Increase Base HP and MP!

[Fearforever]

With my NIN in just my TP, Evasion & WS sets along with tools, keys etc. im using 65/80 spaces in my inventory, i cant afford the space to drag around more sets.

even so why should I have to be changing my equipment constantly just to stay alive? we should at least be able to survive some reasonal damage without 5+ different equipment sets

[Eeek]

With my NIN in just my TP, Evasion & WS sets along with tools, keys etc. im using 65/80 spaces in my inventory, i cant afford the space to drag around more sets.

even so why should I have to be changing my equipment constantly just to stay alive? we should at least be able to survive some reasonal damage without 5+ different equipment sets

Upper echelon players have waaaay more than just 3 gearsets for their geared jobs.

Why carry -MDT% gear? It's simple, really. A dead DD doesn't do any damage. A dead DD can't stop an NM from killing the mages. A dead DD cannot prevent a wipe.

Abyssea is full of mobs just waiting to nuke the hell out of players, and it's silly to not pursue the tools needed to survive (I learned this the hard way). This means pursuing HP/MP abyssites and defensive gearsets. Carrying -MDT% gear is really no different than carrying an Evasion gearset. Evasion and -MDT% gearsets are both intended to mitigate damage.

If you don't want to research and build a -MDT% gearset, that's your business. If you don't, though, you can't really complain about Taru's low HP and dying to nukes. You chose not to use the tools available to you.

EDIT: Here's a good place to start: 2 Merman's Earrings and 2 Merman's Rings. That's -12% MDT right there, and all jobs can equip them.

EDIT2: Assuming one has all the Zone Boss NMs and Caturae clears, Twilight Torque is a common drop from Shinryu. All jobs can equip it, and it offers -5% Damage Taken. With the gear I mentioned in the first edit, one could easily build a -17% MDT gearset, equipable by all jobs, that only takes up 5 inventory slots. That's a good start.

[Rambus]

With my NIN in just my TP, Evasion & WS sets along with tools, keys etc. im using 65/80 spaces in my inventory, i cant afford the space to drag around more sets.

even so why should I have to be changing my equipment constantly just to stay alive? we should at least be able to survive some reasonal damage without 5+ different equipment sets

i have up to 5 sets ( mabye 6? cant remember) on 19 jobs so ya what eeek said, thing is sometimes that does not cut it or you get the flashing line, still though that does not stop some mobs from killing you in 1 attack round ( even happen to me in abyssea once on some ladybug nm or something) Was such a waste of time and curing it self from wind. Now I know why the other pt was zoing it.

Some aoe moves just do too much damage.