Moonshade Earring advice

[Taskmage]

So, I'm right at the end of WotG missions and I have no idea what to put on my Moonshade Earring. If you don't know, it's a level 90 earring equippable by all jobs with no base stats but two augments you can choose for it, one from each of these groups:

Group 1:
Accuracy+4
Attack+4
Ranged Accuracy+4
Ranged Attack+4
Magic Accuracy +4
Magic Attack Bonus+4
HP+25
MP+25

Group 2:
Latent effect: Regain +1 (when weapon drawn)
Latent effect: Refresh +1 (weapon not drawn)
Occ. grants dmg. bonus based on TP +5%
TP Bonus +25
Occ. maximizes Magic Accuracy +3%
Occ. quickens spellcasting +3%
Counter +3
Occ. inc. resist to all stat. ailments +5

My relevant jobs are rdm, blm, blu and pld, btw. My first impulse was the make an MAB earring, but then I got a Hecate's so that became pointless. Here's what I'm considering:

MP+25, Latent Refresh - Idle earring seems like a popular choice. Solid, but a little bland. I'm not exactly excited about it because I've already got 11 mp/tick of refresh on rdm outside of abyssea, any amount of refresh on blm seems like a drop in the bucket, and since it doesn't work when your weapon is drawn, it doesn't give my pld or blu any extra endurance while engaged.

Attack+4, Counter+3 - Seems like it could be a nifty melee earring. It'd probably only ever get used on pld, though, since 99.9% of the time I'm going to want to use Suppa+Brutal on blu and rdm, and guess how often I play pld these days.

Magic Accuracy+4, Occ. maximizes Magic Accuracy +3% - I read the second mod as "3% chance you get a free Elemental Seal" which intrigues the heck out of me as a rdm and occasionally blm/brd. Seems like a lot of NMs since ToAU are resistant as all hell to enfeebles, and the chance that a threnody or kurayami proc from subjob will just land is very appealing.

What would/did you guys go with?

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Moonshade Earring advice

I see... so this is what you do while you're not transferring to Valefor. I see...

[cidbahamut]

Re: Moonshade Earring advice

I think of the options you've laid out the third makes the most sense.

MP+ is an absolute waste in my opinion, but refresh on an earring would be fantastic for an idle set on any job with MP. Just because you're swinging your sword on BLU or PLD doesn't mean there won't be times when you're disengaged and need to get your mp back.

Attack and Counter? For PLD? Seems a bit silly to me, but then I don't know PLD at all.

Super duper make sure your spell doesn't get resisted earring seems pretty straightforward in its use, but the random number generator gods will spite you and only make that 3% go off when you don't need it trying to land a spell on a bunny in Ronfaure. +4 Magic Accuracy seems like a good thing to have for a MACC build though.

If I were picking this thing up for my RDM I'd go with magic accuracy +4 and the Refresh. Just seems like it would provide the most utility for the inventory slot it'll be taking up.

[Malacite]

Re: Moonshade Earring advice

Tough call. None of those options is really any good for PLD, save maybe +HP and Counter.

TP Bonus would great if you have Chant.

[Taskmage]

Re: Moonshade Earring advice

I see... so this is what you do while you're not transferring to Valefor. I see...

It has more to do with

this.

WotG static is only a couple hours a week of commitment, but my brah on Lakshmi has had me running my ass off getting caught up to the new standard of awesome. Not as easy as it sounds to say no to "Lago get online and come stun Apedick. Jewels are yours."

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TP Bonus would great if you have Chant.

Not yet. What do you think is better for Aeolian: MAB+5 or the TP Bonus +25? Hadn't considered that mod.

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Looks like at 100% TP, TP Bonus+25 would bump my fTP multiplier from 2.75 to 2.93, a little better than a 6% increase in damage. If I was using Martial Knife though the earring bonus would have a much smaller effect. Only 3-4% overall increase. So a wash on that WS. Chant is a crit varies with TP WS, so idk how to evaluate that. How much of a difference does TP Bonus make?

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Ooh, and does it work on CA blue magic?

[Raydeus]

Re: Moonshade Earring advice

I'm obviously a weirdo, which means I'd probably go with Spell Quickening/MP+25 for Enhancing magic casting or Regain/Acc for single wield meleeing.


PS > And I still think Taskmage +2 needs a blue frame for his avatar.

[Malacite]

Re: Moonshade Earring advice

With AE, MAB.

Get a martial knife (RDM can't use the magian sadly) and use Smiting Blow to max out AE's damage - it has a 4.0 mod with 300 tp.

[Neverslip]

Re: Moonshade Earring advice

Idk what to go for either... but yeah... Aeolean Edge and MAB. Good call. Then maybe couple that with the TP Bonus or the occasional 5% dmg bonus, maybe?

FYI... Martial Knives aren't cheap anymore cuz of Shinryu runs on THF. Last one on Cerb sold for 1.3 mil. Tends not to get below 900k anymore. I remember I used one for a long time and proly sold it back for under 100k Hagun plummeted but Martial knife soared.

[Taskmage]

Re: Moonshade Earring advice

Yeah, I know. A month ago when I was still learning abyssea they were ~900k on Lakshmi. Now that I've decided to buy one they're 1.5M and easy to miss on the AH. Almost makes me want to do the ENM.

[Neverslip]

Re: Moonshade Earring advice

Almost makes me want to do the ENM

Yup... that hill poops on my soul.

[Raydeus]

Re: Moonshade Earring advice

I had 2 of those I think, would need to check my mules for the other one if I'm able to go back.


Either way I'd probably use the gil to try and buy the new super nice Knife they added with the new BC fights. Whatever it's name was.

[Taskmage]

Re: Moonshade Earring advice

Yup... that hill poops on my soul.

Don't have to do the hill for the martial knife ENM. It's in the mine shaft.

Either way I'd probably use the gil to try and buy the new super nice Knife they added with the new BC fights. Whatever it's name was.

Something better than Twilight Knife?

[Yellow Mage]

Re: Moonshade Earring advice

Personally, I intend to get a Magic Accuracy +4 and Quick Magic+3% Earring for Enfeebling (probably the best Enfeebling piece in slot; Estoqueur's is second to it). I'm a bit more leery of the "Maximizes Magic Accuracy" augment, since I couldn't rely on it to give consistent results. I wouldn't be relying so much on the Quick Magic to get anything done, and unless you're the type of person who Spellcasts a full Fast Cast set before every single spell they cast, the Quick Magic wouldn't get in the way of doing an Enfeebling cycle.

At the very least, for 3% of your spells that you're not relying on timing for (for spells like Utsusemi: Ichi or timed nukes, you could simply choose not to macro it in), you get stuff done, on average, that much faster. The instantly available recast could come in handy, though, particularly for spells like Sleep.

Then again, ultimately this comes down to a preference of gimmicks.

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Either way I'd probably use the gil to try and buy the new super nice Knife they added with the new BC fights. Whatever it's name was.

Oneiros Knife?

[Malacite]

Re: Moonshade Earring advice

Twilight Knife is really only beaten by Twashtar/Mandau as far as regular attacks go.

BG told me that magical WS don't factor in weapon damage at all, so that makes martial weapons ideal. Too bad the magian version is THF DNC BRD only.

And anyone (especially THF) who uses Rapidus Sax should be drug out onto the street and shot if they think that +1 haste makes it better than Twilight/Triplus. Auric Dagger is also surprisingly bad, as it actually reduces your TP gain depending on how much haste you have.

[Taskmage]

Re: Moonshade Earring advice

anyone (especially THF) who uses Rapidus Sax should be drug out onto the street and shot

Sped up to the tune of yakety sax, naturally.

Though it's worth pointing out again that not everyone is choosing from the best possible options when they gear up.