Current BIS for Bard

[CatholicFan]

Isn't Skill Speed an almost wasted stat, though, because we have animation delay on almost everything? It'd be one thing if animations were sped up based on your skill speed, but I didn't think that was the case. You can only get so fast in this game.

[Prinster]

I would have thought the loss of 4 DEX is more than offset by gaining a point of Crit and 8 points of Determination. Plus, the 12 Accuracy on this allows me to take better choices in other slots, like Bard's Chapeau over Allagan Visor of Aiming. Now, I'm gaining another 6 points of Crit without sacrificing any accuracy (I'm actually still up 6 points of Accuracy). I haven't played around too much with the other slots, but HQ Gryphonskin still seems to be a BiS to me.

Stats weight wise, Suppose DEX = 1, DET would be about ~0.22 which means 1 DEX is about 4-5 DET. 4 DEX is about 16-20 DET.

[Kitkat]

Stats weight wise, Suppose DEX = 1, DET would be about ~0.22 which means 1 DEX is about 4-5 DET. 4 DEX is about 16-20 DET.

This right here is the reason why. You would need a far larger gain in Crit and dtr to offset the 4 dex of Vortex. This goes into factoring the projected reset of blood letter also where the 1 crit difference is not even noticeable to the possibility of reset frequency. You need roughly +10-15 for it to be favorable in projected equations, even then you're looking at better gains with static increase over projected increase in the long run unless you're counting upwards of a +30 crit gain in one slot, or over all, without loss of dex in any other slot or dropping under accuracy cap.

[CatholicFan]

my BiS
elfin bow
allagan visor of aiming
bard's shirt
bard's ringbands
heroe's belt of aiming
bard's tights
allagan sollerets of aiming
ultima choker of aiming
inferno bangle of aiming
Tremor Earrings of Aiming
gryphonskin ring HQ (with 1x vitality IV, 2x Savage aim III,2x savage might III
gryphonskin ring HQ (with 1x vitality IV, 2x Savage aim III,2x savage might III
+ acc buffood 27 (lava toad legs HQ)



487 dex
468 acc
573 crit
295 det
359 skillspeed
405 vit

Your accuracy is too low. Turn 5 accuracy cap is 482, which you don't want to drop under.

[Sachiko-Chan]

i know it, we have a bard with 468 and its enough acc.. 98 or 99% is rly enough u can change the bard legs with allagan legs, but u lose 9 crit u will have 475 acc, with other buffood, (black truffle risotto)

[Parks]

Allagan Bow
Allagan Visor
Bard's Shirt
Bard's Gloves
Hero's Belt
Allagan Pants
Allagan Boots
Allagan Necklace
Hero's Earrings
Inferno Bangle
Hero's Ring
Vortex Ring

HQ Deviled Eggs

482 Acc 555 Crit 244 Det 412 Skill Speed

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Best set I've found so far while tweaking pieces at http://www.ariyala.com/ffxiv/gear.html , but requires two T5 drops, two T4 drops, and the EM Ifrit loot.

With Lecreuset's suggestions this is the best set I've come up with as well. Perfect T5 accuracy cap and a great amount of crit. Definitely one of the harder sets to attain given the T5/Ifrit loot, but again, almost certainly the best set we can put together.

[Ooshima]

but requires two T5 drops, two T4 drops, and the EM Ifrit loot.

Just a quick comparison, the quoted set gives:

224 DEX
121 ACC
185 CRIT
42 DET
87 S.Spd

Mine:

222 DEX
123 ACC
182CRIT
67 DET
50 S.Spd

I am sacrificing 2 points of DEX for 25 points of DET. I prioritize CRIT followed by DET, while largely ignore Skill Speed. I have 3 points of CRIT lower but 3 points doesn't matter, I have 2 points of ACC. Of course this set, like the original set, would need food that boosts accuracy since it is a little shy of the +131 acc required from gears.

If anyone is interested, mine is easier to obtain since I need less Allagan drops (3 less drops)

Allagan Bow
Bard's Chapeau
Bard's Shirt
Bard's Ringbands
Hero's Belt of Aiming
Bard's Tights
Allagan Sollerets of Aiming (T4)

Ultima's Choker of Aiming
Tremor's Earrings of Aiming
Inferno's Bangle of Aiming
Hero's Ring of Aiming
Allagan Ring of Aiming (T5)

[CatholicFan]

As I've been thinking about this today, I realized there's a problem with this setup. It's basically built around 482 accuracy, a number which is only relevant in Coil Turn 5. So, to use Turn 5 drops when achieving that number is faulty thinking, at best. The only point of having this setup is to farm Turn 5, but if a player already has everything a person needs out of Turn 5, the only point of this set is to help your FC mates achieve their BiS setups (which, in turn, will be redundant after a while).

We can probably safely assume that whatever Coil content comes out next will have different accuracy requirements, and so what makes much more sense for this thread is to suggest a BiS setup for clearing Turn 5. IF you're going to build a BiS setup for whatever comes next, 482 likely won't be enough.

[Ooshima]

We can probably safely assume that whatever Coil content comes out next will have different accuracy requirements, and so what makes much more sense for this thread is to suggest a BiS setup for clearing Turn 5. IF you're going to build a BiS setup for whatever comes next, 482 likely won't be enough.

Currently, BC T5 is the most difficult battle even compared to EX primals and there is no movement in stat cap. Even if T6 and more comes in 2.2 and beyond, I believe the accuracy cap will not change too much. There will be probably i95/i100 gears dropping from T6 onwards so gears giving more accuracy should come. There are also accuracy food to use though, that would make food crafting slightly more relevant and it's "cheaper" to use food now since you don't lose the effect after dying.

[LunarEmerald]

With Lecreuset's suggestions this is the best set I've come up with as well. Perfect T5 accuracy cap and a great amount of crit. Definitely one of the harder sets to attain given the T5/Ifrit loot, but again, almost certainly the best set we can put together.

No reason to run Coil once you have all that. Heh