The stuff about the Goliard is painful if true. Losing 4% haste is not acceptable. I would much prefer it if it was the mage body of choice for melee rather then focusing on other stats... other piece of gear in the set can do that.

Thoughts on what the siao should get?

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I'm interested in the legs because our current "best" legs include accuracy-8 along with Haste+4% and some DA/TA. Going from Acc-8 to Acc+10 is 18 accuracy, which would be a boon for situations where I'm stuck using pizza+1.
I don't follow Red Mage melee perhaps as much as I should, but hearing about the Calmecac Trousers is kinda sad in a way. I generally look at mage melee from a White Mage perspective, and while the set isn't cheap even now, the HQ Blessed set pretty much sets the standard for a TP gear for White Mage.

Now, while I understand the "every mage" gear sets being not as good for some classes as others - maybe Summoners, Black Mages, and Scholars would be very impressed with those pants, the jobs with better access to melee gear, White Mage and Red Mage, should be asking "Why is this just a sidegrade?"

And maybe it would be acceptable on some level with some other gear - like those cure pants - any healer that isn't White Mage would be interested in them. But honestly, I don't see what giving a small upgrade compared to current gear would hurt... and one point in haste is a very big deal. Especially with the Goliard being up in the air...

Another reason this upsets me so much is that this goes beyond generic "every mage" gear.

Iuvenalis mittens
98 WHM
DEF:20 MP-15 STR+7 VIT+7 MND+7 Haste+5%
Would it have killed them to make it Haste+6%? I mean, this is pretty much the love child of the AF1+1 and Blessed Mitts... If SE is going to be combining gear as the new standard for new gear, can we at least get the HQ gear combined?

Having this happen on one piece of gear might not make or break gear selection, but it is happening on multiple. I want a real upgrade on gear, not a slight one or a sidegrade that is mainly there for inventory space consolidation.

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I could go on, but honestly, it would just be a bunch of ranting and repeating.