I'm just about to finish up Celestia, and so far, with Wintertusk Crafted Gear combined with WaterWorks boots I have a fairly decent critical rating for where I'm currently at. But a bunch of my max friends are saying that critical isn't worth investing in past Celestia, and don't I will almost always get blocked by every boss past Celestia.
So my question is, is it worth continuing working on my critical as I leave Celestia, or should I just focus on basic stats for the rest of the game? Thank You.
Super high crit is great for speed farming, but usually means giving up other stats, so it's not so good for all around play.
Waterworks / crafted gear will get you to level 100. Critical is a nice bonus, but not something to count on. Block is more of a help to survive at higher levels. I usually craft the block boots from AV or AZ, and try to use a wand with some block.