New to Blu and have a few questions... (can't find answers)

[Trisscar]

I was hoping to avoid it since you seem the sensitive type, but since you want it so bad...

Heh, I've been called insensitive so much but really thanks from sparing my sensitives so far.

No, they're a noob for not swapping gear. As are you. Get over it and improve yourself.

That depends, is their full time complete rubbish when better gear is easily available? Than yeah, I'd agree they are noobs. Is their gear the result of blood sweat and tears? Than you are worse than a noob for calling them a noob. Get over yourself already.

CDC gear off of the AH is adequate until you obtain more advanced piece and costs under 750k for all of it if that.

Depends on your definitions of adequate and advanced. Your head piece is prime example. If you bought it recently than you got ripped off for 20% more than what it's worth for very minor improvements in areas you probably didn't need them in to begin with. But since you're an elitist (remember what I say about those?) you probably paid for it as soon as it came out in which case you have my condolences for getting jacked.

Final Avg: 1293
Final Avg: 1742

A 74% increase of damage, and I doubt the mob even noticed it (with HP well in excess of 10,000). Oh yeah, let's not forget the fact that Squaresuck likes to stack the deck and you'll be lucky to get the base damage constantly, never mind the high damage like 4,000 damage I have sometimes (but rarely) seen on CDC (even before I spent a week of grueling labor over what little time I had on spring break getting what ws swap gear I have but still need to work on).

It has affected how effective you are at playing by a considerable amount, and on more than just Chant du Cygne. Every action you do is dwarfed by doing those actions in TP gear. Expect to be bitched at for playing so grossly inadequately, as it is a major difference in performance.

I'll be remembering that next time I'm stun tanking Brieus and fail to take even take a single point of damage. Which I have done. Before I even gotten the TP gear. You're argument is invalid.

[Lynchilles]

A 74% increase of damage, and I doubt the mob even noticed it (with HP well in excess of 10,000). Oh yeah, let's not forget the fact that Squaresuck likes to stack the deck and you'll be lucky to get the base damage constantly, never mind the high damage like 4,000 damage I have sometimes (but rarely) seen on CDC (even before I spent a week of grueling labor over what little time I had on spring break getting what ws swap gear I have but still need to work on).

So you only Weapon Skill once per fight on Voidwatch mobs, Legion mobs, HNMs, etc.

Got it.

[Trisscar]

So you only Weapon Skill once per fight on Voidwatch mobs, Legion mobs, HNMs, etc.

Got it.

Haven't tackled Legion yet (the demand isn't there on the server) and I used to not engage LW mobs at all (I got trapped into the proc only mind set), and I can't think of the last time I even seen an HNM.

Do I ws, sc or spam spells? The depends on on the demands of the moment. You know, this little known thing called listening to you leader? Apparently that's important. As opposed to simply doing what ever you want.

[Tamoa]

Several times have I tried to make a post replying to this jibberish, but I've failed every time. I don't even know where to start.

I'll say one thing though: if your examples and eyeballed/manually calculated numbers are all from abyssea, they mean nothing. There's more to this game than abyssea, atmas and cruor buffs, just in case you didn't know.

[cidbahamut]

That depends, is their full time complete rubbish when better gear is easily available? Than yeah, I'd agree they are noobs. Is their gear the result of blood sweat and tears? Than you are worse than a noob for calling them a noob. Get over yourself already.

Full-timing gear leads to performance being complete rubbish, so yes not swapping gear when you've been made aware of the benefits it offers makes you a noob.

There are no gear sets that are acceptable to full-time on any job.