power to be helpful for fast rebirth runs (don't need extra cap if you never reach it) but generally I don't bother to switch half the time, the boost in speed is still pretty minimal even with optimal switching.

[rognik]

Speaking for myself, I keep any piece of equipment that has a unique stat. Like, I still have my circle helm because it has Wandoos stats, even though I haven't worn it in forever and probably should toss it. The rest of the equipment, though, I tossed right away.

In general, I've heard people keep one set for energy and one set for magic, or one for immediately after a reboot, and another for once you've maxed your energy/magic in the run. That changes a bit once you reach the EM territory, but I don't think you're quite there yet.

[the-truthseeker]

Originally posted by rognik:

Speaking for myself, I keep any piece of equipment that has a unique stat. Like, I still have my circle helm because it has Wandoos stats, even though I haven't worn it in forever and probably should toss it. The rest of the equipment, though, I tossed right away.

In general, I've heard people keep one set for energy and one set for magic, or one for immediately after a reboot, and another for once you've maxed your energy/magic in the run. That changes a bit once you reach the EM territory, but I don't think you're quite there yet.

I still have "The sands of time" for that said movement cooldowns unique stat modifier. Helps Titans like UGG on up.