The official "rate my gear" threadFollow

My brother and I are arguing over the best augments for his Shantotto legs (Haste+3% is a no-brainer and we both agree on it), so rather than start a new thread I thought I'd ask in this one, since I assume it will depend on his existing set (since I'm pushing for the +7 ACC augment, which will be useless if he's already capping; he wants to do Double Attack +2%).

TP:
Thalassocrat
Pole Grip
Smart Grenade
Askar Zucchetto
Chivalrous Chain
Fowling Earring
Brutal Earring
Askar Korazin
Dusk Gloves
Uthalam's Ring
Rajas Ring
Amemet Mantle +1
Swift Belt
Shantotto Legs (Augments: Haste+3%, ???)
Dusk Ledelsens (2 pop sets for Armed Gears which will be used in a week or two)

Events he does: ZNM, Dynamis, Einherjar (just joined, hasn't attended a run yet)

he's not capping acc, so +7 acc is the best.




TP in SH and WS in your TP gear. get a pole grip asap. could change jaridah to NQ tabin for a sidegrade and gain 10k+ gil, or go to tabin +1 for an upgrade. if you have a swift belt, use it for TP. everything else is good.

clearly you missed a few weeks:

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.html?fjob=14&mid=125253610613657190&page=1&howmany=50#m125254057339818873

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.html?fjob=14&mid=123410001230051607&page=2&howmany=50#m1251901889136489815

even NQ SH is better than AJ unless acc is capped, which it won't be at at 68.

TP Set:
Well, not really a whole lot you can do to improve this set to tell the truth. If you are ever /sam, I strongly recommend you go for a 6-hit build. You can do this one of 3 ways really.

Easiest way (for you probably, since you have high Nyzul already) is to get an Askar Korazin. Now switching Homam Corazza out for that means I would probably advise you switch your smart grenade for a Tiphia Sting (or if you have 9 Million gil, a black Tathlum), and probably either a Fowling earring (less) or an Assault Earring (more). If you have money for the black tathlum, drop some more for a peacock charm, as it should provide slightly more benefit than the chivalrous chain. Other than that, not really much to upgrade besides Dusk Gloves from Askar, but that is really so close, that it almost isn't even worth the 70-200k that the gloves are going to cost for the heartache of worrying about having them on for movement speed down.

Your second option also involves a new body armor. Aurum Cuirass, this piece I think is probably one of the most underrated armors in the game for any 2-hd DD. Very powerful. The other gear recommendations for Askar Korazin would apply as well.

The third option would be to get a rose strap. Would allow you to keep your Homam Corazza and still reach a 6-hit build with what you have.

Independent of all that, if you feel you need a little bit more accuracy, you can try the Cuchulain Mantle.

WS Set:
Hard to say here, but you need higher DEX if you want to take advantage of the crit potential of Drakesbane. For Penta Thrust this is a great setup. As a mithra(me, not you), I have 72 base DEX as a drg/sam. That means, I need to aim for approximately +45 DEX if I want capped crit rate on most of the events that I do (merits, limbus runs, einherjar, nyzul[could probably go less for this]). That means in some slots I have to consider switching out STR for DEX, and whether or not it would just be better to leave the STR in for the +50% STR mod. That being said, if you want a fairly strong DEX build for WS, you need Zahak's Mail or Aurum Cuiriass for the body.

Consider the following swaps and whether they are worth it:
Flame Ring >> Thunder Ring
Wyvern Helm >> Askar Helm (At least until you could get Hecatomb)
Foragers Mantle >> Cuchulain's Mantle

Other things you could aim for that would increase your dex
Ares Cuisses or Hecatomb Subligar
Hecatomb Cap
MKD Champion's Galea with +4 STR, +4 DEX, +15 WS acc, +2% Crit Damage
ACP Body with +10 acc and either +10 atk, +3% crit, or +4 sTP


I feel like I am missing something, but those are my thoughts.

Ok still not 75 but here is what I have

Thal/Pole Strap

TP
Ammo: Probably RSE / or one of the lvl 70 PFC Throwing Items
Head: Walahara Turban
Neck: PCC
Earring 1: Fowling
Earring 2: Brutal Earring
Body: Askar
Hands: Homan
Ring 1: Sniper's
Ring 2: Rajas Ring
Back: Amemet +1
Waist: Swift Belt
Legs: Barone
Feet: Homam Gambieras


Drakesbane/Penta Thrust Set (Drakes mainly)
Ammo: Probably RSE
Head: MDK Helm with 4 str 25 ACC
Neck: PCC / or maybe good old Spike??
Earring 1: Fowling Earring
Earring 2: Brutal Earring
Body: Hecatomb Harness
Hands: Hecatomb Mittens
Ring 1: Str +4 ring
Ring 2: Rajas Ring
Back: Amemet +1
Waist: Warwolf Belt
Legs: Barone
Feet: Hecatomb Leggings

My weak spot is legs and neck. Working on homan and askar legs. Though if I finish SA first i will get haste 3 acc 7 legs. (can always request later)

So spike collar for WS? any other tips?

If it helps I am elvaan with 5 str merits 4 crit. I am changing my weapon merits to add between 4 to 6 merits in polearm. (/sigh such a pain to drop merits)

Also, 25Acc is definitely overkill for a Drg WSonly hat. This can be found in older topics, but the general idea is that if anything's a high enough level that you'd actually need that extra acc, then it probably falls into wheeling thrust terratory anyway.

I'd probably consider Str/Dex+4 WSacc+15 Crit damage+2%. That'd be a much better drakesbane piece.

use rajas/ulth for TP and penta.
use rajas/flame or rajas/ruby for wheeling.
fulltime brutal earring.
get a str body for wheeling, fourth brunne is good.
swap out dusk for WS. tarasque are good hands for penta, gigas line for wheeling. amir boots are good for penta, rutter sabotons are good for both.
use chiv for wheeling.
get some barone cosciales, they work for penta and wheeling. dusk legs are better for penta though.
ultimately you're going to be looking for alot of heca for both WS.

You do limbus (You have homam legs), so get AF+1 legs. They'll sort you out for WS.

Waiting for Bsphil to drop in since his coments are pretty helpfull, but my 2 cents. The add on's are worth the money.

They are low man (6 or less) and the battles are pretty fun. The gear is worth it and if you spec to drg will make a signficant impact

I thought the story was pretty weak, but I kind of like the moogle one better.


Edited, Jan 19th 2010 5:55pm by Tyleron

For TP work toward Homam. The Aurum body you said you're working toward is great. Work toward coins for Brutal earring; it's a huge upgrade over Fowling. Don't worry about AM+1 -> Foragers until after you've made some other purchases. C.chain to PCC comes to mind.

For WS work toward appropriate gorgets from sea. AF+1 hands are great if you can't get Heca. Don't swap to Smilo+1 over AM+1 for multi hit WSs. Heca pieces are great for WS...but if you're not wanting to do endgame (sky...endgame...lol) then they're out. Uh...I personally wouldn't buy them just for the item...but the hat from the expansion is pretty much the best you're going to get outside of heca hat.

Drg75/Sam37 usually unless I'm soloing

TP
Wep: Fay Lance Dmg+5 Str/Dex+2
Grip: Pole
Ammo: Smart Grenade
Head: Askar
Neck: Chiv
Body: Nuevo Acc/Att+10
Gloves: Askar
Waist: Swift
Legs: Homam
Feet: Aurum
Back: Amemet +1
Ears: Brutal/Assault
Rings: Rajas/Ulthalam's

WS

Head: Champion's Galea Str+4 Acc+10 Atk+5 WS Acc+15
Neck: Flame gorget
Hands: Pallas
Waist: Warwolf
Legs: Aurum


I know the Pallas hurt me alittle but I keep missing when Heca hands drop.
Decent Gear, but I would like to know what I could do to push my numbers higher.
Since I don't play often enough I don't get to merit much, so my combat merits are lacking (my main is rdm so it gets them all) Polearm 2/8 Crit 2/8
Coming into some gil, but alot of it being poured into Rdm but I'll have some leftover for Drg love.

I usually stick to DB, but when ever I get a long chain of no crits and low dmg I'll throw a Penta or 2 and failing that I'll go Wheeling. It's usually against Dynamis mobs, or sea mobs. I'm not allowed in Sky as drg since rdm is my main.

And when I'm solo I use MP build, usually passing on some pieces so I don't mess up my max MP.

I've been out lotted on 3 pairs of heca, and the last pair that dropped went free lot when I wasn't there -,-. 5/5 afv2 so I've got wyrm. I don't even wanna think about trying to get the items for af+1. It took a year alone to get the 2 pieces for my Helm+1 and I've yet to see them drop again and we do limbus twice a week.

Oh, just thought about it. How important would Heca boots be? I've got Aurum, Homam, Askar, but usually keep the Aurum in for the atk(dex, an acc) and ease of macro space.

Also request MKD hat and remove 10Acc/5Att. You don't need 25WSAcc. Get Agi/Dmg instead.

"Also no Rajas?" No, I got the mage CoP ring since my other main job is RDM. Also thank you for the input guys.

As a fellow main RDM (who is going to take up DRG if I ever get the free time to finish /WAR and /SAM, dagnabit!) who as a melee job (in my case, BLU) I'd say that Rajas is unequivocally the best choice. This is coming from someone who will take a situational RDM upgrade over a big upgrade for another job (I took Tatsumaki Sitagoromo for Haste and Movement Speed instead of making Homam Cosciales +1 for my BLU, which still has no Homam, if that's any indication of my dedication to RDM), so believe me when I say that the difference between a single Diamond+Sapphire Ring and Tamas is practically unnoticeable, and an Aqua+Snow Ring will give the exact same results as Tamas, other than the Enmity and MP.

Sure, the extra inventory is nice, but the 6-hit possibilities Rajas opens up really make a big difference for DRG (not even going to get started on how awesome that ring is for BLU), compared to the barely-significant minor advantage Tamas gives RDM.

I'd be inclined to say Iota, personally. Rajas also stays in for WS, no exceptions, so ditch that Spinel Ring.

This. Also, fire off an e-mail to SE asking for the ability to re-quest your ToAU ring so you can trade your Uthalam's in for a Balrahn's. A Tamas RDM + Uthalam's DRG is not nearly as good as a Balrahn's RDM + Rajas DRG. Unfortunately, you can't swap ToAU reward rings because SE was too retarded to just put swapping capability in originally, but if enough people complain, they probably will.

Hey everyone~

I need some serious help with my Penta Thrust set. I was meritting last night with what I thought was a great new set, but without buffs, I was doing only about 800-900 Penta Thrusts on average. From eyeballing TP, I was landing 5/5 the majority of the time.

Setup:
Weapon: Fay Lance
Grip: Pole Grip
Ammo: Smart Grenade
Head: Champion's Galea with str +4 ws. acc+15, acc+10, attack+5
Neck: Chivalrous Chain
Ear1: Spike Earring
Ear2: Spike Earring (I realize I need to upgrade these, will get sea for Brutal Earring eventually)
Body: Nuevo Hauby
Hands: Tarasque Mitts +1
Ring1: Str+3 ring (waiting for Ruby's to pop up on AH)
Ring2: Str+3
Back: Amemet Mantle +1
Waist: Warwolf Belt
Legs: Dusk Trousers
Feet: Amir Boots

I realize that earrings and rings could use a tweak, but I thought this set would yield me some pretty good results. To put things in perspective, my Skewer was outdoing Penta sometimes. Still have yet to get a Radiant Lance drop, so I figure I'll switch over to Drakesbane once I do.

Thanks in advance

*edit* I'm aiming for heca in the future, but looking for a semi-quick resolution.

Edited, Feb 12th 2010 9:22pm by Neonaa

You can camp the NMs for Emp pin and Leaping boots prity easy now a days. Since SE turned the armor to r/ex and everyone has got it, there isn't much counter camping any more. If you want acc and at that lvl you can do sushi emp pin for "2.5 acc" or Precision Bandana "3 acc" from an NM. I would replace legs with republican subs. I would do tilt at 40.

Thanks for the feedback guys! I've had bad luck with leaping lizzy in the past but I suppose it's worth another try. I just discovered that I have a Behourd Lance in my mog safe along with the tilt belt so that's good news. I really appreciate the input, thanks again!

Assume a gearset something like this: http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.html?fjob=14&mid=1265057575321491670&num=8&page=1... 4/4 crit, 8/8 polearm, 5/5 str.

Question 1
What would you guys do with AMKD helm (Champion's Galea) for DRG WS? Relevant stats for relevant options:

1) STR+6, WSacc+15
2) STR+4, WSacc+15, Dex+4, crit dmg +2%
3) STR+4, WSacc+15, WS dmg +2%

This thread seems to imply that option (2) is best for both Penta and DB: http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.html?fjob=14;mid=123410001230051607;num=16;page=1. Given Penta's STR+DEX modifiers, it seems (2) would be best for it. And given that DB can crit, (2) seems pretty solid for it as well... though I wonder if (1) or (3) (depending on the math, which I need to review) could beat (2) for DB in some cases. My problem is that I don't think my DRG will (maybe ever) have Hecatomb Cap, so I want to figure out what my top WS helm would be.

Question 2
I know that 25 WS Acc is overkill... but given the above gear/merits, would 15 WS Acc be overkill too? If so, I might just use the Galea as a Turban+0.1 (counter is fun~) for TP and stick with Askar for DRG WS.

Edited, Feb 16th 2010 8:19pm by soopafeen

Any math you could point me towards? Most of what I've found on this forum just discredits the 25acc option, doesn't compare these 2. I don't have any other 2h DD jobs, and am trying to use this to figure out if the DEX would be worth it for crit tiers. http://www.bluegartrls.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3497520&postcount=970.

The only time DEX+ starts getting competitive with WS dmg+ is when your dDEX is 40+.

If you have the build for it, fine, if not, don't bother. Straight damage+ will be far more reliable.

Edited, Feb 22nd 2010 11:36am by bsphil

I am currently trying to maximize my Drakesbanes damage. Of course increasing my overall TP damage would also help. I am listing the items I use now and the other options I own in parentheses. Please note, at this time I do not attend Salvage so I do not have access to Ares gear.

Current Food: Coeurl Subs

TP
Weapon: Sarissa [WS ACC +8, Crit +3%]
Sub: Pole Grip (Rose Grip, Claymore Grip, Axe Grip)
Ranged:
Ammo: Astrolabe
Head: Askar Zucchetto
Neck: Love Torque
L. Ear: Brutal Earring
R. Ear: Ethereal Earring (Assualt Earring)
Body: Aurum Cuirass
Hands: Homam Manopolas
L. Ring: Iota Ring
R. Ring: Rajas Ring
Back: Forager’s Mantle
Waist: Swift Belt
Legs: Homam Cosciales
Feet: Homam Gambieras

Drakesbane
Weapon: Sarissa [WS ACC +8, Crit +3%]
Sub: Pole Grip (Rose Grip, Claymore Grip, Axe Grip)
Ranged:
Ammo: Astrolabe
Head: Champion’s Galea (STR +4, DEX +4, WS ACC +15, Crit Damage +2%)
Neck: Flame Gorget
L. Ear: Brutal Earring
R. Ear: Ethereal Earring (Assualt Earring)
Body: Aurum Cuirass (Hecatomb Harness)
Hands: Hecatomb Mittens (Alkyoneus’ Bracelets :P)
L. Ring: Flame Ring (Iota Ring)
R. Ring: Rajas Ring
Back: Forager’s Mantle
Waist: Warwolf’s Belt
Legs: Aurum Cuisses (Conte Cosciales)
Feet: Hecatomb Leggings (Aurum Sabatons)

I previously used a Skystrider with Supremecy Earring but I was lucky enough to get a Blunt Lance and some decent Evoliths. I am currently working on the mythical +6% Crit and WS ACC +12 Evoliths.

My chief concern is whether the purchase of Zahak’s mail would be worthwile instead of Aurum or Hecatomb (which I already have). Additionally, would the Blitzer Poleyn with 7 ACC and Crit Hit Damage +3% be more worthwhile than Aurum Cuisses?

Thank you for all of your help.


Xelltrix,

You are looking at:

Askar Korazin/Pole Grip
12 Attack
5 STR
5 Store TP
4% Double Attack

Homam Corazza/Rose Grip
15 Accuracy
4 Store TP
1(~2%) Triple Attack
28 HP/MP

I believe the Askar/pole is a much better option. For Jump, I would use Tiphia over a +4 VIT piece, and the AF (+1) boots.


Edited, Feb 23rd 2010 12:14pm by SyrusSquirple

Update to my previous post, since my tp gear has changed a bit and I've tweaked my ws set a bit (still needs work)

TP Gear

Main: Thalassocrat (Odin refuses to drop V fork when I am there ; ;)
Sub: Rose Strap
Ammo: Tiphia Sting
Head: Ace's Helm
Neck: Love Torque
Ear1: Brutal Earring
Ear2: Assault Earring
Body: Are's Cuirass
Hands: Homam Manopolas
Ring1: Raja's Ring
Ring2: Ulthalam's Ring
Back: Forager's Mantle
Belt: Swift Belt
Legs: Homam Cosciales
Feet: Homam Gambieras

Drakesbane gear
only posting stuff that changes from tp gear

Head: Champion's Galea (STR/DEX+4 WS Acc +15 Crit Dmg +2%)
Hands: Hecatomb Mittens
Waist: Warwolf Belt
Legs: Ares's Flanchard
Feet: Aurum Sabatons

Jump/High Jump
Again, only stuff that changes from tp gear

Head: Askar Zucchetto
Body: Barone Corazza
Hands: Ares's Gauntlets
Waist: Wyrm Belt
Legs: Barone Cosciales
Feet: Drachen Greaves

I am a sucker for the extra TP on the Barone gear.

I have sets for Wheeling Thrust and Penta Thrust as well, but to lazy to post them.


Edited, Mar 4th 2010 4:19am by Grenger