Full Perle

[Nvr]

The way I see it is, people tend to wear pearl and jobs that they do not really care about as much as other jobs. For example, I use AF3+2 for my MNK because I love MNK, but if I were to be on BST or another job I am not interested in enough to aquire AF3, then I would usually wear pearl because it is very very easy to get and the full set can go on most DD jobs. I remember when Perle first came out and people thought it was amazing. I think people are just tired of seeing it.

IMO, due to how easy it is to obtain and how many jobs can equip it, Perle is tends to be associated with a lack of effect which in turn is then related to (n00bs). As for the gear itself, it is not that bad of a set, and it is certainly better than most gear people used pre-abyssea.

[Kwate]

The way I see it is, people tend to wear pearl and jobs that they do not really care about as much as other jobs. For example, I use AF3+2 for my MNK because I love MNK, but if I were to be on BST or another job I am not interested in enough to aquire AF3, then I would usually wear pearl because it is very very easy to get and the full set can go on most DD jobs. I remember when Perle first came out and people thought it was amazing. I think people are just tired of seeing it.

IMO, due to how easy it is to obtain and how many jobs can equip it, Perle is tends to be associated with a lack of effect which in turn is then related to (n00bs). As for the gear itself, it is not that bad of a set, and it is certainly better than most gear people used pre-abyssea.

Bingo. you hit the nail on the head.

[Registeel]

Hey, not everyone can just hop in abyssea and get all the empyrean armor +2 right away. Perle is more than fine to use until you have the connections/time to start doing runs for your AF3.

[Nvr]

I still love the way Kirin looks lol.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

I still love the way Kirin looks lol.

True, it dose have that nice togi look. I still use it on RGN and BRD because I haven't bothered getting anything better. lol

[Nepharite]

It really depends on what you have available to you.
Full perle is actually a decent gearset. People tend to symbolize perle with noobs, because it is extremely easy to get and better pieces are out there. (but for a starting set, its usually the best you can get)

DD should always gear towards the haste cap. If full Perle gives you the most haste, then definitely use it.
Upgrade your gear as you can, try for the emperyean +1 pieces first. (now remember if you change out 1 perle piece you lose the set bonus, so therefore dusk gloves > perle w/o set bonus may apply)

PS Full Perle for a pld tp set is acceptable if you have nothing better. I'm surprised at the amount of people that don't know how to gear a tp set and claim to know better.


edit - Always make sure you have a different gear set for tp/ws (some perle pieces can be decent ws pieces too)

[Starcade]

If this is in the wrong section please feel free to move it.

Now I quit FFXI two years ago and am just now getting back into it, and when I saw a Hauberk that was usable by DRGs as well as having Haste on it I freaked and thought it a godsend.

As I've been going around on the forums I noticed many people associating noobs with Perle.

As I'm not quite familiar with much of the new armor, could someone enlighten me as to what bad about Perle? I genuinely do not know and would appreciate if someone would explain.

Thanks.

Because people were (before the stoppage) trying to reestablish the power structure the level cap increase was designed to destroy, and this is one way they tried to do it.

Full (any of the three Cruor-based initial L78 sets) is actually a nice bridge between mid-level L75 gear and the gear in the 80's. Problem is, you've got a lot of people who literally want to see God Gear Incarnate Or GTFO. (Just like when the cap was 75.)

Just another case of that they believe it's their world and everyone (including Square-Enix and thousands/millions of dying Japanese) need to bow to them.

[Darka]

Perle is okay. Was top dog for DRK and DRG at 80 cap, since then it's more than lost most of what made it good. By all means use it if you don't have better options, but if you can get things like higher Haste with other sets, don't for the love of god use Perle just cause it's "free". At the very least, it beats a homam/turban combo.

[Dauntless]

Well yes the Perle set does pale in comparison to most Empy+1/2 sets but are those really THAT easy to get that it makes anyone not sporting those a noob?

[Starcade]

Well yes the Perle set does pale in comparison to most Empy+1/2 sets but are those really THAT easy to get that it makes anyone not sporting those a noob?

Many of those who would gladly be a pimp leader to an LS full of marks who believe they're serving their own interests as well as the leaders' (and being fooled) would say it is.