So, I have a thought of getting r9 for my Mystic. I use her a lot for PvP and seem to enjoy way more than PvP on Psy (I love PvP on both and less work on Psy. I just hate how Psy is so dependant on hp charm/cleric's mercy and various buffs to stay alive in TW.) Anyways, on my Mystic I just go crazy shyt and basically KoS people that I know have equivalent gears or lower. The game evolves in so many ways that getting r9 on at least one character would keep me interested in PvP (NW/TW mostly). Again.. this is all just a thought. Currently, I do not have money saved up to be r9 as I try to max all sage skills as I possibly could (by the end of this week, I'll have 12/18 sage skills at least). Skills are always my priority, but I had to upgrade gears first due to having too low hp for BH 100 (when I reached level 100, I only had 4k hp with r8 armors/T2). I'm sitting at 201k reps atm and can reach 300k reps by using morai stuff and warsong emblems (trying to avoid buying reps at all if possible).
So, saving up for r9, this is what I plan (in order):
***Ring of Trauma (r9 ring):
http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/items/28607This ring is required to obtain other parts of r9. I don't particularly like the stat since it can't be refined, nor does it give hp nor pdefense. I'll take Sky Cover or Sign of Antiquity: Chaos over this anyday. However, the recasted r9 ring can be refined for both pdef and mdef. It costs a lot however.
-Cost:
*3 MoG (50% sale, 12 gold each) = 36 gold
*32 GST (50 silver for 100 packs of chips --> 1000 **** chips, need 9999 **** chips to make 1 GST, 5 gold for each GST) --> 160 gold. If there's a 50% discounted price, then I probably can get them all in 80 gold.
*Total cost: 116 gold (assuming 50% sale)
***Reincarnation Belt (r9T3 belt):
http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/items/34796The belt is unrefinable, but already gives a stat-like +10 warsong belt.
-Cost:
*3 MoG = 36 gold
*32 GST = 80 gold
*Cost: 116 gold just for r9T1 belt
-Upgrading to r9T2 need: 1 Summerwind Token (1200 cannies and 300 raps)
Using Supply Tokens I get from NW, it costs 540 supply tokens + crafting fee of 5,400,000. So, 1 Summerwind Token costs 5,400,000.
-Upgrading to r9T3 need: mold (free from lunar/FWS), 4 EoDs (12 mil), badges (free from lunar/FWS), r9T2 belt + crafting fee of 3 mil
Upgrading to r9T3 cost 15 mil.
*Total cost: 116 gold + 20,400,000 coins
***Omen: Reincarnation Armors (r9T3 armors):
Gloves:
http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/items/34806Pants:
http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/items/34816Top:
http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/items/34826Boots:
http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/items/34836-Cost for each armor:
*2 MoG = 24 gold
*14 GST = 35 gold
*Cost: 59 gold for each piece of r9T1 armor
-Upgrading to r9T2 need: 1 Summerwind Token = 5,400,000 for each armor
-Upgrading to r9T3 need: mold (free), 4 EoDs (12 mil), badges (free), r9T2 armors + crafting fee of 3 mil
Upgrading to r9T3 cost 15 mil for each armor.
*Cost for each armor: 59 gold + 20,400,000 coins
*Total cost for 4 armors: 236 gold + 81,600,000 coins
***Reincarnation (r9T3 wand):
http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/items/34786The reason to get this wand over warsoul weapon is because of the purify spell effect. Again, I don't need the attack level bullcrap on Mystic since this character isn't a priority DD class. Anyways I put it, any T3 seekers, sins with CoTD, and black voodoo-ed Psy already overpowers my attack level. Attack level is nice, but Mystic is a support class that's going to be better off with a support add-ons on the wand.
-Cost:
*5 MoG = 60 gold
*85 GST = 212.5 gold
*Cost: 272.5 gold for r9T1 wep
-Upgrading to r9T2 need: 4 Summerwind Tokens = 21,600,000 coins
-Upgrading to r9T3 need: mold (free), 4 EoO (free doh, I have 4 in my bank already and can get more from FWS), r9T2 wand + crafting fee of 8 mil
Upgrading to r9T3 cost 8 mil.
*Total cost: 272.5 gold + 29,600,000 coins
Total for everything: 116 gold + 116 gold + 236 gold + 272.5 gold = 740.5 gold
Coins total: 131,600,000
So total cost on 50% sale is: 740.5 gold + 131,600,000 coins
Again, I may or may not complete this set. I follow up with updates in China and see if they come up with new gears. I just wanna separate myself from commoners (too many people with T3 nowadays already and end-game dungeons are catered to specifically T3/r9 and the recasts). This is just a thought and not a definite. With my rate of making money, I won't complete the set in probably another year or more of farming coins.