Hi guys, I recently returned to FFXI after not playing for years and have some questions about some things that have been discovered in the years I haven't been playing, as well as some other general questions.
First of all, a couple equipment questions; first, let me post my TP set:
P. Harpe / Ridill (S. Kukri, possibly buying Blau soon?)
Bomb Core / Ziska's
W. Turban
Peacock
Suppanomimi
Brutal
Scorp. Harness +1
Homam hands
COP melee ring
Jaeger ring (working on ToaU so I can gimp it with the ToaU ring instead)
Amemet +1
Swift Belt
Pal. Pants
Homam boots
Questions:
From an EXP prospective, is Ridill useful? THF sword skill is really slow. I know it is really good in Dynamis and for anything EM or less it is definitely nice, but how about for EXPing? I have full sword and dagger merits (and suppa), but no sword or dagger torque. Basically, is it impossible to eat meat using ridill in EXP PTs?
Equipment questions:
Pal Pants vs. Bravo's subligar? Acc+4 vs. Haste+2. I've been reading haste has a cumulative build-up, so the more you stack, the better it gets. Obviously, Homam pants or those haste+3% pants from that ToaU ENM would be better, but I don't have either yet.
Scorpion Harness+1 vs. Rap. Harness? Acc+12 vs. Haste+4. If ridill is do-able in EXP PT eating meat, I think I would definitely take the 12acc here, but if P. Harpe/Sirocco is the way to go, should I take the haste instead? Obviously Homam is better, but I don't have it.
Also, I've read different opinions on SA and TA gear sets- some people say for using only SA or TA you should try to leave all your haste+ in and just change the other slots, so that you aren't delaying your next attack highly and losing more damage than you are making up in your gear-swap. Is there merit to this? Especially if I am using Ridill, when I SA in Hecatomb, it takes forever for the next attack to go off because I am swapping all of my haste gear for slow+ gear, potentially losing a lot of straight melee damage and TPing a bit slower.
If I buy Blau and Ridill is plausible, I think Blau/Ridill would beat P. Harpe + Ridill. If Ridill isn't possible, P. Harpe + Blau seems like a pretty decent combination.
Obviously, a lot of this stuff is situational, and testable by me, and I will be testing it myself over the coming weeks; I was just hoping to get some input from other people as well. Much appreciated.