Sorcerer's Ring Issue

[Not Kuno]

Wow I feel like I'm the only blm that doesn't do this. If I happen to get in yellow I pop it on but I like staying alive + not pissing off whms so I don't bother with this stuff. >.>

[evilpaul]

Sounds like a bad mix of luck and, assuming that by "me killing" you mean you were solo, killing speed.

I popped him in probably 2-3 rounds of tonberries.

I popped and killed it on SMN, so the Tonberries went down fast with a Predator Claws + some melee, but did spend quite a bit of time /healing afterwards. Tonberry NMs don't seem to like showing up for me in a timely manner in general for me though.

Wow I feel like I'm the only blm that doesn't do this. If I happen to get in yellow I pop it on but I like staying alive + not pissing off whms so I don't bother with this stuff. >.>

Eh, most times that I died using Sorc's Ring I would have died anyway without it. Also, I'm pretty sure people only cure me on BLM when I use the ring, and it's only to piss me off. I could probably stand around in red wearing a Snow Ring all Dynamis until I catch a stray Battle Dance/Sweep/Fry Pan/whatever else.

Besides bigger number always = more fun.

[Shuemue]

Wow I feel like I'm the only blm that doesn't do this. If I happen to get in yellow I pop it on but I like staying alive + not pissing off whms so I don't bother with this stuff. >.>

You're not alone, I didn't bother sorting a -hp macro until yesterday. I certainly won't use it for event purposes unless I'm sure my inevitable death won't be an issue. I figured with the extra 10 mog locker spaces I could store the few extra pieces of gear for the random times when it won't matter.

[BRP]

Yeah, I never felt the need to use Sorc's Ring. I guess I might be gimping myself, but it seems like more trouble than it's worth.

[akarikamigishi]

For what it's worth, the ring goes off at exactly 76% or lower - I do this as a mithra blm, and then I have zenith mitts so I'm actually at 78% hp in nuking gear - gives me no end of hassle with noob whms that cure me because I'm not in yellow and they think it was a small hit or something (in reference to people that joined my limbus ls recently ) Also I'm still lost on yigit feet. I want them, but rse2 has 35mp and int mnd+4, it's a tough choice.

Also, all the gear I use to swap HP (zenith heads legs, serket/ether ring, astral earring) is stuff I use on whm (well, I don't use zenith head anymore), so it's not really extra space I'm losing.

Ninja edit: When I bought sorc ring, it was 2M, the same price as a snow, so it was a fair trade for me Now I think sorc ring is like twice the price or something.

[yayajax]

I never really feel like using it on a Tarutaru, however it works fine on the rest of the races.

[BRP]

Roughly speaking, isn't the different between Snow and Sorc roughly around 10 INT worth of damage? Maybe I can use my Taru race as an excuse.

[evilpaul]

I seem to recall doing about 35 damage more on average than a capped potency merited Taru with basically the same gear on Puddings. The Taru would have ~10-12 INT more I think. Hardly a big deal there.

Whoever's spell went off first would end up doing slightly more on NMs at events because of the magic nerf anyway.

[SephYuyX]

It is based off of baseHP, but depending on the equip being used, it wont work properly, take a look at this page for a bit more info.
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/Talk:Sorcerer%27s_Ring

This is the setup I use.
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/9607/hp3jd.jpg -HP
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1041/tamasxw3.jpg Nuke