Comprehensive Gear Guide for Bst!

[Reauland]

Hello all

In the spirit of making our happy lil forum one-stop shopping for Bsts, I'd like to get a gear guide going here.

What with all the gear you can't just simply browse the AH to find and the limitations inherent to a wiki format, it's not always the easiest thing in the world to stay apprised of what gear's even available to us. With that in mind, I'd like to hear your thoughts on optimum gear sets for Bst. In order to keep this concise, I'd suggest we limit the discussion to topped out (presently 90) Bst. There are a few items from lower level that I'm gonna throw out here as an honorable mention just so anyone new to Bst knows about them:

Bst Perpetual Motion Killing Machine:
Main : Rune Axe
Sub : Rune Axe
Body : Gaudy Harness

For those not familiar with this, it's how a fighting Bst can have a constant 10 hp/every other tic Regen. Even with as little as one mp merit, you're golden.

Now without further ado, the gear sets. If you feel there are any that I'm overlooking, please feel free to add them in reply. I'll add/edit them in the OP as the info comes in.

Gear Sets

Charm Set(ffxiah)

TP Set(ffxiah)

Rampage Set(ffxiah)

Rampage: Delivers a five-hit attack. Chance of critical varies with TP.
Modifiers: STR:30%

That’s pretty much all you need to know about Rampage. That being said, though, it’s not necessarily all you need to know about multi-hit Weapon Skills. Historically(and I think it’s safe to say that any game that’s been around for near a decade has a history), multi-hitters like Rampage, Asuran Fists, Hexa Strike, et al., rely first and foremost on accuracy – the more hits you land, the more damage you’re likely to do. DEX also plays a role in multi-hitters with its further contribution to accuracy and the increased chance for a critical hit.

*Points of Contention
Neck: Soil Gorget is of questionable benefit on multi-hit Weapon Skills and always has been.
Notable mention to Ire Torque +1 for a massive STR boost at the cost of some Acc.

Ear1: Choices for stats on the Moonshade Earring are Acc +4 or Att +4 and TP Bonus +25 or “Occasionally grants damage bonus based on tp +5%”. Acc/Att plus the +25 TP bonus, I could see this being an excellent Spampage piece; however, this is a one-off mission earring, so depending on your dedication to the melee world, you might opt for a simple STR earring in its stead.

Body: Testing by some of our Bstly stalwarts leans very decidedly in the direction of Guasape for Rampage due to its killer bonus. Target- and gear- dependent, Twilight mail is a solid choice as well.

Legs: Heca Subby is a nice piece, no doubt. It really comes down to whether you see more benefit from Att +22, DEX +9, or the flat +15 DEX boost from Byakko’s Haidate, especially with the augments we’re seeing through skynergy.

Primal Rend Set(ffxiah)

Uggalepih Pendant finds a situational contender in Artemis' Medal. At its best, it surpasses the pendant by 2 MAB, and at its worst, it provides a sizable boost to Macc. Remember, to see a benefit from Uggy pendant at all, you must have some mp(merits work), and some way to drop it below 50%(Rune Axes do the trick for me).

Cloudsplitter Set(ffxiah)

Pet Damage -% Set(ffxiah)

Due to the recent cap on -pdt(~87.5%), in Abyssea you can drop an item here(Neck) or there(Back) and still hit the cap. These remain excellent pieces and of full benefit outside of Abyssea.

Reward Set(ffxiah)

As noted by Gotter, this is the set to use when you don't care about losing tp. As reward+ caps at 50%, our AF3 earring is only of benefit when we're in a situation where we want to save our tp and melee with higher-damage axes than our Zoraal Ja's. You can also spam the MKD finale for a +4 MND cape.

Killer Trait Set

Kiting Set

Hybrid (pet pdt + tp) Set

Aoelian Edge Set

SATA Set

Pet MDT Set

Any and all input is both welcome and appreciated ^^

Gear List

Weapon
Apollo's Staff
Aymur
Farsha
http://Guichard's Axe +2(soooo m... for starters)
Richardet's Axe +2(OAT Weapon)
Rune Axe
Zoraal Ja's Axe

Sub
Tatami Shield
Pallas’s Shield
Reign Grip

Ranged
Killer Shortbow

Ammo
Flame Sachet
Tsar's Egg

Head
Anwig Salade
Ferine Cabasset +2
Twilight Helm

Neck
Ferine Necklace
Ire Torque +1
Promise Badge
Shepherd's Chain
Uggalepih Pendant
Artemis’ Medal

Earrings
Brutal Earring
Hecate's Earring
Melody Earring +1
Epsilon Earring
Moonshade Earring
Neptune's earring
Novio Earring
Suppanomimi

Body
Ferine Gausape +2
Twilight Mail

Hands
Beast Bazubands
Beast Gloves +1
Dusk Gloves +1
Ferine Manoplas +2
Heafoc Mitts

Ring
Aquasoul Ring
Dawnsoul Ring
Epona's Ring
Rajas Ring

Back
Aisance Mantle +1
Atheling Mantle
Fortis Mantle
Oneiros Cappa

Waist
Anguinus Belt
Aristo Belt
Crudelis Belt
Primal Belt
Soil Belt
Twilight Belt

Legs
Byakko's Haidate
Ferine Quijotes +2
Teutates Subligar

Feet
Beast Gaiters +1
Ferine Ocreae +2
Monster Gaiters
Suzaku's Sune-ate

Notes
First and foremost, thanks to you all for your participation, information, and testing. More than anything else, it’s the Bst community that makes Bst great.

Edits:
5/12/11: Added Aeolian Edge, SATA, Pet MDT, Killer, Kiting, Hybrid (pet pdt + tp) sets. Exchanged the Killer Bow in tp set for the one piece of Att + ammo that I’m aware of us being able to use. Will continue dropping links as time permits.

5/13/11: Dropped in Rampage set along with commentary. Added Xilk's links Also, ran up against the 10k character limit already, so expect big format changes in the future :P

5/17/11: The aforementioned formatting changes - ffxiah gear sets and a list of all the gear they contain.

5/24/11: Brought back Killer Shortbow and Ferine Gausape to TP and Rampage sets. Added some exposition to Primal Rend. Dropped in the reward set with commentary. Organized the gear list. Expect more alterations as more great "skynergy" augments are discovered.

6/7/11: Tons and tons and tons of links in the Equipment List.

[Gotterdammerung]

u forgot aoelian edge set and sata mistral set and pet MDT set and killer set and kiting set and hybrid (pet pdt + tp) set

[Xilk]

Are you sure this isn't a "Returning bst coming back since before level cap went above 75 and doesn't know all the new gear" thread?

Ideal TP set: http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/208383
Ideal Rampage set: http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/212841
Primal Rend: http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/144327
cloudsplitter: http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/212843
pet tank: http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/210696

for magical WS's: cloudsplitter & primal rend & the daggers, the neckpiece can be a toss up between uggalpih and artemis' both have advantages/disadvantages over each other.
I've not really bothered looking at sets for Aoelian Edge or Charm.

Keep in mind, these sets do not consider the new gear added in the may update. There may be some changes.

Disclaimer: There may be some slight variations on these sets as situations and preferences vary.

[Reauland]

This is a guy that's been here through it all and seldom gets straight answers. Thanks for the links.

Also - adding in the suggested sets.

[Gotterdammerung]

Sorry didnt give u a straight answer.
I had my reasons tho.
Reasons:
A. buncha new gear just put my sets back into the incomplete category.
B. its a time consuming request and i didnt actually have time when i read this.

[Xilk]

This is a guy that's been here through it all and seldom gets straight answers. Thanks for the links.

Also - adding in the suggested sets.

You're very welcome Reauland. I can tell you're an experienced bst :P just a friendly punch in the shoulder is all.
Its a great idea to make the SE forums more worthwhile.

W/ the new feathery sets and the change to crit damage + Its hard to say exactly how to go about it though.

[Reauland]

You're very welcome Reauland. I can tell you're an experienced bst :P just a friendly punch in the shoulder is all.

W/ the new feathery sets and the change to crit damage + Its hard to say exactly how to go about it though.

lol I hear ya. When you say feathery set, we talkin Twilight gear, right?

A. buncha new gear just put my sets back into the incomplete category.

I know exactly where you're comin from, Gotter. With all the additions over the past few months, my mind is reeling with all the possibilities. Once upon a time, gearing Bst for melee was rather simple - if Warriors want it, you probably should too; but ever since the introduction of our AF3, Bst has become increasingly divergent from dual-wield warrior. Sure, there's still some overlap, but we used to not even really have all that many options between increasing our personal damage or increasing our pet's.

As time marches on, I'm sure we'll come to a general consensus Those ffxiah links are a great place to start. Any idea who created those sets?

[Gotterdammerung]

best reward:
Zoral Ja x2 (Palla's shield for non dual wield subs)
Pet food Eta (Zeta is plenty fine)
Twilight helm
Twilight mail
Augmented +4 mnd back from MKD final fight
Promise Badge
Neptune's Pearl X2 (1 Ferine earring for single wield subs)
Ogre Gloves +1
Aquasoul ring x2
Crudelis Belt
Haven Hose
Monster Gaiters


Best reward set for no tp loss:
As above except remove zoral ja's

and add in ferine earring.

[Xilk]

lol I hear ya. When you say feathery set, we talkin Twilight gear, right?



I know exactly where you're comin from, Gotter. With all the additions over the past few months, my mind is reeling with all the possibilities. Once upon a time, gearing Bst for melee was rather simple - if Warriors want it, you probably should too; but ever since the introduction of our AF3, Bst has become increasingly divergent from dual-wield warrior. Sure, there's still some overlap, but we used to not even really have all that many options between increasing our personal damage or increasing our pet's.

As time marches on, I'm sure we'll come to a general consensus Those ffxiah links are a great place to start. Any idea who created those sets?

naw, my feathery sets, I mean like Mextli or Calmecac or CUauhtli. They are rather aztec inspired. You will only see those in the data mining threads on other forums from monday's update or pictures in the releases regarding the update.

they are very brand new. Twilight sets, we know exactly where those stand.

I borrowed one of those sets from the ffxiah bst forums. I think the primal rend set. Otherwise I made the other ones.

Killer traits gear is pretty easy actually.
Ferine Gausape & killer shortbow and if single wielding, tatami shield

None of the other pieces are really worthwhile for normal use. They are handy for testing though. (bst trousers +1, tamer's ring) who knows though w/ the recent changes. I want to see what augments I can get on suzaku's scythe and see how killer traits might be improved. I haven't tested them since update. but before update I saw 15% intimidation rate average, 9% increase to damage, and 8% damage reduction while using gausape +2.

[Reauland]

If they're givin us Aztec gear, I want a special "Fatality" animation where I remove my opponent's heart XD

As soon as I remember meh frikkin password on ffxiah, I plan on massively overhauling the format of the O.P. Didn't know we were up against a 10k character limit.