Throne and Liberty: mastering your gear's features

Today, we're diving deep into the intricate world of traits in your gear. Traits can be quite confusing, but don't worry, I’m here to break it down for you. By the end of this guide, you'll understand why blue-tier items might be better than purple ones and how to effectively use traits to enhance your gear. Through my introduction to the equipment features, you will have a deep understanding. At the same time, you can also buy some Throne and Liberty Lucent Gold Coin on the MMOexp platform to exchange for your favorite equipment in the game, helping you to become a god in the game!

What Are Traits?

Traits are secondary buffs on items that provide additional customization beyond the item’s primary stats. For example, let’s look at my Icy Storm Cloth Gloves. They have:

1. 3 pips of Magic Evasion

2. 1 pip of 150 Mana

3. 3 pips of Melee Evasion

Compare these to the Blessed Mother Nature Cloth Gloves in my inventory, which only have a max health of 150. Traits are essential because they offer more customization options, making your character stronger and more versatile.

Understanding Traits on Items

Each item has potential traits that can roll when you obtain it. You can view these potential traits by clicking on the item and checking the trait list. Important stats to look for in traits include:

1. Max Health

2. Attack Speed

3. Magic Evasion

4. Magic Endurance

5. Melee Evasion

These traits are significant because they can enhance your gear far beyond its basic stats.

How to Obtain Traits

To get traits from items, you can extract them using Extraction Flames. Here’s how it works:

1. Purchase Extraction Flames: You can buy these from the sundries merchant. The cost varies depending on the rarity (green, blue, purple).

2. Extract the Trait: Once you have 10 extraction flames, you can extract the trait from an item. For example, if you want the Max Health trait, you need 10 blue extraction flames. This process gives you a trait extract that can be used on other items or sold on the auction house.

Selling Traits

Not all items can be sold on the auction house, but trait extracts can be. This is crucial for making some Lucent (in-game currency). If an item cannot be sold, it will be indicated by a greyed-out icon next to it. Items with a bronze icon can be sold on the marketplace.

Applying Traits to Your Gear

To apply a trait to your gear:

1. Trait Extraction: Extract the trait you want.

2. Trait Application: Use the extract to apply the trait to your gear. For instance, to increase Max Health on gloves, you can use the extract or a similar item with the desired trait.

Upgrading Traits

Traits can be upgraded using extracts from similar items. For example, to increase Max Health from level 2 to level 3, you can use:

1. Blue or green items with the same trait.

2. Extracts from similar items.

Using Blessings

When upgrading, if you fail to apply a trait, you gain Blessings (fail stacks). These stacks increase your chance of success in future attempts. Here’s how it works:

1. Green Items: 10% chance of success and 8 blessings on failure.

2. Blue Items: Higher success rate with blessings adding up over time.

For guaranteed upgrades, you can use 500 blessings to ensure a 100% success rate.

The Strategy Behind Staying Blue

Many top players prefer staying with blue-tier items because:

1. Cost Efficiency: Upgrading blue items is cheaper.

2. Customizability: Traits can make blue items stronger than purple ones.

Exceptions: Set Items

Some set items provide powerful bonuses that can justify using purple items. For example, Ghost Wolf Incision Gloves offer a damage bonus as part of a set, making them highly valuable despite being purple.

Practical Tips for Upgrading Your Gear

1. Extract and Sell: Extract traits from items you don't need and sell them on the auction house.

2. Upgrade Wisely: Use extracts and similar items to upgrade your traits.

3. Stack Blessings: Fail stacks transfer when upgrading from blue to purple, making it easier to get high-tier traits on your purple items later.

4. Focus on Key Traits: Prioritize traits that significantly boost your performance, such as Max Health, Attack Speed, and skill damage boosts on necklaces and rings.

Conclusion

By understanding and leveraging traits, you can make your blue-tier gear outperform many purple-tier items. Extract, apply, and upgrade traits strategically to maximize your character’s potential. If you think the upgrade process is too long, you can choose buying throne and liberty lucent Gold Coin in exchange for some items to help you get through the character's weak period.