Is it worth using TO's?

I've known a few people that never slot them and then others, like me, who do.

The question is, are they actually worth slotting or is the benefit so minimal that it's a waste of influence?

Thanks!

S

I don't think its a waste of influence, I just feel its a waste of my time. The only TO's I ever slot are drops.

With the new in game mail and the inf I can make on my 50s when I do roll somethin new I go with IOs asap (buy from WW) or as soon as I do my invention mishes and can make recipes. But yeah I go IOs asap!!!

I have generally been using TO's until 7, then IO's. Once I hit 17, I use one of my vet respec's, take the major ones out and replace with lvl 20's rinse repeat at lvl 27. But by then, I'm also using drops.

I also have a stock of them in my base in most ranges.

Thanks for the replies folks.

I slot only what drops randomly. Realistically, I have so much money that I could afford to fully slot TOs if I wanted, but the benefit is pretty minimal and you can hit level 12 so easily in this game, I don't see the point. You'll out-level them in almost less time than it took to buy and slot them. ^_^

Buy? No.
Use drops? Small % > nothing, so yeah.

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I usually slot accuracy TOs and End Redux TOs and damage TOs if I have slots left and no End Redux TOs dropped.

Most other stuff I sell. And at 12 I go for DOs.

Leveling is so quick in the game now that I usually don't slot at all until I reach level 22. Then I get level 25 common IOs and keep slotting IOs from then on. I sell all drops.

I don't even bother slotting anything until level 22 for SOs.

I buy TOs at 2-7 when I'm near a store, DOs at 12 and 17, SOs/BasicIOs from 22 on out.

Is the buff small? Hell yea, but it's better than nothing. Why a min-maxer will state that TOs are worthless when they'll drop 2 billion inf on +3% defense is beyond me.

Focused Sense with 3 TOs goes from 13.875 to 15.96 or so. So yea... I'll use TOs.

Edit: I suspect that those who team rather than running from 1 to 50 solo are more lax in their slotting.

For as trivially fast as leveling has become for many players based on the numerous ways the game can be played, I know many characters go without any enhancements for quite a long time.

Generally though I tend to only slot TO drops, especially Acc in attacks and EndRdx in toggles. If I find myself solo'ing a lot and struggling, I'll occasionally buy a few TO's, though small insps on the market can often be cheaper and just as effective. When I buy TO's (and DO's/SO's) I find that the market can be a super cheap way to get them.

Because I'm cheap and I don't email myself inf, I slot accuracy TOs and the occasional recharge. I sell everything else. Starting at 7 I start slotting cheap IOs.

I don't use DOs or SOs because they're more expensive and I really am that cheap. I think I still have a few expired SOs on a few characters that are more than a year old. But all my characters have cheap IOs primarily, then around level 35 I go for my "final" slotting which is typically either all 32-36 Sets, or all level 40 sets depending on the build.

I have one character that I'm testing an all level 50 (or whatever the set caps at) build. But I pretty much have almost no level 50 IOs slotted, I spend too much time exemplared for them to be useful to me.

I've got the Inf, so I do buy and slot TOs.

I slot useful stuff that drops, like Accuracy or End Reduction, and ditch the rest. Still not much of a boost, but it is a boost. I wouldn't actually wasted time buying a slotting TO's since you outlevel them in about 5 minutes.

I generally just use what drops till about 17. I would never buy a TO though, don't know I would even no where to look.

I look at it this way:

That buff you get from slotting TOs might be small, but it only takes a small number to be the difference between hitting or missing, or killing something in one shot or two when you're at the last bit of your health.

Plus, I don't like looking at empty slots.

I often slot TOs just as placeholders to remind me of what I want to slot later.

I don't really bother with TOs at all. Even TOs that drop. I haven't really noticed TOs having any influence on how fast I get a character to DO levels. Typically I start slotting stuff at 12 with DOs, reslot DOs at 17, get SOs at 22 and move on to lvl 30 IOs at lvl 27. Then I may frankenslot stuff at 30+ if there's enough supply that I can get my uncommons RIGHT NAO.

I really like slotting common IOs at 27 because they are about the same as even lvl SOs, but they never degrade.

I used slot them before my pling days but now I do not. in fact I don't even slot Do's or So's.. for me they are a waste of time and money. when I do get SO drops I sell them or give them away