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The first thing I'd do is get that last store tp merit.

Also, how far along are you in CoP? Rajas ring is probably the single most indispensable piece I have for my SAM. If you can find/make a CoP static and plug away at it, you could have your Rajas in a month or two. Less depending on how quickly you can churn through the missions.

Sadly, using two or even three macros for gear swaps + WS is the best way to swap in all the gear you need (short of cheating).

With the gear you've mentioned you do indeed have a 6 hit build, so I'm assuming when you say you want to drop hachiman hands you mean you want to get rid of them entirely for something like haste? If that's the case, I'd say go for a rose strap. Trading 2% DA for 3-4% haste seems worthwhile to me. Although of course the long term solution would be to finish your STP merits and get that Rajas. Then you'd only need 6 STP from the rest of your gear for a 6 hit, and depending on how you finagle it you might be able to get your pole grip back.

(Edit: Just realized you won't have a 6-hit build by dropping hachi hands and adding rose strap w/no Rajas unless you finish your STP merits first.)


Let me give you my loadout as a comparison:

TP:
Hagun / Pole / * / Tiphia
Walmart / Chiv / Brutal / Bushi (Wyvern ear if /drg)
Hauby / NQ Dusk / Ulthalam's Ring / Rajas
Forager's / Swift / Myochin +1 / Fuma

I'm eventually looking to replace the AF+1 pants with Byakko's, and when I do I'll need to use a rose strap.

And YGK gear:
Hagun / Pole / * / Tiphia
Champion's Galea (STR+4 WS dmg +2%) / Bull Necklace / Brutal / Bushi
Domaru / Pallas / Ruby / Rajas
Smilo +1 / Warwolf / Myochin +1 / Rutter Sabatons

It's not perfect: Looking to upgrade to Osode, Alky's, and Flame Ring, among some others. But I have 46 STP for TPing and 51 for WS. Overkill for WS I know, but when I switch out Domaru for Osode I'll end up with 45 for WS (which will still work out: 46 STP gives 16.7 TP per hit while 45 gives 16.6; so 16.7 * 5 = 83.5 + 16.6 = 100.1).

TL;DR: capped STP merits and Rajas. Then find 6 more STP. Multiple macros for WS gear swapping.

Edited, Mar 23rd 2010 4:41am by jAriusEightySix