hm...wondering about them rings...

[Hisdon]

ok I got a few ideas about what rings a WAR should need...WAR's most important stats are

STR
DEX
VIT

STR rings:since STR is directly related to your dmg per hit this would be a great improvement.
VIT rings:when tanking...dunno if they'd help much...maybe phalax rings?
DEX rings:this one I'm very questionable towards...+2 DEX rings for example are only 1 accuracy each...I'd rather have VIT or STR than 1 accuracy...however when I'm not the main tank of the pt, I could use my Sniper's Rings (^^)b

so really...what rings are more important for when a WAR is tanking, STR or VIT? Do Aggressor and Focus remove the needs for heavy +accuracy?

[ZQM]

There's also Phalanx rings. +10 DEF is a lot better then +2-3 VIT. If you're too low level, I'd go with the VIT ones though. And since you brought up Focus, I'm guessing you're /MNK? If so, Boost so make up for the lost STR rings.

[--e]

no it doesn't.
str rings will make a noticable difference in damage output, boost won't. Attach it to your /ws, boost between battles, but boosting in midcombat is a waste of time.

To answer your question, keep dex and vit rings on you. dex for melee, vit for tanking.
--e

[ZQM]

Originally posted by --e
str rings will make a noticable difference in damage output, boost won't.

I bought the level 36 STR rings when I hit 36 on my THF because there was a BRD in my party, so I decided I'd wear the STR in battle and DEX during fuidama. I didn't really notice a difference at all when I didn't have the +ATK song (which happened often since it'd finish before I brought the pull in). I sold them once the party disbanded to get my money back.

Maybe this is because I was dual wielding daggers with horrible damage, so the STR would do a considerable amount more with a Gaxe?

[Andorhall]

Boosting mid battle is far from useless. If you are maintanking every boost adds hate so you should be using it whenever it is available.

[TokeN]

I used 2 Dex + 1 rings on my WAR. But lately i been thinking if i cna increase my damage. I recently bought a str +1 rings nad used my default sandy rings, I can say my damage is pretty nice. I dont think I will be touching dex again. Just accuracy.

[Shann_Phoenix]

I'm probably going to get 1 sniper ring myself and put a str or dex in 2nd slot. Aggressor does add a good chunk of accurary since it can turn that beetle that just used rhino guard from high evade to no evade modifier. Still you won't always have focus/aggressor, since most war will swap mnk sub for sam or nin sub post 60.

For tanking i think i'll get phalanx and maybe a +4vit ring at 54 or just go 2 phalanx.

[JJ_Mac]

First of all, whoever said boosting is waste of time was very much wrong. Maybe for a monk its a waste of time, but for a warrior it is bliss.

Boost generates a good amount of hate (can even turn mobs sometimes) and is a fantastic tool for tanking that pal's dont have that we war/mnk's do .

As for the Phalax, I have hard time believing 10-20 def is better than a 3-6 VIT. At the levels you wear them I'm guessing defense is probably like 220 (guessing?) and vit maybe 44-48 (guessing). 20 def is adding near 9% to defense while 6 vit is adding near 12.5% to vit. So the real question is, is vit or defense better? If the answer is they are equal in effectivness then I'd go with VIT. With vit your getting more bang for your buck, I think.

And please don't say 2 vit = 1 def. VIT is not a boost to defense.
VIT is wayyyyy more than just that, or it wouldn't be in the game.

Oh and if you care, at 40 I'm wearing +2 VIT and +2 STR rings, I cant decide with to go double with :sweat:.

[Andorhall]

At 55 I wear 2 str +3 rings when not main tanking and 2 phalanx rings while main tanking. I have often wondered if it would be better for me to get 2 +3 vit rings but atm I dont have to capital to test it out anyone else tried this?

[Rico]

What I do is I use VIT +1 rings and AGI +1 earings for tanking... Also for attacking use Sniper rings for gain your tp so you can active your break faster then switch to two str rings do deal your dmg and attack earings since you can just do berserk and you'll get your dmg output there :sweat: Well thats what I do. Also get warriors belt +1 It helps or life belt. In my opinion I go with the VIT then Phanalx just for my reasons ^^. Thats what I love about war I can do so many things with it.

[Meimei]

At 65.

I got 2 phalanx rings 10 def for tanking
I got 2 sniper rings -20 dark -10 def +5 meele acc +5 range acc for dealing dmg

Str.. i dont care. All of my piece got replace by Acc Gear. Acc = God

[GSDragoon]

As long as you have no problem staying alive, I think the DEX is better. Being able to hit is what keeps me hate when tanking.

[Mordacon]

tanking as a DRG? isnt that a little dangerous?

[GSDragoon]

If you look in my sig I have a lv30 WAR. This is the WAR section, BTW.

[Hisdon]

hm...this doesn't help me at all! lol

ok so it's obvious I'll have 2 sets of rings, one for tanking, one for dmg dealing

dmg dealing before 40=STR rings, DEX rings give little to no accuracy bonus but STR makes huge differences
tanking=STR would help me keep agro...but VIT would have me take less hits...lemee list some ideal lvl 50 gear

Gigant Axe/Valkarie's Axe/some shield I dunno (+4 STR or +10 acc)
full IM (+3/4 VIT)
+1 Beatle Earrings (+6 attack)
Spike Coller (+3 STR, +3 DEX)
Life Belt (+10 acc)
+1 Wolf Mantel

ok this adds up to +7 STR, with +2 STR rings and MeatMithkabobs I'd have+17

Accuracy here is fine, with my 1h axe I'll have over 20 acc, my GAxe has Agressor, and plus Focus

Defence would be around 220ish...VIT rings>Phalax Rings I know that...

should I have a set of +STR rings also for when a BRD is in the pt?