What to do with philo after relic ?

Hi guys,

I just wanted some advice on what to do with philo after you've reliced your main. I've just hit the 2000 cap tonight and I don't really know what yo spend them on. My main DRG has darklight / AK gear and accessories so I can't spend it on that. I'm in the process of levelling up a WHM so I thought about buying stuff for that but I have a lot of AK gear for WHM too.

I thought about buying the likes of Coke and Potash. They're currently selling for about 15k on Cerberus(EU) and theres loads of them on the marketboards.

Should I buy the 3 mists that I'll need to get the WHM reliced ?

Any words of advice on what to do with them ?

Thanks in advance !

I buy philo mats and sell em on the AH.

Spend a little on something to get it off the 2000 cap for now, then hold onto the remaining for coming patch 2.1. We may get more items we can trade those philo's into, better spend on those even if it's mats to get you some gil or other gear, etc.

At least that's what I would do if my philo was capped right now :p

I would go for potash and save up for housing.

Or go for potash and save up for vanya for your white mage.

Edit: Either way, do it now before Monday, every philosophy mat on the market will crash with the release of new contents.

It is roughly 15k gil right now but I predict it will drop to 5k, not kidding you.

Getting crafting gear will be easier, cheaper and faster than darklight, imo, with 2.1. So liquidate all your philo lol.

I use it to get Darklight for my alt jobs. Its a nice feeling when you hit 50 in a new job and its already decked out in ilvl70.

There's always that minion thing as well I think.

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Originally Posted by Sinth

I use it to get Darklight for my alt jobs. Its a nice feeling when you hit 50 in a new job and its already decked out in ilvl70.

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But isn't AK gear better ?

And there can't be much AK gear that I don't have at this stage.

I might go with the but one or two mats to get off the cap and wait until next week. Good suggestion.

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Originally Posted by Little_Ifrit

But isn't AK gear better ?

And there can't be much AK gear that I don't have at this stage.

I might go with the but one or two mats to get off the cap and wait until next week. Good suggestion.

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Maybe some pieces with acc? AK gear is ilvl60 while DL gear is ilvl70 so it does have overall stat increase but some side stats might be different between the two imo.
As a tank I swore not to wear that robot DL body piece so kept the AK Hopelite head/body but DL gear did offer some more def boost, just a little more. Now I have AF+1 which is better than DL.

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Originally Posted by Little_Ifrit

But isn't AK gear better ?

And there can't be much AK gear that I don't have at this stage.

I might go with the but one or two mats to get off the cap and wait until next week. Good suggestion.

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DL provides substantially more vitality than AK gear, in addition to other stats. It is 10 levels higher than AK gear.

Get mats do i70 crafts and meld them.those equips got 21+ stats above dl.some are almost on par with allagan/myth ((most of them surpass raw stat number than af2 allagan,but af2 has more of your main stats,so they are close to equal)) Also you can do some nifty stat optimizing that cant be done with all pre constructed gear.dds uaually can get more out of this than tank jobs,but some pieces work nice for them too.have fun

Depends on your gaming..


I bought all DL+ All 9 Relics. So now that's done.

obviously Philo crafting items are all that's left.

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Originally Posted by Sinth

DL provides substantially more vitality than AK gear, in addition to other stats. It is 10 levels higher than AK gear.

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Come 2.1 when AK gear is ilvl 55, it will be an even bigger gap too.

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Originally Posted by Darkshneider

Get mats do i70 crafts and meld them.those equips got 21+ stats above dl.some are almost on par with allagan/myth ((most of them surpass raw stat number than af2 allagan,but af2 has more of your main stats,so they are close to equal))

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No... Aside from the rare VIT build, Allagan/Myth gear will always be better than Darklight/ilvl 70 crafted gear. Always. Always.

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Originally Posted by ispano

Come 2.1 when AK gear is ilvl 55, it will be an even bigger gap too.

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Uhhhh what? AK gear isn't getting nerfed.

Reiter you need some reading comprehension.read again what i wrote...carefully..slowly..analize it.I said they were better? read again..slowly.carefully.and some more.I said some come close,not that they are better.Thanks

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Originally Posted by Reiterpallasch

Uhhhh what? AK gear isn't getting nerfed.

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Yes it is, AK is being dropped to ilvl 55. Was in the previous live letter.

From Rein's Translation "y; AK wil be eased a bit, it will be like WP so the gear will be eased as well"

Cheers for the replies guys. I'll have to look at my DRg gear again. I thought AK gear had an extra point of str than Darklight. I'll check it out tomorrow!

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Originally Posted by ispano

Yes it is, AK is being dropped to ilvl 55. Was in the previous live letter.

From Rein's Translation "y; AK wil be eased a bit, it will be like WP so the gear will be eased as well"

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Um...yeah. Official source, please?
Not that I'm not grateful to Reinhart for his translations, but even he notes that live translation is a difficult task.

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Originally Posted by ispano

Yes it is, AK is being dropped to ilvl 55. Was in the previous live letter.

From Rein's Translation "y; AK wil be eased a bit, it will be like WP so the gear will be eased as well"

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Can you give a link?

Because I can find nothing like that in the last live letter summary.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...812-02-2013%29

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Can you give a link?

Because I can find nothing like that in the last live letter summary.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...812-02-2013%29

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"A: Item-level wise, if you've collected all of your job-specific equipment you'll be able to challenge this dungeon. The equipment you can receive as rewards are item level 60. We've made adjustments to the difficulty of Pharos Sirius and the hard mode dungeons so they are on par with each other. We'll also be easing the difficulty of Amdapor Keep, making it the same level as the Wanderer’s Palace, so we will also be adjusting some of the reward items as well."

Looks like it's accurate. Kind of a waste of time, IMO, though.

You either spend those philo tomes on an alt class or get philo items and become a drug dea-er...sell them at a modest price to those who are in dire need of them