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[Hyrist]

An update for those wondering.

Taeon, Claideamh Solius is soloable, though expensive to do alone. But this will get you entry level on gear as you work up.

Demersal Degen, Bleating Mantle, Carmine Cussies +1 and Combaant's Torque's are NM dependent and are currently out-of-reach for me as a soloist. I'll need to get a dedicated group for these things. Bleating Mantle, however, IMO looks to be replaceable now with the Augmented Ambuscade Cape with melee augments in them. I would figure DA +10, Accuracy +20 and Dex +20 outweigh what the loss of Triple Attack +2 could bring you in this case.

No word yet on Eabani Earring as I have not attempted the Escha Zi'tah boss. My idea is I will have to watch for crowds and co-op into this open event with my own trusts.

Windbuffet Belt +1 is AH buyable, but about 3 mil on Asura. I was lucky and got into a Walk of Echoes with a couple of Blue Mages doing a Surge walk 13 and it dropped for me there.

A word, however on A. Skirmish Gear and augments.

Dusk-anything, let alone Dusk Tips, which are required for the Damage Augment on the sword, as well as the +STR/DEX on armor pieces are incredibly rare and at a premium on Asura. This may take a lot of farming to get even a single piece to drop and I would recommend finding a farming group of similar interests to go with for repeat runs of Yorcia Weild A. Skirmish - as you will want plenty of Leaftips for attempts at triple-attack +2s for each Taeon piece regardless.

Taeon still remains our best 'easy to approach set' due to the focus and customization of stats. Though keep in mind gears like the Dispair set beat it out until you get max augments, which will take quite some time.

That said, while I'm woefully lacking on attack, I am at 904 based accuracy before buffs (including composure) or food and can easily see reaching the 974 Mark just by hemming up some of my lower rolls on stats, and augmenting my JSE Sword offhand for a sizeable boost in accuracy there. I'm already swinging quite frequently with my current augments and self buffs alone (Temper I still) and with support trusts, I get that 'Hundred Fists' Speed swings fairly easily.

In summary, there is a true sense of progression here for those who which to improve their front-line performance that will make you feel stronger and appreciate the work you are putting into it.

[Athen]

Demersal Degen, Bleating Mantle, Carmine Cussies +1 and Combaant's Torque's are NM dependent and are currently out-of-reach for me as a soloist.

If you have your heart set on a Bleating Mantle, Unity can be entered solo, and Ironhorn Baldurno is level 99, so you shouldn't have any trouble soloing him, especially with trusts.