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CA tl;dr - Attack glove upgrade
Nightmare monster tasks garnered me enough NM crystals for another Legendary reshape stone. I wanted to flip my loose Lgnd defensive chaos gem to an offensive, and coin-toss odds went my way.
Lgnd 5th quintile/max thresholds are: ele pierce +215 / 225, bal gen +8.6% / 10%, base att +10.8% / 12%
I decided to aim a little high for: E.pierce 220+, bal gen 9.0%+, base att 12% ?
Starting with 2544 refine crystals and ending with 1266, I got:
E.pierce +223, bal gen +9.619%, base att +12%
There was a long stretch between that "purple" tier bal gen boost and "orange" ele pierce, and I almost stopped with 218 ele pierce and base att +11%. Glad I kept pushing after all.
Salvaged an epic chaos gem and my damage rune from Shiny Glove, discarding an electrum ingot and shining earth gem in the process. Combined my new Lgnd trifecta gem with a meteorite stack, black gold stack, and of course damage rune on my Demon Gauntlet.
Thanatos farming
Thanatos project alchemies give Item Archives bonuses - but for the relative bonus values, it doesn't make sense to alchemize the higher-tier items until lower tiers are full. This means:
First, 5 ea of Dragon Glove and Dragon Armor;
then, 5 ea of Dracolich Gauntlet and Dracolich Plate;
finally, 10 ea of Thanatos Gauntlet and Thanatos Plate.
-- 1 Dracolich Gauntlet is a prerequisite to create Thantais Plate so that's another reason to