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Thread seems to be geared (pardon the pun ;p) for level 1-40 >_> blasphemy i say! :P

"Obliged". And sure, although for a while AF will be best ;P

Yes... I could but itd be pretty silly for me to guesstimate stuff that far above my level... but maybe I will add a few levels... of course with a full disclaimer for anything above 40... although I know some good 43 stuff :P

yellow mean to use it if you are subbing ninja green means to use when tanking and (DD) means to use it while not tanking nothing next to it and white color means to use it all the time.

Great post, however now that I'm level 45 and soon higher, I'm finding that there is a HUGE amount of equipment and frankly im getting kinda confused. could you post something for those of us to tide us over until we can get our AF sets?

45war/22nin

As I leveled my warrior to 20 thus far (God, **** I hate Qufim...), I found Royal Spearman's Spear at level 18 to be quite sufficient, maybe you could add that to the list. ^^;;

Also, "Boomerang" is a level 14 item that WARs can use to get a jump start on throwing weapons to pull, as this list starts at 19. There may be some earlier ones, but I don't know any of them offhand. Hope this helps any.

edit: One other possible piece of advise I might offer. Some people new the game and/or the class, may not have the money to afford all the items listed here. Perhaps you could list some possibly alternative? San d'Orian equipment is a cheaper alternative to kingdom gear, for those lacking in funds, for instance. Level 25 RDM and still using San d'Orian gloves... :P

Edited, Sun Jul 18 19:01:56 2004 by Youshin

I got my warrior to 52 recently. To the best of my knowledge, I can volunteer a list of equipment for levels 41-50, including these yummy must-haves:


LVL43 Combat Casters Boomerang +1 Accuracy +4 and Rng Accuracy +4 (Outside own Nation's Control) WAR/THF/RNG only (^^)

LVL48 Life Belt Accuracy +10

LVL48 Viking Axe 36 dmg 276 delay Accuracy +10, Evasion -10

LVL49 Gigant Axe 75 dmg 519 delay STR +4, INT -4

LVL50 Enkelados's Bracelets DEF 14, HP +25, STR +7, DEX -4, AGI -4

LVL50 R.K. Mufflers DEF 13, Accuracy +3

LVL50 R.K. Belt DEF 5, +2 All Stats Except VIT

LVL50 Mithril Pick +1 40 dmg 303 delay


P.S. Someone volunteer level 51+ equip?

Beetle armor lowers Ice not Water. Only thing that might get ya is a Wights spikes :P

Remember, there's no hard evidence that 2 dex = 1 acc. If you re-read the SE interview frequently posted, you'll notice they do say 2 vit = 1 def and 2 str = 1 atk, but not 2 dex = 1 acc or 2 agi = 1 eva. They state that it's better to directly raise acc than via dex, so it's not a 1-to-1 relationship... and if it were 2-to-1 like vit/str, they would've just said that. So likely, it takes at -least- 3 dex to get a point of acc by your own stats... possibly more.

So yes, the bracelets are quite awesome... I like to swap them and a swordbelt+1 in while sneak-attacking, since it's a guaranteed critical hit, I'm adding 7 STR and 12 attack to the cause. Owch X) I don't leave them on though, -4 agi? Yikes...

Onward, some other equipment thoughts up to 70... A bit of this is easily attainable/cheap, some of it is kind of expensive, and a lot of it is expensive or difficult to obtain. Still, it's a sample of items you should keep an eye our for, in my opinion...

Waist:
Level 43 Swordbelt/Swordbelt+1, great DD until Life Belt
Level 58 Master Belt, a good option if you don't need as much acc as life belt, but swordbelt's 0 acc is too little.

Back:
Level 55 Federation Army Mantle, a great tank item, requires rank 6
Level 55 Royal Army Mantle, DD, requires rank 6
Level 60 Behemoth Mantle, tank

Body:
Level 60 Byrnie, awesome armor, huge boost to damage and doesn't gimp you as a tank like haubergeon does. You can even put Defender on and still hit hard.
Level 69 Hauberk, DD, just trade in your haubergeon

Earring:
Level 1 Cassie's Earring, tank or DD, I hope you're rich!
Level 30 Pilferer's Earring, /thf DD sub. Who'd argue with an extra 2 dex?
Level 30 Genin Earring, /nin tank sub. An extra +1 agi over a drone earring.
Level 58 Assault Earring, pure DD.
Level 70 Fenrir's Earring, DD, good luck getting this or...
Level 70 Pixie Earring, DD, that.

Ring:
Level 30 Archer's Ring, DD luxury item, if you plan on getting sniper's later...
Level 54 Chrysoberyl Ring, tank
Level 54 Fluorite Ring, DD
Level 54 Sun Ring, DD
Level 54 Jadeite Ring, tank
Level 57 Bomb Queen Ring, tank
Level 60 Gold Musketeer's Ring, tank, amazing if you're rank 7 and Bastok gets in first place.
Level 63 Jelly Ring, tank
Level 65 Fire Ring, DD on firesday
Level 65 Lightning Ring, DD on thundersday
Level 65 Wind Ring, tank on windsday
Level 70 Defending Ring, tank, another "good luck getting it" item.

Feet:
Level 68 Thick Sollerets, DD

Hands:
Level 50 Spiked Finger Gauntlets, DD *new item*
Level 65 Praefectus' Gloves, tank
Level 68 Thick Mufflers, DD
Level 70 Alkyoneus's Bracelets, DD

Head:
Level 65 Opo-Opo Crown, tank w/rice balls, difficult to obtain.
Level 68 Celata, DD
Level 70 Optical Hat, DD

Legs:
Level 69 Thick Breeches

Neck:
Level 33 Peacock Charm, DD, the luxury item of all luxury items.
Level 55 Iron Musketeer's Gorget, tank
Level 65 Grand Temple Knight Collar, DD, requires rank 8.

Ranged:
Level 55 Lightning Bow, DD
Level 63 Bomb Core, DD
Level 70 Fenrir's Stone, tank

Axe:
Level 56 Darksteel Axe
Level 68 Nadziak
Level 70 Juggernaut

Great Axe:
Level 58 Forseti's Axe
Level 59 Heavy Darksteel Axe
Level 64 Colossal Axe
Level 69 Berserker's Axe

Oh totally. I didn't even mean to imply that I think these are even close to the "best" options myself. I'm sort of playing the versaility role of WARs up and listing a number of items that seem to excel over the more banal items out there in one role or another. You could write pages on just the various useages of different items if you wanted. I just tried to play that "a lot of options out there" concept to the items that stand out.

It's kind of like how no one bothered to mention tortoise earrings (+3 atk, -3 eva), because they don't really have anything over other items available. Or who would bother with a Gold Cuirass? etc...

I can't find this Tilt Belt. I am WAR40/SAM20, and I wanna know what this is.

So i'm a level 19 war/9 monk. i know i haven't played that long but what is up with some of the suggestions to say to pick. is it geared to just average equip???

Cuz the lizard helm and bone mask have exactly the same def, except for the fact one is one level down. meaning you can get it earlier. this one i really don't understand at all. the bone mask goes for like 2000 gil while the lizard mask is like 500 on my server.

the shield. why get the the lantern shield when you can get the decurion shield in a few levels and it has much better def.

i thought you said stay away from lizard things. but you pick the lizard trousers over the bone subligar??

bone mittens over the fine gloves??

lizard ledelsons over the sandy boots (kingdom if you have teh money)???


i'm not critisizing i'm just asking why those selections. is it to save money or for levels??? some are better obviously and you will pay more, but why pay more for something that is just as good as another, like the lizard mask/bone mask???

Just asking, so don't get mad.

i understand completely. i leveled to 21 last night and immediately upon getting back to town bought all beetle armor. it was pretty cheap, too. i guess that sometimes i justify the expense of some armor (when i have the gil) and others i say the def isn't worth the gil. it all comes down to gil.

i always make sure to have the latest gear. i don't need to take more damage than necessary and die. LOL. ;)