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#1 Jan 31 2009 at 3:32 PM Rating: Decent
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Hello fellow COR!

I am writing this because I am having a problem acquiring a specific piece of gear for my level 30 COR, and being as much of a completist as I am I will not join another party on COR unless I obtain a Beater's Aspis first. As you can see here none have sold on the AH for more than 6 months now. I have gone to great lengths to obtain one even going so far as offering people who would join me on a BCNM 30 (Toadal Recall and Dropping Like Flies) run to keep everything but the Beater's Aspis if it drops, but, to no avail. Nobody I know is willing to even try these 2 level 30 capped BCNMs, and the months keep going by with not a single one on sale. I know this because I have been verifying the AH everyday religiously, since August 2008, when I reached level 30 on COR.

Anyway, on to the meat of the post:

Has there ever been a time when you didn't go forward with leveling a job because you never obtained a certain piece of equipment?
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#2 Jan 31 2009 at 3:42 PM Rating: Excellent
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Always.

I started doing Assault with my friends as soon as I reached level 50, and I wouldn't get COR past 59 until I had my Shark Gun. I was also able to ding into Pahluwan when I reached 72. I wasn't able to get Joyeuse until I'd already reached (or maybe passed) 70, though.

As you can probably tell, I level very slowly. It took me 2 years to get COR to 75, but that also left me time for farming and such to make up for the cost of bullets, so it all worked out in the end.

Um...I guess that's my story. Not sure why I posted it now, but I hope it answered your question.

(Personally, I'd skip the Beater's Aspis. But that's up to you.)
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#3 Jan 31 2009 at 7:28 PM Rating: Excellent
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I'd skip it too. Evasion +2 is not something a COR has much use for. Even on pulls, if you shoot from close to max distance you really shouldn't get hit too much.

Personally I've never been one to wait for a specific piece of gear. There really aren't that many pieces that are game-changing on their own. I remember on my way up as a COR, I didn't have the assault rank to buy a shark gun at 60 and got stuck with a crappy gun for a while. Then I dinged 68 or so and started camping AH for a martial gun and couldn't find a single one till I was 75 (this was a few weeks, not like I zoomed to 75 in a day). Also had trouble getting a peacemaker for the longest time. Have all 3 guns at my disposal now though.

I could see a COR waiting on a martial gun or a PCC but an evasion shield? You really don't need it. But yeah if you're always waiting on getting the gear before the level you'll never ding 75. My COR has been 75 for.... I wanna say 5 months now. I've got all the good limbus stuff, whands, denali head and body but I'm still working on skadi and a bucc belt etc.
#4 Jan 31 2009 at 11:04 PM Rating: Good
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Generally I only wait for a major, major piece or spell.

Evoker's Roll? Get that before you hit 40.

Corsair's Tricorne? Ding into it.

An evasion shield? That one piece of Noct gear that the +1 wasn't available when I ding into that level? The next R.Acc+ earring upgrade that happens to be out of stock on the AH? Skip it and grab it when it's available.

I'm currently waiting to continue leveling RNG until I get an O.Bow though, and maybe an E.Bow/V.Bow too (got S.Bow, so a decent alternative). I can't equip either of them yet. So yeah, sometimes for major pieces I won't level without them. Then again, those aren't normal AH pieces that I'm waiting on - they're R/E drops, or in the case of E.Bow, very expensive items that my issue is with scraping together the gil...

Edited, Feb 1st 2009 2:07am by Anza
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#5 Feb 01 2009 at 7:50 AM Rating: Decent
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Aww...

I thought this thread was going to be about the complete lack of non rare/ex decent leg pieces for CORs to Melee in.

I'm just really sick of my Vendor's slops... They're so ugly.
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#6 Feb 01 2009 at 8:20 AM Rating: Decent
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i never notice that shield until i am 70+, 2 Evasion is not something you gonna stop lvling for. Chances are, if you tank is any good, you wont take hate at all, not at that low lvl anyway. Evasion will be meaningless when you not getting hit.
#7 Feb 02 2009 at 8:18 AM Rating: Default
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While I admire your completionist attitude, trying to get a Beaters Aspis is pretty pointless.

It looks stupid. EVA +2 does little for a job with lol D ranked EVA skill and did I say it looks stupis already?

Personally I will only delay levelling if the piece is a) extremely important to the job and b) reasonably attainable.

It took me a while to get a Joyeuse but I wasn't going to stop playing COR for that. However I did stop playing to raise funds for all the dice. I did stop playing until I got a Paluwhan Body because that was obtainable with some effort. I don't have CFG, or most endgame equips because my schedule really limits my ability to play endgame things. So I'm not going to forego playing COR becasue I can't get all that nice endgame gear. For many things there are reasonable alternatives, esp for a versatile job like COR where the emphasis is purely on numbers. That being said, I may end up joining a Dynamis shell just to work on a few relic pieces that seem pretty important (tricorne and body piece esp).

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#8 Feb 02 2009 at 8:33 AM Rating: Decent
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Aldion wrote:
Aww...

I thought this thread was going to be about the complete lack of non rare/ex decent leg pieces for CORs to Melee in.


QFT

At 71, nothing is really that great; even Feral Trousers aren't that appealing. Dusk/Pahluwan are the only inspiration I have coming soon. (Still need Ilrusi points for those pants, though...) These are a bit scary to think of seeing on an Elvaan M.

To the OP: Skip the Aspis. Focus on guns and RAcc.
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#9 Feb 02 2009 at 1:10 PM Rating: Decent
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Tell me about it,....

Martial Gun (I'm surprised the price doesn't sky rocket due to demand)

Gun Belt

and Beaters Earring all took a ton of AH Camping for me to aquire.

I wouldn't bother with the shield at all,

IMO the +3 def from the easier to find Varlet's Targe is a bigger benefit than the +2 eva from Beater's.

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?fitem=5349

Edited, Feb 2nd 2009 4:11pm by aerynsuun
#10 Feb 06 2009 at 8:22 PM Rating: Decent
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heavensword wrote:
Aldion wrote:
Aww...

I thought this thread was going to be about the complete lack of non rare/ex decent leg pieces for CORs to Melee in.


QFT

At 71, nothing is really that great; even Feral Trousers aren't that appealing. Dusk/Pahluwan are the only inspiration I have coming soon. (Still need Ilrusi points for those pants, though...) These are a bit scary to think of seeing on an Elvaan M.

To the OP: Skip the Aspis. Focus on guns and RAcc.

Skadi?
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