New equipment, thoughts?

[saevel]

I used Dia 3 on all target defense values...

I didn't even fucking mention Blu/war. At all. Seriously, shut the fuck up.

Yes you did in the last thread where you were tossing out that 560 and I called your BS on it.

Abyssea NM's are significantly different as SE boosted the hell out of their base stats because well, it's abyssea. Are we adding RR type DEX and crit bonus's now? How about some Apoc TA tossed in just for giggles. And not all Abyssea NM's even have those boosted stats, heck the monsters don't have them either.

So yes your pulling numbers our your neither regions in order to prove a point that has an invalid premise.

[saevel]

Ok back on topic.

@Doom
For the time being you should pack in as much attack as possible. At 95 most of the things we fought where level ~100 or so. But now that we've hit 99, there will be new content created meaning new T~VT ash & trash we'll have to plow through and new NMs. I'd start planning around fighting monsters 104~106. Thankfully our sword / dagger base skills have scaled better then they did back at 60~75 and the difference between A+ and B isn't very large. This means ultimately it comes down to gear, food and buffs. Gear we're just gonna have to suck it up, SE has pretty much left us in a position where we're gonna be married to Pizza+1 or Bison Steak for the foreseeable future. Get as much +enhancing magic as you can get your grubby hands on, Gain-STR is your friend and Temper has great scaling (until we hit the cap that we're not sure of yet). Enspells wont' scale much higher then ~30, but assuming you use the right element you can get solid accuracy on them, resists shouldn't be more then 5~10%. Also seeing as Req has pretty much failed us completely, CDC is a must. I would stick with the STR shamshir, we need that fSTR and attack more then anything. I'd like to see what SE's "enhances Dia III" effect is and what they do with Tier II merits. They could fix it and make it work with Sab or make it stronger, but the realist in me thinks they'll do nothing of importance.

[Crimson_Slasher]

Guys, really, lets focus on gear, gear we can, or cant use! That being said, anyone have a new fully upgrades shamshir (cant recall the name) already? Did the in game skin change or is it still the same?

[saevel]

Haven't done the Shamshir yet, just finished leveling BLU and RDM to 99, need to cap enhancing magic *groan*. I figure it's a name change only, don't think SE can be assed to actually change the model. The stats didn't go up much from what was on the test server, but the DMG rating is improved. Still makes a nice off hand weapon.

[Neisan_Quetz]

Can check once I'm done partying.

Looking over list it looks like Enhancing Sword model.

[Crimson_Slasher]

Yeah i was thinking the same, i capped my enhancing and sword already, working on drk weapon skilling now.

[ManaKing]

that to, if you get lucky with augments crimson scale mail can make a respectable body piece, but i hate the randomness of that entire system. plus you need a nearly ideal augment for it to be legitimately "good"

edit: also, i think AJ would be better than antares for cdc unless you're capping attack, acp body is interesting though. sort of a spike vs. consistency thing.. but how much spike vs. how much consistency.. again prolly depends on where your att. lands vs the mobs def.

I have both. I like the accuracy since I play an Elvaan. The AJ was what I used for awhile, but I like the consistency of the Antares. I would always rather have enough accuracy in my gear and eat food for damage because going over accuracy doesn't actually get us any more damage.

Also, side boob. I mean it's the obvious choice. The best stuff for a RDM should be red right? JK. I honestly just think it is better because I can't stand missing.

[Crimson_Slasher]

Okay got 15 ifritite for my first sword and well, it does indeed change to a "gold sword" or enhancing Sword model, so question answered! Elemental weapons change forms at final stage!

[saevel]

Okay got 15 ifritite for my first sword and well, it does indeed change to a "gold sword" or enhancing Sword model, so question answered! Elemental weapons change forms at final stage!

Thanks. I always enjoyed that particular model.

All we need now is for our enspells to make our weapons glow ^.^

[ManaKing]

Thanks. I always enjoyed that particular model.

All we need now is for our enspells to do real damage ^.^

Oh man, that one was too easy.

I like the swords they chose. I still haven't gotten my Khanda past the Silver Mirrors, much less whatever new thing they added that I'm sure drops from new VW. I hope we got a model upgrade for that as well. Double Attack Sword is my offhand right now and I can't complain about it. Still want an Oneiros Knife to see if it's worth it.