Best Gear Setup For Soloing and atmas used

[Rewdawg]

Yes Finally got bst to 99 and wanna start soloing nm's and stuff in abyssea and out. was wondering what would the best gear setup be for this and what atmas would be best suited for this.

[Caketime]

Put together a Reward set, you won't be disappointed. A Crystalline Prophecy rewards you with an augmentable body piece, look into that as well. As far as holding your hand through gear choices, refer to another, more helpful poster.

[Vandheer]

Congrats at getting Beastmaster to 99 Rewdawg. Its my personal favorite. ^^ Like Caketime said a reward set (reward boosting gear and MND gear) is always good but their is more to Beastmaster then sitting back and spamming reward while your pet fights.

For starters you'll want to go for some physical PDT axes to reduce the damage your pet takes, letting you take on tougher fights. Until you get them Glyph Axe is fun to play around with. For gear the Ferine set is very good for Beastmaster. Go for the pants first to get enhanced Stout Servant. You'll also want to go for gear to boost your pet along with yourself like Moepapa Stone and Spurrer Berret. In addition, merit Ruinator 5/5 and get a STR/Attack build as well to swap to for maximum damage during Ruinator.

Atma wise you want to get and use VV, RR, MC for general fights and lesser NMs then VV, DG, MC for bigger nms. Depending on the scenario you can swap out VV for RR against bigger nms.

If you'r really into Beastmaster you'll want to have /dnc, /nin, and /war leveled along with scythe and sword skill so you can help out with yellow, red, and blue lights in aby and be as versatile as possible.

[Caketime]

Addendum: Look into Atmas like Sanguine Scythe that increase max HP as well as elemental resist Atmas like Bro Wolf for those spell spam happy NMs.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

ACP body, MKT head, ToM PDT axes, khim bonnet, relic legs "+3", I'm forgetting something.


Edit: Oh ogre hands what I was forgetting, AF feet which you should upgrade for relic feet "+3"(That I still can't get the damn things to drop.), Zoral axes. Empyrean hands/legs/feet+2, shephard's chain, selemnus(Whatever it was) belt for certian situations, meopapa stone for the rest. Get the empyrean neck until you can grind out that shephard's.

Relic +2 feet should be 30% if I remember right, then you'd only either need the 2 axes or one axe and and ogre to hit the 50% cap. There doesn't seem to be a recast timer minus limit that I've found.

Also if you spam teh ACP boss, you can get pet augmented rings and earrings as key drops. I have both with +2acc/rng acc. Use the empyrean earring for the acc and not the reward and my other ring just a realy nice dark because I haven't gotten anything else yet.

Atma. Ducal Guard, Viscitude is a solid combo. There's also heavens. You should just stick witht he first two and then tack on which ever elemental res atma you need for the specific NM.

That was a big edit, stupid brain lock up. lol

[Siviard]

Stuff to do OUTSIDE of Abyssea

Begin working on those Pet: PDT axes right away!

Also AT LEAST get +1 Ferine Legs for the "Stout Servant" buff (aka, more Pet: PDT) but please get at least full +1 Ferine set so people won't rage at you for wearing a bunch of Perle or Aurore.

Complete "A Crystalline Prophecy" for an augmented body piece. (pet augments)

Complete "A Moogle Kupo d'Etat" for a augmented head piece. (Pet: PDT and Pet: Haste)

Build a "Reward" set. There are armor pieces that enhance the effect of Reward. Some from AH, some are drops from NMs, and some are from Dynamis.

Dump merits into 5/5 Ruinator as soon as you can.

Get a STR+ build for use with Ruinator, as Ruinator's mod is STR.

Stuff to do INSIDE Abyssea

Go to Abyssea - Grauberg, build up fame, then complete the quests in order to obtain "Atma of the Ducal Guard" as this is VERY IMPORTANT for BST, SMN, PUP

Obtain "Atma of the Mounted Champion" from the Caturae NM in Abyssea - Misareaux Coast which is ALSO very important.

Obtain "Atma of the Voracious Violet" from the NM whose name I can't remember (someone help?) in Abyssea - Konschtat

Obtain "Atma of Razed Ruins" from the Ironclad NM (popped) in Abyssea - Misareaux

Those 4 Atmas I listed are the most important ones. DG and MC both enhance your pet's defensive capabilities and also adds a 20 hp/tic Regen to your pet (from MC) which really comes in handy. RR and VV are both atmas built to enhance your pet's offensive capabilities. RR enhances DEX and critical hit% and critical hit damage, while VV adds a 2 tp/tic Regain, and STR. Whichever one you pick is totally your choice, but DG and MC are absolute musts. This combo works for MOST NMs in Abyssea, not all.

For NMs in Abyssea that can use big nukes (like Itzpapalotl <sp?>) replace RR or VV with an atma that enhances resistance to that element. In the case of Itz, the atma from Amarok (the big Cerb NM in Abyssea - Altepa) will greatly reduce the damage from Itz's Fire spells.

***Ninja Edit*** - I forgot to mention this one. If you happen to have completed the Wings of the Goddess storyline, then you have access to obtain the synthetic atma "Atma of a Future Fabulous", which is superior Magic Defense buff and it applies to your pet. It's great for those NMs that love to spam nukes such as Itzpapalotl, or Sobek.

Hope this information helps you to become a well-educated BST.