I agree with your argument for charge. It is a bit tedious to charge indeed. So for maximum laziness, which I also appreciate, it is better not to. However, I would still go for SOJ over CoE for speed rifting. Reason: with COE you do (way more) dmg 25% of the time and do a bit less 75%.
when COe is down, you will not wait for it to be active again. So basically you need to one shot everything when COE is down. If you can clear the content with COE down then you will clear it faster with SOJ instead. Of course COE is a better dps boost in a higher difficulty but that is beyond the point here. Also, if you don't have a decent SOJ, then I suppose Coe works.
similar arguments works agains RORG. I would argue that the dps increase of SOJ is bigger than RORG of you don't have furnace
if dps permits I would also switch Coe for the pickup ring.
My current setup is with focus / restraint witch charge as activator and movement boost. A bit more work but more consistent than playing with CoE
i would go as far to say that COE is counter productive. You want consistency. You don't want to wait for a full cycle so you can overkill mobs. so 75% of the time you don't have a boost in dps and 25% you have too big of a boost. Even if you insist on keeping RORG, I would recommend to change COE for SOJ. But really i d say focus / restraint is the better choice.
I agree with your argument for charge. It is a bit tedious to charge indeed. So for maximum laziness, which I also appreciate, it is better not to. However, I would still go for SOJ over CoE for speed rifting. Reason: with COE you do (way more) dmg 25% of the time and do a bit less 75%.
when COe is down, you will not wait for it to be active again. So basically you need to one shot everything when COE is down. If you can clear the content with COE down then you will clear it faster with SOJ instead. Of course COE is a better dps boost in a higher difficulty but that is beyond the point here. Also, if you don't have a decent SOJ, then I suppose Coe works.
similar arguments works agains RORG. I would argue that the dps increase of SOJ is bigger than RORG of you don't have furnace
if dps permits I would also switch Coe for the pickup ring.
My current setup is with focus / restraint witch charge as activator and movement boost. A bit more work but more consistent than playing with CoE
i would go as far to say that COE is counter productive. You want consistency. You don't want to wait for a full cycle so you can overkill mobs. so 75% of the time you don't have a boost in dps and 25% you have too big of a boost. Even if you insist on keeping RORG, I would recommend to change COE for SOJ. But really i d say focus / restraint is the better choice.
Isn't RORG too big a price to pay for either of pants or shoulders?
I'd say a solid SOJ would compete , especially for those who don't yet have the cubed furnace.