She's right you know. I skipped the DL body because it looks dumb :x
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I've put some effort in the AK set and I couldn't be more satisfied. That mask is hilariously ugly.
http://imgur.com/5LVVCto
Its not like your 'hurting your group' that badly. Plus, by the time you've gathered enough tomes for the DL body, you can just get the accessories and everything else first then move right on to af2 for your body.
Don't get me wrong though, I personally hate the vanilla AF because its just so... overplayed. I liked rocking my WP gear for a while, as a tank you look just like a brass blades guard! Stats for the body was identical (literally. in every way) to af body though, so...
I've got all but one DL and +1 Relic.....but I will not....WILL NOT....walk around in monk panties. So I wont have full DL.
AK is hard.
ran AK with a Black Mage today with a lv 39 staff, Dragoon wasn't much better with a 41 spear and brayflox armor. needless to say I was on relic PLD and after 14 painful minutes fighting first boss (at one point all 4 enemies were up, Golem, Lunatic Priest, Psycheflayer and White Golem) I politely said I was going to leave and we lack the necessary damage to challenge the next boss.
it was painful
I will keep mana over spell speed till I'm working on final gear sets. If you choose otherwise then so be it. I'll stick with my gaming knowledge and gear selection as I've been doing so in far more complicated games than this. But thank you for the assumptions to the contrary.