Lvl 90 crafted gear

Has anyone lookedup and checked if the lvl90 gear when fully melded on par with the level 110 gear or better kind of like how the lvl 70 accessories were better than the 90s. I just wanted to know before i star dishing out crazy money on it.

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Originally Posted by Rapoza

Has anyone lookedup and checked if the lvl90 gear when fully melded on par with the level 110 gear or better kind of like how the lvl 70 accessories were better than the 90s. I just wanted to know before i star dishing out crazy money on it.

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lol? With a Main stat boost of 20 ilvls, no.

I don't think crafted i70 gear was ever better then dungeon i90 gear. Crafted i70 just barely passes dungeon i70 and only with melding. Some base stats were still lower than dungeon gear, so crafted i90 gear should only be slightly better than dungeon i90 gear while HQ and fully melded.

Nothing will be better than the i110 gear until next patch I belive.

Melded i90 gear will be on par with, or perhaps ever-so-slightly better than, farmed i90 gear. Top-tier gear will remain as it always has in ARR: farm only.

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Originally Posted by XanderOlivieri

I don't think crafted i70 gear was ever better then dungeon i90 gear. Crafted i70 just barely passes dungeon i70 and only with melding. Some base stats were still lower than dungeon gear, so crafted i90 gear should only be slightly better than dungeon i90 gear while HQ and fully melded.

Nothing will be better than the i110 gear until next patch I belive.

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If the crafted piece is the same ilvl and HQ, base stats are the same. The only reason people used melded i70 Accessories over i90 was you could get both VIT/STR for tanks or melee for example. There are no crafted i90 Accessories, so no more doing that.

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Originally Posted by XanderOlivieri

I don't think crafted i70 gear was ever better then dungeon i90 gear. Crafted i70 just barely passes dungeon i70 and only with melding. Some base stats were still lower than dungeon gear, so crafted i90 gear should only be slightly better than dungeon i90 gear while HQ and fully melded.

Nothing will be better than the i110 gear until next patch I belive.

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thats why i said the "accessories" were better. So i was just asking if the gears was about the on par with the 110

i guess i also meant in relation to the lvl100.

And as I said, no, not really. They "might" come close to ilvl 100, depending on secondary stats. But that main stat boost is hard to overcome.

This was discussed a little bit here:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-i90-Stat-Caps

Looks like the ability to customize secondary stats gives crafted gear an edge.

Crafted gear has the added advantage of being melded with elemental resists.. perhaps more useful for Primal fights, less so for CT/CoB. "Farmed" gear being the middle of the two, although the confusion and discussion in the tank forums show that SE's been blurring stat layouts between C6-9 and Soldiery.