Going as bst, have some questions

[Nex]

Hello all

I've decided to go back as bst after watching some high lvled bst fight.

I'm lvl 24 BST and wonder what equipment I should buy. I have 621k gil on me and about 130k in AH so I'll have about 750k when it sells. Here are some equipment that I got interested in:

Monster Signa
2 Astral rings (I'm subbing whm)
Emperor Hairpin
Leaping boots

So I can afford 2 of those things (2 astral rings counts as one). So question is which ones should I choose? or if you know any better equipments please tell me which it is so I know.

Allso have a question about jugs. After reading some threads in the forum I saw that the +1 jugs are NMs, where can I buy those jugs? Or can they only be made by cooking?

Thanks in advance

[FerralXenobia]

I would definately go with the monster signa and emperors hairpin. Those are items you will find yourself using well into level 50. As for the +1 broths, they can only be used by higher lev BST. At your level you can only use carrot broth i believe and herbal.

[Nex]

My concern about the monster signa that its a staff and axe is the bst main weapon so I won't be able to lvl it if I use it. Does the +CHR give longer duration of the tame or just higher success rate to charm something? If it is higher success, I should change weapon after charming something, right?

oh btw I got lucky, got leaping boots from lizzy a few min ago so I have them now.

[FerralXenobia]

I would definately not reccomend fighting with the signa. So , yes, you should switch to an axe if you decide to fight the mob. A lot of BSTs seem to like engaging the MOB at the same time as thier pet or after the pet dies. I however leveled all the way without ever engaging them..when one pet was ready to die i would be near another potential pet and as the other died i would charm then throw the next pet at it til the target was dead. The benefits of this are that you never have to rest making the exp flow constant.

[Darken]

So your suggesting a emp pin for bst? i really had not thought of it as a good thing for a bst, i dunno but that 15hp seems like alot. i will have to try it since i have retired thf and have not used my pin since.