How many jobs can you decently gear up?

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Originally Posted by Krotoan

"best" gear isn't "decent".

Best gear is best.

Decently geared jobs are infinite if you're willing to grind tomestones and/or run raids. You can do any content in currently uncapped accessibility gear.

You do not need BIS to do endgame content.

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This is true (it better be, since you need to do endgame content to get BIS in the first place, due to that twisted setup that only MMOs do best lol. Remember the olden days when ultimate gear was designed to get you ready for ultimate challenges, rather than being handed out as a reward for same when you usually have little or nothing left to do with it? Is the Wyrmhero Blade really a good model for game gearing? LOL).

On the other hand, if you don't have BIS or close to BIS, eventually, it becomes harder and harder to get a decent party, especially if you're pugging (... which you probably are at that point, because almost all statics these days are the "start of the tier" kind, and getting one together later on in a patch is often harder than any mechanic). We teach people that crafted (especially when it becomes augmented crafted) and tomestone gear is good enough, but do groups listen, ever?

So then you have to start your own group, and by the time it fills, that's half the evening gone - and with today's heavily back loaded mechanics ...

The problem isn't the gear. It's the player culture. Fix that and you fix a lot of things about this game.

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Originally Posted by True-to-Caesar

So basically I mainly play tank, and I have been playing Samurai only as DPS.

Been starting to enjoy MCH long before 6.3 and I was wondering if I could keep both DPS with decent gear since I want to keep playing them as DPS.

I read that you can only have one job with the best gear and the rest will have to wait a long time to get to that level. So I was wondering if there was something I did wrong because outside of the latest tomestones and raids, I don’t see what are my other options.

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By the end of a Savage tier cycle, I usually have 2 BIS jobs (different job types) as well as around 7 other well geared ones because gear can be shared between job types : Fending, Maiming, Striking, Scouting, Aiming, Casting, Healing.

22 weeks in Abyssos, my DRG and SAM are BIS, which means my RPR and MNK are also very well equipped if I get them a lvl 630 weapon. My BLM is now ilvl 629, so my SMN and RDM are also well geared. I’m currently working on Aiming gear for my MCH so by the time it’s leveled up, it should be around 625, which, again, means my DNC and BRD will also have good gear (once I level them up).

Here’s how I manage my gear if you’re interested :

On even patches (new Savage tier): I focus on 2 different job types (mainly my main first) using Savage/Tome/Crafted gear.

On odd patches (new 24-man raid), I start to gear a 3rd job type by using 24-man raid gear/Augmented Tome gear/Augmented Crafted gear/excess Savage gear.

You just need to diligently cap your tomes and do your weekly Savage reclears every week. Easy PZ.