Since Ancient Times of MMOs, "gearscore whoring" is the term used describe the action of players pushing every bit of their own gear score whereever possible, to get and stay on the the top rankings of games.
In ArcheAge however, getting the most ouf of your Items is a tricky adventure, with the RNG of regrading, gemming and tempering - which makes every Item an unique product, engraved with the crafters name, having its own flavours and bend to the will of RNG.
With the Introduction of the View Gear feature in the Item Score Ranking Informations, the game allows us to inspect and envy every single of those Items of the Top 100 ranking players, whether they want us to, or not.
Me, I am a Hobby Theorycrafter and Handicraft Maestro Lv1, enjoy looking through the Rankings to discover Item Builds and sometimes Items that were crafted by me. The Joy of a Crafter when you see your Items are being used by the Top Ranking Players is incompareable! :o
Hereby, I present you the Items in the European Top 100 Rankings, that have fallen victim to the cruel RNG of this game - their owners have given up on them, punishing those Items for the rest of their non-blinding light life with Max Mana & Aggro Scales. As well as refusing to continue feeding them the Honor Gems they want and deserve!
Of course it is to be discussed if Max Mana Gems in Head Slots are an acceptable alternate way for people without access to the OP Hero Gems (but there is still self-break defense croissants), if Defense Gems in Chest and Pants slot matters in the last slots, if Aggro or minusAggro Gems were intended for PvE Content. Never the less, the Items are nasty enough with those things, to make a "wtf" appear on a Gear Nerds face.
Rank 1 | EU Dahuta | Tammuz | 7936 GS
Cuirass,
Greaves,
Shortspear,
Axe
Rank 2 | EU Eanna | Hunted | 7931 GS
Dagger
Rank 3 | EU Shatigon | Weaponlord | 7910 GS
The Finest Art of Gemming, up to 5x T3 Defense Gems in one item - but goal of the set as a whole is to score high, a mixture of Epic and Divine Ayanad Ocean, Lake, Life, Stone, Earth and Obsidian for Armor, and 2x Divine Ayanad Earth Earrings on top of a Cloth set.
Rank 7 | EU Eanna | Shankz | 7414 GS
Belt,
Guards,
Shortspear,
Axe
Rank 9 | EU Shatigon | Shieldnoob | 7314 GS
Cuirass
Rank 10 | EU Eanna | Thehood | 7301 GS
Cap,
Belt,
Guards,
Necklace,
Dagger
Rank 13 | EU Shatigon | Ruinedking | 7133 GS
Cuirass
Rank 19 | EU Kryposa | Chokoreta | 7017 GS
Guards
Rank 28 | EU Shatigon | Jetfire | 6931 GS
Helm,
Shortspear
Rank 33 | EU Eanna | Demonsslayers | 6910 GS
Cap,
Shortspear,
Sword
Rank 35 | EU Eanna | Appoloin | 6907 GS
Greaves,
Sword
Rank 45 | EU Shatigon | Ubain | 6791 GS
Tassets,
Vambracers
Rank 48 | EU Shatigon | Lilee | 6768 GS
Cuirass,
Greaves
Rank 54 | EU Anthalon | Glaurung | 6727 GS
Cap,
Weapon
Rank 58 | EU Kryposa | Ballou | 6717 GS
Shirt
Rank 59 | EU Kryposa | Kiritooo | 6713 GS
Sword
Rank 65 | EU Leviathan | Taiver | 6667 GS
Cuirass,
Tassets,
Sword
(to counter the +Aggro, this fellow also has a Epic T6 Offhand Sword with -Aggro Gems to restore the Balance, very creative!)
Rank 68 | EU Kryposa | Icedestroyer | 6656 GS
Cap,
Jerkin,
Belt,
Guards,
Fists
Rank 70 | EU Shatigon | Hannibalurg | 6655 GS
Helm,
Cuirass,
Weapon
Rank 77 | EU Shatigon | Alychaa | 6642 GS
Helm,
Axe
Rank 81 | EU Sirothe | Pesao | 6629 GS
Belt
Rank 87 | EU Sirothe | Gimy | 6618 GS
Cap,
Breeches
Rank 97 | EU Anthalon | Marloo | 6573 GS
Dagger
Are you in the Top 100 but your name isn't here? Its because you probably did things right in my oppinion. Having no gems is better than having Max Mana! :rolleyes:
Did you recognize any Items or their Owners? Is your own Gear optimized for PvP? Have you seen more interesting things you want to share?
Do share! Comment and criticize! :confused: