Blue Darksteel vs Purple Knight

As usual, I had wanted to write something on the Darksteel set, but I kept procastinating. However, I'll put what I know into this blog, since it is now rather urgent.

Hithere just launched an event where you collect lucky ribbons to be traded for prizes.
2000 ribbons can get you a purple knight suit.
1000 ribbons can get you a blue darksteel suit.

I shall be comparing those 2 suits, so you can quickly decide which is a better reward to claim for this event.

Purple Knight :
The min level to wear the suit is level 59.
Each item gives 2 stats (42 or 43) .
The armor bonus on each item is equivalent of 71.5 DEF stat (average 286 armor).
The suit bonus is 1000 HP + 43 STR + 43 DEF.
So it gives a total of 868.5 stats and 1000 HP, applicable to contest and military.
For politician, it is 511 stats.

Blue Darksteel :
The min level to wear the suit is level 70.
Each item gives 1 primary stat (34 or 35) and 2 secondary military only stats.
The armor bonus averages 350, similar to the Mammoth set. It translate to 87.5 DEF stat.
The suit bonus is 1300 HP + 105 ATK + 140 Speed.
The 140 speed came as a surprise, since it translate to 46 stats instead of 35.
Overall, it gives 1036 stats and 1300 HP for military.
For contest, it's value is only 691 stats and 1300 HP.
Political stats total is 172.5.


Summary ::

	Military	Contest	Political
Purple Knight	868.5 stat + 1000 HP	868.5 stat + 1000 HP	511 stat
Blue Darksteel	1036 stat + 1300 HP	691 stat + 1300 HP	172.5 stat

Intangibles :
The purple knight has a lower level requirement.
Only the purple gaiter can be found in regular game (via top legguard box).
The blue darksteel set is NOT BoE.
The blue darksteel set can be found from hunting blue maps.

Overall :
Granted that the purple knight set might be rare, but the stats, especially for military is overwhelming for the blue darksteel. This is especially true for non paying players, and offers a great chance to level the playing field. I strongly recommend getting the blue darksteel set over the purple knight, and if you can get 2000 ribbons, trade for two blue darksteel set instead of one purple knight.

Acknowledgements :
I am writing this blog in between waves of hunting for those ribbons. So I had help on some research. Thanks to pectrox for spotting the stats for purple knight and Stephanie for the stats of blue darksteel.

Good hunting.

Scroll Month Event

I was dragging my feet on writing this post, but I should write it before tomorrow, before someone makes a decision and take the first reward available.
This month, hithere decides to run a month long event. I believe this is the first time hithere runs a month long event.
Everyday in this month, you can claim a Wildered Bottle. And you can trade in for the following prizes :

5 Bottles : Scroll Month 1
Gold Key x 1, Synthesis Stone 1 x 1, Synthesis Rune 1 x 1
This is the basis for the comparisons below.

10 Bottles : Scroll Month 2
Gold Key x 1, Synthesis Stone 1 x 1, Synthesis Rune 1 x 1, Scroll Ash Lv2 x 1
It is not clear that this is better than the first prize. It may be possible to get TWO of the Scroll Month 1 rewards and the trade-off is (gold key, synthesis stone, synthesis rune) against a (scroll ash lv2).
Keep in mind that a scroll ash lv2 is worth only 1.67 synthesis rune, and a synthesis stone when used on level 3 to level 4 synthesis is worth 4.2 synthesis stone. And you get an extra gold key.

15 Bottles : Scroll Month 3
Gold Key x 2, Synthesis Stone 1 x 2, Synthesis Rune 1 x 2, Scroll Ash Lv2 x 2
Compare this with 3 times Scroll Month 1, you are trading (gold key, synthesis stone, synthesis rune) for (scroll ash lv2 x 2). If you use the synthesis rune for level 3 to level 4 synthesis, you are still better off getting Scroll Month 1.

20 Bottles : Scroll Month 4
Gold Key x 3, Synthesis Stone 1 x 3, Synthesis Rune 1 x 3, Scroll Ash Lv3 x 1
A Scroll Ash Lv3 is worth 13.67 Synthesis Rune. So now, the trade off is (gold key, synthesis stone, synthesis rune) for (scroll ash lv3). If you are using the synthesis stone for level 3 to 4, then you are better off claiming Scroll Month 4.

25 Bottles : Scroll Month 5
Gold Key x 4, Synthesis Stone 1 x 4, Synthesis Rune 1 x 4, Scroll Ash Lv4 x 1
A Scroll Ash Lv4 is worth 118.67 Synthesis Rune, so this is clearly a better reward than all the above.

30 Bottles : Scroll Month 6
Gold Key x 5, Synthesis Stone 1 x 5, Synthesis Rune 1 x 5, Scroll Card V x 1
Finally, a Scroll Card V can be used to trade for any of the level 5 scrolls. And a level 5 scroll is worth more than 900 synthesis runes, so this is definitely the ultimate reward. There are 31 days in March, so to get this, you are only allowed a single day off.

Good luck and don't jump and claim the first reward tomorrow, or you'll deny yourself the ultimate reward.