proficiency on resonator ring

[Crolm]

Hi, does anybody know if investing proficiencies on resonator ring brings any benefit? With 2 times upgrades (+32,25% efficiency) it stays still at +4 levels but should show 5? Shouldn`t it?

[sandokanski]

i don't know how proficiency works yet, but no. I will be 4. The number is the same color as the rest of the text, so it will never change.
If you do not have "Colored tooltip values" enabled in the Settings, enable it. It's quite useful to know which values can or cannot change.

[Crolm]

Oh thank you for this tip with the settings.
Too bad, proficiency work the same like Exhibits and Breakthrought but you craft it on the items with rising costs for each upgrade instead of just earning it.

So this is a completely useless upgrade then on the resonator ring, maybe should be fixed!

[sandokanski]

Does it also affect enchanting bonus? If so, it is not completely useless, just very very nearly so. Shards pool efficiency can be slightly useful sometimes.

[Crolm]

No it doesn`t. only the base effect of an item.

[sandokanski]

Thanks. I also learned something. I'm currently reaching ~e1200 mysts in my prime realms. Soon enough I'll be there too.

[phenir]

Proficiency is the answer to resonator dominance. Maybe we can eventually use something besides resonator on nearly every item set.

[M F]

There's various items that have powers not effected by proficiency because it would be too powerful or have other consequences. For example, the time distortion boosts on Stabilizing Pauldrons and Timeshroud. The compressed time per tick on Stabilizing Pauldrons does get boosted. One of the biggest perks to proficiency IMO, is improved duration divisors on items. For some spells you can cross the 60 casts per sec cap and see quite a bump in casts per second, thanks to Not Enough Mana Triumph, Sleight of Hand Paramnesics and Spell Memetics, without having to use the Warp Basilisk mount.

[Crolm]

I am sorry, just saw that proficiency works not on the item itself, but on the item slot!
Meaning that having a proficiency on a ring slot will give the bonus to any item equiped to it.
Still learning from time to time xD

[sandokanski]

Interesting. When I save my gear in an item preset, sometimes my rings or trophies switch place. And if that happens and your Resonator Ring moves to the upgraded slot... Well, that will be a bummer,

[Crolm]

Not so big of an issue, I just upgraded both slots to the same level. Now I just wonder how far they will be upgradeable. Guess I will have to wait for more red Dust....