I see so many people farming solace fragments. Is there any reason why people like that element that much ?
Why is everyone farming solace ?
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It's said there isn't a boss that resists it in Golden Citadel
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Because everyone farms it... and the price is kinda high

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It's been cemented in everyone's heads regardless if they know the reason or not. For those who don't who just see the market is especially high on Solace fragments, that's one reason. For the informed in future raids, that is the other reason, and affects the first reason.
Golden Citadel elemental mode is represented by five bosses. They correlate to the elements of Hate, Grace, Torment, Sin, and Virtue. With Solace missing, that means that using Solace as your element means you'll be at 100% efficiency against these bosses and never resisted against. In addition you'll have bonus additional elemental damage against Torment.
That is the sole reason why Solace is the most expensive. It's versatile in a single dungeon's elemental mode. There is no other reason in the least.
The bad? If you like PVP and you use Solace, be prepared to be the first element that people build resistances against.
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So basically - to have an easier time in CG one should socket their weapon with 2x Solace + 2x Crit SF. Will CG still drop fragments though ? and if it does, will it drop just around the same amount as the current rookie raids do ?