Augs!

 Augs
Everyone is always so concerned with the visible and non-visible gear but no one ever gives any love to the augs, the very thing that enhance that gear and make it even better! This means your toon becomes better! Some time I will go into a comprehensive list of augs, but for now I will list links to the augs in every expansion, look through them, find the ones you need for the Shaman(Heroic Wisdom & Stamina are the augs you want, even better if they have AC too, especially if you're dead set on soloing.

So if you're a masochist and chose to grind out the progression in House of Thule (Hey man no judgement, I get it, this game drives you to do strange things.) Ruppoc Rockjumper a little froglok at the entrance when you zone into the yard of the House of Thule that give a bonus reward of augs for your heroic gear. (Regular augs cannot be used in the gear. It sucks, but if you're going to do the mercenary, partisan, missions, etc. You have to do this anyway.) The aug rewards he gives you dramatically improve the armor, even though it's still really terrible in perspective. I really would try to get to end game first and come back to this. That is what I did. I still haven't finished House of Thule I have 2 zones left. Regardless you'll end up with enough augs if you do the quest to make you a lot better than starting.

Veil of Alaris is a little trickier. There are type 3 augs sold by the interceptors near the beast's domain entrance. The issue here is that you need to know Alaran and have it skilled to 71 in order to purchase them from the vendors. So basically you have to do the mercenary, partisan, missions in both Argath and Lunanyn. You don't need EVERYTHING done in both, but if you're doing the progression doing this will ensure a high enough skill in Alaran to purchase the type 3 augs (These increase healing, damage, and duration of spells) At this point in the game up until end game if you're gaining XP every time you play you should be changing gear, augs, weapons, etc fairly often. There's no real augs here of significance, you'll end up with better. So really just roll for any augs, use them until that time comes.Heroic wisdom and stamina is what you're after while doing this, but take any of the augs like I said if you can use it, any improvement is better than none. Because you also want HP/MP augs and most of the type 7 and 5's offer that. This will be your life for the next 4 expansions. It's much, but it's honest work. If you're in a good group constantly, and the XP is flowing through all of these expansions, you should be a millionaire with plat. Plat definitely should not be an issue at this juncture. Now if you had gone to RoF and did those quests I said you could do while invisible you will already have the requirements for the Alaran language to purchase the augs. This also will be beneficial in the fact you can obtain all the quests within VoA now.

Empires of Kunark
Ring of Scale
The Burning Lands
Torment of Velious
Claws of Veeshan
Terror of Luclin
Nights of Shadows
Laurion's Song
The Outer Brood
Shattering of Ro

No matter which style of play you are choosing current augs help a metric buttload! One of the most underrated things in the game in my opinion. I highly recommend getting them.

For the Shaman you want type 5 and 7 augs that drop from named that have HWiz & HSta(Heroic Wisdom & Heroic Stamina), MANA(anything with good mana, mana regen, etc.), and HP obviously, AC is good too. But if you're grouping with a tank or the tank in your group is in need of it more, it is better to pass up the aug solely just for AC. You should rarely ever be hit in a group, unless it's an add or something. Years ago the Shaman's DoTs were super OP and they'd often take the aggro from a tank. So this was an issue for a while. But if you knew the Shaman well you could outplay this very easily without pissing off your tank and/or dying. About 2 months later they were nerfed. So this is no longer something of concern. A lot of the Shaman augs will usually be a Wis aug that offers HP/MP, and Heroic Wisdom/Stamina, and very few offer AC. You're not a tank. You're basically a cleric that can deal some damage.

You can use the resources above for whatever expansion and look through the augs. I am current working on listing my current augs, what is worth going after in every expansion from EoK up until SoR.

Comprehensive Augmentation listing by Expansion(which augs you should be prioritizing):

Below is a list of notable augs from each expansion that are good for Shaman and where to find them. I know there's going to be THAT guy who says "tHOsE ArEn't ThE oNlY gOoD aUgS iN tHe ExPaNsIoN" and they are correct. This is just a list of the augs you want to prioritize because they have the best stats for Shaman. If you progress through these expansions you should end up with almost every aug. I have links listed above for each expansion and ALL the augs they have.

Empires of Kunark

Priority type 7 augs:
Emblem of the Combine - From chest in the mission Before the Siege
Green Glory - Dropped from the named mob Drillmaster Mak'Tak
Nathsar Darkness - From chest in mission Atrebe's Vault
Vakov's Pendant of Obscurity - Dropped from the named mob Overseer Vakov

Secondary priority type 7 augs:
Aq'touz Glow - dropped from the named mob Observer Aq'touz
Black Claw Fragment - dropped from the named mob Atrebe
 Deep Mine Bulwark - From chest in mission The Summoning of Droga
Gullerback's Jawbone - dropped from the named mob Gullerback Undying
Plaguebringer's Vertebrae - dropped from the named mob Plaguebringer
Stone of Dragon Tolls - dropped by the named mob Stonespiked Guardian


The rest of the augs mentioned here are good but better suited for other classes. With that being said if you are level 100-110, you will not be able to solo any of the above as a Shaman. You will need a group to help you get these, or even box a tank & DPS with 3 mercs. There isn't really anywhere to safely camp for these. The missions will also require a group, and the aug doesn't always drop so you may need to do them repeatedly. If your group doesn't need any of the augs not mentioned grab those too!

Priority type 5 augs:
Forgotten Gemstone - Acquired by completing Paragon of Empires of Kunark (completing all 4 mission in the expansion)
Sebilisian Brilliance - dropped from random mobs
Sebilisian Celerity - dropped from random mobs
Sebilisian Efficacy - dropped from random mobs
Sebilisian Harmony - dropped from random mobs
Sebilisian Prudence - dropped from random mobs
Sebilisian Resilience - dropped from random mobs

Secondary priority type 5 augs:
All of the other Sebilisian augs & if you repeatedly do the mission to gain the Sathir Trade gems to buy the emblem augs, all listed here.

You'll need a group to finish paragon, the rest of the priority augs will just be luck. They're kind of like mini chase items, but with a way better drop rate. You should not have any issues obtaining these just killing mobs. The Emblem augs will require you to do the mission over and over, so they will require more time in the expansion than you probably want to spend here. Not really worth it at this point in the game.

Ring of Scale

Priority type 7 augs:
Amplified Amber Gemstone - dropped by named mob a scree-borne magmite
Conflagrant Gem of Brilliance - crafted by Tradeskilling or bought in baz
Eclipsed Bloodflower Ornament - From chest in mission Fell Foliage
V'Deers' Seer Sneer - dropped from named mob General V'deers, The Arisen Overlord
Wisdom of the Kylong - dropped from named mob(s) Blood-Thirsty Racnar & Magma Basilisk 

Secondary priority type 7 augs:
Earth Love - dropped by the named mob Overlord Teralov
Eye of One - dropped by the named mob Rekatok One-Eye
Fragment of Ethereal Steel - dropped by the named mob Needles
Krazzi Stone - dropped by the named mob Wulthan High Inquistor Kraz

The rest of the augs here are good too. But the ones mentioned above are what you need to prioritize. But get all the augs on the list if someone in your group doesn't have them. It should also be noted that many of the augs also drop in the missions, if you want more of a chance farm the missions and camp the named mobs.

Priority type 5 augs:
Conflagrant Harmony - Crafted using Tradeskills
Conflagrant Ingenuity - Crafted using Tradeskills
Conflagrant Intensity - Crafted using Tradeskills
Conflagrant Resilience - Crafted using Tradeskills
Conflagrant Saviness - Crafted using Tradeskills

The draconic augs are dropped from tier 2 mobs they will replace these or be grouped with them. The Scale Touched augs are bought from the raid merchant for 500 Bathezid Gems each. They're all listed here. Now that we're at a level cap of 130 it is super easy to get to max level and focus on end game augs, but if you're here for a while you want the Draconic & Scale Touched with the same names as above I.E. Harmony, Ingenuity, Intensity, Resilience, and Saviness. All the other augs are secondary but will be worth obtaining if you're doing progression here.

Torment of Velious
 

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