So what did you get?

So what did you get first with your Escoteric Tomestones?

Did you get the weapon, armor piece, or accessory?

I went for the Weapon since it is a large damage boost to my DPS output and I like the look of Ferdinand.

Unless the Relic 2 looks more ineresting but that won't be out until 3.1 is released on a Unknown release date.

Scholar weapon sucks and I refuse to use it so I got the chestpiece. Probably just do my left side from here for more vit.

I bought INT accessories for my MNK so I can pretend I'm a pugilist from 1.0

All Eso for SMN outfit for vanity.

Bow, Savage raid priorities. :D

My staff. It glows when drawn which is very cool.

My actual circumstances:

I'm just gonna save up to 1800 before spending anything.

I main a PLD but I'm thinking of switching to BLM for this expansion. If you're wondering why...well, let's just say that I do twice as much dps at iLv 166 as one of the BLMs in my FC at iLv 186. I felt that going dps myself might be the only way we're ever gonna get past some of the dps checks.

The way the game rewards tanks for trading away survivability stats for offensive stats is also making me feel less attached to tanking (been tanking for most of the past decade in MMOs).

Still, I like tanking and our FC don't have anyone who mains a tank. So I'm very much undecided. Since 180 is more than enough to do everything except Savage (and we're not doing Savage any time soon, most of the people in the FC either have statics already or are outright waiting for Echo), and my BLM needs another week or so to get full Law, I might as well save all the Esoterics.

But definitely thinking about buying the weapons. If my BLM gets to down Ravana in pugs then I might rethink it, though. Without Savage the weapons will stay at 200 and we already know 3.1 relic is going to be the top weapon for that patch. If I can reasonably farm Ravana then I might skip the 200 weapon completely.

The 200 weapon is a waste of Esoterics unless you do Savage. Everything outside of Savage is easily farmed using the 190 weapon. In that sense, people who don't do Savage probably should choose their Esoterics purchases mainly for glamour reasons.

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Originally Posted by FoxyAreku

Scholar weapon sucks and I refuse to use it so I got the chestpiece. Probably just do my left side from here for more vit.

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What's the matter with the SCH weapon? SCH benefits from Spellspeed more than any other class in 3.0, and weapon damage and Mind takes priority over everything. I guess Piety is worse than Crit, but it doesn't hurt to have when you want to DPS while saving stacks.

I got my AST dress last week and will be getting the hat this week! :D

I got my WHM staff because I like more heals :D I may go for accessory this week if I have any Eso's left over but I may just save up for chestpiece.