on drg 75 with 4 polearm merits (possibly 6 if i remove 2 from gkt). Should i use my dusk gloves+1 or go for homam?
Depends on your other gear, but I'd be inclined to say Dusk+1 no matter what.
Realistically, I'm looking at
Thassocrat///Tiphia Sting
Turban/Peacock Amulet/Brutal/Merman's(or minuet or diabolos)
AJ (until I get askar)/Dusk+1(or homam when I get)/Rajas/Toreador's
Forager's/Swift Belt/w/e holds me over till homam/w/e holds me over till homam
reason I'm lv'ing drg is because I have 2 years of limbus points I haven't used on a single homam/naishira drop and out of the homam jobs drg fits best because I have 4 polearm merits from sam. So when i ding I should be able to pick up homam pretty damn quickly
Dusk+1.
WS gear confirmations:
75 DRG, Taru
8/8 Polearm merits, 5/5 STR
Always eatting Meat
Constants:
Weapon: Thalassocrat, Pole Strap
Ammo: Tiphia Sting
Rings: Rajas / Ulthalams
Back: Forager's
Looking for both a Penta Thrust and Drakesbane gear set. The following are the equipment options:
Head: Ares Mask / Heca Cap
Neck: Love Torque / Shadow / Flame
Ear1: Brutal
Ear2: Assault, Fowling, Minuet
Body: Homam, Ares
Hands: Relic, Heca
Waist: Warwolf, Relic
Legs: AF+1, Conte Cosciales
Feet: Hecatomb
I've been using:
Penta Thrust:
Ares
Love
Brutal
Minuet
Homam Body
Heca Hands
Relic Belt
AF+1 Legs
Heca feet
Drakesbane:
Heca Cap
Flame Gorget
Brutal Earring
Minuet Earring (have a song 99% of the time)
Ares Cuirass
Heca Hands
Warwolf Belt
Conte Legs
Heca Feet
Although I'm not sure if I'm getting enough ACC on Drakesbane. Been thinking about swapping Conte Legs for the AF+1 Legs.
Cuchulain's Mantle Vs. Foragers for Raging Rush eating Meat
8/8 GA 4/4 Crit 5/5 str 3/3/4 B/A/DA
Depend what are you doing, i would use foragers for merits full time, except on thf or nin mamools, i would use cuchulain's in that case, for HNM's depend too what you are fighting and songs you have.
Leveling THF on mule solely for a TH whore, aside from Thief's Knife offhand what would be a decent free/cheap mainhand @ 70+? Anything better than Heart Snatcher?
Behemoth's Knife? Though I'm not sure about daggers.
Either of those will work, and usually only cost 3-5k. Stay away from Heart Snatcher, it's totally useless and not worth the time to break it.
What would be better for Sam overall at 75; Myochin Kote +1, Alky's Bracelets, or another hand item?
If not using /THF and SA, typically Myochin+1 overall.
Alky's will net you higher numbers on a WS (nothing extreme, though), but I use AF+1 because since SAM WS are one-hit, the ~8 accuracy difference very well may mean the difference between ~800-1300 damage and 0. Depends on your build, really, so this is more of a blanket statement that may not be the best in all situations (SA being an obvious one).
I see a lot of WARs fulltiming the Sipahi Turban over the Walkure Mask. Am I right in thinking it'd be awesome for WS, but Walkure would be better for TPing?
From what I've heard, +atk is better for heavily armoured enemies whereas if you can hit the low defense mobs, raw stats are better. I would say situational.