Pugilist

[Diddy Kong]

MAIN: Flame Sargeant Patas
HEAD: Temple Circlet
BODY: Flame Sargeant's Tabard
HANDS: Felt Gloves (+11/+13)
LEGS: Felt Trousers (+6/+6)
FEET: Explorer's Moccassins
WAIST: Flame Sargeant's Sash
EARS: Flame Sergeant's
NECK: Electrum Gorget
WRISTS: Flame Sargeant's Bracelets with set bonus
RINGS: Electrum Rings x2

Anything easy/cheap I can upgrade to? Been spamming moogle and ifrit fights for weapons and no luck on either of them, did get both WAR axes though...

[Grey Jorildyn]

You probably won't need the electrum rings all the time. I'd suggest picking up at least one rubellite ring. HQs probably not cheap. Veteran's Field Belt would be a better option for MNK too. Otherwise things look pretty good. STR/INT?

[Diddy Kong]

I'm only about 395 ACC with the x2 acc rings, I have two rubellite rings for when I don't need the accuracy though. And the flame belt is +10 acc, so no reason for the field belt.

[Grey Jorildyn]

There is a reason for the field belt if your strength is not capped

[Diddy Kong]

Don't see how two STR beats 5+ acc if my acc isn't capped, though.

[Grey Jorildyn]

accuracy gets boosted to a very high degree in a full party. You will be close to capping on most end game mobs with the above setup.

[Diddy Kong]

Wasn't aware you got an acc boost in a full party. How much boost do you get?

[Datonare]

You get 10% accuracy in a light party and 20% accuracy in a full party.

[Diddy Kong]

You get 10% accuracy in a light party and 20% accuracy in a full party.

Swag.


Anything fancy for MNK this update? I'm no .dat expert.

[Datonare]

It was just maintenance on the Square Enix Account Management system I believe.

[Hiroishime]

You get 10% accuracy in a light party and 20% accuracy in a full party.

Its actually 5% in Light, 10% in full.

[Reizvoll]

Its actually 5% in Light, 10% in full.

1.21

[dev1317] The accuracy bonus gained when using Comradery has been increased from 5 to 10 percent. The accuracy bonus gained when using Strength in Numbers has been increased from 10 to 20 percent.

The following issues have been resolved:

• An issue wherein the accuracy bonus received while partying was not functioning as intended.

What happened is there was a glitch that made the accuracy bonus way too high, so pre-1.21 you had 100% hit rate in 8-man even with no gear. When they fixed the issue, they noticed that maybe the bonuses weren't high enough for the way they made the fights, so they increased the percentage to go along with the bug fix. Overall, we did lose hit rate in that patch but it seems to be where they want it.

[Hiroishime]

Huh lol, weird because ingame text says otherwise XD

[miokomioko]

I need suggestions for gearing up MNK... What are my best DD options that are not Darklight or double/triple melds?

[Datonare]

Weapon: Primal / GC / Giantsgall
Head: AF
Body: GC or AF
Hands: AF
Legs: AF
Feet: AF
Waist: Uldah Sash > Veteran's field belt

[Niiro]

"No double/triple melds" basically means "nothing good".

Explorer's tunic for body, explorer's moccasins for feet are both better than AF.

I haven't looked at the other GC's (tho stats are pretty well distributed across the 3 flavors) but for LL a 5-piece set using lieutenant's weapon is excellent (and doesn't take up hands, which is the most valuable slot materia-wise).

[miokomioko]

But isn't even just a single-meld better than some AF or rare/ex options?

[Datonare]

Not really, at least not for mnk. Single t4 int meld is +16-20. AF has 25 (for head). Body is vit only, don't need that. Feet has no stats, hands are str, maybe felt bracers and one str meld might work. Legs you could do str/vit or str/dex or whatever, but they are kind of expensive past +8/8 and even that will only give you +12 str on felt trousers, opposed to 10 str and 3 int on AF legs.

Niro is right on explorer gear, mind blanked on that one.

[Fievel]

If you're refusing to do any other melds, at least do STR on felt bracers. It's cheap and a good boost to damage.

[miokomioko]

I mostly just wanted a starting point from which to use before I start burning gil on double-meld attempts.

I guess my next question would be what are the slots that double-melding has the most potential and won't be immediately replaced by a lucky rare/ex drop of some sort?