What's Better?

[Francisco]

Speaking in terms of WS macros:

Tokon Hachimaki = 5 H2H skill, 12 Accuracy, 5 Conserve TP (H2H skill give DMG: +1)

Anwig Salade = 4 STR, 25 Accuracy, 5 Attack

324 H2H skill = 291 Accuracy, 329 H2H skill = 296 Accuracy, so Tokon's H2H skill gives a full 5 accuracy in this case... Attack on Anwig is canceled out by the H2H skill on Tokon also.

So it comes down to:

Tokon: DMG+1, 5 Conserve TP

Anwig: 4 STR, 8 Accuracy

What's better for WS? (I'm pretty sure the answer is going to be Anwig, but I just want to make sure.)

[Francisco]

One other question relating to MNK gear...

STR Taipans | | | Thew Bomblet
Usu. Head | Faith | Brutal | Ethereal
Usu. Body | Usu. Hands | Rajas | Toreador
Foragers | Black Belt | Usu. Legs | Usu. Feet

Close to optimally geared, I think - but I'm considering getting a Strigoi Ring in place of Toreador's. I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not.

Current stats (/NIN, no food, no buffs) come out to:

STR: 114, DEX: 91, Attack: 450, Accuracy: 397

Going forward, does that seem too light on Accuracy (with or without Pizza)? Eyeballing it, I haven't noticed had any accuracy issues - and I've become a huge fan of Carbonara in Abyssea... but I know 397 is close to borderline for capped Acc on something like Greater Colibri (ignoring level corrections).

[Chen]

assuming capped ACC on guillo regardless, in what order do these bodies place:

hauby+1
perle
askar
ares (pretty sure ares is best, but not completed it yet due to lack of 25)

[Jeherrit]

Ares > Askar > Perle = Haub+1 if acc isnt a factor.

[gnat]

Ares > Askar > Perle = Haub+1 if acc isnt a factor.

How do plastron and Heca body factor into that hierarchy?

[Jeherrit]

That one goes beyond just doing some quick mental math so not 100% on it. Plastron should be somewhere between askar and perle/haub. Heca vs. Askar is closer, it should win if you're getting +3 damage from the extra 7 str, (2 from fSTR and 1 from WSC) but otherwise it's around the same place as plastron maybe even lower.

[gnat]

Good enough for me, thanks

[Xajii]

On the topic of Guillo, upgrades to this set?


Ultimatum (107D)/Pole/---/Bomblet
Nhead/PCC/Brutal/Assault
Hauberk+1/Perle/Rajas/Flame
Forager's/Virtuoso/Black cuisses/Ares feet

Things I know:
- Bomb core instead of bomblet when less acc is needed
- Need WS Gorget, working on it
- +6 STR ring maybe

I use virtuoso because I like the acc, I find I really need it a lot of the time despite having capped skill at 80 and full merits. No abyssal earring (really hard to organize a DM these days... got Suppa forever ago) and so.

With Diabolic Eye up I intend to swap out Nhead for Varangian when I get it.

What else should I look into? In Abyssea EXP with a BRD or a COR (not both) I'm averaging 1000-1100 or so with the high end ones being around 1800 (double attacks, etc) and low ends when all hits land around 900.

I eat pizza+1, btw.

[Onorgul]

One other question relating to MNK gear...

STR Taipans | | | Thew Bomblet
Usu. Head | Faith | Brutal | Ethereal
Usu. Body | Usu. Hands | Rajas | Toreador
Foragers | Black Belt | Usu. Legs | Usu. Feet

Close to optimally geared, I think - but I'm considering getting a Strigoi Ring in place of Toreador's. I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not.

Current stats (/NIN, no food, no buffs) come out to:

STR: 114, DEX: 91, Attack: 450, Accuracy: 397

Going forward, does that seem too light on Accuracy (with or without Pizza)? Eyeballing it, I haven't noticed had any accuracy issues - and I've become a huge fan of Carbonara in Abyssea... but I know 397 is close to borderline for capped Acc on something like Greater Colibri (ignoring level corrections).

It really depends on what you're fighting. I've been killing Mangy-tailed Marvin on my Ninja with roughly the same amount of Accuracy and have had zero issues. When I was XPing on Bugards on Monk with roughly that Accuracy, however, I definitely needed Pizza. Strigoi Ring is almost certainly worth getting (I can't see SE releasing STR +10 rings next month), either way.