Why is there no good gear?

[Teia]

Re: Why is there no good gear?

I have nothing to contribute except that you, old man are srsly BLU crazy. And yes.. please go hide :D

yayaya, my first post and I accomplished absolutely nothing.


ok ok, so old man doesn't ban me.

To the OP, I would probably have to agree with some of the others. Your gear should be oriented to the goal of your job, maybe even have multiple sets as you gain more levels. Your race would also play a role. Since I love tarus, I will use tarus as an example. Tarus have lotsa mp, but not so good in the STR dept., so more STR/+ATK would be good. Galka may want gear to help out on the MP dept. Same with ugly dhalmels. D: This OLD DHALMEL I KNEW wore RSE for a while.

OK, that wasn't remotely helpful. Yayayayay to spam!
Time to spam and make old man do some work. GET TO WORK OLD MAN!

[DR2D2]

Re: Why is there no good gear?

As an update: I'm currently lvl 41--my gear(which I try to update) is:


centurian's sword
Combat castor's cloak
Battle gloves
shield earring, onix earring
onix ring, Bastokian ring
tiger stohl
curt guisses+1(lvl 39 feet-sorry about the spelling)
cent cuisses(the lvl 30 Bastok rank 3 gear)
friar's rope



Basically I have been trying for gear that gives stat boosts along with good base stats. As I upgrade I'll give updates. Thank you for all the suggestions as they have been helpful.

[Kyrial Arthian]

Re: Why is there no good gear?

I've never seen the point to cloaks. I can't stand sacrificing my head slot. I mean, Vermy Cloak is nice, but aside from that (BLU-wise, anyway) I can't see giving up your head slot.

Anyway, if I remember correctly, here's what my gear was at your level:

Weapon(s): Combat Caster's Scimitar (x2 if I was subbing NIN)
Shield: Tortoise Shield (if not subbing NIN)
Ammo: Fortune Egg
Head: Empress Hairpin or Electrum Hairpin, depending on the situation
Neck: Spike Necklace, though I'd swap in Holy Phial for Wild Carrot (that spell wasn't out when I was that level)
Earrings: I wore 2 Geist Earrings cuz I had them from WHM, but Morion or Black or something is fine too
Body: Royal Squire's Robe
Hands: Battle Gloves
Rings: Puissance Ring x2 (yeah I never used acc rings... those are good too though)
Back: I think I had a Black Cape +1... but I don't remember. I switched to Aurora Mantle at 44, though. I also used Nomad's Mantle sometimes, especially for Jet Stream, which is AGI-based.
Waist: Tilt Belt
Legs: I used Mithra RSE (MP+32 VIT+1 MND+1), but if I hadn't had RSE... I'm not sure what I would've worn, actually. o.o
Feet: Again, went with RSE (HP+16 STR+3 CHR+2). I still wear these at 75. Leaping/Bounding Boots are nice, though.