Bard gear advice

Our group can beat Bahamut Coil T1 ~ T4 with no problem, but cannot beat Turn 5 at the moment. I'm wondering what should I use my myth for?

Here's my current gear/stats:

race: Hyur - Midlander

weapons: Artemis Bow Zenith

head: Bard's Chapeau
body: Bard's Shirt
hands: Ballad Gauntlets
waist: Ballad Sash
legs: Bard's Tight
feet: Ballad boots

neck: Darklight Choker of Aiming
ears: Darklight Earrings of Aiming
wrist: Darklight Bracelet of Aiming
ring left: Vortex Ring of Aiming
ring right: Hero's Ring of Aiming

stats:
Dex: 474
Accuracy: 479
Critical: 491
Determination: 256
Skill Speed: 396
Vit: 370

I'm thinking my priority for AF2/myth should be:
hands > feet > waist > earring > wrist
(i'll try to get my neck piece from Ultima)

I also have 2 other questions:

1. How much accuracy is needed for Turn 1~Turn 4, and Turn 5 (for both melee, ranged melee, blm)

2. What's the conversion rate for critical vs DEX and Determination vs DEX?

Thank you

- Hero's Belt of Aiming
- Tremor Earrings of Aiming is looking nice but I'm not pretty sure if it's better paired with Allagan Bow than Hero's Earring of Aiming.

Wrist, I wouldn't even bother wasting myth. just either get a Gryphonskin Wristbands with VIT/Crit/Determination melds or go straight to Inferno Bangles if you have the opportunity.

I would probably go Earrings >> Waist >> Feet >> Hands in your situation. The first three are up to personal opinion which to get first but since you have i80 already in Feet/waist slot I would do earrings first, and Ballad Gauntlets are a remarkably good piece for their iLVL, so I would upgrade that slot last.

I have an i90 BRD, and have cleared T5 multiple times with many different sets. Until you start getting T5 clears and have more loot to work with, aim for this set: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/LNJR

That means clear all EX Primals and get your Elfin Bow, then farm Ultima until you get neck and ring.
Myth priority should be belt>gloves>earrings>wrist.

That set will have you at the cap to hit Asclepius 100% of the time after eating HQ Deviled Eggs (don't bother eating outside of Coil if you wanna save some dough), and an absolutely massive amount of crit and det.

Both Crit and Det for BRD is somewhere around .3:1 ratio to Dex.

Good luck. :)

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Originally Posted by BrandoH

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Is the loss of dex really worth it for the WD transistioning from normal relic to Elfin Bow? I meant the changes in Shoes and the accessories.

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Originally Posted by Thorauku

Is the loss of dex really worth it for the WD transistioning from normal relic to Elfin Bow? I meant the changes in Shoes and the accessories.

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The Dex loss is minimal, and it's considerably more than he has in his current set. Myth boots are bad, Myth neck is bad, Garuda ring is solid but you need the accuracy. Better to run that set (which is more than capable of downing T5) until you get the nicer BIS Coil pieces. Most importantly, it requires no further coil drops.

The eventual pre-T5 BIS is probably something more like http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/LNKC
Marginal crit loss (1% maybe), 7 Dex and like 30 SkSp gain.

Note: while playing around with a pre-T5 list to link here, I stumbled across that combination that out-weighed my current set by 3 points or so. Not bad. :P Gonna swap to that until my bow and pants decide to drop.

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Originally Posted by BrandoH

The eventual pre-T5 BIS is probably something more like http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/LNKC

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I can't see the content in that link. Can you list the gear? I personally am confused by what I should be gearing up in.....and no one can answer my question. This is my current set-up:http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/3896909/
aiming for the vortex ring and allagan boots. Anything i need to swap or fix?

Replace your boots with T4 when you get them, replace your bracelets with Ifrit, replace your Ultima ring with Garuda. Eat HQ Stuffed Cabbage (cheap, gets the job done, but HQ Lava Toads give like 2 more crit if you're into that sorta thing). That'll give you the list I linked.

3 pieces of i70 accessories there, that should be your no.1 action point.

Replace choker with Ultima's
Earring, BiS is Hero's but if you are short on myth, you can farm for Tremor
Wrist get Ifrit's
Waist get Hero's (which is where your myth should go to FIRST, if you have extra, then get your Hero's Earring).

I did coil 1-4 with 395 acc accidentally, had a couple misses but nothing too crazy. Really only auto attacks.