Full Perle

[Bhrams]

Oh that Grim. Best 1.4m I've spent. /cling

[viion]

I'm wearing Perle and there is nothing you can do about it !!!!!

[Harpalina]

Oh that Grim. Best 1.4m I've spent. /cling

I spent 2 mil on it and it's went way down in price so I resold it. I'll buy it back when it comes down past 500k, but by that time there will be something better to spend on. lol.

And also to add, if you're thinking, "It won't go down that low.", my old LS mate swore up and down that Grim Cuirass wouldn't go down 1.5mil until like June of this year. Yeah. Look at where it's at now. 1mil on Valefor. /facepalm

[Bhrams]

I spent 2 mil on it and it's went way down in price so I resold it. I'll buy it back when it comes down past 500k, but by that time there will be something better to spend on. lol.

And also to add, if you're thinking, "It won't go down that low.", my old LS mate swore up and down that Grim Cuirass wouldn't go down 1.5mil until like June of this year. Yeah. Look at where it's at now. 1mil on Valefor. /facepalm

Even if it goes down, I won't be dissapointed. Amazing peice, glad I have it.

[Auredant]

I tend to associate full perle/aurore/teal users as "noobs" (being the general term for incompetent) because of the lack of effort it takes to obtain these gear sets. It tells me that they either don't care to improve themselves, or they simply display ignorance because someone else told them it was cool. In either of these cases, I don't care what you do personally, it's your choice, but I won't associate myself with you, and that's my choice.

It's not like Empyrean armor is hard to come by. If you have one or two good friends who also want to upgrade armor, you can do pretty much anything Abyssea has to offer if you guys are focused and skilled enough. Seriously. I've got about 8 jobs worth of new armor give or take, some are full sets all blue box, and I obtained these farming mostly with only one friend. You can do it too if you put the effort into it and stop getting babied around all the time.

Salvage has been made much much easier now especially with the 3 person minimum instead of 6. At least Salvage gear looks prettier and still takes some time and effort to obtain. You're likely better off sporting old gear over perle simply because people would respect you more as a player. Unless you were one of those Scorpion Harness sporting DDs.

If you want serious, specific advice on the directions your should take on your priorities, feel free to PM me. I can give you a big list of chores that will get you where you want to go.

Nothing wrong with wearing pearl as a bridge...despite this post. Btw, I'm sure they won't lose any sleep that you won't associatte with them. I see self-righteous douchedom is alive and well in FFX1!

[Khajit]

Perle is associated with noobs because there are hordes of people wearing it on the jobs that it isn't the best "bridge" gear for. If you can wear b haidate as an example then the second you put that perle on you're weakening yourself. Byakko has been a soloable job since lv 80 for some people so by lv 90 you are bound to have at least some friends that can help if you're willing to drag your butt to sky.
There are also hordes of noobs that don't bother wearing the full set so not only did they weaken themselves by putting perle on but they didn't even bother to put the last piece on that does something more than whatever sucky piece they decided to wear instead.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Perle is associated with noobs because there are hordes of people wearing it on the jobs that it isn't the best "bridge" gear for. If you can wear b haidate as an example then the second you put that perle on you're weakening yourself. Byakko has been a soloable job since lv 80 for some people so by lv 90 you are bound to have at least some friends that can help if you're willing to drag your butt to sky.
There are also hordes of noobs that don't bother wearing the full set so not only did they weaken themselves by putting perle on but they didn't even bother to put the last piece on that does something more than whatever sucky piece they decided to wear instead.

You're talking about getting gear that a lot of people don't have access too compaired to something that is basically free and readily available.

[Auredant]

Sounds about right for pretty much every shout group ever made since 2003, lol. Honestly, I'd recommend avoiding them like the plague if people had the option, and just go do things with 1-2 friends who can play well. Whenever I do that, though, I get people coming out up in arms about how it's impossible and I'm an elitist etc etc. If shout groups are all someone can find, it's better than sitting in Jeuno and doing nothing. If one does have a couple solid friends with a healthy job combination between them, it's definitely less of a headache to just go that route.

I've had success and failure with shout groups. I wouldn't say avoid them...to some it's their only real way of obtaining the gear that makes them "ungimp" in so many people's eyes. Some are just gettin back to the game and learning the abbyssea ropes...others are new to endgame content in general. (not that i'd put seal nms as endgame, but to newish players without 3 lunars and many of the better atma it could seem as such) In the end, I encourage you to try stuff out and not let people dissuade you. Maybe you'll be in a fail group, maybe not. And maybe you'll meet a friend/friends who you can later duo or trio stuff together. This game does promote and reward the more social players so join those shouts. Better than trolling Port jeuno and commenting that "This or that NM can be soloed" while trying to put a shout together. Never understood the need for people to do this. Anyways, have fun!

[Auredant]

Perle is associated with noobs because there are hordes of people wearing it on the jobs that it isn't the best "bridge" gear for. If you can wear b haidate as an example then the second you put that perle on you're weakening yourself. Byakko has been a soloable job since lv 80 for some people so by lv 90 you are bound to have at least some friends that can help if you're willing to drag your butt to sky.
There are also hordes of noobs that don't bother wearing the full set so not only did they weaken themselves by putting perle on but they didn't even bother to put the last piece on that does something more than whatever sucky piece they decided to wear instead.

Byakko has been soloed at 80? By whom?

[Greatguardian]

You're talking about getting gear that a lot of people don't have access too compaired to something that is basically free and readily available.

AF3+2 not being sold by a vendor does not make Perle good gear. It's already been mentioned that it is passable at best for new/returning players. However, it's not something to get comfortable in. It is bad gear. It is better than being naked, but you want to get out of it ASAP. Considering all AF3+1 can be solo'd in Quests if someone doesn't have the playtime to kill the NMs, there's really no reason to advocate Perle.

I shouldn't need to tell anyone wearing Perle that Perle is crap. They should know that it is crap, and be on their way to replace it. I highly doubt anyone, even on BG, would fault players who are actively working on better gear. It's only people who stop, settle with Perle, and decide that it's "good enough for them" that get ragged on.