The official "rate my gear" threadFollow

Dusk Gloves, work on Amir Boots. for merits, check Ketrel's stickied FAQ, but generally you should make capping Polearm a priority.

My hovercraft is full of Angons.

You have ~392 acc total, which should be ~87.5% hit rate on Colibri and less on Mamool. The suggestions I'll make will be based on that:
That said, I wouldn't remove any acc you have now. 5 ATK on dusk hands shouldn't increase damage more than the 2.3% increase the 4 acc Homam is giving you currently.


Edited, Feb 7th 2009 12:20pm by Souji

To Zonnashi: Souji covered the main points, but I recommend you get Rajas, even considering you have PLD (in fact, especially considering you have PLD... DD generally does it better)

Edited, Feb 7th 2009 12:53pm by Lucinus

I got 75 almost 2 weeks ago and although I have pretty good gear from other jobs I wanted to get some input to tweak my gear. I play mostly on PS2 so I can't parse so I'd like some opinions.

I have no merits yet for DRG and my combat merits are already capped from other jobs so no polearm merits unless I remove something.

The main pieces of gear I'm missing is Homam Body and Hecatomb Harness. I recently blew all my points on Homam Gambieras so aquiring those 2 pieces will take some time. A couple people were ahead on points for Homam body so I took what dropped. I also have 75 BLU, THF, and PLD which is why I took them.

TP

Main: Thalassocrat
Sub: Pole Grip
Ammo: Tiphia Sting
Head: Walahra Turban
Neck: Peacock Amulet
L.Ear: Brutal Earring
R.Ear: Assault Earring
Body: Askar Korazin
Hands: Homam Manopoles / Dusk Gloves
Ring1: Ulthalam's Ring
Ring2: Rajas Ring
Back: Forager's Mantle
Waist: Swift Belt
Legs: Homam Cosciales
Feet: Homam Gambieras

Drakesbane

Main: Thalassocrat
Sub: Pole Grip
Ammo: Tiphia Sting
Head: Optical Hat / Wyvern Helm
Neck: Flame Gorget
L.Ear: Brutal Earring
R.Ear: Assault Earring
Body: Askar Korazin
Hands: Hecatomb Mittens
Ring1: Flame Ring
Ring2: Rajas Ring
Back: Forager's Mantle
Waist: Potent Belt
Legs:Pahluwan Seraweels
Feet: Hecatomb Leggings

Pentathrust

Main: Thalassocrat
Sub: Pole Grip
Ammo: Tiphia Sting
Head: Optical Hat
Neck: Shadow Gorget
L.Ear: Brutal Earring
R.Ear: Assault Earring
Body: Askar Korazin
Hands: Hecatomb Mittens
Ring1: Ulthalam's Ring
Ring2: Rajas Ring
Back: Forager's Mantle
Waist: Potent Belt
Legs:Pahluwan Seraweels
Feet: Amir Boots

I had my first merit party yesterday, at Mamool Ja SP and wasn't really happy with my accuracy, especially my weaponskill accuracy. I got low TP returns (2%) several times on Drakesbane and was getting more consistant damage from Pentathrust.

I figured my problem was accuracy so I macroed out wyvern's helm on Drakebane in favor of Optical Hat and started getting better average tp returns.

I'm pretty sure that my main problem in meripo is Askar Korazin. Askar is nice for a lot of things but the lack of accuracy hurts especially since I don't have polearm merits.

So I have a couple questions.

Because I don't have polearm merits would using Optical Hat for Drakesbane be optimal in exp with my setup?

Would I be better off using a Scorpion Harness +1 or another alternative over Askar until I can get Homam and Hecatomb Harness for meripo?

Would Drachen Brais +1 be a good choice for weaponskills compared to Pahluwan? Need both Limbus items though.

thanks


Edited, Feb 8th 2009 3:43pm by Mankind

You heard wrong! Dusk gloves win soundly over tarasque for TPing even with zero other haste.

Well, been 75 for around a month now I believe, decided I wanted to check how my gear is coming along and if the upgrades I am intending sound good or not. Using the same format as my older post.

Level 75 Dragoon/Samurai (Still pretty much Samurai sub only.)

TP Gear:
Weapon: Thalassocrat (Sold my Skystrider for this when I hit 75 because I needed the extra cash. Wondering if I should work towards getting that again or just wait for the time when I can get a Valkyrie's Fork...)
Sub: Pole Strap
Ranged: None.
Ammo: Tiphia Sting

Head: Walahra Turban (While I would love to think that Homam Zucchetto served some semblance of a purpose... I know it doesn't so I am using this until I get an Askar Zucchetto)
Neck: Peacock Amulet (Biding my time for a Love Torque ...)
Ear1: Assault Earring
Ear2: Brutal Earring

Body: Askar Korazin (Pretty much best body piece for Dragoon behind Aurum Cuirass... and that thing looks... terrible.)
Hands: Dusk Gloves (Waiting for my Homam =/)
Ring1: Ecphoria Ring (I want an Iota Ring, just started Einherjar... so it will take some time, but I will get it eventually.)
Ring2: Rajas Ring

Back: Amemet Mantle +1 (I might try and buy a Forager's Mantle... but I am in no hurry.)
Waist: Swift Belt (Only way up is through a Velocious Belt)
Legs: Barone Cosciales (Well, until I can get Homam Cosciales, I was wondering whether Askar, Drachen HQ, or Pahulwahn would be the best choice.)
Feet: Dusk Ledelsens (Waiting for Homam as well.)

WS Gear
Main: Thalassocrat
Sub: Pole Strap
Ranged: None
Ammo: Tiphia Sting (Trying to get my RSE Sachet.)

Head: Optical Hat/Wyvern Helm (I use O-Hat for Penta, and Wyvern Helm for Skewer since I was told the two strength beat the four dexterity on the Voyager Sallet.)
Neck: Peacock Amulet/Spike Necklace (Took previous advice and pawned my Chivalrous Chain)
Ear1: Fowling Earring
Ear2: Brutal Earring

Body: Askar Korazin (Waiting on Hecatomb Harness. Safe to assume the higher strength and accuracy beats out the attack and double attack boost correct?)
Hands: Dusk Gloves (Wondering if I should just wait for Hecatomb Mittens or get the Drachen Gloves HQ'd... Not sure how long I have to wait on the Hecatomb junk.)
Ring1: Flame Ring (I'll get a Flame Ring when I feel like shelling out gil for it.)
Ring2: Rajas Ring

Back: Amemet Mantle +1
Waist: Warwolf Belt
Legs: Barone Cosciales (I was going to try and save up for Dusk Trousers, but I think I will wait it out for one of the rare/ex alternatives.)
Feet: Rutter Sabatons (Hecatomb please...)

Iota Ring: 3Dex, 3Acc, Total: 5.25 Acc.
Buy a Sniper's Ring and use your Ichor for something better like Kubira Bead Necklace for your Blu. That piece is actually un upgrade, not a sidegrade.

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/profile.xml?194381

macro in tara NQ, and wyvern for WS
jump in barone
also have Love halberd for kicks
working on swift/homan/nyzul, ZMN and salvage not really an option yet
comments?







Edited, Feb 16th 2009 3:25pm by evolone

Well you're link just says if you have no other haste Life>Swift... I have 14% haste and when I put in Swift belt stats to replace Life in both my calculations, and the spreadsheets in the general forum, and I lose 1-2% DoT.

After playing around with the sheets the only time I find it possible that Swift > Life is when you have capped accuracy, this is with hasso + haste on.

Weapon: Thal.
Sub: Pole
Ammo: Olibanum Satchet (I know need tiphia or smart)
Head: W.turban
Neck: Chiv.
Ear: Brutal/Assault
Body: Assault Jerkin
Hands: Dusk
Rings: Sniper/Rajas
Back: Amemet+1
Waist Life
Legs: Homam
Feet: Homam

Even if I change Chiv -> PCC, AJ -> Homam, and Dusk -> Homam, and Satchet -> Sting, the most I gain out of Swift belt is 0.8% increase in DoT. I guess I may just try less for Swift until I get my last two Homam and a PCC :/

EDIT: Screw Sting, according to the sheets there is a 0.002% difference.

Edited, Feb 17th 2009 9:24am by MaxsOwner

Well I used both my sheets and these and both say you only gain DoT when you have capped accuracy already.

Edit: Sorry I didn't read that far down into the thread to see that post.

Edited, Feb 17th 2009 11:27am by MaxsOwner

Cheers Souji, I've been getting really bad at this recently.

Greetings!

I have not played FFXI in over a year due to problems beyond my control. I will be coming back soon, but I fear I may have missed some updates that may impact me.

I saw a rate my gear thread, so I figured... here is as good as anywhere else.

Below is the gear I can remember having. I hope you can help me decide what to get rid of and what to get when I come back. I also have a SAM75, so some of the gear was purchased to perform double duty.

DRG75/SAM37(WAR37, BLU37)
Main: Mezraq
Sub: Mythril Grip+1
Ammo: Angon
Head: Wyvern Helm - Walahra Turban
Neck: Chivarlous Chain
Earrings: Bushinomimi - Fowling
Body: Pahlowan - Assault Jerkin - Amir
Hands: Hydra Finger Gauntlets - Pallas's Bracelets - Wyrm Finger Gauntlets
Rings: Flame Ring x2
Back: Amamet+1
Waist: Warwolf Belt - Life Belt
Legs: Barone Cosciales - Wyrm Brais
Feet: Amir Boots - Hecatomb Leggings - Rutter Sabatons (prety much useless at this point)

I do eat Sole still... I know every DRG on the site swears that meat is the way to go, but I still find myself doing better DMG overall with the added ACC, STR and DEX from Sole. I actually tried eating Coeurl Subs, but the loss of ACC, STR and DEX seems to kill my Penta DMG, and since I am also using some TP tricks with SAM, that really hurts me overall.

I want to switch to Coeurl Subs permanently, but I am having problems aligning my gear properly without killing my ACC. What I would really like to know is what I can do to make the switch without killing my ACC or spending a fortune.

Also, if you can tell me how much ACC I need to CAP my ACC at 75 with full Merits, that would help.

Weapon: Thalasso
Grip: Pole
Ammo: Tiphia(Elvaan satchet for WS)
Head: O.hat (Voyager for WS)
Neck: Chiv Chain
Ears: Assault+Fowling
Body: SH
Hands: Dusk (Drachen+1 WS)
Rings: Woodsman (Ruby for WS)
Back: Amemet+1
Waist: Life(Warwolf WS)
Legs: Drachen Brais+1
Feet: Barone

Merits: Polearm 2 so not capped, and it's after I finish Slow2 for RDM before I work on DRG merits.

A) Need to know what to pick-up via AH/NM-wise. Currently not in a EG LS as I'm just meriting myself while waiting on an answer.

B) Currently not doing Nyzul as my Assault group is busy with rank ups and getting the last pieces of gear we need before doing climbs/ranks at the same time.

C) Rajas + Ultham's rings are NOT an option. My RDM is my pride and joy, and it has a Tamas+Balrahn's and I don't intend on switching my Tamas ring out ever.

D) Wouldn't mind a pathway of which is best to upgrade first.

E) Curious for Drakesbane: Potent Belt(+3 STR +8 ACC) vs Warwolf (+5 STR & DEX), which would be better?

Edited, Feb 20th 2009 10:51pm by Dathus

This

TP / WS
Main: Thal
Sub: Pole
Ammo: Smart
Head: Askar
Body: Zahak's
Hands: Dusk / Heca
Legs: Askar
Feet: Aurum / Heca
Neck: Chiv. Chain
Back: Foragers
Belt: Swift / Warwolf
Ear1: Brutal
Ear2: Assault
Ring1: Blood
Ring2: Ecphoria

I just got sea so I'll have Rajas soon, and plan on working towards Homam and flame/light gorget soon. 0/infinity on Swift, but next in line for Wyrm Belt in the meantime.

Edit: Just got Swift!

Edited, Feb 24th 2009 9:28pm by CorLeonisX

weapon "Thalassocrat"
grip "Pole Grip"
body "Assault Jerkin"
hands "Dusk Gloves"
waist "Swift Belt" or "Potent Belt"
head "Walahra Turban"
r.ring "Rajas Ring"
l.ring "Ecphoria Ring"
r.ear "Assault Earring"
l.ear "Brutal Earring"
neck "Chivalrous Chain"
ammo "Tiphia Sting"
back "Amemet Mantle +1"
legs "Barone Cosciales" or "Pahluwan Seraweels"
feet "Dusk Legs"

My TP set The Or's are for if I need more Acc.

I have not played dragoon for about a year now. Interested in regearing it up again to play. Would any one be able to give me gear recommendations?

tp set http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/profile.xml?195425

I also recently acquired drakesbane here is my ws set up for that and penta thrust more than sure I need to redo that set.

ws set http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/profile.xml?195426
Any advice would be appreciated.

Prolly no one responded because no one was sure if you were A) Trolling B)Bragging or C) you feel rusty from a 1 year hiatus and was seeking a sincere response.

Buf if you really are looking for a sincere response, my suggestion would be to experiment. You already should know what you have will fulfill any base requirement for good damage. Experience will fill in the blanks as to maximizing your dmg on different situations, so that you can finetune to the point where you know which mob will call forth which gear macro. In endgame, everything gets relegated to that dreaded word -situational-, which knows no final resolution.

Having said that, you can safely replace your turban on your WS with almost anything else. May i suggest a wyvern helm as a starter then move on to better things depending on your event/luck. You can also farm organs for those ws gorgets. (penta=dark, drakesbane=idk yet) Pants+1/uthalam ring can be replaced with barone/ruby(or HQ) starter set depending on mob, but in this case its really finetuning to your specific need and the merits you have. I eventually replaced my pants+1 with conte b/c i found i didnt need the accuracy, but still have a macro that includes it for harder, yet non zerging mobs/bosses. (When I used to be... a more obsessive about squeezing every little stat, I think i even had macro for tiphia sting <==> smart grenade. ._.;)

Wait til you get additional new gear set and see the monkey wrench start flying amok amidst your best laid set up.

Fintuning is a journey that never ends...

8 Polearm merits

TP
Tiphia Sting -> Smart Grenade, Goblin Cracker

Wyvern Helm -> Optical Hat, Pahluwan Hat, Walahra Turban, Askar/Aces

Potent Belt -> Life Belt, Swift Belt

Barone -> Homam, Askar, D Cuisses+1

Tabin +1 -> Amir, Aurum, Homam

Alright I have a fairly specific question, current set-up:

Weapon: Thalassocrat
Sub: Pole Grip
Ammo: Tiphia Sting
Head: Walahra Turban
Neck: Chiv Chain
Ear: Assault Earring
Ear: Fowling Earring
Body: Assault Jerkin
Hand: Dusk Gloves
Finger: Woodsman Ring
Finger: Woodsman Ring
Back: Amemet Mantle +1
Waist: Life Belt
Legs: Barone Cosciales
Feet: Feral Ledelsens Askar Gambieras

Additional gear: Victory Ringx2, Warwolf Belt, Wyvern Helm

Should I be swapping any of this in for Jump/High Jump? Is there any other gear I should consider using for a Jump set up, aside from my usual TP Gear? Aside from the obvious Drachen Greaves, I already swap those in.

Edited, Mar 13th 2009 1:49pm by cynicalsaint

Haste does nothing for Jumps so you can swap in your Wyvern Helm. It's been proven that the AF Feet give +10% atk on Jump so those can be swapped in just for Jump, not High Jump. Keep on your Feral's for that or get Tabin +1 for more ACC during your jumps. You can get a Barone Body which adds 2TP when wearing it and using Jump or High Jump. Barone pants have the same affect but you wear them already. Besides that everything else looks fine in regards to just Jump/High Jump gear.

Since I got 75 I guess I'll post in here.


TP -> Penta

It might be a bit before I can get Heca boots, but that's definitely near the top of my list of easier things to get. WS helm I wasn't too sure about...I'm thinking when I unlock Drakesbane (going to unlock it now before limbus) I might use Askar helm for it since it's 1 less hit and the dex could help with crits I suppose. Not really sure if I'm going overboard on acc for penta as is. (Doesn't seem like it to me)

Suggestions?

I just recently returned to FFXI after a break and with all the new stuff coming out gear wise I went from pretty ok gear to bottom of the barrel I was wondering if you might be able to help me out with some easy upgrades. I don't have alot of money but I got time so I can farm to get money still currently working on Sea access. Have Sky and Dynamis though.

Main: Colossal Lance (working on Thasso or Mez)
Sub: Mythril Grip +1
Ammo: Tiphia Sting
Head: Emperor Pin // Wyvern helm for ws
Neck: Chiv Chain // Spike Necklace for ws
Ear1: Coral earring
Ear2: same as above
Body: Narasimha's Vest
Hands: Wyrm Finger Gauntlets
Ring1: Ruby Ring
Ring2: see above
Back: Amemet
Waist: Life Belt // Warwolf for Ws
Legs: Barone Cosciales
Feet: Leaping Boots // Heroic boots for Ws

I sub /war or /sam for groups /rdm for solo.

Your help is much appreciated ^^

Thanks
Rhyus and Vhiki

tp gear
ws gear
any inputs?

tp or ws? or both