Level 50 Miner Gear

[Alzelia]

I'm starting to get back into FFXIV... My Miner is currently halfway past level 47 and soon I need to start getting some end game gear. My only other R50 is ARC. I joined Gridania's company. I'm not sure anymore what stats I should look for. I'm working on getting the luminary pick, but that is gonna take a while.

[Catapult]

You'll want to get a Cobalt Dolabra and Mythril Sledgehammer for starters. As for gear, you have a few options.

The Raptorskin Jerkin/Culottes/Work boots/Survival Belt combination is certainly common. As variations you can go with a woolen doublet for added perception or a Gridanian doublet for extra output. On the head, it's generally either the Cobalt Mesail (Gathering) or an Angler's Hat (Perception).

Spend some company seals on the Serpentcarrier's Ring for +5 Gathering and Perception as well.

[Rydin]

Spend some company seals on the Serpentcarrier's Ring for +5 Gathering and Perception as well.

Serpent.... grid... hahaha

BTW.... Grids ring is output and perception
Ul'dah is Gathering and perception
Limsa is gathering and output

Honestly though... You're absolutely right about the gear to use....
Though I would like to add... if this is JUST for Miner, you may want to invest 3 raptor leather and 1 felt to make:
Jerkin of Vitality
Work Gloves of Vitality
Culottes of the Mind
Work Boots of the mind

Also VIT materia can go on Body and MND materia can go on head

You can put either MND or VIT on pants (But sadly not both....)

[Catapult]

BTW.... Grids ring is output and perception
Ul'dah is Gathering and perception
Limsa is gathering and output

Oops, I mis-typed... DERP!

(thanks for pointing it out)

[Jashynvald]

Depending on prices and how often you can get access to a crafter's time you might also think about skipping the upgraded stats on the gathering gear, using the generics, and just blowing them up for materia as you go.

[Alzelia]

Okay, I kinda followed your advice, I was able to get my output to 122 for 8 attempts on a grade 5 node and my perception to 126. Im really liking perception over gathering, what do you guys think?

Edit: A List of my gear:
Cobalt Dolabra
Mythril Sledgehammer
Woolen Doublet
Felt Work gloves of Vitality
Then Raptor Belt, Shoes, and Culottes

[Laela]

Welcome back to FFXIV.

Regarding Miner gear, there really isn't too much regarding gear from what you can already achieve just by wearing the most up-to-date Pickaxe/Sledgehammer. If you want a more comprehensive discussion regarding Miner, I'll point you to this BlueGartr discussion:

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/991...mp-Help-Thread

If you want some sort of guide as to what to wear, however, these are the stats I emphasize:

Output: I believe with base output from your tool at 47, you'll get 6-7 hits at Grade 5 nodes. Putting enough output gear will net you 8 hits, which is the max both for mainhand and offhand gathering. Other than that, if you're already hitting 8 hits off a node, you don't need more output.

Gathering: This is the second stat I'll put in if I'm not at 50. Gathering increases your success rate for gathering on offhand, as well as decreases the amount of hits necessary to get certain items (i.e. at lower levels, it takes 2 hits to mine Cobalt Ore; as you get higher or get enough gathering/VIT, you'll be able to get them in 1 hit. This is the same with farming matter). If you don't have any problems with quarrying or are getting matter/high-level ore with 1 hit, no need to put more in this stat.

Perception: I wouldn't recommend stacking this. According to the BG post I put up, the benefits of stacking Perception from gear are so incredibly minuscule that you will hardly see the difference.

I actually spend a lot of time putting together very cheap 40+ gear on my DoL so I can spiritbind while I farm. This way you can get some money off your gear and at the same farm materials for yourself or for selling in the wards.

Anyway, that's my opinion. Good luck on mining and with the axe, it's a lot of work! :O

[Madruk]

^^

What she said. Don't bother with specific mining gear. Put on whatever you can spiritbond. Pretty much all three stats are useless except output to some degree. With linen smocks and a +1 pick with output melded you can pretty much get 7-8 strikes on any grade node anyway.

[Valhol]

@ 50 Miner I get all 8 hits with Cobalt Mesail, Raptorskin Jerkin, Felt Work Gloves, Raptorskin Survival Belt, Raptorskin Culottes, and Raptorskin Workboots. After reading Laela's post I switched out from my perception stuff and didn't see much of a difference in gathering rare ore, +gathering is the way to go! I never have to hit a point twice, I get everything on the first try.

[Quesse]

@ 50 Miner I get all 8 hits with Cobalt Mesail, Raptorskin Jerkin, Felt Work Gloves, Raptorskin Survival Belt, Raptorskin Culottes, and Raptorskin Workboots. After reading Laela's post I switched out from my perception stuff and didn't see much of a difference in gathering rare ore, +gathering is the way to go! I never have to hit a point twice, I get everything on the first try.

Same.

Pretty much the gear you have and 8 attempts plus only 1 hit on any item. Can't get much better than that, perception is nothing.

Sad how shallow it is.