New TOAU Rings Discussion

[Skeetaru]

It seems like this is the best place to put this part because the rings in Large part are assault/salvage based. I beat TOAU last night and decided not to pick a ring yet and sleep on it, and this morning it wasnt much more clear as to which i should pick.

What rings are you choosing and why?

Balrahn's Ring
Magic Accuracy+4
Assault:
INT+4 MND+4 CHR+4
Adds "Refresh" effect
Lv.50 All Jobs

Ulthalam's Ring
Accuracy+4 Attack+4
Assault:
STR+4 DEX+4
Adds "Regen" effect
Lv.50 All Jobs

Jalzahn's Ring
Ranged Accuracy+6 Ranged Attack+6
Assault:
AGI+6
Enhances "Snapshot" effect
Lv.50 All Jobs

I am leaning towards the melee one, for its full time usability over say - a sniper.
Alot of people are on the OMG REFRESH ON A RING trip but i just dont see it? I am a mage at 99.9% of our salvage work and if i even get rings/earring cells its at the very end and even without i never have many MP issues. And as for assault, i really dont want to waste a reward like this just for assault where i see the melee ring as being very effective overall.

Plz Discuss and Mods please move if you think this belongs somewhere else but i think most Salvage ppl read here so i put it here.

[Ryko]

Picked the melee one instead of the ranged one because im never gonna use the shit anyway (fuck keeping gear around for assault and just assault) and it didn't really matter.

[Arthars]

all the rings kinda suck compare to past expansion rewards

but still melee ring better if u only have a sniper NQ
Magic acc ring proll not so bad for brd or blu? lol i really dont know about this one
range ring something new, i was expecting a tank one. But meh who needs this seriously?

i will choose the melee one since i am a full time NIN in my salvage group.
my wife mage one of course, she is perma mage in my salvage group and she got no melee job ;\

anyway who cares, even if u chose wrong, you gotta be able to change next patch anyway, or maybe the re-do quest is already available

[Skeetaru]

anyway who cares, even if u chose wrong, you gotta be able to change next patch anyway, or maybe the re-do quest is already available

Eh id rather not regret it and make an informed decision, ive already changed my DM earring, my COP ring and need to redo Apoc Nigh too lolol

[spooky]

I'd probably pick Refresh ring.., mage4life! Athough it is fairly suck tastic. Here's hoping they will introduce more areas that fall under the "Assault" catagory. Maybe in the new expansion?

[Auspice]

I can't decided so I didn't pick yet. I'm a career RDM but I doubt I'm going with the mag acc one. Hell, I may end up getting the r.att one for my COR and RNG, I dunno yet.

[Venture]

Eh, not surprised that the end reward isn't as breaking as CoP's was. Only as much reward as the effort applied to get there, which for ToA, was even less then Zilart.

[Sagacious Sundi]

Balrahn's ring, because of mageyness and he's a soulflayer boss in Einherjar, and I loves flayers.

[Rocl]

I haven't done it yet >_> but I'd probably pick Balrahn simply because it fits all of my jobs, and eh I guess it's decent for MP buffer in Salvage but really Not impressed with any of these tbh

oh and i guess i'll use it if I'm having an absolute terrible time debuffing something

[divisortheory]

Can someone who has a ring post whether or not it works in Salvage?

[alphacat]

^^^
It works.

Melee ring- Ouside: not bad, Inside: +8atk +8acc = better than mar's ring

Mage ring- Outside: very very limited use. sleep/grav only. Inside: godly +4 chr int mnd, refresh.

I personally think mages got screwed again. SE basically gave us a ring that is godly inside salvage/assault, but almost useless outside. The melee option on the other hand is good outside and becomes even better inside. It just depends on what you think you'll do more. Personally I'm going to choose the mage ring, since refresh on ring slot is fucking sex even just in assault.

[Amele]

Melee ring- Ouside: not bad, Inside: +8atk +8acc = better than mar's ring

is only +6/+6 if you're not a 2hander. (that's still enough to make it strictly better than a divisor)

[Lyramion]

I chose the Mage one. I use Sniper+1 and Rajas on NIN and I dont see myself using the Melee Ring over Rajas and of course no way over Sniper+1.


Some additional Refresh for Salvage/Assault is not Game breaking but nice to have anyway.

[Shadida]

Will probably get the Ranged Attack/Accuracy ring, because I care about RNG far more than I care about THF.

It's not really an amazing ring, gives up 6 R.acc for 6 R.atk (vs the Behemoth Ring +1 I usually use with Rajas) but it's still a unique combination which we previously only found in two items: the especially underwhelming Bowyer Ring, and the especially rare Bellona's Ring. Besides, the Salvage bonuses are hot, and I've been using RNG more often than THF in Salvage as of late.

[mdkuser]

If you always go mage in salvage.. go for the mage ring, cause its the best one. Having this and a stom pfife bard is a HUGE improvement. Makes life a lot easier etc. I always come monk so ill take the melee one. Also, haveing magic accuracy on a ring isnt bad for... dunno, brd and rdm? even outside salvage, but true melee one seems better outside.

[Wizrow]

I have the mage one, it's cool for drains, aspirs, and stuns.

[Skeetaru]

Even though i go mage to Salvage 99.9% of the time like i said, i doubt 1MP/tick is going to make or break our salvage because i never seem to have any mp issues anyway. Plus i dont get ring cell much.

[Alpsyche]

Max merit THF BLU BLM

I took melee ring as it has the most to offer with attack and accuracy on the same piece.

I don't need magic accuracy for spells for any mob. HNM, I'd rather more INT over the magic acc (or Elemental Skill) that I can get from other slots that I don't use today without any resist problems.

The ranged doesn't do anything for me.

[Spekkio]

Even though i go mage to Salvage 99.9% of the time like i said, i doubt 1MP/tick is going to make or break our salvage because i never seem to have any mp issues anyway. Plus i dont get ring cell much.

stacking sanction refresh, storm fife, and a refresh body when on the move, a mage stands to recover 1+2+3+1=7 mp/tick for a good chunk of the time they're operating. given that, an additional 1 refresh is subpar. still, it's better than just wearing a snow or an aqua ring in there, but not compelling enough to pick for it. i'll probably just let mine sit unclaimed like i did with my apoc nigh earring (all i need to do is go to norg for it. i just can't pick one.) and get it if i ever see a compelling reason to choose. wonder if all those sup darks will change to abyssals now. that would just be funny.

[Ruin]

blm/rdm/blu main. mage ring ftw