While I have not really gotten any new items of note, it has been really cool to utilize the new AG Burtgang both in tanking situations and for individual CPing on my Paladin.
The main purpose of this article is to give you some insight into my two Paladin sets for damage dealing - before Aftermath Level 3, and with Aftermath Level 3.
My pre-aftermath set is as follows. For when I am dual wielding as /nin, The Cessance earring is replaced by Suppanomimi. When solo, I have King or Koru-Moru out for Haste II which makes a huge difference in my DPS.
Ammo: Ginsen
Head: Valorous Mask (Acc+30, Att+23, Dex+6, Crit rate +1%)
Neck: Asperity Necklace
Left Ear: Brutal Earring
Right Ear: Cessance Earring
Body: Odyssean Chestplate (Acc+29, Att+11, Dex+5, Double Attack +5%)
Hands: Sulevia's Gauntlets +1
Left Ring: Petrov Ring
Right Ring: Rajas Ring
Back: Rudianos's Mantle (Dex+20, Att/Acc+20, Store TP+10)
Waist: Sailfi Belt +1
Legs: Sulevia's Cuisses +1
Feet: Loyalist Sabatons (Str+10, Att+15, PDT-3%, Haste+3%)
This set features the following melee extra stats:
Regain +3 (amounts to +60 TP per minute)
Double Attack + 25% (+35% with /war)
Triple Attack + 5%
Store TP + 35
Accuracy +197
Attack + 223
With the afterglowed Burtgang, I am gaining 91 TP per hit in this set. Considering the extra expectation from Double Attack and Triple Attack, I am gaining 167 TP per attack round (91 + (182*.35) + (273*.05). Since I usually have Haste II on and I have capped gear haste, My actual delay is 45% of 264, or 119, which means I am attacking every 2 seconds. It takes me about 6 attack rounds to gain 1000 TP. Since my goal is 3000 TP to trigger AM3, it takes me 36 seconds of TPing to achieve this number. This does not account, however, for missed attacks or the TP I get from blocking with my shield. I will make the assumption these will pretty much cancel each other out, or maybe swing a bit in my favor to reduce the time needed. Let's also not forget the regain I have from the Valorous Mask, which makes a tiny but helpful contribution of 36 TP during this window of time.
I know I can reduce this further by having double march on as well, but for CP purposes I enjoy the combination of Yoran-Oran, Qultada, Kupofried, Koru-Moru, and Zeid II. I use Zeid II because he stuns things like Death Prophet from the ascended NMs in Reisenjima.
Now with Aftermath Level 3 on, I switch to this gear set.
Ammo: Ginsen
Head: Valorous Mask (Acc+22, Dex+6, Store TP+5)
Neck: Asperity Necklace
Left Ear: Brutal Earring
Right Ear: Cessance Earring
Body: Odyssean Chestplate (Acc+29, Att+11, Dex+5, Double Attack +5%)
Hands: Valorous Mitts (Acc+30, Att+9, STR+15, Store TP+3)
Left Ring: Petrov Ring
Right Ring: Rajas Ring
Back: Rudianos's Mantle (Att/Acc+20, Dex+20, Store TP+10)
Waist: Kentarch Belt +1
Legs: Odyssean Cuisses (Accuracy+15, Attack+28, Store TP+5)
Feet: Loyalist Sabatons (Str+10, Att+15, PDT-3%, Haste+3%)
The strongest change here is the additional Store TP. This set puts another 23 Store TP (ideally, assuming Unity rank #1). Combined with the 40% Double Attack rate and 20% Triple Attack rate from AM3 (and a smaller but still significant amount of Double Attack from gear and traits), my tp gain per attack round is:
Single Hit: 68 + (68*.58) = 107 TP/hit
Aftermath Expectation: (214*.4) + (321*.2) = 149
Double Attack Expectation: (214*.14) = 30
Total Attack Round TP gain: 286 TP/attack round
This means I can achieve 1000 TP in 4 attack rounds, or 8 seconds. And since I will gain TP from weapon skilling, this makes it possible for me to create a light skillchain by myself.
Now, considerations to be made are as follows. You will notice I do not have maximum Store TP augments on my Reisen gear, and you will also notice I am still using the Loyalist Sabatons even in this set. I have been advised to procure some Valorous Greaves and use my Goading belt on the waist. This will give me more Store TP from the feet base and the augment. Also, getting another Odyssean body or Valorous body and augmenting that with Store TP. Also, continuing to try to increase the augments on the head, hands, and legs since I could theoretically get another 11 on these. I could also swap in my Carmine Greaves and the Goading belt right now which would yield a +7 Store TP.
However, consider this. If I were to get these, it would amount to about 28 extra Store TP. This would increase my TP per hit to 126 TP/hit. My total gain per attack round would be 337. This would reduce the attack rounds to get to 1000 TP by 1. I would need to hit 28 on the dot - anything less will keep me at 4 attack rounds. I will work slowly at this, but since the goal is to weapon skill fast enough to self-skillchain, this goal is not urgent for me.
I am sitting at 210 CP on Paladin and 213 CP on Black Mage. I continue to use my 3 Trizek rings when I can as well as gathering stones from ascended mobs in Reisenjima. I will work towards these ideal augments as well as the aforementioned gear pieces.
I hope you enjoyed some insight into my current Paladin melee sets!
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
I be glowin' (to the east...)
In what I probably view as a "That's enough Tenzen let's just finish this already" series of purchases, I finally finished upgrading my Burtgang this morning.
We had Tenzen pretty much down to a science. It was always made easier when we went with a bard to sleep the tarus instead of me, but all we really needed was at least two people (or in a few instances just one) who knew what to do and it went well.
I ended up needing 963 more to turn in this morning after another set of runs and decided to go ahead and just purchase the rest. This is mainly because any money I have made for the most part was due to selling the other upgrade items from the bazillion Tenzen runs I have done in the past two months. The 14 million gil I spent on these final pieces of Beitetsu were my own present and I feel well deserved.
So what does that give me? It gives me the most powerful Paladin sword not only for defense, but now at the same time one of the strongest offensive swords in the game - probably the strongest considering the aftermath potential.
I also now have two after glowed swords that I can use on Paladin - dual wielding Burtgang and Almace opens up the potential for an actual DD Paladin considering how much work I have put into my DD gear.
Let's review the gear acquisitions since my last post.
Merlinic Shalwar (x2)
I got these pretty soon after I wrote my last post. The augments I ended up with on the first pair were ideal for bursting but lacking magic accuracy. Those augments are INT+15, MAB+30, Burst damage +7%. These augments are pretty tough to beat for bursting. I ended up getting a 2nd pair two days ago and those have Macc+24 and MAB+37. I'm a little mad though there is no INT and no supplemental attribute on them though. I will likely throw more stones at these eventually.
Mujin Band, Locus Ring, Barkarole Earring
Black mage gear. The earring is perfect right next to a Friomisi earring for nuking and bursting.
Odyssean Chestplate
I finally got a Maju clear last week and this item dropped during it. While most were hoping for a Merlinic Jubbah drop (I kind of was too), I was happy to back into this and only have two people lotting against me for it. I won the lot and am very happy with the final augments I got on it. DEX+5, Acc+29, Attack+11, and Double Attack +5. This piece is now a permanent fixture in my DD and Hybrid sets. It also is now in my fast cast gear as well.
It also eliminates the need for an Emicho Haubert as far as I am concerned.
Zwazo Earring +1
Accumulated enough beaks during Gain XP to upgrade this piece. It is in my accuracy sets for pld and blu as well as my nm tank set on pld.
Niobid Strap
Backed into this piece while trying to acquire a 2nd Merlinic Hood (for bursting). A small upgrade over the Willpower grip I had been using. Also more MP for death when I get it.
Archon Ring
Shura and I finally said "Let's get this ADL thing done". We spent some time building two pop sets for Arch Dynamis Lord the other morning. It took longer to build the pops than it took to actually fight him.
By the way, the fight with Arch Dynamis Lord with two blus hacking at him was...easy. Like seriously, a light skill chain and a couple of WS did him in. He did split on the 2nd pop and that was confusing at first because you end up disengaging when he splits. We threw a spectral floe at them and found the regular one and he went down quick.
We ended up getting Archon rings on both pops, and 3 umbral marrows. Which were used on...
Aegis (99)
...my Aegis! I purchased two more marrows off the AH and turned these in for the last upgrade to my Aegis. More shield bash damage, and more MDT. No argument there!
So now that I have finished the Burtgang after glowing, what now?
My BLM and PLD need a LOT of CP and I will continue to get those done either solo or in parties. I have a viable set of swords for dding now with on Paladin, and I am about 207 CP in to black mage. My tier VI spells are hitting for about 12k right now in my current nuke gear. I will continue to do this in Reisenjima for more stones.
I also need to build an aftermath set for my Paladin with lots of Store TP. when I have aftermath level 3 active. I have Odyssean hands, Valorous head, and Valorous Legs I will try to augment with Str/Dex, Att, Acc, and Store TP. I will also swap in Kentarch Belt +1, and another PLD cape with Store TP, Att, Acc, and Dex.
Other stones will go to the 2nd Merlinic Hood I eventually will get and hope for solid Burst augments.
And I of course will help out with a variety of nms, battles, and whatnot. I also have about 160 CP to go for BLU Master.
Thanks for reading!
We had Tenzen pretty much down to a science. It was always made easier when we went with a bard to sleep the tarus instead of me, but all we really needed was at least two people (or in a few instances just one) who knew what to do and it went well.
I ended up needing 963 more to turn in this morning after another set of runs and decided to go ahead and just purchase the rest. This is mainly because any money I have made for the most part was due to selling the other upgrade items from the bazillion Tenzen runs I have done in the past two months. The 14 million gil I spent on these final pieces of Beitetsu were my own present and I feel well deserved.
So what does that give me? It gives me the most powerful Paladin sword not only for defense, but now at the same time one of the strongest offensive swords in the game - probably the strongest considering the aftermath potential.
I also now have two after glowed swords that I can use on Paladin - dual wielding Burtgang and Almace opens up the potential for an actual DD Paladin considering how much work I have put into my DD gear.
Let's review the gear acquisitions since my last post.
Merlinic Shalwar (x2)
I got these pretty soon after I wrote my last post. The augments I ended up with on the first pair were ideal for bursting but lacking magic accuracy. Those augments are INT+15, MAB+30, Burst damage +7%. These augments are pretty tough to beat for bursting. I ended up getting a 2nd pair two days ago and those have Macc+24 and MAB+37. I'm a little mad though there is no INT and no supplemental attribute on them though. I will likely throw more stones at these eventually.
Mujin Band, Locus Ring, Barkarole Earring
Black mage gear. The earring is perfect right next to a Friomisi earring for nuking and bursting.
Odyssean Chestplate
I finally got a Maju clear last week and this item dropped during it. While most were hoping for a Merlinic Jubbah drop (I kind of was too), I was happy to back into this and only have two people lotting against me for it. I won the lot and am very happy with the final augments I got on it. DEX+5, Acc+29, Attack+11, and Double Attack +5. This piece is now a permanent fixture in my DD and Hybrid sets. It also is now in my fast cast gear as well.
It also eliminates the need for an Emicho Haubert as far as I am concerned.
Zwazo Earring +1
Accumulated enough beaks during Gain XP to upgrade this piece. It is in my accuracy sets for pld and blu as well as my nm tank set on pld.
Niobid Strap
Backed into this piece while trying to acquire a 2nd Merlinic Hood (for bursting). A small upgrade over the Willpower grip I had been using. Also more MP for death when I get it.
Archon Ring
Shura and I finally said "Let's get this ADL thing done". We spent some time building two pop sets for Arch Dynamis Lord the other morning. It took longer to build the pops than it took to actually fight him.
By the way, the fight with Arch Dynamis Lord with two blus hacking at him was...easy. Like seriously, a light skill chain and a couple of WS did him in. He did split on the 2nd pop and that was confusing at first because you end up disengaging when he splits. We threw a spectral floe at them and found the regular one and he went down quick.
We ended up getting Archon rings on both pops, and 3 umbral marrows. Which were used on...
Aegis (99)
...my Aegis! I purchased two more marrows off the AH and turned these in for the last upgrade to my Aegis. More shield bash damage, and more MDT. No argument there!
So now that I have finished the Burtgang after glowing, what now?
My BLM and PLD need a LOT of CP and I will continue to get those done either solo or in parties. I have a viable set of swords for dding now with on Paladin, and I am about 207 CP in to black mage. My tier VI spells are hitting for about 12k right now in my current nuke gear. I will continue to do this in Reisenjima for more stones.
I also need to build an aftermath set for my Paladin with lots of Store TP. when I have aftermath level 3 active. I have Odyssean hands, Valorous head, and Valorous Legs I will try to augment with Str/Dex, Att, Acc, and Store TP. I will also swap in Kentarch Belt +1, and another PLD cape with Store TP, Att, Acc, and Dex.
Other stones will go to the 2nd Merlinic Hood I eventually will get and hope for solid Burst augments.
And I of course will help out with a variety of nms, battles, and whatnot. I also have about 160 CP to go for BLU Master.
Thanks for reading!
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Gear gear and more gear! (and an examination of my PLD main gear sets)
I don't like going two weeks between posts. Lots of things can happen in that time span these days.
And well, a lot has happened on those two weeks!
First off, I am still working on getting Beitetsu for the Burtgang afterglow. I'm at 6135 turned in now. So far, this is ALL from farming Tenzen and trading plutons with people I do Tenzen with. I have sold a few stacks of plutons and boulders, but have not yet purchased any stacks from the AH.
Now with that said, onto the gear and the usual stuff. There's two weeks worth here, so I had to dig into the Guildwork history in order to see what I have acquired since I last wrote.
In order from "since right after last post" to "this morning".
Herculean Vest
I swear I was very happy when I finally received this item after lots and lots of Neak fights. I was less thrilled to continually get substandard augments that did not beat Adhemar B for weapon skills. I ended up throwing lots of stones at this but to no avail. I have not found an exact use for this just yet to be honest. I kind of feel bad about it considering how many Neaks we had to fight to get vests.
Vatic Byrnie
I went ahead and farmed this piece and got it on the first kill. I like it for CDC on Paladin due to the critical hit rate and double attack that goes with it. It also has 40 attack and a good amount of dex (21) for a body piece. Ultimately I would like to replace this with something better like Valorous Mail, but this is a fine choice for the time being.
Kentarch Belt +1
Got this from Centurio's coffer - no need to spend more time at it getting armors to upgrade the NQ. Still an accuracy swap, and a good one at that.
Lathi
Lots and lots of Yilan kills (and a couple of fails) were required to get this staff. This will be my primary staff on black mage and I have no current plans to acquire too many different staves. It's a great overall piece for my almost ready to go black mage.
Thureous Earring
I am using this in my NM tanking set currently due to the +2 to block rate. I ultimately would rather use the Odnowa Earring +1 that I don't have just yet, but this will provide a nice slot filler for now.
Defending Ring (!!)
After 17 overall kills of King Behemoth (and other kills back in my HNMLS days), I finally saw this drop and was very happy to get it. I had gotten 2 savory shanks from login points during this two week period and both times were bust. I then saw a shank in bazaar for 380k and purchased it. That was the one that ended up producing this ring. It now has a part in my idle sets as well as my PLD tanking sets. It increases my MDT and BDT especially, and gives me more room to play around with in other slots. I just regret not taking a screen shot when this finally dropped.
Mephitas Ring
For eventual death set on my black mage. I will +1 this eventually, but killing Mephitas solo does pose risk due to his stupid poison. The priority on +1ing it is a bit smaller than the other things I can do right now.
Abnoba Kaftan
On the morning I finally got a clear on Vir'ava, we continued to use pops and get wins (almost all were wins - we did wipe once) and ended up getting 2 Abnoba Kaftans to drop. I was fortunate to receive the 2nd one on the condition I "Become Shurakai's pocket BLU (and, well, PLD and BLM too)", as it was his pop item. Naturally, since I kind of already am, I said absolutely!
This piece pretty much relegated my Herc Vest "quest for the ultimate augments" to the bottom of the list. This piece boosted my set DPS by 55 points alone, and increased my average weapon skill damage by almost 200 points. I did consider switching my Adhemar Jacket to path A now that I had a weapon skill piece, but I have not done so just yet.
Xucau Mantle
I helped out on some Pakecet kills the other morning and ended up getting this mantle. I am pleased with the extra HP and MP it provides, as well as a damage taken -3% stat. I now use this instead of Philidor Mantle for NM tanking due to the fact that defending ring bumped me over the PDT cap. So basically, I am trading 2% BDT for 100 extra HP. That's a nice trade as far as I'm concerned. Oh, and it has 5 accuracy...yay?
Zwazo Earring
One of my PLD earring goals was this item (and soon its +1 cousin). When duo or trio, we have the Mhuufya mob down to a pretty solid science. If we get unlucky with firespit or that kick move, we may die, but so far in lots of kills that's only happened once. The fight goes quickly with me on BLU and Shura on COR. We do more damage to it than the Mamool can keep up with.
Taranus's Cape
Another step in the right direction for my BLM's return. I augmented it with INT+20, Macc/Mdmg+20, and MAB+10. This will be on for most if not all spells, except for perhaps Death when I get the JP for it.
Merlinic Hood
Thanks to Finneramos, our pretty awesome LS Summoner, I got this piece yesterday morning. He made short work of Dolores, and we also got a few Crom kills in (no Shalwar yet, though). We also got Finn some Merlinic Dastanas during this session which was cool.
The best part? I used exactly 3 pellucid stones, and I have INT+9, Macc+23, Matt+33, and magic crit damage +4% for augments on this piece.
Refoccilation Stone
This morning while getting merits for a Tenzen run, we fought Phuabos in Escha Ru'aun in hopes of popping Warder of Hope. We finally got him to pop after a half hour and he dropped this on the first kill. This is a great nuking waist piece and will be good enough to use on my black mage.
Short term to-do list
There's still a few pieces I want to get for my PLD and my BLM in particular. I am working on getting a lua tailored for my black mage, as I do want to be able to have a "burst" mode, a "death" mode, and a standard "nuke" mode. I'm also making sure to have solid sets for each of those categories. Already having the main 5 slots covered with Merlinic and Amalric is very helpful.
The gear I would like to acquire for my black mage is:
- Merlinic Shalwar
- Mujin Band
- Locus Ring (that's easy - got plasm for it)
- Barkarole Earring (I THINK I have all the prerequisites done for the quest series - just gotta do 'em)
- Niobid Strap (Finn!!!)
Gear for PLD is:
- Emicho Haubert (eventual - not a huge priority)
- Zwazo Earring +1
- Odnowa Earring +1
- Burtgang AG
Currently, I am quite content with my blue mage gear and not in need of improving it much.
Paladin Gear sets
I was asked about my PLD gear by a lsmate who just got his Aegis, and wanted to share it with you here in this blog.
I have three main sets - a "DD" set (I always put that in quotes because let's face it, it's not a whole lot of damage), a CDC set, and an NM tanking set.
"DD" gear
Main: Burtgang or Almace AG
Sub: Aegis/Ochain/Priwen
Ammo: Ginsen
Head; Valorous Mask (dex, att, acc, and double attack)
Neck :Asperity Necklace
Ear1: Cessance Earring
Ear2: Brutal Earring
Body: Despair Mail
Hands: Valorous Gauntlets (dex, att, acc, double attack)
Ring1: Petrov Ring
Ring2: Rajas Ring
Back: Rudianos' mantle (dex, att/acc, and crit rate)
Waist: Kentarch Belt +1 or Windbuffet Belt
Legs: Valorous Hose (dex, att, acc, double attack)
Feet: Loyalist Sabatons (max augments)
CDC gear
Ammo: Falcon's Eye
Head: Valorous Mask (dex, att, acc, crit rate)
Neck: Light Gorget
Ear1: Moonshade Earring
Ear2: Brutal Earring
Body: Vatic Byrnie
Hands: Valorous Gauntlets (dex, att, acc, crit rate)
Ring1: Begrudging Ring
Ring2: Rajas Ring
Back: Rudianos's Mantle
Waist: Fotia Belt
Legs: Lustratio Subligar B
Feet: Thereoid Greaves
Tanking set
Main: Burtgang
Sub: Aegis or Priwen
Ammo: Ginsen (soon hopefully something else)
Head: Souveran Schallar D
Neck: Homeric Gorget
Ear1: Zwazo Earring
Ear2: Thureous Earring
Body: Souveran Cuirass C
Hands: Souveran Handschuhs D
Ring1: Defending Ring
Ring2: Dark Ring
Back: Xucau Mantle
Waist: Flume Belt
Legs; Souveran Diechlings C
Feet: Souveran Schuhs D
Of course, I also have enmity, healing, flash, and job action gear as well.
That's enough for now. Enjoy your week and thanks for reading!
And well, a lot has happened on those two weeks!
First off, I am still working on getting Beitetsu for the Burtgang afterglow. I'm at 6135 turned in now. So far, this is ALL from farming Tenzen and trading plutons with people I do Tenzen with. I have sold a few stacks of plutons and boulders, but have not yet purchased any stacks from the AH.
Now with that said, onto the gear and the usual stuff. There's two weeks worth here, so I had to dig into the Guildwork history in order to see what I have acquired since I last wrote.
In order from "since right after last post" to "this morning".
Herculean Vest
I swear I was very happy when I finally received this item after lots and lots of Neak fights. I was less thrilled to continually get substandard augments that did not beat Adhemar B for weapon skills. I ended up throwing lots of stones at this but to no avail. I have not found an exact use for this just yet to be honest. I kind of feel bad about it considering how many Neaks we had to fight to get vests.
Vatic Byrnie
I went ahead and farmed this piece and got it on the first kill. I like it for CDC on Paladin due to the critical hit rate and double attack that goes with it. It also has 40 attack and a good amount of dex (21) for a body piece. Ultimately I would like to replace this with something better like Valorous Mail, but this is a fine choice for the time being.
Kentarch Belt +1
Got this from Centurio's coffer - no need to spend more time at it getting armors to upgrade the NQ. Still an accuracy swap, and a good one at that.
Lathi
Lots and lots of Yilan kills (and a couple of fails) were required to get this staff. This will be my primary staff on black mage and I have no current plans to acquire too many different staves. It's a great overall piece for my almost ready to go black mage.
Thureous Earring
I am using this in my NM tanking set currently due to the +2 to block rate. I ultimately would rather use the Odnowa Earring +1 that I don't have just yet, but this will provide a nice slot filler for now.
Defending Ring (!!)
After 17 overall kills of King Behemoth (and other kills back in my HNMLS days), I finally saw this drop and was very happy to get it. I had gotten 2 savory shanks from login points during this two week period and both times were bust. I then saw a shank in bazaar for 380k and purchased it. That was the one that ended up producing this ring. It now has a part in my idle sets as well as my PLD tanking sets. It increases my MDT and BDT especially, and gives me more room to play around with in other slots. I just regret not taking a screen shot when this finally dropped.
Mephitas Ring
For eventual death set on my black mage. I will +1 this eventually, but killing Mephitas solo does pose risk due to his stupid poison. The priority on +1ing it is a bit smaller than the other things I can do right now.
Abnoba Kaftan
On the morning I finally got a clear on Vir'ava, we continued to use pops and get wins (almost all were wins - we did wipe once) and ended up getting 2 Abnoba Kaftans to drop. I was fortunate to receive the 2nd one on the condition I "Become Shurakai's pocket BLU (and, well, PLD and BLM too)", as it was his pop item. Naturally, since I kind of already am, I said absolutely!
This piece pretty much relegated my Herc Vest "quest for the ultimate augments" to the bottom of the list. This piece boosted my set DPS by 55 points alone, and increased my average weapon skill damage by almost 200 points. I did consider switching my Adhemar Jacket to path A now that I had a weapon skill piece, but I have not done so just yet.
Xucau Mantle
I helped out on some Pakecet kills the other morning and ended up getting this mantle. I am pleased with the extra HP and MP it provides, as well as a damage taken -3% stat. I now use this instead of Philidor Mantle for NM tanking due to the fact that defending ring bumped me over the PDT cap. So basically, I am trading 2% BDT for 100 extra HP. That's a nice trade as far as I'm concerned. Oh, and it has 5 accuracy...yay?
Zwazo Earring
One of my PLD earring goals was this item (and soon its +1 cousin). When duo or trio, we have the Mhuufya mob down to a pretty solid science. If we get unlucky with firespit or that kick move, we may die, but so far in lots of kills that's only happened once. The fight goes quickly with me on BLU and Shura on COR. We do more damage to it than the Mamool can keep up with.
Taranus's Cape
Another step in the right direction for my BLM's return. I augmented it with INT+20, Macc/Mdmg+20, and MAB+10. This will be on for most if not all spells, except for perhaps Death when I get the JP for it.
Merlinic Hood
Thanks to Finneramos, our pretty awesome LS Summoner, I got this piece yesterday morning. He made short work of Dolores, and we also got a few Crom kills in (no Shalwar yet, though). We also got Finn some Merlinic Dastanas during this session which was cool.
The best part? I used exactly 3 pellucid stones, and I have INT+9, Macc+23, Matt+33, and magic crit damage +4% for augments on this piece.
Refoccilation Stone
This morning while getting merits for a Tenzen run, we fought Phuabos in Escha Ru'aun in hopes of popping Warder of Hope. We finally got him to pop after a half hour and he dropped this on the first kill. This is a great nuking waist piece and will be good enough to use on my black mage.
Short term to-do list
There's still a few pieces I want to get for my PLD and my BLM in particular. I am working on getting a lua tailored for my black mage, as I do want to be able to have a "burst" mode, a "death" mode, and a standard "nuke" mode. I'm also making sure to have solid sets for each of those categories. Already having the main 5 slots covered with Merlinic and Amalric is very helpful.
The gear I would like to acquire for my black mage is:
- Merlinic Shalwar
- Mujin Band
- Locus Ring (that's easy - got plasm for it)
- Barkarole Earring (I THINK I have all the prerequisites done for the quest series - just gotta do 'em)
- Niobid Strap (Finn!!!)
Gear for PLD is:
- Emicho Haubert (eventual - not a huge priority)
- Zwazo Earring +1
- Odnowa Earring +1
- Burtgang AG
Currently, I am quite content with my blue mage gear and not in need of improving it much.
Paladin Gear sets
I was asked about my PLD gear by a lsmate who just got his Aegis, and wanted to share it with you here in this blog.
I have three main sets - a "DD" set (I always put that in quotes because let's face it, it's not a whole lot of damage), a CDC set, and an NM tanking set.
"DD" gear
Main: Burtgang or Almace AG
Sub: Aegis/Ochain/Priwen
Ammo: Ginsen
Head; Valorous Mask (dex, att, acc, and double attack)
Neck :Asperity Necklace
Ear1: Cessance Earring
Ear2: Brutal Earring
Body: Despair Mail
Hands: Valorous Gauntlets (dex, att, acc, double attack)
Ring1: Petrov Ring
Ring2: Rajas Ring
Back: Rudianos' mantle (dex, att/acc, and crit rate)
Waist: Kentarch Belt +1 or Windbuffet Belt
Legs: Valorous Hose (dex, att, acc, double attack)
Feet: Loyalist Sabatons (max augments)
CDC gear
Ammo: Falcon's Eye
Head: Valorous Mask (dex, att, acc, crit rate)
Neck: Light Gorget
Ear1: Moonshade Earring
Ear2: Brutal Earring
Body: Vatic Byrnie
Hands: Valorous Gauntlets (dex, att, acc, crit rate)
Ring1: Begrudging Ring
Ring2: Rajas Ring
Back: Rudianos's Mantle
Waist: Fotia Belt
Legs: Lustratio Subligar B
Feet: Thereoid Greaves
Tanking set
Main: Burtgang
Sub: Aegis or Priwen
Ammo: Ginsen (soon hopefully something else)
Head: Souveran Schallar D
Neck: Homeric Gorget
Ear1: Zwazo Earring
Ear2: Thureous Earring
Body: Souveran Cuirass C
Hands: Souveran Handschuhs D
Ring1: Defending Ring
Ring2: Dark Ring
Back: Xucau Mantle
Waist: Flume Belt
Legs; Souveran Diechlings C
Feet: Souveran Schuhs D
Of course, I also have enmity, healing, flash, and job action gear as well.
That's enough for now. Enjoy your week and thanks for reading!
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