Full Perle

[Mirage]

well, if you don't have abyssea, there's not a lot of content where it's critical that you're better than perle either.

[Ladyofdragons]

I'm a firm believer in it doesn't matter what you gear with you can have the best gear in the game and still not be as good as some other players. it's all about skill and how well you play your job.^^

[Sureal]

if you care what other people think about what you wear (to an extent, if your rocking lvl 40 gear on a lvl 90 job, then you need to suck less) you need to reevaluate why you are playing this game, yes it is true that for each job there is a best of the best gear set for every imaginable situation, that being said, just because its not the best of the best, does (notice the spelling on does, not dose, dos,or dus, sorry personal pet peeve) not mean it is not perfectly acceptable

remember, haters gonna hate, even if you do have the best of the best, haters still gonna hate, its in the nature of haters, i welcome them, it means im doing something right, hating me means you jelly, ill take all the haters i can get

[Mirage]

I'm a firm believer in it doesn't matter what you gear with you can have the best gear in the game and still not be as good as some other players. it's all about skill and how well you play your job.^^

You will however perform worse compared to a person of equal player skill, with better gear. The other player needs to be a very poor player for it to make up for the difference between below average gear and "prettygood" gear.

[Siiri]

Im just going to say this to get it out there, It is Acceptable for DRG and DRK to full perle. ONLY DRG and DRK.

This is from a few pages back but don't see anyone explicitly refuted it. Perle may have been good gear at 80 for DRK and DRG, but it is not at 90.

I will speak to DRK since it is one of my 90 jobs. DRK Bale Head +2 is 6% haste, the Bale Body is 2 or 3 % haste (+1 and +2) the Bale hands are 4 and 5% haste (+1 and +2) Owning any of those pieces on drk makes the Perle set pointless. Its not a question of Dusk +1 gloves anymore. Drk Hands especially is an easy duo of a manticore in Altepa, and the body can be quested in one of the most simplistic quests. ( I think i got 5 seals from questing and 5 from a NM in Grauberg) Also owning either ace's hose or ace's mufflers make Perle pointless for DRK.

Perle is fine for someone who just leveled the job, but I would recommend working on the +1 and +2 items. As has been said numerous times, many of the seal NMs are pretty easy now. Seeing a player in full perle I would assume they either don't care about the job or its very recently leveled.

[Bhrams]

Seems like we are circling ourselves here, Perle until +1/+2.

[Harpalina]

What about people who don't have Abyssea for one reason or another? How do they do better than Pearle?

I know this is kind of an archaic term, but: Auction House. lol. If you are referring to the Empyrean armor, then you're SOL. I would then just try and upgrade the normal stuff that's AH-able beyond 78.

[Flunklesnarkin]

I know this is kind of an archaic term, but: Auction House. lol. If you are referring to the Empyrean armor, then you're SOL. I would then just try and upgrade the normal stuff that's AH-able beyond 78.

I know they added a lot of new synergy recipes to the game.. that almost nobody has touched...

I'm sure there are some decent armor sets that aren't listed on wiki.

[Harpalina]

You will however perform worse compared to a person of equal player skill, with better gear. The other player needs to be a very poor player for it to make up for the difference between below average gear and "prettygood" gear.

Thus explaining in further detail on what I posted yesterday about "Good gear doesn't make a good player good; it makes a good player better." You should always strive to be better...unless you're perfectly fine with being complacent. I don't have any +1 or +2 yet, but I'm working on it. I don't use perle body at all...I still like my Hauberk+1.

[Harpalina]

I know they added a lot of new synergy recipes to the game.. that almost nobody has touched...

I'm sure there are some decent armor sets that aren't listed on wiki.

If I'm not mistaken, Grim Cuirass is a synergy item and that body piece is nice.