Why artifacts don't matter for PvM anymore...

[NObama]

Lesser.  LESSER?!

It is getting to the point where I have 30% SSI on all my suits before you even factor in the weapon itself or my stamina.

[Endless Night]

wow my characters are seriously dated in thier gear now.

[NObama]

You should see the Legendary ones.  Seriously, there is almost no reason to do any boss anymore, unless you're looking for deco drops, powerscrolls or something like a sash.

[Canuker]

Ya it's amazing what you can find out there but, imo, most of it is hard to fit into a suit.  I've still not really used anything on a main char but I do use some of the drops on secondary bards.

I found a ring which I'll try to post a pick of but it was 1/3, 35 EP, 8 LMC, 10 LRC, 3 mana regen, 10 int and 5 mana with no negs at all.

[UOMaddog]

Sadly...I only PvP.... 

[Paulonius]

And these are from hunting what sort of stuff?  I have honestly not played a lick in a year and want to start a bit now and again. Wonder what I should be doing.

[Alpha]

Well....  I'd make a character with a high luck suit that can farm 1 of the higher end monsters in Shame.  Then it's just a matter of setting up the Claw & gather loot like that.  I've seen the farming character be a BARD w/ those pets that come from tokens or your typical Sampire.  It's fastest though if you can dual client 2 characters & thus end up with Disco + Sampire AI spam.

[NObama]

Indeed.  I typically farm down in Shame using Disco+AI combo for the high end stuff.  Surprisingly, with 890ish luck you can get very nice drops off the Flame Elementals and Clay Golem-thingies using just a single Sampire.

A few hours/days down in Shame and you'll have more than enough trinkets to keep you suited up for quite some time.  In fact, I just went thru and broke 95% of the pieces trying to enhance them.  I'm guessing the intensities are so high that you can't enhance anything with any sort of resist bonus, which makes me sad.  Still, 99 resist on human armor is pretty darn nice!

[Canuker]

A well set up sampire can tank the energy vortex all day long as long as you get honor off, if you have a disco bard it sure speeds it up.  

The real high end critter, IMO, is the Chaos Vortex http://www.uoguide.com/Chaos_Vortex .  I found they were best farmed in fel due to the lower spawn around but it's been a while since I've done them.  

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[Paulonius]

Thanks for the suggestions!

[NObama]

How much tougher is a Chaos Vortex than an Unbound Energy Vortex?

[Canuker]

It's not any harder I think but it takes longer if I remember.  It was way at the very end of shame near the uber blood elementals.

It didn't cast anything so resist isn't needed from what I recall.  I farmed it due to the idea that it was the last creature in the dungeon so it had to be the best, right?