Savant Gear SetFollow

The 1,000,000G question: do you equip when you use the /JA, or when the Strategem is consumed?

Well... yeah.... fulltime gear has never existed in FFXI.

Full Perle for DRG.

And yeah, I', aware that this is probably the only valid example, but it's still enough to disprove that "never" :P




And back on topic, what do you guys that the "augments grimoire" effect will do? My guss is that it will increase tyhe benfits of being on the correct arts, so maybe and extra 5% reduction in MP cost and cast/recast time?

Okay, you got me >_<


And if "augments" works differently from "enhances", I really, really hope you're right. +MAB (Or even better, potency) and macc could be really sexy.

Any info on where to get the base pieces for the Savant set?

I know the Hat is curor bought from Abyssea-Vunkerl Inlet

But what about the Pants and Boots?

Just got Savant Pants +1.

Reraise = 135MP in Light Arts.
With Parsimony = 75MP.
With Savant's Pants = 65MP.

The MP Cost in the window is the same, but only 65MP is taken. Values kept jumping a bit since we have Conserve MP, but that's the lowest I could see.

I'm assuming, but praying this isn't true - you have to wear the AF3+1 legs when casting the spell, yes? As opposed to when you activate the stratagem?

I'm trying to stay positive on the scholar AF3, but I'm having a difficult time.

I guess I should have said that I'm disappointed that the set isn't more oriented towards nuking than it is. I should also say that I'm more of an offensively minded scholar. If I think I need more of a healing job then I'll bring white mage instead.

First off, the hat:
Savant bonnet +2
DEF 30
MP 45
Enhancing Skill +10
Enhances "Regen" Potency
Enhances Ebullience/Rapture Effect
Set: Augments Grimoire

The mp is a nice boost, but everything else about this piece screams macro piece only to me. I can't think of a use for the enhancing skill other then stoneskin (perhaps phalanx if I'm casting from dark arts), and the regen potency is fairly obvious. Before the 2nd abyssea expansion I wouldn't have much to say about the enhances ebullience effects, since I would usually use parsimony instead, but with the huge refresh effect I get from atma I've been using it a lot more.

Pants:
Savant Pants +2
DEF 40
MND 11
Enfeebling Skill +10
Grimoire: Magic Accuracy +15
Enhances Penury/Parsimony Effect

The enfeebling skill is nice to have for those gravity-ga spells I throw around sometime, and I won't cry over getting a sizable increase in mind. The grimoire magic accuracy is especially nice, but again I find the lack of any int/MAB stats a bit disappointing. What makes me particularly sad is that if the monster isn't terribly resistant I should switch back to teal and nuke with those for increased damage.

The enhances penury/parsimony effect is nice I guess, but it seem minor.

Feet:
Savant loafers +2
DEF 19
MP 35
INT 8
Elemental Skill +10
Enhances Klimaform effect

This is pure butter. The only thing I would add is a little dark magic skill like the augur's boots, but I won't fret over that.

So I guess the thing that I'm most concerned with is the lack of intelligence on the set. While some additional MAB would be nice, int seems like it should be required because of how it relates to our helix spell damage.

I guess I could have also said that I love the af3 neck piece, while the lack of int on the scholar af3 ammo item leaves me a bit lukewarm.

Of course it's a macro piece, everything is a macro piece. It's also one of the largest single Enhancing boosts on any piece of gear we have access to; even if you don't need it to cap the spells you cast, this will let you do it with less gear. I'm interested to see if it'll be worth swapping this in with Ebullience nukes; I hope so.



If you consider yourself an offensive SCH, you should be a lot happier with these pants than any nuking stats. Also, why is switching from resist gear to damage gear a particularly sad thing? Each has their place.



^ This. I foresee Sublimation/Dark Skill hands and a sick nuking body!