War gearing question.

Hi all,

I'm new to the game and playing a warrior on the PS4.

I've been farming myth books for a bit now and just got my relic weapon.

the real question is what should i prioritize, get more i90 gear from the shop or spend it to get my bravura to +1?

any tips on gearing are welcome! ;)

Raylan.

Personally with all the weapon choices out there, I would upgrade my armor first.
Weapons have the least benefit for tanks aside from increased threat generation, which is generally not an issue.
The reason being, weapons do not increase your armor, which is straight up Damage Reduction. Nothing else does this.

However if you do plan on starting ATMA soon, it might be better to go ahead and upgrade.

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Originally Posted by MythToken

Personally with all the weapon choices out there, I would upgrade my armor first.
Weapons have the least benefit for tanks aside from increased threat generation, which is generally not an issue.
The reason being, weapons do not increase your armor, which is straight up Damage Reduction. Nothing else does this.

However if you do plan on starting ATMA soon, it might be better to go ahead and upgrade.

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Doesn't the ATMA weapon upgrade cost like 9 x 1500 thomes?... seeing that i'll be needing them books on gear first :P

The +1 glow is tempting tho... ^^

This is true, but you could start your atma fate grind in the meantime, which is anywhere from 10 hours - 100 hours. Just to unlock the ability to purchase said books. Up to you.

I would definitely say to go for armor upgrades first. Eventually, you'll start to reach a point where Accuracy becomes an issue. This will be your cue to look into weapon upgrades (preferably the Dual Haken if you can kill all 3 EX Primals).

Alright, so for tanks its better to get armor then a slight weapon upgrade.

Guessing its the other way around if i was DPS?

or i'll just farm some more to get armor and a weapon upgrade XD

farm farm farm!

I don't particularly care for the relics stats...but IMO you should get the zenith, at least. Mostly because the armor can simply be farmed while you're building up myth by doing coil.
Get the Zenith and above i70 through some Crystal tower and by being prudent in selection of soldier/myth gear. Then coil away. You pretty much need coil gear for the accuracy. Though, I suppose you can get through Ifrit EX with just myth gear to get the Haken for accuracy.

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Originally Posted by Rbstr

I don't particularly care for the relics stats...but IMO you should get the zenith, at least. Mostly because the armor can simply be farmed while you're building up myth by doing coil.
Get the Zenith and above i70 through some Crystal tower and by being prudent in selection of soldier/myth gear. Then coil away. You pretty much need coil gear for the accuracy. Though, I suppose you can get through Ifrit EX with just myth gear to get the Haken for accuracy.

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Alright, will do! thx alot :)

1st priority: Soldiery tokens, for armor. Try to get the 450 cap every week.
2nd priority: Weapon. Myth for Zenith is most likely. If you can get Dual Haken or Leviathan EX axe, then great -- but that probably comes later.
3rd priority: Myth armor. This is just filler until you can get soldiery or better gear. Coil 1-5 is equivalent if you can find a farming group.

You could do both 1 and 2 by running the 3 "Expert" 4-man dungeons.

Soldiery first because it won't be replaced any time soon and cap prevents you from getting it all quickly later. Weapon upgrade (Zenith minimum) you need more than i90 armor because of agro. DPS classes are now packing i100 and i110 weapons, and it is quickly becoming more common.
- Think of Brayflox HM speed runs where you're using a lot of Overpower and Flash and DPS are nuking as fast as they possibly can. If agro can't keep up, then DPS hold back or they die. Don't be that tank.
- Think of coil where a lot of mechanics are going on and can't concentrate on agro. Including add spawns that you HAVE to get and keep agro immediately. Don't be the tank losing agro, even briefly.

Thx for the guide, I've bought the Zenith version this morning.
I'm saving up for the soldiery chest armor seeing it upgrades the most stats and gives loads of parry and accuracy.

I've noticed that keeping aggro is indeed a challange with my gear when playing with i100 geared dps. Still pretty doable but not relaxing.
What are the places i can run for rings and bracelets? still got i55's on me.

You can buy i70 accessories - those can go a long way if you meld strength on them as they double up as DPS accs then.

Otherwise there's the darklight stuff at i70 that drops from harder dungeons. I wouldn't worry about farming those specifically. The drop tables are huge anyway.
Ultima hardmode drops i80 necks.
The extreme primals drop i90 accessories. Garuda ring, Titan ears, ifrit wrist.
The coil turns drop a full set you can see which turns give what here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...#gid=182031962

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Originally Posted by Raylan

What are the places i can run for rings and bracelets? still got i55's on me.

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I'd suggest myth tomes (i90, cost 375 each) or i70 crafted. Myth tomes are probably the easiest to get. Coil or primals could get you roughly the same. i70 crafted is only good if you heavily (5x) meld it with materia. This costs a significant amount of gil, but the stats are arguably better than i90.

An i70 crafted when properly melded looks like: 10 Vit, 9 Str, and up to 12 of ~3 secondary stats.
An i90 looks like: 15 Vit, 16 Acc, 11 Parry.

Put another way: 2x i70 melded is more stats than i90 tank + i90 strength accessory. However, if you want pure Vit and neglect Str, then you don't mess with crafted.