what are vaal orbs used for?
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Corrupted items cannot be modified again. Vaal Orbs are a currency item that will corrupt an item, causing unpredictable and possibly powerful results. Once an item is corrupted, it can no longer be modified by any other currency. This includes restoring imprints from an Eternal Orb.
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Aether vents are those blue cracks in the ground of the arena, usually near where you find a Behemoth. When you harvest these, they'll give you a chunk of health (just don't hog it if you're in a group) and charge up your lantern.
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['Deadly Boss Mods.', 'Auctionator.', 'Questie.', 'Omnicc.', 'Details! Damage Meter.', 'Leatrix Plus.', 'Exorsus Raid Tools.']
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['The Eye of Agamoto.', 'The Staff of the Living Tribunal.', 'The Vaulting Boots of Valtor.', 'The Cloak of Levitation.', 'The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak.']
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Erbium isotopes are good neutron absorbers and are used in nuclear reactor control rods. The oxide erbia is used as a pink coloring agent in glazes and glasses. Erbium is used in alloys especially with vanadium to decrease the hardness of metals. It is also used in amplifiers and lasers.
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The Epaulet of Guardian (or EoG) is an item used to increase defense. ... Epaulet of Guardian +3: Increases Defense by 5, Defense Rate by 20, and HP by 50 (Level 43 or above, used with Shadowsteel and Aramid suits.)
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Weapons. Void weapons are great here as they work really well with Nezarec's Sin for recharging abilities. Some examples are Claws of the Wolf, Hammerhead and Recluse.
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The overall conclusion is: If you run high-level fractals, it is incredibly useful. If you run WvW, it can give you a slight advantage. If neither of those are important to you, then ascended armor is likely not worth the resources.
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Raw value wise - they are absolutely worth it. 30 orbs a jackpot and 480 tokens (lets just call this 2 more orbs). You'll get at a minimum 30+5+2 skin shards for a total of 37. Assuming its all trash and you reroll everything, this will net you 37/3 = 12 new skins.
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What does Eidolon shards and Brilliant eidolon shards do? Eidolon shards are most likely used for crafting things you get from the quills. Brilliant shards are used to unbind way-bound passives so that they are permanently active regardless of what school you are using.
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A: Exalted Orbs add an additional property on a rare item. They are used to make the best equipment in the game, worth from several to hundreds of Exalted Orbs depending on luck (or well, you can craft gear that is worthless if you don't do it right).
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Eldwater is mainly used to promote lower rarity characters to higher rarity. It is also used for unlocking certain nodes in the Mana Circle and exchanging Wyrmprint from the Shop.
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Eidolon shards are most likely used for crafting things you get from the quills. Brilliant shards are used to unbind way-bound passives so that they are permanently active regardless of what school you are using. Eidolon shards seems to be used in making arcanes for your operator.
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Get 30-40% CDR. Asheara's set is basically for the lulz, and Blackthorne is what you use when you have nothing better.
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Void Relics are Orokin objects that can be opened to reveal valuable treasure enclosed within by completing Void Fissure missions. They are the principal means of acquiring Prime and Forma Blueprints.
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Cetus wisps are commonly used in a few different blueprints in Cetus. They are used in Amp, Arcane, Zaw and a few cosmetic blueprints. As such, one might find themselves in need of quite a few of these pesky resources.