Equipment discussion

[Soulrunner]

I like the new +4/+5 Mantle, personally.

too bad it's only really useful for blu/thf

or thief/--- for mercy stroke when you have high attack anyway.

In case you haven't noticed there is a severe minority of players with any relic, so for sake of arguement of regular situations lets leave this in the realm of the average thf and not the sickly rich thf.

yeesh.

[Zacas1]

Anyone else wondering why SE added Latent effect: Craft skill +1 for only Bonecraft and cooking, and not others?
>.>
And why do I have the feeling the latent effect will involve the GP +skill items?

[Lordwafik]

I like the new +4/+5 Mantle, personally.

too bad it's only really useful for blu/thf

or thief/--- for mercy stroke when you have high attack anyway.

In case you haven't noticed there is a severe minority of players with any relic, so for sake of arguement of regular situations lets leave this in the realm of the average thf and not the sickly rich thf.

yeesh.

First, this isn't Zam, there are many people on these boards with relics, second, leaving any angle out of an equipment discussion simply because you aren't a part of them is being ignorant.

So target your insult at someone who actually brings 0 relevance to a discussion, rather than someone who is bringing a different perspective.

[Starr]

The new polearm has higher DPS than Mezraq.

Too bad that with existence of jumps, high jumps, and Pentathrust, DPS means jack shit.

solo

[Kenai]

OK, I'm trying to wrap my brain around this one...someone help me. Please. Before it explodes...

Of the new armor sets...I saw this from the .DAT mining...

The "Cobra" set is listed with:

Cobra Coat
DEF:32 INT+2 MND+2 CHR+2
Cobra Cuffs
DEF:11 INT+1 MND+1 CHR+1 Evasion+5
Cobra Pigaches
DEF:10 MND+2 CHR+2
Cobra Hat
DEF:17 INT+2 MP recovered while healing +1
Cobra Slops
DEF:23 INT+1 CHR+1

So explain to me why COR is on this set again? Have I missed a corollary between Corsairs and MP? (Admittedly if going COR/WHM, I "might" be able to see it...) But other than an extremely limited application...

Color me confuzzled.

[Edit: And don't get me started on the lack of "new" weaponry for COR...]

Lttp, but welcome to the same shit gear updates that PUP has been dealing with since ToAU. Yes it sucks. Yes you will never use it, or want to use it. No i don't know what they were thinking. No I'm not happy you're sharing (a little of) PUP's pain. (as sad as it is just replace "COR" in your post with "PUP" and you post will look like quite a few of my post-update gear ramblings in ToAU, Usukane excluded). But maybe the collective bitching will help all involved, who knows.

[Xno Kappa]

I seriously think that should be one of the next questions to SE whenever possible.
What procedure do they go through when assigning equipment to jobs? Some of the these decisions are blatantly not feasible for said job.

[Wolfknight]

The new polearm has higher DPS than Mezraq.

Too bad that with existence of jumps, high jumps, and Pentathrust, DPS means jack shit.

solo

ya cause u never use ws, or jumps when your soloing right?

[Casey_]

The new polearm has higher DPS than Mezraq.

Too bad that with existence of jumps, high jumps, and Pentathrust, DPS means jack shit.

solo

ya cause u never use ws, or jumps when your soloing right?

and -10% damage could make some unsoloable mobs now soloable >.>

Shit is situational >.>

[Cassi]

The new polearm has higher DPS than Mezraq.

Too bad that with existence of jumps, high jumps, and Pentathrust, DPS means jack shit.

solo

ya cause u never use ws, or jumps when your soloing right?

and -10% damage could make some unsoloable mobs now soloable >.>

Shit is situational >.>

Dragoon tank Fafnir ! >.>

[Starr]

The new polearm has higher DPS than Mezraq.

Too bad that with existence of jumps, high jumps, and Pentathrust, DPS means jack shit.

solo

ya cause u never use ws, or jumps when your soloing right?

Yes but there's more to soloing than just dealing damage, thought you'd know that.

[Havok]

What exactly is there to solo, where taking 10% less damage would be worth taking longer to kill the mob?

edit: for dragoon soloing i meant..

[Max™]

What exactly is there to solo, where taking 10% less damage would be worth taking longer to kill the mob?

edit: for dragoon soloing i meant..

Something with a high damage WS?

Perhaps having this with more -Dmg gears, Askar Feet, Jelly Ring, loldring, would make it more useful?

I know this much, I wish it was a Great Axe that had -10% Dmg, I'd be creaming myself right now.

[Lordwafik]

Exchanging +20% damage given for -10% damage taken doesn't kill anything faster

[Max™]

Exchanging +20% damage given for -10% damage taken doesn't kill anything faster

True, but having the extra breathing room between HB's might make some things more doable.

[Zilong]

The new polearm has higher DPS than Mezraq.

Too bad that with existence of jumps, high jumps, and Pentathrust, DPS means jack shit.

solo

ya cause u never use ws, or jumps when your soloing right?

Yes but there's more to soloing than just dealing damage, thought you'd know that.

If that's your angle on saying how the spear is viable for soloing, then say "-10% damage is helpful for soloing"

Implying that it has comparable/better dd capability to mezraq when in reality it's not even close makes for a bad starting point to an argument.

[Kaslo]

Anyone know the reciepe for Similodon Mantle?

[Tomiko]

Anyone know the reciepe for Similodon Mantle?

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Ice Crystal
Wool Thread
Similodon Hide

[Starr]

Exchanging +20% damage given for -10% damage taken doesn't kill anything faster

Speed isn't everything..

[Varrin]

Exchanging +20% damage given for -10% damage taken doesn't kill anything faster

Speed isn't everything..

I can sorta kinda solo Aura Statues in sky with my current gear, but because they like to Double Attack and use Heavy Strike a lot, if they do either while I'm below 50% HP I'm usually fucked. -10% damage might make the difference between being able to kill and being killed. You don't go around criticizing a RDM for taking an hour or two to solo Gration or Genbu, but the fact that they can even do it in the first place is the cool bit.

-Varrin

[eva00r]

Exchanging +20% damage given for -10% damage taken doesn't kill anything faster

Speed isn't everything..

Safety is always the first thing for soloing. 10 more kills are not even worth 1 just death.