What's Better?

[Taint]

Atheling Mantle vs Niht Mantle for Resolution?

Atheling by a touch unless the you need the extra attack. But if you need the attack them chances are you'll need the Acc from letalis. (Mule niht incase it's ok in the future )

[Gokku]

Whirlpool mask? Or the helm from the bird for tp on monk? I think helm is best for shijin as well not realty sure.

[bechyni]

Uk'uxkaj for normal TP, Whirlpool for Acc and yes Uk'uxkaj afaik is best for Shijin

[sylvanica]

What's better for magic blood pacts:

Yaskomo's Pole (rank 15, Avatar: Magic Accuracy+18 Magic Attack Bonus+67) or the *updated* Balsam Staff (Avatar: MAB+120)?

It seems as if it's a no-brainer, since the Balsam Staff is nearly double the MAB, but Avatar: Magic Accuracy seems relatively rare and needed on the current endgame's mobs. I'm also not sure how easily obtainable Balsam Staff will be.

[Side note: The HQ is just one more MAB, so I'll just ignore that since it will be ridiculously expensive.]

[Gokku]

2nd question how are monks capping haste in whirlpool and bird helms?

[bechyni]

You could of just asked to check me in game lol

Uk'uxkaj/Whirlpool - Thaumas body - Miodio (or any haste 4% hands) - Manibozho legs - Manibozho feet

[Gokku]

I'm at work lol. I was trying to avoid buying those damn feet but Fuck I'll have to -_-;

[futan]

Sorry if asked before. Searched the thread, didn't see it. Brutal/Suppa or Dudgeon/Heartseeker for NIN. Spreadsheet shows the latter being ahead by about 1.9% for me but that doesn't seem right to me. Also swapping out Twilight for Patentia bumps that up to about a 4.6% gain. But again it doesn't seem right to me that 7% DW > 7% Haste and 7% DA.

[jimbobsonofgod]

Something like Uk'uxkaj/Whirlpool - Thaumas body - Nomkhapa/thurandaut (depending on Acc needs) - Manibozho legs - Manibozho feet
works when you have ionis as well

[Sechs]

Whirlpool mask? Or the helm from the bird for tp on monk? I think helm is best for shijin as well not realty sure.

Whirpool it's getting upgraded with next patch. Check Slycer's post and keep it before trashing it.

[Darkmagi]

What's better for magic blood pacts:

Yaskomo's Pole (rank 15, Avatar: Magic Accuracy+18 Magic Attack Bonus+67) or the *updated* Balsam Staff (Avatar: MAB+120)?

It seems as if it's a no-brainer, since the Balsam Staff is nearly double the MAB, but Avatar: Magic Accuracy seems relatively rare and needed on the current endgame's mobs. I'm also not sure how easily obtainable Balsam Staff will be.

[Side note: The HQ is just one more MAB, so I'll just ignore that since it will be ridiculously expensive.]

Really is a no brainer, if for some reason you're fighting something that is ungodly resistant, just carry both.

[Fake]

Whirpool it's getting upgraded with next patch. Check Slycer's post and keep it before trashing it.

Updated whirlpool will beat uk'uxkaj for any of the new content they implement (assuming the new content is designed to fall in line with the 200~ acc/attack we are gaining, which is essentially the logic behind the vertical gear/content integration) but uk'uxkaj will likely remain top for current delve content and below if you are recieving appropriate buffs since you will easily cap acc and attack.

[dasva]

What's better for magic blood pacts:

Yaskomo's Pole (rank 15, Avatar: Magic Accuracy+18 Magic Attack Bonus+67) or the *updated* Balsam Staff (Avatar: MAB+120)?

It seems as if it's a no-brainer, since the Balsam Staff is nearly double the MAB, but Avatar: Magic Accuracy seems relatively rare and needed on the current endgame's mobs. I'm also not sure how easily obtainable Balsam Staff will be.

[Side note: The HQ is just one more MAB, so I'll just ignore that since it will be ridiculously expensive.]

Balsam. Also while there isn't a lot of pet macc skill above the cap counts towards macc/acc on bps and you can merit it too. So you could easily take out some minor pet mab amount to make up that little macc if needed unless you have to go all out on the macc

[Hitou]

For PUP, is asperity necklace worth using over cirque necklace? Or is there another TP neck option I'm not thinking of I should use instead?

[Taim Meich]

In the situations I use PUP, where I get Haste at most (soloing, DD in PLD party when Plasm farming), Cirque wins every time. With enough haste, asperity eventually gets on top, of course.

[fantasticdan]

How does drakesbane compare to 1/5|5/5 stardiver when attack is capped?

[shepardG]

Someone crunch stuff other than me:

I was trying to figure out if echidnas bow would be/come close to 99 Coranach/donderbus. What u found was that echidnas with refugelent beats everything. I am biased, because I want bows to reign supreme, but I tried my damnedest to make it lose, but it pulled ahead in all the realistic scenarios I could come up with. Including last stand etc.
Some one help me bounce numbers back and forth

[Darkmagi]

Isn't refulgent arrow worse than sidewinder at 100tp?

[dasva]

Isn't refulgent arrow worse than sidewinder at 100tp?

At one point they were probably about even but I'd imagine the better stat mods on refulgent mean hardly anything anymore with the base dmg on current bows

Also as far as to bows or guns you forgot one major thing. In no realistic situation would you not pull hate with non relic ws so gun would lose less ratt from being close. Also pretty sure slugshot beats last stand with current base dmg heck coronach is almost as much dmg as last stand now. As far as actual numbers I'll have to do that when I'm more awake

[Revati]

Nvm >.>