Quote Originally Posted by Demon6324236 View Post
Sorry, but no matter your skill, your gear is gimp if you play any melee job and do not have a Brutal and Rajas. They are the easiest pieces of gear in the game to get that last from start to end, literally being in the best setups even though they are level 75 cap gear. While you have only mentioned SMN & RDM as your jobs, I will say that you are not missing out a ton from not doing CoP for those 2 jobs if you play RDM as a mage only. But if you played another job, say THF, or DRK, I would say you are gimp, because you miss 2 of the most basic and yet amazing pieces of gear in the game.
I don't play melee jobs, and I intend to get a Tamas ring once CoP is finished for me,

however I am going through CoP for the story, which I happen to be enjoying