Few blm questions

[Nodoka]

I've been thinking about a few things, and some help would be great.


Im getting close to Black Cloak, and I've been wondering about all the -enmity I will lose. There are -enmity cloaks out there.. but only a few have ever sold, and are very expensive (although they look really good). Did anyone ever get any problems switching over to Black regarding hate? Also, Ive been looking at my 2nd earring spot (first is moldavite). People tell me phantom (or +1) is good.. but I think the stats from that are just so-so. MP isnt really a problem for me (I have serket/astral), and nobody cares about INT. Should I get the healers earring for -1 enmity instead?

Also, is errant gear any good? Other then the body for healing, the stats on some of them dont look so good. What do you guys think about this set?

[Crowzukin]

I have a grand total of -2 enmity as of level 70 and I'm not having too many problems. The only time when I regularly get the hate is when the party has a ninja tank who doesn't know what he's doing or doesn't have enough +enmity. I rarely have problems with paladin tanks. However, when I hit 72 I'm going to try switching to the errant pants and see if that works well. The only thing I'm afraid of is losing the +15 to dark magic. The errant shoes and AF shoes are crap if you are a Hume, stick to the RSE shoes for +3 INT.

My 2 gil

[Sadeira]

errant houplande will heal more mp when you sit than black cloak. black cloak allows you refresh while standing.

for me, i just keep errant body equipped all the time when i exp. the reason is that the +8 in elemental magic skill (although it will reduce spell resists), i will never be able to cap my damage. that and the +elemental magic skill bonuses i have from ice staff, wizard's staff, and elemental torque gives me plenty of elemental magic skill.

but that doesn't mean i got rid of black cloak forever. black cloak is really useful where elemental magic skill is not important (nms, dynamis, etc) and where it's more important to keep mp up.

whenever i run around as blm, i have both errant body and black cloak on me at all times. the errant pants are also good. i just keep them equipped at all times.

errants, however, totally sucks if you're melee soloing for any reason. the - dex, vit, str, and agi (i think) does not help you melee at all. in this case, i equip my rse legs and black cloak.

hope this helps ^^

edit: the -enmity made difference to me ^^ even when i had -1 enmity, i never got hate when i MB. it's all about the aggro management ^^