Breeze Gorget vs Hope Torque (Don't kill me)

[Ashky]

So, in the last week, I have come to own both of these pieces of equipment thanks to my LS. But now this brings up the avoidable question of which is better. Now, I did use the search function and found a couple of topics about NIN for this. I really believe from reading that thread that the consensus is that Hope > Breeze for muti-hit WS's like Jin.


Well, what about for RNG? Hope Torque provides +5 Agi for WS mod and ~+6.3 RACC and ~+7 RATT while Breeze offers a 10% increase in overall RACC and DMG (I think). Which do RNGs use? I think since Sidewinder is a single hit WS, that Breeze > Hope Torque for RNG. Please correct me if I am wrong in this thinking.

[Kainstryder]

Stick with Breeze for anything that's 1-2 hit, above that, use the Torque. TP in the Torque, however.

[matix]

That's what I generally do; torque for tp, ws with breeze.

[Ferien]

Wouldn't Breeze end up being worse for Slugwinder than for other wses? They already have a 5.0 TP mod, so the +0.1 increase is only increasing the mod by 2%, which is essentially the same increase Soil gives Vorpal Blade and only slightly more than what it gives to Rampage. I know there's more to consider than just the ftp increase, especially when dealing with the acc, atk, and crit-based multihit weaponskills, but isn't it still worth noting that the gorgets aren't as good for Slugwinder as they would be for other single-hit wses?

That being said, I have no idea how much the ratk and agi will help Slugwinder, or if the racc from gorget is more potent than what you're getting from Hope Torque. Just playing devil's advocate.

[Raen Ryong]

I would imagine, not being a rng myself, that adding a considerable amount of accuracy to Slugwinder whilst also increasing its power simultaneously would be obscenely good, allowing you to stack STR in other slots (and possibly WS safely at lower TPs; I'm not a rng though so I don't know the full technical details).

[Darcatvar]

Should have saved for light gorget for ranger :/ Gorget will win out in dmg over Hope for WS and presumably the rng acc as well. Have not seen any proof on the rng acc boost but has "appeared" to increase my winder acc more than other neck peices.

[Ashky]

Should have saved for light gorget for ranger :/ Gorget will win out in dmg over Hope for WS and presumably the rng acc as well. Have not seen any proof on the rng acc boost but has "appeared" to increase my winder acc more than other neck peices.

NIN is by far my main job. I was just curious since RNG was my original job and I plan on finishing it to 75 soon. Thanks for the tips.

[Seditedi]

Best results by general consensus and testing would be:
Blade: Jin = Hope Torque
Sidewinder/Slugshot = Gorget