There are some builds- a lot of builds- that get very good results from having a whole lot of extra Recharge. Which, as you have noticed, is really expensive. But a lot of the builds you see on these forums are designed with some or all of the following assumptions:
1) A billion inf is not too much to spend on a character
2) Thirty billion inf is not too much to spend on a character
3) There is no reason to work on a character build below level 50
4) You will never exemplar below level 50
I keep thinking of putting together a build bingo card, like this one.
I will also point out that there's often a considerable difference in price between crafted and uncrafted LoTGs- just don't get high on your own supply.
All of my builds "need them". You get more rech from 2 of them compared to the 5 pieces of a purple set. Therefore giving you more rech than purples at a FAR cheaper price than 5 purps. I don't know of one build that wouldn't benefit from extra recharge.
My high rech toons, like Doms and Trollers, use 5 purp sets and 5 lotgs.
As far as what level you need, it all depends on what you do with your toons. I very, very rarely play below 50. So, i just buy all lev 50 LOTGs and IO's. Mainly due to the sucky system we have pre 50 IO-wise. And the toons that i do run TFs with are purpled so the IOs work at any level anyways. Just my 2 cents anyways.
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Run some arcs, TFs and such, before you know it you will have the 205 or 202 that you need.
The first question should be "Do you NEED them?"
There are some builds- a lot of builds- that get very good results from having a whole lot of extra Recharge. Which, as you have noticed, is really expensive. But a lot of the builds you see on these forums are designed with some or all of the following assumptions:
1) A billion inf is not too much to spend on a character
2) Thirty billion inf is not too much to spend on a character
3) There is no reason to work on a character build below level 50
4) You will never exemplar below level 50
I keep thinking of putting together a build bingo card, like this one.
I will also point out that there's often a considerable difference in price between crafted and uncrafted LoTGs- just don't get high on your own supply.
My high rech toons, like Doms and Trollers, use 5 purp sets and 5 lotgs.
As far as what level you need, it all depends on what you do with your toons. I very, very rarely play below 50. So, i just buy all lev 50 LOTGs and IO's. Mainly due to the sucky system we have pre 50 IO-wise. And the toons that i do run TFs with are purpled so the IOs work at any level anyways. Just my 2 cents anyways.