The official "rate my gear" threadFollow

Offhand Joytoy is the 2nd best offhand option if you're dual-wielding after Ridill. Askar is fail.

between the 2 i'd probably use AF, but ideally you want spike finger gauntlets.

Weapon: Thal
Grip: Pole
Ammo: Olib/Angon - Tiphia Sting maybe?
Head- Walmart/Wyvern Helm - Askar/Ace's would be ideal upgrade
Neck- Chiv Chain - Currently in line for Love
Earring- Ethereal(Haven't caught Assault on AH in awhile so yeah)
Earring- Brutal
Body- See Below
Hands- Dusk/Hect Mittens - Homam is available here
Rings- Rajas
Rings- Ulthalam - +4 till its in me to get +5 Flame
Back- Amem +1/Smil Mantle +1
Waist- Swift/Warwolf
Legs- Homam
Feet- Dusk - In line for Homam

Body Options:
Homam Corazza
Nuevo(+10 Acc +2 Double Attack)
Askar Korazin

I've been kind of following the discussions across the board and have kind of come to:
1. Nuevo - Currently best option it seems
2. Homam - Possibly till the Tiphia/Assault are available
3. Askar- Tiphia/Assault and the Homam feet

Any opinions would be great

From what I gather Cletine is actually an upgrade but don't quote me on that (it's mostly a half-remembered Pahn post).

With it, though, you need STP+14 in gear/food assuming /SAM to achieve 6-hit, obviously less if you're starting off from multi-hit WS.

I think you're already on 6-hit with Thalassocrat with just /SAM, Rajas, Brutal and Askar body.

The rest looks fine.


Not sure what you mean with that note next to where you say you have Ulthalam's, could you clear that one up for me?

Do aim for Tiphia, and as far as your body goes, that's a toughie, I'd probably rock the Nuevo though. Rest looks fine. Keep working on that Homam!

Well, by a binomial distribution, you're still only hitting 5/5 on Penta 77.38% of the time at capped Accuracy (and 4/4 Drakesbane would be 81.45%). Logically, since Drakesbane has a rather large STR mod I think it's viable if you have enough Accuracy elsewhere, but Penta's STR mod is tiny enough for it to prefer Attack and Accuracy more than STR.

Basically, Drakesbane maybe, Penta probably not.

I couldn't tell you that without knowing your overall DEX without the Nuevo, but if the game bothered with decimal places beyond truncating them, it would be 3.75.

You shouldn't, but it does give me something to work with.

And from that I can see it's adding 3.

Since I've capped polearm merits, I've assumed I was more than set on acc for all but high level mobs (hnm or very evasive NM). been on a strictly meat diet for years now. Please let me know how close I should expect to be to the acc cap with the following gear:

Weapon: Thal
grip: pole (claymore on hand)
ammo: tiphia
Head: Askar (O-hat on hand)
Neck: Shadow gorget / chiv (still need gorget for drakes)
Earings: brutal/assault, etheral for solo, fowling for bird solo (DM earing in mh)
Body: Askar (recently upgraded from AJ. have paluwan on hand. no money for Zahaks)
Hands: AF+1 (this is all I've been using for atleast a year now)
Rings: rajas/ulthame (I have avatar rings on hand for firesday and lighningday. These are actually very nice)
Back: Foragers
Belt: warewolf (I have potent on hand, but never use it)
Legs: AF+1
Feet: Homam


Don't have the time or patients to devote to sky, so I don't have those massive +STR boosts to swap into WSs.

I still need a swift belt b4 I can have a bare minimum haste set.

Also, (correct me if I'm wrong) I dont think my DB will outperform penta untill I get some more gear for it. I only have gorget for penta. also cletine or zahaks would be real nice. zahaks is not realistic for me though.

I've assumed my acc 's been at or near cap for awhile now, but in light of recent threads I'd like to reavaluate.

Is this setup lacking in any significant way. Any imput would be appriciated.


Edit:

Race: HUME
Merits: Polearm/crit% capped. Drg specific; group 1 and 2 still in progress.
planing to cap; jump - high jump - Angon
Currantly no stat merits.

Edited, May 2nd 2009 1:25pm by JonnyWolf

Main: Cletine
Sub: Pole Strap
Ranged: Tiphia/Angon
Head: Walahra/ *needs O hat here* Homam/wyvern helm depending on acc.
Neck: Chiv
Ear: Brutal
Ear: Assault
Body: Nuevo (10 ACC/ATT)
Hands: Homam / Drachen +1
Ring: Rajas
Ring: Echporia
Back: Foragers
Waist: Swift / Potent
Legs: Barone or Drachen +1 depending on Acc.
Feet: Dusk / Hecatomb

Should be getting Homam boots or legs soon. I have 2 mil~, should I invest in Zahak's and wait, or get a PCC?

Just tested for fun outside with a bard friend.

Turban Homam hands/feet swift sword strap hydra tights March1/2 spirit surge hasso.

Swung about 5 times every 10 seconds o_o.. Would be a lot more impressive if I had a love halberd.

Edited, May 3rd 2009 4:34am by Byxfluzba

I would expect the delay- to be calculated first, then haste to be calculated after that, meaning it would have a the same impact regardless of haste.

Scorpion Harness should be pretty high priority...

You want the following:
Scorpion Harness
Assault Earring
Tiphia Sting

For Skystrider you really need to get a Supremacy Earring. Otherwise I'd just get a Colossal Lance, then change over to the Thalassocrat at 75. Thal is better than Skystrider w/o the earring, if I'm not mistaken. Seriously though, if you buy nothing else get the SH. Its the best non rare/ex body you can wear, Assault Jerkin is the first upgrade from it, and anything after that comes from an Endgame event.

Edited, May 6th 2009 5:33pm by cynicalsaint

I agree. Even with an AJ, you'll want to have a SH around for certain situations when you really need the acc. Especially as a fresh 75 with no merits, SH (ideally Homam body or the sidegrade-ish Pahluwan) will still have it's uses in many camps.

Hi all. I'd like to get some feedback/suggestions on changes I'm thinking of making to my gear. Please keep in mind this gear is for soloing only.

A link to all my current gear is in the sig.

1. Thinking of swapping Skystrider for Colossal Lance. The +HP, STR, and VIT look very attractive. Is it worth losing 5 damage and +5 TP per Jump?

2. I'm also considering swapping my Scorpion Harness +1 for Hydra Mail. Here I'd be losing some HP, and 3 ACC & ATK in exchange for 3 DEX & AGI, plus a slight reduction in physical/magical damage. It may be worth noting I currently have no other gear that adds to DEX or AGI (I get crit'ed like crazy).

As a side: At 75, I'm planning on grabbing the Nueveo Coselete, so it may not be worth even swapping gear at this point.

3. What about swapping my Potent Belt for a Warwolf Belt? My accuracy is pretty solid now, I just don't want it to dip to the point of being unacceptable.

4. Finally, just a general question. Is it worth swapping my Drachen Armet for a Saurian Helm? I assume that with /whm, the Helm would trigger HB at >33%. To me, this doesn't seem worth an extra ~100 or so on HB... I'd rather have my >50% trigger.

Thanks all!

Not that I have most of this yet, working on it but wanted thoughts on it before I made it my end all to beat all. Let me know what all you guys think I should use instead for pieces.

DRG/anything not sam or mage TP build; used war: http://ffxigear.com/?ref=4506
DRG/anything WS build; again used war for sub: http://ffxigear.com/?ref=4511
DRG/SAM TP build; its different for one reason: http://ffxigear.com/?ref=4502
DRG/SAM WS build: http://ffxigear.com/?ref=4512
DRG/mage build; not a HB trigger: http://ffxigear.com/?ref=4505
HB trigger build: http://ffxigear.com/?ref=4520

Jump macros are pretty limited, and also kind of a no brainer too so I didnt bother to make one. Anyway, thats pretty much what I came up with for what I think would be a really good goal. Of course the system I used doesn't have the choice to apply augments yet or I would have used a DRG Hauby or something similar in the obvious places. I hummed and hawed on Z.Mail as well, and would have put it in most likely as a WS piece. As for WS build /mage, pretty much the same as the /anything WS build with obvious substitutes to save on inventory space. What do you guys figure?

Good question, the answer to which probably revolves around the Virtue Stone process rate, which we don't know for certain (it's between 30% and 50% according to wiki but I don't wanna guess)

I am sure someone has already discussed this to some length at some point in time, but I am very much trying to justify Ares's Body since it is just shy of 11mil and I am a 100% drop away from the 3 peices:

Currently:

Weapon: Thal
Grip: Pole
Ammo: Tiphia/Angon
Head- Askar
Neck- PCA (working on gorget for WS... slowly)
Earring- Hollow/Assault/Dragoon's (situational)
Earring- Brutal
Body- Homam/Askar/Heca
Hands- Homam/Askar/Heca
Rings- Rajas
Rings- Ulthalam (also have the +4 STR ring for situational use)
Back- Forager's
Waist- Swift/Warwolf
Legs- Homam/Aurum/Askar/Barone
Feet- Homam/Heca

8/8 polearm
5/5 STR
4/4 Crit

My Major question is: How does Ares's fit in? Will this now be my TP and WS piece? Will it just be one or the other? More situational stuff? My concern is that there is no ACC on it at all. +12 STR and +24 ATT though is just sexy. So would I judge my ACC after getting it ad toss in something like sniper's over Ulthalam? (seems like a small upgrade). Is it really the be-all-end-all for DRG or is it a minor upgrade to what I am sporting now? Any other upgrades worth making?

Thanks in advance.




Edited, May 8th 2009 11:51am by Grandlethal

Rate and a question -

DRG 58:

Holy Lance
Brass Grip +1
Smart Grenade
Valkyrie's Mask
Merman's Gorget
Spike Earring x2
Akinji Peti
Battle Gloves (I can't bring myself to buy SFGs)
Woodsman x2
Nomad's mantle (lol)
Life Belt
Republic Subligar
Bounding Boots

I have Chiv, Potent, Amemet +1 etc waiting for me when I hit those levels. I figure Tabin Boots +1 will be nice in 1 more level and Feral Trousers at 63 to finally get out of the subligar.

Now the question: Should I bother getting a Scorpion Harness? I'm a Hume with 6/8 Poleram merits and pre skilled from PLD. I would only get NQ SH if I got one. I likely wont see anything beyond merits, Nyzul and such on DRG unless we are breaking in a new tank on something simple, as I'm my LS's main PLD. If that makes any difference. Nuevo is already in use without any DD stats on it.

Edited, May 10th 2009 1:55am by Yashnaheen

Yes. Best thing you can use till you can put on an Assault Jerkin.

As far as your other gear, get a Mythril Grip +1 already. Switch to polegrip at 60. Getting a Darksteel Lance wouldn't be a bad idea, just make sure you get a Grand Knight's at 60. Also Getting an Assault Earring would be a good idea.

Well, the difference is Acc+4, which beats Attack+6 quite comfortably unless that Attack+6 somehow makes up 2% of your DoT...

FWIW, although Darksteel's an upgrade, it's not one I'd say is worth it for just two levels.

Hmm. Life Belt until 75, methinks*. Also, I'd work on Amir Boots / Aurum Sabatons.

Rest is absolutely fine, but I'd recommend getting your hands on a Supremacy Earring if at all possible.



*Basically, I'm pretty sure you still need more Haste for Swift to beat Life.

To Bigsyke:
Your gear is pretty solid, so there's really only a couple suggestions I can make.

1) Since you have Rajas + Aurum body, you pass the needed sTP for a true 6 hit. I'd recomend Wyrm Brais for your high jump macro in place of Barone, as the TP+ isn't helping and the extra hate shed is nice.

2) For feet, try and get Aurum. From the looks of thing you're in an ls that does ZNM. If not, dusk or Amir will serve you well.

3) @75: Askar/Turban, Brutal, Thalassocrat (unless you get suppremacy)

I'm considerably lower than many of you, but wanted to get your opinions on my gear builds right now at 45. I mostly solo as DRG/BLU (1-38), but I have been joining parties a lot more lately.

TP SET

I realize I am still missing PCC, and I would have upgraded to Tortoise +1 Earrings, but there aren't any on the AH. Any other things I should be worried about? Any big upgrades coming up? I also wish I could get my hands on a Voyager Sallet, but that's not really an option with my LS and playtime right now.

Jump set is the above with Volans Greaves swapped out for Leaping Boots. Any other necessary changes there?

WS SET

I really only ever Double Thrust, so I tried to cram as much STR in as I could easily find.

I've been eating Rice Dumplings since forever, but I'm wondering if/when I should make the switch and to what?

Also, I see a lot of people talking about 5 Hit Builds, or 6 Hit, or whatever. I assume that means the number of hits it takes to get to 100% TP. What is the best way to create a build like that? I hit pretty often, but I sure as heck don't have full TP in 6 hits. Is that normal for my level anyway?

Thanks for the help and advice!

Awesome. Glad to know I'm mostly on track right now. And thankfully I already have SH (lol Melee RDM from time to time), so that's out of the way!

I'll give leaving the Subligar on a shot and see how that works out for me. And I'll definitely check out the Pizza.