Really noobish Question...

[½pint]

Thanks for answering my initial question, and lol at the derail.

[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.

Onion Sword > *

If you're opo-tping and using spirits, you'll never delevel out of using onion.

[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 > *

If you're opo-tping and using spirits, you'll never delevel out of using onion.

Back in the day I remember watching a SAM melee Fafnir with a level 7 Sapara (hitting for 0 whenever he actually connected) doing Spirits Within every 3 minutes once Meditate was up as his sole form of damage <_<;

[ertyu]

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. or kabuto
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 or dusk gloves
Waist is Ninurta's Sash (lol), Speed Belt, or Swift Belt
Ear is Brutal, Suppa, Ethereal, Hades+1 (lol hades wtf?) Eris+1
Ring would be Defending, Bomb Queen, Rajas, Shadow, Jelly
Feet would be Fuma Sune Ate and Ninja Kyahan+1
pants would be haidate

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

fixed a little. And am i the only person who likes byrnie+1?

[Krandor]

Kind of slow since Aurik already changed most of those, but I guess he did forget to add Eris+1, I just use Hades+1 on my NIN since it's signed and I like the E-penis Blue Box, so that prolly threw Maxx's list off

Genbu's Kabuto Sucks.

[ertyu]

im taru so kabuto doesnt totally suck for me <.<
I just got my turban 2 days ago so I havent really been able to test it out on an HNM yet (I was one of the few who XP'd to get all of the IS)

And I need to do some parses (when I find an infinite flow of gil) to test out haub+1 byrnie+1 and togi. Osode will always have its place in my jin macro and walking around town though!

And they missed haidate... so I had to add that, + make some changes from what aurik said

[Heian]

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.

No I'm pretty sure I am right. Like I said I am not going to list what you wanted because I would be listing half the fucking AH for each job. Yes there is plenty of gear that is Rare/Ex is is the same if not slighty better, but that is the problem: The best gear off the AH is almost Identical performance wise as much of the gear you can get off HNM/popNM/BCNM/Quest.

[Dezzimal]

Kind of slow since Aurik already changed most of those, but I guess he did forget to add Eris+1, I just use Hades+1 on my NIN since it's signed and I like the E-penis Blue Box, so that prolly threw Maxx's list off

Genbu's Kabuto Sucks.

Shura Zunari Kabuto dumbshit

[Weltall]

Turban is great for Nin/drk.

[Vail]

my WHM: AH equip
8 staves (3 HQ)
Hedgehog bomb
Crow beret ah
Noble'sTunic + Errant body (other option alot of whm useis Blessed Briault)
Blessed Trousers
Blessed Pumps
Demon's Ring+1 (saving gil for Serene ring)
Hierarch Belt
Rainbow Cape (or Hexerai depends on what I'm doing)
Holy Phial (saving points for that new Grandoise Chain)

my WHM: non AH-able
Magnetic Earring
Relaxing earring (working on locq ear, which isn't AH-able but you can still "buy" it)
Tamas Ring
Healer's Mitts+1

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RDM: AH
8 staves (3 HQ)
Hedgehog bomb
Errant Gloves
Mahatma Slops
Mahatma Pigaches
Demon's ring+1/Aqua ring (saving for serene ring)
Hierarch belt/Pentiance rope
Hexerei Cape (or rainbow)
Enfeeble/elemental torque + Holy phial

RDM: non-AH
Duelist Chapeau
Dalmatica
Magnetic earring/Relaxing earring/Moldavite earring
Zenith Mitts (used when I rarely nuke)
Tamas ring
Crimson Cuisses (this are for fun not really for "functionality")

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so for me yes damn near all my best equip for most slots is AH-able
then there is my 63 drg: (yeah I know lol...) but even for DRG damn near everything I have is AH-able from my scorpion harness to all my weapons/ my eventual dusk gloves and barone pieces of equip

only non-AH gear for drg really is AF2/Hectacomb/Crimson(who gives drg crimson lol?)/Homam and Assault Jerkin: at most I am looking towards having no more then 7-10 pieces of ra/ex on drg

and DRG is similiar in it's equip indevers as drk and thf

PLD: non-AH
Koenig (which ever pieces you can get)
AF
bomb queen ring
did I miss anything? pld looks pretty much buy off the AH too~

[Parshath]

Turban is great for Nin/drk.

or DRK/NIN tanking with souleater and last resort

[Krandor]

Kind of slow since Aurik already changed most of those, but I guess he did forget to add Eris+1, I just use Hades+1 on my NIN since it's signed and I like the E-penis Blue Box, so that prolly threw Maxx's list off

Genbu's Kabuto Sucks.

Shura Zunari Kabuto dumbshit

God Forbid there might be 2 pieces of gear for NIN with the word Kabuto in them, or that he replied to me stating "Genbu's Kabuto" by pointing out it's a good option for Tarus due to their low HP.

/shrug

My PLD uses a decent amount of AHable gear.

Terra's Staff
Dark Staff
Macuwhatsis+1 (the Enmity+4 sword)
Koenig Shield
Harmonia's Torque
Shield Torque
Hades+1
Hercules Ring
High Breath Mantle
Warwolf Belt
Hierarch Belt

Some of these things could be replaced with R/E alternatives though (Fort Torque, Shadow Mantle, etc)

[Heian]

Yeah I guess I was talking out of my ass.

[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.

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.

Ok so "most" of BLM stuff can be found on the AH, but if you want to be l33t, you need those rare/ex items

We also forgot to mention Spirit Essence (Solo ENM item) and also Sweet Sachet for Taru :D

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

Yeah I guess I was talking out of my ass.

Their gear is far from best. You use AH gear to fill in until you can get the 'best' stuff. The system works well. Its a mix, not your '95%'

[Septimus]

One easy way to balance between crafters keeping the economy going and rewarding people for their hard work with Rare/EX items is to make more things like abjurations.

But it doesn't have to be exactly like abjurations. There could be an NPC somewhere who offers to make a pair of boots (for example) for you if you can get him/her some materials. He/she will also need a few pair of boots to use for material and as a pattern. One of the boots the NPC wants could be a Rare/EX drop from an NM or a quest reward, but the rest would be AH sellable. This way you could actually get some demand for otherwise useless items, people could skill up on new and different things.

Square needs to hire me; I would fix this game in less than a month.

[Koga]

One easy way to balance between crafters keeping the economy going and rewarding people for their hard work with Rare/EX items is to make more things like abjurations.

But it doesn't have to be exactly like abjurations. There could be an NPC somewhere who offers to make a pair of boots (for example) for you if you can get him/her some materials. He/she will also need a few pair of boots to use for material and as a pattern. One of the boots the NPC wants could be a Rare/EX drop from an NM or a quest reward, but the rest would be AH sellable. This way you could actually get some demand for otherwise useless items, people could skill up on new and different things.

Square needs to hire me; I would fix this game in less than a month.

All NPC's would turn into Subligar wearing Galkas.

[Secksi]

Square needs to hire me; I would fix this game in less than a month.

Then they would fire you, and you'd have no job. Why do you think they keep getting it wrong? Dev team needs to eat.

[Septimus]

One easy way to balance between crafters keeping the economy going and rewarding people for their hard work with Rare/EX items is to make more things like abjurations.

But it doesn't have to be exactly like abjurations. There could be an NPC somewhere who offers to make a pair of boots (for example) for you if you can get him/her some materials. He/she will also need a few pair of boots to use for material and as a pattern. One of the boots the NPC wants could be a Rare/EX drop from an NM or a quest reward, but the rest would be AH sellable. This way you could actually get some demand for otherwise useless items, people could skill up on new and different things.

Square needs to hire me; I would fix this game in less than a month.

All NPC's would turn into Subligar wearing Galkas.

I wouldn't change existing NPCs into subligar wearing Galkas.

...

But the next expansion would be named "Adventures on Galka Subligar Island"...

[Sadler]

Does that make me the new main char in the expansion Septimushy? :D