Really noobish Question...

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

[quote=Heian]

actually max is right on this. Lots of the best gear is rare/ex (but you still buy cursed gear from AH).

It is truer for a mage, lots of mage stuff you can't get from AH like

Rostrum Pumps
AF2 (lol)
Moldy Earring
Apocalypse Nigh Earrings
Merciful cape.

Aside from AF/Shinra/Abd. gear everything else is pretty much AH'able. In fact almost all jobs thier best gear comes from AH. SE refuses to make Rare/Ex gear that is far superior to gear that drops off many low level NMs and a handful of high level NMs.

Name a job...

All of them you shmuck. Did you even read the bold part?

No, my point is I can disprove on a job by job basis easily, naming one makes it easy to show you're talking out of your ass.

No I just don't feel like typing for twenty minutes explaining everything to you.[/quote:3cefb]

Name a job. Three Letters.

Not counting new jobs of course...

[Kross]

abuse of the quote function...

AH is good for most melees.

but the best equips for mages are rare/ex.

let's not forget DM earrings.

[Krandor]

NIN

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31...INungimped.jpg

My Weapon, Neck, Both earrings, Body, Hands (I use Dusk when not walking around instead of AF2), Backpiece (Cerb), Legs, Feet (use Fumas when not walking around), are all AHable.

The best ranged slot for tanking would be AHable as well (Nokizaru), and my waist could be AHable as well (Speed Belt instead of Swift Belt). Assuming totally ideal gear I'd be staring at like 3 pieces that couldn't be bought on the AH (My rings and a Byakko's Haidate)

[BRP]

http://www.theorderls.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9496

OH SNAP, this got old. This thread fails, thought Anyway's sig makes it slightly acceptable.

Just because I know this won't stop anything unless someone locks the thread, but people don't understand that CoP 'sucked' for the same reasons FFXI 'sucks'. You need to fix FFXI, or fix its creators, before you can fix CoP(or RoZ for that matter). SE makes the excuse that anything they did wrong in CoP is because they wanted to make an epic/awesome storyline, which they did, but it didn't cause the rewards weren't that great(and no, I don't believe in the whole tier system that WoW uses, I believe that they did create a lot of good armor in CoP, but their drop rates either blow, were too hard to get, or ect, awhole other thread for this one).

The fact that HUGE amount of this game content is ignored because SE doesn't quite understand what makes people do stuff. Quests are done by people who love cutscenes or are completists. It's obvious people will do things for good gear. Give PvP something like (WoW's) honor points to spend on good crap. Don't make it a hassle to PvP. It should be "Okay, I'm going to Ballista for fun and a decent reward overtime", talks to a NPC which can be found in every single town, warps to the current match, fights, has fun, and is closer to getting a decent reward and getting higher on a rank. Garrison? EFs? Conquest in general? Remember when it was fun to care about which nations had which zones, and not for the only reason being for some cheaper OPs? They should implement stuff for 75s to care about. It should matter which nation you are apart of. I'm going on now... ugh, I wish I could talk to SE's team one on one, and give them some direction.

The whole point about ToUA being God's grace. Sure, maybe it is. However, you have to be blind to realize its negative effects. It's kings part 2, just on much larger scale. What does SE care anyway? They are making a new MMORPG anyway and they ain't porting to PS3.

PS: This is an economic based games. A good amount of end-game gear should be AHable, non-rare/ex, and all that. This game has a heavy focus on crafting. Rare/ex on everything would just break that. It's just how the game works. It's not even an issue in my eyes as long there is a good amount of rare/ex rewards, which there has been so far in a lot of areas.

[Mysterio]

yikes, holy rant Batman.

as of this post Max has 159 posts in 10 days.

159/10= 15.9 posts a day

15.9 x 90(3 months roughly) = 1431

He's a little behind his old pace.

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

NIN

Ok now we're getting somewhere.
The best katanas are Fudo and Senjin (not counting relic.)
Best head is situational, either OHat, Walahra Turban, or Arhat's +1.
Best body is Haub+1, Arhat+1, or Osode (which isnt AHable.)
Back is Boxer's or Cerb (which is a joke to AH currently) or Gigant
Neck is Hope Torque, a Gorget, or an Evasion Torque.
Hands is Koga Tekko for cheapasses and at night, Bandomusha Kote, and Yasha Tekko
Waist is Ninurta's Sash (lol), Speed Belt, or Swift Belt
Ear is Brutal, Suppa, Ethereal, Hades+1
Ring would be Defending, Bomb Queen, Rajas, Shadow, Jelly
Feet would be Fuma Sune Ate and Ninja Kyahan+1

Looks closer to half and halfish to me, if not heavy on the rare/ex side.

[Kross]

FFXI isn't coming out on PS3?

I thought it was >.>

[aurik]

NIN

Ok now we're getting somewhere.
The best katanas are Fudo, Senjin, Unsho, Unji
Best head is situational, either OHat, Walahra Turban, or Arhat's +1.
Best body is Haub+1, SH+1, Arhat+1 and osode fucking sucks
Back is Boxer's, Foragers, Cerb (which is a joke to AH currently) or Gigant
Neck is Chram, Hope Torque, a Gorget, or an Evasion Torque.
Hands is Koga Tekko for cheapasses and at night, Ochi/Bandomusha Kote, Yasha Tekko, Dusk Gloves
Waist is Ninurta's Sash (lol), Speed Belt, or Swift Belt
Ear is Brutal, Suppa, Ethereal, Hades+1
Ring would be Defending, Bomb Queen, Rajas, Shadow, Jelly
Feet would be Fuma Sune Ate and Ninja Kyahan+1

Looks closer to half and halfish to me, if not heavy on the rare/ex side.

Fixed your post, you left out a ton of AHable equivalents.

[Dezzimal]

There are some gems with ra/ex gear, but the majority of my BLM gear is bought from the AH. For nin I use 4 pieces of ra/ex (AF2 pants, CoP ring, brutal and Senjuinrikio). BLM uses 4 as well, moldavite, abyssal, sorcerer's sabots and w/e hat I pick (AF1/AF2).

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

Fixed your post, you left out a ton of AHable equivalents.

Thanks you always got my back

LOL@Whoever uses Unjo + Unshi after the tp floor removal/lowering

And the point was BEST, not good gear.

And dezz, thats mostly because your LS doesnt let you lot anything

[Kross]

There are some gems with ra/ex gear, but the majority of my BLM gear is bought from the AH. For nin I use 4 pieces of ra/ex (AF2 pants, CoP ring, brutal and Senjuinrikio). BLM uses 4 as well, moldavite, abyssal, sorcerer's sabots and w/e hat I pick (AF1/AF2).

whaaaat?

ok Weskit, Slops (Af2 better), rings (until you get tav, switch in JSE ring for latent), Uggy pendant/ele torque, and HQ staves.

Those are the only AHable items you should have.

AF2 Gloves and Zenith kill Igqira+1, Merciful Cape > Prism Cape, AF2 Boots and Rostrum are theonly thing you should wear for boots.

[aurik]

Fixed your post, you left out a ton of AHable equivalents.

Thanks you always got my back

LOL@Whoever uses Unjo + Unshi after the tp floor removal/lowering

And the point was BEST, not good gear.

And dezz, thats mostly because your LS doesnt let you lot anything

U/U is still a decent combo.

And it's completely retarded to talk about "only best", because any measure of "best" is completely context driven.

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

Fixed your post, you left out a ton of AHable equivalents.

Thanks you always got my back

LOL@Whoever uses Unjo + Unshi after the tp floor removal/lowering

And the point was BEST, not good gear.

And dezz, thats mostly because your LS doesnt let you lot anything

U/U is still a decent combo.

And it's completely retarded to talk about "only best", because any measure of "best" is completely context driven.

But in no situation is U/U better than Senj/Fudo

Would you argue that ochi's are ever better than Bandomusha? Forager's better than Cerb? PCharm (or chram as you lovingly put it) better than Hope... err nvm on that one...

[Krandor]

Fixed your post, you left out a ton of AHable equivalents.

Thanks you always got my back

LOL@Whoever uses Unjo + Unshi after the tp floor removal/lowering

And the point was BEST, not good gear.

And dezz, thats mostly because your LS doesnt let you lot anything

U/U is still a decent combo.

And it's completely retarded to talk about "only best", because any measure of "best" is completely context driven.

I was borrowing a friends Unji & Unsho (sorry had to bold it cause maxx spelled it wrong), and it came out about the same with Senji/Fudo, so it personally just comes down to a matter of whether you like speed vs. crits (ignoring the insane price tag).

Enough derailment though, we don't need another U/U vs. Senji/Fudo argument, can leave that for KI.

[aurik]

And it's completely retarded to talk about "only best", because any measure of "best" is completely context driven.

Here since you missed in my last post.

Unless you want to preface every single one of your gear choices with infallible reasoning showing why they are the best in every case.

[Krandor]

And it's completely retarded to talk about "only best", because any measure of "best" is completely context driven.

Here since you missed in my last post.

Unless you want to preface every single one of your gear choices with infallible reasoning showing why they are the best in every case.

Onion Sword > *

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

And it's completely retarded to talk about "only best", because any measure of "best" is completely context driven.

Here since you missed in my last post.

Unless you want to preface every single one of your gear choices with infallible reasoning showing why they are the best in every case.

I wasn't the one who brought up the 'best' arguement, I was just showing that Heian was talking out of his ass, he is who brought it up.

[Axil]

Anyway youre such a pimp

[Anyway]

Anyway youre such a pimp

[Dezzimal]

There are some gems with ra/ex gear, but the majority of my BLM gear is bought from the AH. For nin I use 4 pieces of ra/ex (AF2 pants, CoP ring, brutal and Senjuinrikio). BLM uses 4 as well, moldavite, abyssal, sorcerer's sabots and w/e hat I pick (AF1/AF2).

whaaaat?

ok Weskit, Slops (Af2 better), rings (until you get tav, switch in JSE ring for latent), Uggy pendant/ele torque, and HQ staves.

Those are the only AHable items you should have.

AF2 Gloves and Zenith kill Igqira+1, Merciful Cape > Prism Cape, AF2 Boots and Rostrum are theonly thing you should wear for boots.

You kinda contradicted yourself here. You say that merciful > prism but don't bother to list nashira crackows as a feet option. I forgot to list zenith mitts, but they're sorta 50% AH 50% ra/ex. If you want to get technical I guess I could count wizard's gloves as another ra/ex item which I use.

AH/bazaarable for BLM:

7x HQ staves, Phantom Tathlum, Republic Circlet, Igqira Tiara, Demon Helm +1, Ugly Pendant, Elemental Torque, Philomath Stole, Morion/Phantom +1, Weskit, Errant Body, Igqira Manillas, Snow Rings x2, Prism Cape, Penitent's Rope, Heirach Belt, Mahatma Slops, Igqira Lappas, Baron's Slops, Black Cloak, Novio.

Ra/EX:
Sorcerers Petasos, Sabots, Coat, Gloves, Tonban. Wizards Petasos, Coat, Gloves, Tonban. Thunder/Ice/Dark Obis. Moldavite, Abyssal, Static. Tamas ring, rostrum pumps.


looks like the majority of endgame blm gear is found on the AH.