Alternate Armors

[Dawn]

I was looking at playing a ranger, and I hate to admit it, the look of the AF armor is really putting me off.

I was wanting to do a Mithra ranger with a somewhat more savage approach. The Mithra are somewhat primitive hunters, right?

The poofy look of the AF armor really puts me off. I know aesthetics shouldn't bother me that much, but they do.

Are there any high level armors that are equivelant to the AF armors I could wear instead?

[Buttermilk]

the ranger AF was why I wanted to become ranger in the first place - are you sure you saw the right picture??

Or i guess people just have different tastes... but be assured that Ranger AF is one of the best looking AFs in the game, along with few others.

If you want a "savage" look - go warrior and get the red war AF.

[Dawn]

Yes, I have seen it. Green bonnet, etc.

Well, what I am asking is... are the AF armors the only decent armor to wear in the upper levels? Or are there others that provide similar protection/bonuses?

[John Doe III]

Originally posted by Dawn
Yes, I have seen it. Green bonnet, etc.

Well, what I am asking is... are the AF armors the only decent armor to wear in the upper levels? Or are there others that provide similar protection/bonuses?

There is better armor at lower levels to. Like at level 30-32 you get to wear RSE (Mithra example) My Thief got to wear better stat lvl 30 armor instead of RSE..so :\. Anywho if you dont want to wear the AF, i'm sure there are other armors you could wear that may be better but I doubt it.

[Buttermilk]

From lv 52 - 60, AF is usually the best armor you can get.

After lv60 or 65+, there are now super rare armors that are made from HNM drops, etc that are better than AFs (these ultra rare armors include also the new "JSE" armors).

But AF armors are unique in that they boost skills that are important to your job.

For example, ranger hunter body armor boosts air accuracy by 10.
Air accuracy being the most important stat for ranger, I don't see myself wearing any other armor until lv70;;

But to answer your question generally, yes, there are other armors you can wear beside AF at high levels, some better, some not so better.

[Russta]

You get to wear a beret with a marijuana leaf on it and you're complaining?

[tomc1988t]

lol @ russta....i dont really like ranger AF...and its not one of the better looking AF in my oppinion..but there are great armors made from crafting rare items only dropped by HNM's


what is JSE, buttermilk??

[John Doe III]

Originally posted by tomc1988t
what is JSE

Job Specific Equipment

[Dawn]

I read somewhere that they are raising the level cap to 80 soon.

If they do that, they REALLY need to stick more gear in anyway.

Let's face it, if the AF armors are 40ish, then wearing it at level 75 would kinda stink.

Something else I think, that would probably be unpopular though...

They should limit each character to ONE job that can hit higher levels. Take the level cap to 100, choose one job as your ultimate main, and limit all the other jobs to 50.

The effect this would have would make for more character diversity. Keep people from being clones of each other.

Just my thought, but I don't think most people would like that though.

Even better, once you hit those levels, to advance over a certain point you need to pick one sub and one main, and lock it in stone. By then you know what you like to play, right?

However, I think this would be even less popular with people. Especially red mages that really like being chameleons to meet the situation.

[tnt118]

Originally posted by Dawn


They should limit each character to ONE job that can hit higher levels. Take the level cap to 100, choose one job as your ultimate main, and limit all the other jobs to 50.

The effect this would have would make for more character diversity. Keep people from being clones of each other.

Heh, actually I really like that idea, although I agree it would probably be very unpopular. Only problem I see then is how would you level up your main job if you weren't allowed to switch anymore? Maybe allow a 3/4 exp to main - 1/4 exp to sub split?

[Dawn]

Sounds good to me.

[tomc1988t]

lol dawn..the AF body is req level of 60..and the helmet is 62..isnt AF job specific?? anyone actually have a peice of jse stuff?

[Malabmannop]

There are some pics of a DRG in full JSE in the screen shot forum. Go there.

[Dawn]

<lol dawn..>

(big wink)

Getting back to the original topic. Does anyone know if they really are raising the level cap to 80?

And those Job Specific Armors... they are like ultra rare, aren't they?

If they are that ultra rare, then most of the people in the 70s are going to be running around in PA armor, about 25 levels too low for them. Right?

[tomc1988t]

omg...awsome jse=the koolest armor ive seen...the dragoon is dark black scale mail...with white trim..and its gloves and helmet are like that too u need uber high boneworking to make it though ;\..the whm that starving artist posted was pretty good..i didnt like it as much as the Dragoon...but i didnt like dragoon as much as whm for AF ..hopefully monk and dark knight will look really awsome