What's Better?

[Neosutra]

assuming you care about THF outside of TH4...

should I be using...



Evisc+10% dmg/X's Knife (I know this is going to give the prettiest numbers)

or

some combination of str/dex affinity trail weapons? (im thinking 1dex, 1 str?)

Auric Dagger + Depends on sitation.

Str or Dex daggers depending on other gear/buffs/food.

AGI Daggers for soloing.

[Konda]

Auric Dagger + Depends on sitation.

Str or Dex daggers depending on other gear/buffs/food.

AGI Daggers for soloing.

Completely forgot about auric lol... I have it as my "main" in abysea group too lmao

I guess I can work on both str/dex daggers to suppliment it but they take quite a bit of time...

So I guess I'd get +evisc dmg one to see me over till i finish the lv80 elemental ones since the DPS is nearly identical?
I have a good Evisc set from owning X's for a year or so.

[ringthree]

what head did you have in mind for blm ringthree, cause hecates crown is now a cheap option for good damage now.

Well, within the week I will have full Morrigan's so I am looking for an upgrade from there. I heard the MKD head was pretty good, but I didn't know if I wanted to do the switch around for it.

[NeoForte]

Ok I'm Curious, I'm working on the OAT Polearm but with my current VNM group is slow. Anyway....I currently have Valk's Fork. How would the other Polearms rank now? I know OAT2 is top but what comes next? Empyrean weapon is 2nd best? or the sTP Stingray? Is Valk Fork not worth using anymore?

[Dathus]

Ok I'm Curious, I'm working on the OAT Polearm but with my current VNM group is slow. Anyway....I currently have Valk's Fork. How would the other Polearms rank now? I know OAT2 is top but what comes next? Empyrean weapon is 2nd best? or the sTP Stingray? Is Valk Fork not worth using anymore?

I asked this earlier and got this basic reaction: Any DMG 101 polearm is better than VFork. I personally got the DMG 101 and DEF Down effect one. Stingray with sTP and full Perle set would be a good tide over til max damage/OAT polearm.

[Kainos]

Anybody do any testing on Cavaros mantle? Just picked one up, wondering if it'd be worth it for Raging Rush, would probably definitely be worth it to stack that mantle and brave grip for MS zerg wouldn't it?

Cavaros Mantle : I did a small batch of testing today and im getting an average of 1.5% increase in damage but can go as high as 5%. I only tested on about 20 mobs so will try again with more data

[Villian]

I'm going for the GS with DMG "Ground Strike" +10% since it's easy to get. Was wondering if Spinning Slash > Ground Strike still when using that GS?

[azagarth]

so for mnk and pup is enkidus harness or that new aurore body better? I realize both are not ideal, but its all I got atm to choose from.

[Khajit]

Cavaros mantle good enough that thf should wear it during SA and TA (with or without ws)no matter what?

[requim]

Aurore is basically a fancy scorpion harness.

I think the current order is: usu > mirkegeon > togi ~osode > enkidu's > antares ~ aurore > SH +1 > pahluwan

Of course, Aurore is pink and therefore always better.

Cavaros mantle good enough that thf should wear it during SA and TA (with or without ws)no matter what?

Well this is in place of Forager's Mantle or Cuch, so if it's as low as 1.5% increase that might be less than what you would already get from str/dex/atk.

So assuming it's ever worthwhile to use, for Sharkbite or Mandalic Stab would be the best canidates since most of your damage is coming from the first hit.

On dancing edge, it would only increase your first hit with the other 5~6 losing out on str/dex/atk/acc, which seems like an obvious loss.

Evisceration can crit so you could receive the bonus for several hits, giving you a higher maximum, but likely a lower average than whatever else you would have worn.

[Xeres Celestia Highwind]

http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/168730

TP gear for my Dancer that I'm aiming for. is there anything I can do to improve my goal for a TP set?

[Tortalius]

I'd say that your back piece should be a Sharpeye or a Amemet. The etoile is better for soloing.

[requim]

Highwind, if you're bothering to include Ocelot, which at least the gloves are the culmination of 5 NMs to spawn a super Morbol, you might as well include Lucky Coin, Beleno's Mantle, Divsor/Tor/S+1 Ring, and other random, unrealistic gear.

Realistically, aim for the JSE neck piece, Dusk +1 x 2, a better ring, better back piece (can get forager's if acc is good, or cuch or sharpeye), and maybe thew bomblet (depending on accuracy).

[Nameless]

Just putting this up for critique as I have been trying to upgrade my guillotine setup:

Main: OAT scythe (therefore lower weapon rank, less str focused)
Sub: Sword Strap / Rose Strap (6 hit / 5 hit)
Ammo: Bombcore
Head: Moogle helm with 4 str 5 att 25 acc (I have heca cap but other than 7 str, the attack value is the same, and guillotine has low str modifier, so I figure I benefit more from getting all the accuracy I can get in this slot)
Neck: Justice Torque(have snow gorget but 3.875 combined ftp should mean the 0.1 increase is not enough to offset the att and str the torque gives)
Body: Ebody (have ares's but I need accuracy)
Hands: Perle Moufles (since I have enough accuracy from head and body slots, there is no point in using AF+1 glove. I would want to eventually get Onyx gloves but this is just 1 str difference so I will use this for now)
Legs: Onyx Cuisses (no other option and I don't think anything else is better)
Feet: Onyx Sollerets (have AF+1 feet but overall I should benefit more from the att)
Ears: Brutal/Abyssal
Fingers: Rajas/Flame (using flame because the -2 mnd has no effect after calculation, considering 25% mnd and 0.85 multiplier and floor, alternative is toreador but eventually will upgrade to the 6 str 3 att ring)
Back: Forager's
Waist: Bale Belt (Heavily debating using Fierce belt for the 15 att, but it will bring my accuracy to about 5 less than my tp accuracy. I like to keep them close for obvious reason, but Fierce will give better overall damage even when accuracy is slightly not capped and that the 6 str from bale belt will up the fstr by one. Would like to eventually upgrade to the 15 att 15 acc DA belt)

Capped str and scythe merit.
5/5 Diabolic Eye.
About 440 accuracy on my tp set, ws set is about 435 acc.

Any suggestion will be great. Thank you.

[Dathus]

Kinda had this glossed over in the Random Q thread, figured I'd come here for a better response: What would I be looking for in a Leaden Salute build? Copy it right from my QD build of:

http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/95480

Or what would I change?

[Thorny]

http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/168730

TP gear for my Dancer that I'm aiming for. is there anything I can do to improve my goal for a TP set?

delete character, make new character, get balrahns ring

[Bikpik]

Kinda had this glossed over in the Random Q thread, figured I'd come here for a better response: What would I be looking for in a Leaden Salute build? Copy it right from my QD build of:

http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/95480

Or what would I change?

Forban Cape
Aquiline Belt
Novio (or Helenus's /Cassandra's Earrings if you can't get Novio)

[Xeres Celestia Highwind]

Love the negative responses. Thanks for the couple of good suggestions though from Tort and Req. I'll aim for a couple of those pieces as well. I already have Foragers but thought the ACC and Dex/ Chr from the relic cape would put it closer to Cucu's

[cdgreg]

It may be a wash but:

RNG - TP Build - Gun - 5/5 Snapshot & 5/5 Rapid Shot merits:

Hunter's Beret +1 or Aurore Beret

It's basically Rapid shot + 5RATT (hunters) vs Snapshot (Aurore)

[LucyGoose]

For BST and Rampage:

HEAD: (WS)
Anwig Salade
DEF:21 HP+10 MP+10 "Subtle Blow"+3
STR+4 WS Acc+15

VS

Perle Salade
DEF:37 STR+5 VIT+5 Attack+7 Haste+2%