Should I focus on buying better weapon or armor?

[onyhow]

So...I found this dromad trader that sell crysteel axe, flexivest, and a reinforced carbide armor (6, -5)...I only have enough cash to buy 1 of them (got around 1900 dram max, the first 2 are 1.8k, 3rd is ~500)...what should I buy?

It's the thing I'm wondering a bit, on whether to focus on stacking up defense first or get weapon that could be used for a while...any opinions in general (and not on just what should I buy)?

[Fenix-Venix]

Well, just as opinion - survival is a key, but waht gives nore survivability - straight defence or stronger attack, I don't know.
Often, due to nature of a game, when you are the one, and enemies are many, strong attack is a key to survival.

[Laughing Fool]

If you are skilled in axes I would get the crysteel battle axe.

Remember there is always an option to slaughter the dromad merchant and take all of the goods.

[Fenix-Venix]

Btw, if you are not moving, do you still have chances to fall, if you are flying?
For the sake of saltback assasination.

[onyhow]

Originally posted by Laughing Fool:

If you are skilled in axes I would get the crysteel battle axe.

Remember there is always an option to slaughter the dromad merchant and take all of the goods.

Yeah I'm skilled with axe...and I don't like killing merchants myself (I'm not strong enough for one), seeing that having more of em is good for unloading goods and see if they get new gears each week or not...plus finding wandering merchant kind of is luck-dependent, so...yeah.

Originally posted by Fenix-Venix:

Btw, if you are not moving, do you still have chances to fall, if you are flying?
For the sake of saltback assasination.

...eh? No, I don't think I can fly right now...might have to check back in base if I still have my mechanical wings or not tho.


The thing I also wonder in general is that the +7 str cap means I have to raise my strengh to at least 30 in order to reach cap...maybe useful if I could find a few Eater's nectar, but still, good armor are also kind of hard to find...so yeah. Hard to decide.

[Ulrik]

Originally posted by Fenix-Venix:

Btw, if you are not moving, do you still have chances to fall, if you are flying?
For the sake of saltback assasination.

Yes

[Fenix-Venix]

Too sad!