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Askar head, Hauby+1, Dusk hand, Byakko, Aurum feet:

DEF +155
STR +10
DEX +28
VIT +4
AGI -5
Attack +22 (29.5 with Str)
Acc +17 (31 with Dex)
Haste +14%

Perle 5/5 pieces:

DEF +179
STR +22
DEX +14
VIT +10
Attack +25 (41.5 with Str)
Acc +18 (25 with Dex)
Crit. +2%
Haste +14%

14 Dex + 6 acc vs 12 Str + 12 atk +2% crit%. Or 10 Dex + 3 acc + 1% haste vs 16 Str + 15 atk +2% crit% if you use Turban instead of Askar head. It seems they are very very close to me. I'm not a mathematician so I'm not too sure about the number crunching for these difference though.

I guess is the closer you are to accuracy cap the stronger perle will be right?

Edited, Jul 13th 2010 3:00pm by Oddwaffle

A bigger damage boost isn't from skill but from LCF reductions.

Assuming Lv 90 NM (picked random number out my a$$) vs a Lv 75 you get 15 levels of LCF or.

15 * .05 = -0.75 cRatio and 15 * 4 = -60 accuracy.

Lv 80 would have
10 * .05 = -0.50 cRatio and 10 * 4 = -40 accuracy.

Anyway you look at it that is a pretty hefty boost. But it seems the Abyssea content has a bit more evasion then we're used to. And who fricking knows what kind of "HNM" their gonna introduce, hell some of the VNM's are bad enough as is.

If you have no Hadiate, Perle will win. If you find yourself in a party with 4 other DDs, Perle will win. If you refuse to eat the proper food for the given situation, Perle will win. For those of us who like to play the game the right way, keep using your old sh*t.

It seems to be the norm around here, given the 'typical' buffs that get thrown around in this forum.

Perle Salade (IE: HEAD)

3% Haste (Check the main forum and the wiki), +5 STR, +5 VIT, +7 attack.

Didn't pick this up, but I'd imagine it would be a nice SC piece for those without Genbu's Kabuto/Heca hat

Perle Hauberk (BODY)

STR +8 DEX +4 Accuracy +8 Attack+8 "Critical hit rate" +2%

For me, it bumps me up an fSTR tier, so I use it over hauby. HOWEVER, the best part about this piece, and the real reason I got it; that +22 evasion you get from using this over hauby is amazing. I was actually regularly evading mobs as war/sam in dynamis... it was just awesome (btw, dynamis at 80 is lol, I was getting hit for like, half of what the mobs hit me for at 75)

Perle Mouffles (HANDS)

STR +4 DEX +2 Attack +10 Haste +2%

Dusk are better, but I use these for my RR hands since I don't have heca, and I keep them on hand for those times where I'm DDing but I can't have the -movement from dusk @#%^ing with me, and don't have the patience to use a swap macro.

Perle Brayettes (LEGS)

DEX +5 VIT +5 Accuracy +10 Enmity +2 Haste +2%

More acc than byakko's for both 2h (2 acc) and 1h (5 acc). Better for non-crit multihit ws anyway (not that I can think of any useful ones off the top of my head). I use them for KJ, since I don't have Aurum.


Perle Solerets (FEET)

STR +5 DEX +3 Enmity +2 Haste +2%

1 str shy of Hecafeet, with haste instead of slow. Handy if you need to save inv space, and definitely better than dusk if for no reason other than being able to lose some -movement speed. Although the +4(5) str is +1fSTR, and the 3 dex is an acc boost, if microscopic

Well, Full Perle isn't all that bad compared to a "Standard" WAR TP set. Said set being: Hauby+1, Byakko's, Dusk, Aurum and Turban.

Full Perle:
Haste+14%
STR+22
DEX+14
ATT+41 (Including STR)
ACC+28 (Including DEX)
Crit+2%

"Standard" Mixed Set:
Haste+15%
STR+6
DEX+24
ATT+26 (Including STR)
ACC+35 (Includign DEX)

Difference: STR+16(4 fSTR), ATT+15 and Crit+2% vs DEX+10, ACC+7 and Haste+1%.

Not doing any actual math, I'd be willing to say Perle is better until you get much higher amounts Haste. And even then, I'm skeptical whether 1% of haste is going to overcome the fSTR boost. ACC+7 isn't going to make or break a build. If ACC is low enough, Pizza is going to be used, so it's almost completely ignorable.

If anything, it has its place in a Rune Chopper build.

In regards to the math behind these two sets (assuming they have swift belt as only other haste piece).

The 1% haste difference at different levels of haste:

1) 0% outside haste (getting no support at all)(18% -> 19%) = 1.23% increase
2) 15% outside haste (only haste spell) (33% -> 34%) = 1.52% increase
3) 35% outside haste (haste spell/double march) (53% -> 54%) = 2.17% increase
4) 40% outside haste (haste spell/marches/halftime hasso) (58% -> 59%) = 2.44% increase
5) 45% outside haste (haste spell/marches/fulltime hasso) (63% -> 64%) = 2.86% increase
6) 50% outside haste (haste/marches/halftime hasso/10%samba) (68% -> 69%) = 3.23% increase
7) 55% outside haste (haste/marches/fulltime hasso/10%samba) (73% -> 74%) = 3.85% increase

If you are getting full use out of the 7 acc (which would require you to have abyssmal acc to start with or you are very good with aggressor up/down macros) you get roughly 4% increase.

4 fStr is going to be roughly 3.6% increase.

15 attack will be roughly 2.5% increase.

2% crit will be roughly 1.3% increase.

Perle stats give roughly a 6.4% increase over standard set (fairly consistant).
Standard set stats give anywhere from 1.23% - 7.85% increase depending on haste and your current acc.

To be quite honest this set truely is sexy and those that are denying it are simply not looking closely enough or simply dont want to believe that the once thought "standard set" that was fairly difficult to obtain, now can be equalled or surpassed for 100k. SE just seriouly leveled the playing field for casual players (whether you think this is good or not that is up to you to decide). I have a mixed feeling towards this more for my drg as it is the best TP set there is barring some seriously high end pieces needed, so my homam just went down the sh*tter (minus the feet for a HB macro).

The reason why I like it is that it seriously gives NO ONE a reason to not have a good TP set. This whole set is 100k on my server, and if you cant afford that, you seriously need to stop leveling and farm. It is 100% worth it as it is also a very nice WS set as well. 100k for a good TP/WS set, seriously, get it if you dont already and dont have byakko's haidate (without this piece there is nothing that can beat perle set unless you goofily have dusk +1 and armadaberk but no haidate).

With the exception that unless you're a DRK that does lots of Souleater zerging, Perle > Homam, and there are circumstances under which you may even want to skip catpants / Ace's if you have full Perle. Personally, I think KWiley had it spot-on.