Is it worth getting perfect rerolls as opposed to 2 desired abilities?

[GameGalaxy64]

I saved up my money and hoarded my sea snails and have finally decided to embark on my rerolling adventure. However, is it worth getting a perfect reroll and wasting a lot of time rather than be content with 2 ideal abilities and have more gear of said trait?

 

[Chewi]

I saved up my money and hoarded my sea snails and have finally decided to embark on my rerolling adventure. However, is it worth getting a perfect reroll and wasting a lot of time rather than be content with 2 ideal abilities and have more gear of said trait?

Better to have multiple gear options with two desired sub-abilities than only one or two pieces with three, IMO. Get a good variety of gear before focusing on perfect rolls.

 

[SquiliamTentacles]

It depends how many sets you want. If you only want one or two loadouts, try to perfect them. If you want a variety of different loadouts, go for "good enough".

 

[Helios42]

I saved up my money and hoarded my sea snails and have finally decided to embark on my rerolling adventure. However, is it worth getting a perfect reroll and wasting a lot of time rather than be content with 2 ideal abilities and have more gear of said trait?

Interestingly enough, even getting 'perfect' gear is made easier when you split the desired abilities between two pieces of gear ()

That being said, it's ALL dependent on what you're trying to do. The trends I've seen have been similar to discussions on pokemon evs. There's a lot of people who say it's important to pick a few things and then max them out (all in). There are others who calculate the bare minimum needed to deal with particular threats so that they can maximize the use elsewhere (just enough)

Pros of 'just enough' is that you have enough investment to make big differences but don't waste skills on diminishing returns. Pros of 'all in' is that you're as good as you can be in a few things, so you'll never end up saying 'if I had only been a little faster'. It's also hard to feel like you've properly invested 'just enough' because there's too many variables to track.

Being well rounded or too spread out? It's hard to say but a lot of people have opinions on it lol

Bother are valid imo

 

[Xsyven]

I always make sure I have two similar pieces of equipment before I start rolling for perfects. For example, I have 2 pairs of shoes with Ink Resistance.

I'll start with the freshest pair, because why not. I'll re-roll until I get at least 2 desired abilities. While the shoes aren't perfect, they still happen to be the best shoes I own, so I don't want to risk re-rolling them again. That's when I'll move onto my second pair. My "don't care" pair. I'll re-roll these shoes until I get what I want. If I get 2 desired abilities again, I just promote these secondary shoes to my main kicks, and I'll start re-rolling that first pair again.

 

[Elecmaw]

Trying to get 3 rolls on a brand-favored stat take quite a few tries, i'd stick with two subs as long as the extra sub isn't too bad for your setup.

 

[Damandatwin]

IMO it's worth getting the 3... if you get 2 relevant subs on each piece of gear and then something worthless you are basically throwing away the equivalent of 1 main.

 

[GDK]

I tend to perfect my gears.

The only exception is for my "ink saver" set with my hat with 2 ink saver (sub) and one ink saver (main) as subs because it's alright to have one main saver.

 

[River09]

The only thing that makes so-called "perfect" gear desirable is that it can be used on multiple builds. If you jumble those sub abilites across a set of perfect gear you have the same effects added up but each individual piece of gear may have abilities that won't be desirable with other gear on a different build.

 

[TCSmith0812]

It's never a bad idea to be all around, that way you're never at a huge disadvantage against anyone. I use shooters, and move around A LOT and use inefficient weapons, so I focused on speed and ink efficiency. I use swim and run speed, and ink efficiency and ink regeneration, and that set matches my play style. So if your play style works well with one ability, focus on that. Just don't leave any glaring weaknesses in your set. I replaced my weaknesses, and then added speed, making it very hard to deal with me. That set would not work for snipers though. It's all about how you play.

 

[SupaTim]

I have neither the money, nor the time, nor the dedication to get perfect rolls on all of my gear. I am lucky enough to have a few perfect rolls, but in general I try to get get 2 abilities I want and punt on the third. On the third ability, I usually want something that will fit with other gear.

For instance, I have studio headphones with one ink recovery up. I have red hi-tops with one ink recovery up. I often use those in conjunction because I get at least two ink recovery up in a lot of builds, which is helpful. Likewise, I have three pieces of gear with one quick respawn, put them together and I have the equivalent of a "perfect roll."

Would perfect rolls be better? arguably. But this system works for me.

 

[Spiral]

I almost ALWAYS go for doubles instead of triples. In my opinion, having a crapload of doubles is a lot better than just a few triples.

Having a lot of doubles can even work out to make pseudo-triples.

One example. I have a Layered Anchor LS and Traditional Sandals with these abilities:

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I usually use them together, which gives the same effect as two triples.

 

[GDK]

In that case the doubles work, but you can also have a double with a third totally useless for you (like bomb throw + when you use subs like wall or beacon).
Like I said I made an exception because I got an ink saver main as the third slot and that works wonders for my set.

 

[Spiral]

In that case the doubles work, but you can also have a double with a third totally useless for you (like bomb throw + when you use subs like wall or beacon).

Yeah, but I have so many doubles that I can make a perfect loadout in almost any situation. I still don't have everything I want, and it would be better if I had more triples, but I'm not really lacking anything (besides swim speed, darn you Spike).

I am still aiming for more triples (and hopefully some quads), but I have a decent inventory with all of the doubles I have.

 

[SupaTim]

In that case the doubles work, but you can also have a double with a third totally useless for you (like bomb throw + when you use subs like wall or beacon).
Like I said I made an exception because I got an ink saver main as the third slot and that works wonders for my set.

True, and that is why a lot of the time going for perfect gear is better. But if you have a wide variety of gear with the same two abilities, you'll often get between four and six of the same perk and you'll get the desired results.

Also, rerolling with getting either a perfect roll or two and a decent third is much less time consuming and expensive.

 

[Water Inkling]

It depends on what the brand of ur gear and the abilities u want rlly. I'd say if ur brand matches the ability u want, go for it if u already have multiple viable gear sets at ur disposal, but if u happen to not have hat many then just let it go with 2 and move on until u get to that point

 

[Rockin]

I saved up my money and hoarded my sea snails and have finally decided to embark on my rerolling adventure. However, is it worth getting a perfect reroll and wasting a lot of time rather than be content with 2 ideal abilities and have more gear of said trait?

I feel it's worth it to get perfect rolls, and you're optimizing your weapon's capabilities to the max. Of course, how you combine those gears is up to you, but it's always good to bring out your best in both your weapons and objective.