Golden Moogle Belt?Follow

Brave/Barbarian belt is actually the big competitor for it at that level. You'd be surprised at how well DD PLD works at that level, even if you're a Taru.

If you absolutely had to decide between the two, you're really at a level where VIT has some noticeable effect, so I'd probably go with the Warrior's Belt +1 over the Golden Moogle Belt. It's really personal preference, though.

I would stick with the warriors belt+1. Vit in that level gets noticable. ACC>VIT>HP at your level in my opinion.

remember that ATT and STR are basically more potent at lower levels. this is because your ATT is divided by mob DEF in the equation that determines your damage (so 10 ATT on top of 100 ATT does a lot more than 10 ATT on top of 400 ATT), and because your base damage (what STR affects, generally by raising it by 1 every 4 STR you have) is lower than at later levels (because weapon damage is lower).

tilt belt or swordbelt+1 would be good choices. haste belt is really your best choice.

Thanks for all of the advice! I still have my warrior belt +1 from my warrior days, so for money vs stats, I'll just hang on to that. Do you think the golden moogle belt will have any relevance end game or is it just trash all the way?

I agree with most of what's been said, especially with the info relating to what you're using at your level. However, I don't think the golden belt is junk endgame. It's a good macro piece for a HP up piece for your cure cheat macro. The idea is to drop your HPs, then add HPs and cure to generate enmity when you're not taking dmg. The belt is worth holding onto for that purpose. Especially since it increases as a % and you get more benefit from it as you increase your overall HPs. Just food for thought, before you trash it.

I actually use my Gold Moogle Belt when supertanking Divine Might. Comes out to 55 HP or so.

i'll give you two guesses as to how attentively i read the first post, or in fact whether or not i read anything except lv42 -_-;;;.

so, OP, my advice applies after lv42, and my apologies for not chiming in on your actual question.

As far as HP builds on Taru go, try a Steppe Sash (at 70+). Just note that this is not something to be worn full time vs. everything.

You shouldn't really need HP builds for EXP, unless your parties really have hard-ons for EXPing on things like manticores or whatnot.

DD belts don't really start coming into play until the 40s (starting with Tilt Belt). Sure, there's Brave Belt and whatnot before that, but I don't even always see these for sale because they make so little of a difference, and it's certainly not something worth holding off on leveling for.

That's not something I'd consider "huge", but eh.

6.67%, assuming this isn't an inflated number, still doesn't mean much at the levels when it's working off what's still a rather wimpy level of "DoT". I sure as hell don't see that much of a difference at that level when I put on a Courage Ring, and this belt is essentially the same thing with -1 DEX attached on it.

Get it if you can find one, but I still don't really view any waist wear as "gotta have" for any jobs until the 40s other than a couple exceptions... Axe Belt for DRK/WAR starting from 30, and Purple Belt for MNK whenever that's available (hell if I remember)

fynlar, the fact that the last post i read of yours linked to something with the word "logic" in it together with this current post make me want to strike you.

you fight mobs at a low level. you increase your DoT, say, 10%. can you guess how big an improvement that is to kill speed? right, assuming you're doing around the same chunk of damage % partywise, it's exactly as much as when you're 75 and doing huge epeen damage. welcome to math, particularly the concept of percentages.

in fact, the only difference b/w low levels and high is that it's *mad @#%^ing easy* to explode your DoT at low levels. this is *exactly* because your base DoT is so low. take off that courage ring that you should have never put on in the first place, put on a mighty ring and bang, like >10% more DoT.

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brave belt a giant deal? ehhhhhh, fSTR is a funny thing. it's hit or miss. maybe a big deal, maybe not doing anything at all. if it does raise base damage though, yeah, it's very significant.

edit: drunken typos and word omissions.

Edited, Jan 4th 2010 12:38am by milich

maybe the two (not just item availability, but how long ago it was and your level of game knowledge at the time) are related.

cutting through any imagination games about how ffxi works, i can guarantee you that for 80% of the pickup parties you'll have before 50, if you're on *any* job that legitimately melees (eg not WHM and such) and you pump up ATT with food and gear, you'll do 25%+ party damage.

also, you can't backpedal off of "10% isn't a big deal b/c the base is so small"... that's just not the way to think about damage. 10% is 10%. it can only be insignificant if damage is irrelevant to holding hate.