Level 60 questionFollow

Just hit level 60 and the various gear guides make me go "wut?" so figured I'd check with the experienced DRGs what gear is right.

EXP TP setup DRG/SAM
Weapon: Dark Mezraq (Avaible substitutes: None)
Grip: Rose Strap (Avaible substitutes: Pole grip, Mythril Grip +1)
Ammo: Smart Grenade (Avaible substitutes: Bibiki Seashell)
Head: Patroclus's Helm (Avaible substitutes: Emperor Hairpin, Walkure Mask, Drachen Armet)
Neck: Chivalrous Chain (Avaible substitutes: Peacock Charm)
Ears: Spike Earring (Avaible substitutes: None, but I can pick up an assault earring)
Body: Jaridah Peti (Avaible substitutes: Scorpion Harness)
Hands: Drachen finger Gauntlets (Avaible substitutes: the level 60 giga bracelets, forget their names as I muled them a long time ago)
Ring1: Rajas Ring (Avaible substitutes: Sniper's Ring, Woodsman Ring)
Ring2: Ecphoria Ring (Avaible substitutes: Sniper's Ring, Woodsman Ring)
Back: Jaguar Mantle (Avaible substitutes: the hp+30 enmity+3 mantle)
Waist: Swift Belt (Avaible substitutes: Life Belt, Swordbelt +1)
Legs: Republic Subligar (Avaible Substitutes: Drachen Brais, please oh please tell me there's something other than subligar I can use soon)
Feet: Leaping Boots (Avaible Substitutes: Mountain Gaiters, Drachen Greaves, been trying to get the acc+3 boots from AH, but I always seem to miss them when they're up)

EXP WS setup
Weapon: Dark Mezraq (Avaible substitutes: None)
Grip: Rose Strap (Avaible substitutes: Pole grip, Mythril Grip +1)
Ammo: Smart Grenade (Avaible substitutes: Bibiki Seashell)
Head: Drachen Armet (Avaible substitutes: Emperor Hairpin, Walkure Mask, Patroclus's Helm)
Neck: Chivalrous Chain (Avaible substitutes: Peacock Charm)
Ears: Spike Earring (Avaible substitutes: None)
Body: Jaridah Peti (Avaible substitutes: Scorpion Harness)
Hands: Drachen finger Gauntlets (Avaible substitutes: the level 60 giga bracelets)
Ring1: Rajas Ring (Avaible substitutes: Sniper's Ring, Woodsman Ring)
Ring2: Ecphoria Ring (Avaible substitutes: Sniper's Ring, Woodsman Ring)
Back: Jaguar Mantle (Avaible substitutes: the hp+30 enmity+3 mantle)
Waist: Swordbelt +1 (Avaible substitutes: Life Belt, Swift Belt)
Legs: Republic Subligar (Avaible Substitutes: Drachen Brais)
Feet: Mountain Gaiters (Avaible Substitutes: Leaping Boots, Drachen Greaves)



For solo I switch out the spike earrings with mp+15 earrings, the panties with AF legs and body with scorpion harness.

Also, I got the Thrakon Breastplate and Assault Jerkin, which is better to use when they both become avaible?


Thanks for reading.

Can't get spiked finger gauntlets, there have not been any up on AH for a month and I can't seem to find people willing to do the BCNM.

Sadly voyager falls under same problem as gauntlets, while I myself have both THF and SMN avaible, I don't know anyone willing to help

And originally I planned on getting the grand knight lance, but 0 up on AH and as a windurstian I can't buy it from NPC, so went with Dark Mezraq as I can make those myself

Thanks for the response.

Only one Zeal Cap +1 ever sold on my server making it quite a bit difficult to get a hold of, not to mention the price tag (2m) is far beyond what i'm willing to pay for something i'll be replacing in a few days with walmart turban anyhow oo;

While I love DRG and do want to come off as at least a competent player, 2m for a piece of gear that wont be used very long, sadly is a bit beyond what I'm willing to invest.
Though I may try my luck at having one synthed since I know a few bonecrafters..

Anyway, thanks for the reply~

It's been a very long time since I did any sort of number crunching on this but I think Dark Mezraq's additional effect needs to have something like a 10-12% process rate to beat GKL when Acc is uncapped. I'm almost guaranteed to be wrong though.

Well, wyverns only have about an 80% success rate without AF helm. With AF helm that gets further improved to 100%. Not that it'll somehow make AF helm worth using on WS, but there is SOME sort of improvement from using it.

Wyvern breaths are free damage tacked on top of an already comparable group of weapon skills.

it is "free" Damage, but unless your fighting EP stuff the resist rate is rediculous whether using the proper element or not. Deep breathing kicks ass for lots of reasons (/mage and /melee), but if they just gave wyverns more macc or somehow reduced mob resistance like they did for skill chain damage a while back, it would really be very welcome.

I would LOVE it if they actually had decent acc on HNM, but id be content if they could just do anything over EM with any reasonable acc.

Maybe if i actually farmed on drg or something i would appreciate it more. But since i kill any easy mobs on thf, as im probably farming, about the only time i see unresisted breaths on drg is evry 5 min through our ghetto "Wyvern Seal".

I wouldnt mind a minor push on pet viability like this to remind us that we arent just drakesbane warriors with a much better version of tomahawk.

I dont believe there is a casting at all on Elemental Breaths.

Even then, adding a better melee helm at the time of WS might do more than the wyvern breath considering how much wyvern breath is resisted.

I equip Wyrm Armet after WSs. When I use Dep Breathing, you can notice the Armet's aded power.


Also, you cna magic burst wyvern's breaths, so they can not be instant (theyd be too fast to MB.