148907-when-to-worry-about-runing-other-than-exp-runes-and-gearing

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			Okay, so I just hit 46 and I was wondering how much give a (bleeeep) I should put into gearing and runing pre 50, with the exception of EXP runes, of course. Also, what should I be working toward? I'm primarily a heavy PVE player and not much into heavy raiding content.	
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What I do on low lvl characters is if I have mats for low lvl runes, I make them if I have the right slots for them in my gear. Or if i pick up runes that fit into slots I have, I just toss them in there if they sorta work for my class/role. I look up some guides on my class for ideas on which stats are good and then choose based on that. i wouldn't worry too much about perfecting your rune slots or anything like that for sure right now, but tossing in runes you have mats for, or runes you find along the way shouldn't hurt, and gets you prepared for when you need to pick out runes and such for your gear at 50. :o
 
As for what you'll be working towards, that really depends on your gear - for runing stuff to run content as a fresh 50 I'd focus on getting enough glory to buy the dungeon gear from the NPC near the contracts board and then putting in runes for your class and role based on the guides you look up as mentioned previously, or by talking to fellow players of your class/role and asking for advice. Set runes (like Devastation, Cynosure, etc) can come once you get higher lvl purple gear either from dungeons, contracts, crafting, or world bosses.
 
I hope this helps  ^_^	
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Yeah, PVP starter set has fine stats, from there, dungeon gear and other stuff.  For this tier, I'd just slot in basic runes, which you can usually find CHEAP on the AH, and that WB event has probably choked the market at this point, so it's a good time to buy.
 
Once you get ilvl 80 or 90 or 100 from contracts, you might start to use set runes.  Contracts and such drop the superb purples and you can get those superb rune bags for superb shards, and signs are cheap.  Runing anything under ilvl 70 is probably a bit of a waste.  Run WB groups whenever you can, they CAN drop ilvl 90 gear, and contract top rewards give ilvl 100.
 
After that is raiding, and pure/divine runes which are... outside my ability to advise on.  :P	
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Yeah, PVP starter set has fine stats, from there, dungeon gear and other stuff.  For this tier, I'd just slot in basic runes, which you can usually find CHEAP on the AH, and that WB event has probably choked the market at this point, so it's a good time to buy.
 
Once you get ilvl 80 or 90 or 100 from contracts, you might start to use set runes.  Contracts and such drop the superb purples and you can get those superb rune bags for superb shards, and signs are cheap.  Runing anything under ilvl 70 is probably a bit of a waste.  Run WB groups whenever you can, they CAN drop ilvl 90 gear, and contract top rewards give ilvl 100.
 
After that is raiding, and pure/divine runes which are... outside my ability to advise on.   :P
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			Also I'm lvling still my self, What does he mean Exp runes?	
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Also I'm lvling still my self, What does he mean Exp runes?
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Runes such as the Graduate Academy rune, etc. Runes that increase EXP gained--many only work to 50.
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I can't talk much about runes, but you can maybe craft them? Or they might be drops ('Graduate Academy' sounds like something you'd get from the Protostar Academy instance). Try visiting a Runecrafting station in the cities and some quest hubs (it looks like a stand showcasing various swords and has an icon floating over it; it's ussually near or in the crafting area of the city).
 
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How much does the PvP starter set cost? also which vendor sell it?
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This is how I do it:
Pre-50: rune with whatever I happen to pick up and can craft
50: rune gear with simple runes, no rerolls, no added slots
Dungeon Gear/WB Gear: Re-roll life slots for DPS gear, leave all other slots the same. Try to get *any* sets where I can using cheap two power runes, even if they aren't the "right" sets of my class, but only if I can do this without re-rolling
GA/Top Contract Gear: Re-roll slots for sets, add slots. Use one power pures and two power superbs. Use two power pures if I do well in LoR raids and have them lying around. Add GA class set when I can.
116 DS Gear: Re-roll slots for sets, add slots. Use one power divie and one power pures. Upgrade to two powers if I have some extra plat. Add DS class set when I can (someday!)
BiS Gear (none yet): re-roll slots for sets, add slots. User two power for all runes unless I have a compelling reason not to (for example, so I can put two divine crit sev runes in).
 
On my main, I have used full 2 powers for all my 116 gear. But I had plat to burn and extracted a lot from my previous gear, plus had some resources from my guild to use.
			
				
	Edited January 13, 2016 by SlyJeff	
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