Level 75 Dragoon Equipment.

[Fiye]

So, after having my Dragoon at 75 -2 for a month, I decided it was time to get it up to level75.

I've been refusing to level it up due to the fact that I've been using the same equipment for a good 13/14 levels. In any case, I'm wonder what I should start hunting gear wise.

What can I buy?

What can I farm off NMs/Aht Urhgan BCs?

What do I have to pray for? (HNM, Dynamis, and Einherjar)

Current Equipment is...

Main: Grand Knight's Lance -> Colossal Lance (Need to buy) -> Thalassocrat (At 75)
Sub: Mythril Grip +1
Ranged: N/A
Ammo: Smart Grenade. (+4 Atk. Secret)
Head: O. Hat (Swaped with AF hat for Healing breath) -> Ace's Helm (Really really really lucky)
Neck: Peacock Charm
Body: Scorpion Harness -> Homam Corazza (Omega-Prime) -> Askar Korazin (Nyzul Floor 80) -> Ares's Cuirass (Salvage)
Hands: AF Hands -> Dusk Gloves (Need to buy) -> Homam Manopolas (Omega-Prime)
Legs: AF Pants. -> Barone Cosciales (Need to buy) -> Conte Cosciales (Need to buy w/ shitton of gil)
Feet: AF Feet. -> Dusk Ledelsens (Need to buy) -> Aurum Sabatons (Tier 3 ZNM) -> Homam Gambieras (Omega-Prime)
Back: Amemet +1
Waist: Warwolf Belt -> Swift Belt (That 4-3 area) -> Velocity/Speed Belt (Really luck or shitton+1 gil)
Ring1: Raja's Ring
Ring2: Woodsman Ring
Ear1: Etheral Earring
Ear2: Spike Earring -> Assault Earring (Need to buy)

Any help is loved!

[BadKarma]

Legs:
Conte Cosciales
Hands and Feet Dusk
Lance i would say get a Colossal till Thalassocrat at 75

74 if your really lucky : Aces Helm

[stewie]

Assault Earring, Swift Belt, look into a limbus ls for homam gear, askar korazin/zucchetto.

[Fiye]

homam gear

Any specifics or is the entire set useful?

[Valyana]

Aurum Sabatons (ZNM) instead of Dusk
Homam Legs are the most interesting piece, but it's all useful except head.

[Seraph]

Any specifics or is the entire set useful?

Homam Feet are one of the best Pieces DRG can wear. Homam Legs and Homam Hands are extremely good.

Homam Body is very good, but somewhat situational. If you don't have Hecatomb, Askar, Ares, or maybe an Assault Jerkin it's extremely good.

The Homam Hat sucks ass compared to alternatives like O hat for WS, and W Turban or Askar hat for TPing.

[Fiye]

Looking at Aurum Sabatons and Homam Feet. I'd say that Aurum would be a better choice to go with, due to the higher attack and accuracy, correct?

[Zanz L. Barre The 3rd]

Reasonable DRG gear that will do ya' wonders:

Thalassocrat/Pole Grip/-/Smart Bomb
Askar Zuchetto/P. Charm/Assault Earring/Brutal Earring
Askar Korazin/Homam Manopolas/Rajas Ring/Ulthalums Ring
Amemet Mantle +1/Swift Belt/Homam Cosciales/Aurum Sabatons

That is by no means the ultimate DRG gear, but it's pretty damn good imo. You can farm almost all of those from limbus,assaults, missions, and ZNMs. Biggest challenges will probably include Homam and Askar, but those really aren't too much trouble.

[Zanz L. Barre The 3rd]

Looking at Aurum Sabatons and Homam Feet. I'd say that Aurum would be a better choice to go with, due to the higher attack and accuracy, correct?

Homam and Aurum are about equal I'd say. It's pretty much 5 attack, DEX, and a small bit of accuracy from the DEX vs. 1% Haste.

[Callisto]

Looking at Aurum Sabatons and Homam Feet. I'd say that Aurum would be a better choice to go with, due to the higher attack and accuracy, correct?

They're about even in the acc department, but Homam have an extra haste %, HP/MP, and a huge chunk of Wyvern HP for Healing Breath potency.

[Seraph]

Looking at Aurum Sabatons and Homam Feet. I'd say that Aurum would be a better choice to go with, due to the higher attack and accuracy, correct?

For strictly DD purposes, most probably yes.

If you are soloing, depends on your preference. Some people like the better Healing Breaths, +31 HP, +31 MP, and +1% haste found on the Homam Feet, others like the +4 Atk and +3 DEX on the Aurum Feet. Pick your poison. All in all, the Aurum is probably much easier to obtain overall.


Edit: And just as a note, The Aurum Boots only have +4 Attack, not +5 Attack. The item description has a typo on it.

[Fiye]

Smart Bomb

You mean Smart Grenade?

Ulthalums Ring

Forgot to mention, I picked the mage ring for the ToAU reward.

Edit: I'd guess Homam is more for soloing/TP building while the Aurum would be for WSes then.

[Callisto]

Does 1% Haste really make that much of a difference?

Depends on how much acc/haste you have already, but in most cases where your gear is decent I think 2 Acc ≈ 1% Haste.

[Scorp]

If you plan on soloing much as drg/mage (even if its just campaign mobs) there are some very useful items that aren't too hard to obtain.

Af2 hat or Surian Helm

Chanoix Gorget (quested)

Af1+1 legs

Homam feet

For merits and other pure dd moments you would benefit from Ace's Helm and a better body item and some more haste where possible. Limbus as homam is the best for hands legs and feet but you can go with dusk or aurum also and full time barone legs.

For body your best bet is one of askar ares zahaks and potentially aurum. They are all fairly tricky to obtain askar probably the easiest depending on who you know with floor 80 access. I mainly solo and ares is superb for me.

[Wolfknight]

Legs: AF Pants. -> Barone Cosciales (Need to buy) -> Conte Cosciales (Need to buy w/ shitton of gil) > Dusk Legs/Pahl legs[Buy or AP] > AF+1/Aurum[Limbus Upgrade/ZNM tier 3] > Askar[Floor 40] > Ares[Salvage] > Homam[Omega]
Ear2: Spike Earring -> Assault Earring (Need to buy) > Brutal Earring

fixed legs/ear upgrades, also I'd put Aurum body above askar generally, and if looking for free polearm at 75, cletine isn't a bad choice[though takes aurum for 6-hit instead of askar].

[Seraph]

Edit: I'd guess Homam is more for soloing/TP building while the Aurum would be for WSes then.

The Amir boots are also an acceptable TP/WS piece until you can get something better.


Amir Boots (Assault Points)
DEF:16 Accuracy+6 Attack+5 HP recovered while healing +1 Set: Reduces magic and breath damage
LV 72 WAR PLD DRK SAM DRG


Aurum Sabatons (Tier 3 ZNM)
DEF:20 DEX+3 Accuracy+5 Attack+4 Evasion-5 Haste+2%
LV 72 WAR PLD DRK BST DRG


Homam Gambieras (Apollyon Limbus)
DEF:16 HP+31 MP+31 Accuracy+6 Ranged Accuracy+6 Haste+3% Wyvern: HP+50
LV 75 THF PLD DRK DRG BLU

[Kkel]

On DRG i pretty much always carry Earth/Apollo/Dark staves and my Kirin's Pole.

Pole Grip will probably do you much better in the long run than Mythril +1.

If you're going play DRG/Mage or spend a lot of time in Campaign (as i do), it's worth it to pick up a Hedgehog Bomb and/or a Fullmetal Bullet.

Ace's Helm is about as good as you get for pure DD, when /Mage i usually wear Askar instead. AF2 is a must for /Mage work.

Don't forget about a Love Torque.

You'll need a good set of gloves for WS, Hecatomb and AF+1 can fill that spot.

There's also a lot of other options for leg gear, including Homam, Ares, AF+1, and Aurum.

You'll need a good set of boots for WS too, Hecatomb is great for that.

A great back piece to carry when /Mage or in Campaign is a Gigant Mantle.

DRG can be a really gear intensive job. Personally, I carry tons of equipment (60+ slots worth) since i play the job almost exclusively solo.