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Old 04/20/07, 5:38 PM   #660
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Originally Posted by Shifft View Post
Me too, as I'll have to continue the trend of never getting socket bonuses =/ What's up with all the blue sockets?

On the bright side though, the stats are great, and I'm liking the passive armor ignore. That could be really cool.
Well consider the chest piece:

Imagine a combat build, so you'll want 2x 8hit gems... then you're faced with the blue slot.

If you put a Shifting Nightseye, ignoring the stamina (if dps is what you're concerned about most) you have a 4agi socket fitting gem. If you put anything else, you don't get the socket bonus, so you can essentially look at the blue slot as a 4agi 8ap gem with 6stm as a nice extra... not very much different than a third 8hit. Also consider the fact that meta gems are getting more strict next patch and getting a socket bonus for fulfilling your meta gem requirement is hardly something to complain about.

Granted on the same note, the gloves won't be getting a blue gem, unless I need it for my meta. :P

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