Dragoon Equips: This or That

[Tek(Selphiie)]

I am having some issues on what to use and what not to use with my DRG. I thought I'd get some 2nd opinions.

(Note: I have all the gear mentioned, just don't know which one to use over the other)

Grip:



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Right now I am using the Mythril Grip+1, however I have seen many a DRG with the Pole grip. Not sure which to use over the other.

Belt:



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This one has actually been up to debate between my rl friends. I don't know which one to listen to. One is trying to say the ATT-5 On the belt just makes my Amemet+1 a NQ Amemet. Not sure, I kind of just drown out their debates. I'm usually the middle man in debates, drowning them out at our local Taco Bell. The new Volcano Taco usually keeps my attention more than these guys do...

Ammo:



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This one has also been up for debate, usually leaving me with my arm proping my head up on the table in front of free empty taco wrappers...

Body: (TP Body)



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Hmmmm....DRG gets a bunch of Accuracy anyway don't they? (I use Heca for WS)

I got the other slots pretty much covered

Thanks

[Yellow Mage]

Re: Dragoon Equips: This or That

Maybe Pole Grip for TP?

Pole Grip full time: switching out grips causes TP reset, and S-E explicitly stated they didn't want people swapping different grips constantly for whatever.

[Tek(Selphiie)]

Re: Dragoon Equips: This or That

Pole Grip full time: switching out grips causes TP reset, and S-E explicitly stated they didn't want people swapping different grips constantly for whatever.

That fact totally flew right over my head lol. I don't have a two-handed DD job so I never remembered that grips switching resets TP.

[TheGrandMom]

Re: Dragoon Equips: This or That

Potent for ws and swift for tp'ing. At least thats what I'm going to do for my drk if I ever get a swift belt. Personally I like the look of the Palulwan but I prefer the Barone. I agree Pole Grip, I use it on my drk.

[Armando]

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The Straps are almost the same shit but I would use Pole just because WS's can DA twice (possibly thrice in the case of Penta Thrust.)

Swift > Potent for TP, and it only gets better the more Haste you have. (P.S. Life Belt does the same thing as Potent for a fraction of the cost.)

What exactly does Smart Grenade do?

As for the last one...

Hmmmm....DRG gets a bunch of Accuracy anyway don't they? (I use Heca for WS)

The real question is, do you have too much? Can you eat meat and still have high hit rate?

Either way, 1 point of Accuracy is always worth more than 1 point of Attack.

[Skoal]

Re: Dragoon Equips: This or That

Smart Grenade adds 4 att.

For the body I have P body and AJ.

I use them in different situations. When I need acc I use P body otherwise I use AJ. I would use swift belt if I had other haste gear.

[Malacite]

Re: Dragoon Equips: This or That

It's ugly as all hell but you can't beat the Assault Jerkin. (discounting the really expensive/hard to get stuff)

If you got it or can go for it, get Homam. Absolutely rules for DRG

But using the 2 pieces you provided, I'd actually TP in the Paluwahn (the more accuracy you got from gear, the easier it is to use attack food) and macro in the Barone on jump and high jump.

[Vyuru]

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The Pole Grip gives a better return than the Mythril Grip+1.

Your friend is roughly right that the Swift Belt makes it a NQ Amemet's mantle, however even if you do not have any other haste gear, the +4% is very noticeable in fights, surprisingly so actually. Now will it help you that much if that's your only haste gear? Not really, but it's worth it, and really, losing 5 attack when you should be close to what, 400, 500 attack? (been awhile since I last looked at mine) that shouldn't be a big difference, swinging faster is however.

I'd probably go Tiphia Sting, just because I like the +2 acc/att better than +4att.

You might have enough accuracy to have a good hit rate against normal mobs by the time you hit lvl 72, making the Pahluwan body obsolete against some of the mobs you'll be fighting. I'd keep it though in case you feel the need for some extra accuracy. I'd also recommend the Assault Jerkin, I like the combo of +acc/att on it, but I don't think you should really need to get it since you already have the Barone Corazza. I'm also against eh Barone Corazza a bit because of the +enmity on it, which in the long run probably doesn't even matter, but it does to me. On the plus side you have it for Jumps, which I'd imagine when paired with the Barone pants would be pretty nifty.

And while I agree with Malacite about the Homam stuff, I do think that if you go for the full set then the body is +acc overkill and you might be better off with another piece for your body instead.

[Ziero]

Re: Dragoon Equips: This or That

Situational stuff is situational

That being said, for TP on Merit mobs, Pole strap > Myth, Sting > Grenade, Swift > Potent, and Pahlu > Baron. For TPing on mobs, you first want to make sure you can hit reliably, which seeing as you merit on VT or lower shouldn't be a problem. Once you have enough Acc to hit reliably you want Haste, the more you get the better it is.

On Bigger mobs though, like HNMs and such, you'd prolly want to stack on the Acc/Att. So really, you'd be keeping all that gear and using it for different things.

[eticket109]

Re: Dragoon Equips: This or That

It really depends like everyone is saying.

If you can get a Swift Belt, then do so. Use the potent belt until then. I tp in swift and use a Warwolf for ws.

IMO the Assault Jerkin trumps both of those pieces. Between the two it comes down to whichever stat you seem to need more between attack and accuracy.

I prefer the Smart Grenade as well. It's free, and you can keep the hp and evasion you would have lost. 2 acc is easily made up in armor or merits.

Either way, you're on the right path, these are all decent choices in their own respects.

[Kafeen]

Re: Dragoon Equips: This or That

Never knew about the +4 attack on Smart Grenades. I wondered why I saw people using them.

There was an equipment choice I was wondering about yesterday if people have any Input.

For TPing would you use

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I have Dusk at the moment, just wondered if it was worth trying to get some Askar.

[Tek(Selphiie)]

Re: Dragoon Equips: This or That

Right now at 64 I am using a



And already purchased a



So I was wondering if the Dark Mezraq will last me until the Thalassocrat, or if there is another polearm I need to buy in between.

Thanks

[Skoal]

Re: Dragoon Equips: This or That

If you could get your hands on this:



then you would be in serious business.

Other wise

A Colossal

Or my personal favorite:

Gae Bolg

[Armando]

Re: Dragoon Equips: This or That

I have Dusk at the moment, just wondered if it was worth trying to get some Askar.

Assuming your hit rate is uncapped and that your total haste is less than 50%, and ignoring the effects of +4 enmity, Askar is marginally superior.

As for the lance question, it really depends on the potency and proc rate of Dark Mezraq's Impair Evasion. If it's good, then there's nothing that can really replace it 'til Thalassocrat. If the proc rate is bad then Iron Ram Lance.

[Malacite]

Re: Dragoon Equips: This or That




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considering Drakesbane is a critical hit WS, I say screw Thalo and Pentathrust.