Haste and You... A guide to the misinformed.

[Frost]

interesting point where you compare DA to haste... that had not occurred to me..

now if only i could find a haste build for rdm that didn't suck...

You're a Rdm, you can cast Haste, so you can cap recast and cast time Really easily.
AF1 Head and AF2 Body will cap Fast Cast, all that you need from there is 10% gear haste to make up the rest.

Optimally, Dusk Gloves +1 + Speed Belt would be the best combo for space. But a haste belt like Swift, with Dusk Dusk Ledelsens, Dusk Gloves, and Nashira Seraweels would cap, and be cheap. If you don't want to go to Limbus, or can't; Tern set, and Dusk tips are the way to go.

Warlock's Chapeau (Initialization) >>> Zelus Tiara (before the spell completes)
Tiercel Necklace
Duelist's Tabbard
Dusk Gloves +1
Speed Belt (Sonic, Velocious)
Nashira Seraweels
Dusk Ledelsens +1

I think that is as good as it gets unless there's some weird augment piece I don't know about. That brings your casting time down to 50%(cap) and your recasts down 49%. That's almost capped without haste.

Now if you're talking about some kind of melee haste set, then all I'd say is level a more appropriate job lol....

[Neisan_Quetz]

Rdm can't use Tiercel.

EDIT: assuming you actually do melee (in which case, you should be working on CDC):

Zelus
Goliard Saio
Dusk Gloves (+1 if Nash legs)
Goading
ASA pants 3% haste Augment (Nashira otherwise)
Dusk Ledelsens+1

Will cap haste in a melee set for Rdm.

[Doombringer]

i AM working on cdc actually. vnm's are all done. a lot of my ls says it's a waste of an emp but we have like 6 emp weapons in the group already, all with my finger in the pot to varying degrees. so it's sorta my turn >.> if i wanna waste my emp weapon, that's my business, right? plus, how cool would it be to be the ls that got an almace for one of there rdms, on purpose!?

it just feels like you give up a lot for haste in some of these slots, i'd wear dusk(+1) hands in a heartbeat, (trade away my tarasque+1, -6 atk? no problem.) and zelus tiara looks like an easy decision to. but for legs, belt, body, and boots.. i'd be giving up tumblers, anguinus, AJ, and rager respectively. seems like a lot to trade away.. that being said, it does seem like i'm capping ACC against most stuff with minimum effort now, and i WAS under-valueing haste until i read this post.. so i'm excited to TRY it anyway.

[Frost]

Yeah Total derp moment there. Idk why I thought Triecel Neck was in the RDM arsenal.... Sad thing is I had it in my RDM macros lol....

Anyways, Good stuff. Good luck on your Almace.

[Frost]

Just finished adding a bunch of stuff to the original post.

Most of the stuff added was due to recent conversations going on in other threads...
People still just don't get it...

[Kuishen]

They will never get it. They can't understand how to even use Dev Tags properly, what makes you think they're going to understand something having to do with math? lol

[Fiarlia]

They will never get it. They can't understand how to even use Dev Tags properly, what makes you think they're going to understand something having to do with math? lol

Those people won't, but some people will. I'd rather this be up and help a few dozen people across all worlds than let it drop and help nobody at all.

[wish12oz]

This thread should really have all the junk removed from it, and be stickied!
(ok so Im just bumping the thread)

[Brigandier]

This thread should really have all the junk removed from it, and be stickied!
(ok so Im just bumping the thread)

I gave your post a "Like!", because the information here really should be shown in a cleaned up form, but at the same time I wonder if it's a good thing for new players to see a gimp get thrashed, maybe splitting it off into a topic called "What other players think of you putting them out!" would be appropriate.

I read about the first 15 pages or so, and a lot of people made the argument that not gearing haste/swapping gear lowers your damage output and makes you gimp, but I never really seen anyone point out the aspect of respect to other players. FFXI is a game heavily geared towards cooperation. Your performance can greatly affect battle outcomes which in turn affects the other people you are playing with. Everyone should strive for the best performance possible out of respect for the people that end up playing with them.

Also: Being an elitist is FUN. I feel sorry for those players who gear bad and just brush it off with the "w/e it's their opinion I'll play like I want" excuse. Making your character push the limit and having friendly competition with other elitists is one of the most rewarding aspects of this game, don't pass it up.

Whoops: Just realized I necro'd this thread. Oh well, more people need to know about haste.

[Soundwave]

Thank you for this post, I've played Mage jobs from the start of this game and just about a year ago I've leveled a few melee jobs, and your post made it very clear.

Thanks