Gearing up 2 weeks late

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03-08-2016, 02:46 PM
Slappah

Gearing up 2 weeks late

Due to my never ending cycle of switching mains, I've decided I want to dedicate my gearing up progress on dk.

I was using my weekly stuff on drg, I got the lore pants, midan helm, hands, belt, bracelet and ring

I also have 1 leg token from midas

Knowing that, how would I go about gearing up my dk, or tanks in general, would it be exactly the same as if it was 3.2 launch again, even though I'll be 2 weeks behind? I'm guessing so.

Probably a silly question I just thought I'd ask.

Edit: I guess I should note I don't do savage so there's that
03-08-2016, 03:54 PM
Grux

Switching mains in the middle of gearing up, especially with new patches are never a smart move - as you mentioned, you're 2 weeks behind.

From what I've heard, the consensus for tanks in general:
1) Get the Lore chest piece (2 weeks).
2) Do not get the lore pants - get midas instead.

Here's something you can refer to: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...2_1st_7_weeks/

I'm following one of the recommendation that allows me to complete 9 out of 11 upgrades in 3 weeks.
03-08-2016, 04:22 PM
MicahZerrshia

If you don't do savage its not really a big deal. Had someone in Anti-Tower in a mix of 190-200 gear who held hate against my i214 smn with minimal problems, yet one with a mix of 210+new gear couldn't hold more than 1 mob at a time, its all in how good you are at your job when the differences are this low.

The cycle will begin anew all too soon so its rarely a big deal if you are not doing the most current savage. Which is honestly just a glorified ex primal anyway so...
03-11-2016, 06:59 AM
PenelopeWinn

For Lore id go Chest > head > boots> then your accs.
for Midan gear id going belt > ring > neak > ears > pants
I also bought the crafted gloves but if i was forced to grab one id go midan gloves
03-11-2016, 02:19 PM
Kotemon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grux

Switching mains in the middle of gearing up, especially with new patches are never a smart move - as you mentioned, you're 2 weeks behind.

From what I've heard, the consensus for tanks in general:
1) Get the Lore chest piece (2 weeks).
2) Do not get the lore pants - get midas instead.

Here's something you can refer to: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...2_1st_7_weeks/

I'm following one of the recommendation that allows me to complete 9 out of 11 upgrades in 3 weeks.

I was just getting Midian legs since I already had 2 springs. If anything the lore tomes for legs could be spent buying the lore tokens for the weapon instead. Two tokens a week for 5 weeks should leave enough for hands, feet, head, or accessory by week 7.
03-11-2016, 03:15 PM
Baci

If you dont do savage it really doesnt mattet what you get first. Just get ehat you can and have enough lore ready when you can get the weapon
03-11-2016, 03:23 PM
Whiteroom

If you have the gil, you can be all caught up in no time. You even have the time left to get a lore chest befor having to save for your weapon. I haven't really looked at the tank gear for secondary stats yet, aside from the midas chest, even though it has parry, it will be mine! But if you are not doing savage, one or two pieces that aren't bis are not going to mess you up badly.
03-11-2016, 03:32 PM
Slappah

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whiteroom

If you have the gil, you can be all caught up in no time. You even have the time left to get a lore chest befor having to save for your weapon. I haven't really looked at the tank gear for secondary stats yet, aside from the midas chest, even though it has parry, it will be mine! But if you are not doing savage, one or two pieces that aren't bis are not going to mess you up badly.

Honestly yeah I've been heavily considering just buying some crafted stuff

Thing is, I could afford it, but I couldn't afford it AND to pentameld it

And I really feel it'd be a waste to buy a bunch of 220 and not have it pentamelded
03-12-2016, 12:11 AM
ArdorGrey

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slappah

Honestly yeah I've been heavily considering just buying some crafted stuff

Thing is, I could afford it, but I couldn't afford it AND to pentameld it

And I really feel it'd be a waste to buy a bunch of 220 and not have it pentamelded

Probably not worth the money unless you have hookups, but a 220 ring and the 220 gloves should have some very good staying power, especially if you aren't savaging.
03-12-2016, 01:09 AM
Whiteroom

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slappah

Honestly yeah I've been heavily considering just buying some crafted stuff

Thing is, I could afford it, but I couldn't afford it AND to pentameld it

And I really feel it'd be a waste to buy a bunch of 220 and not have it pentamelded

It's not so bad. I don't think we have a ton of people making the armor on Jenova. I can send you the name of a reliable crafter who can do the CRP accessoies. Also if you don't want to spend a bunch of gil, some of the crafters were taking a bunch of eso mats as payment for a piece.
03-12-2016, 03:34 AM
Arkenne

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slappah

Thing is, I could afford it, but I couldn't afford it AND to pentameld it

You don't have to rush the pentameld. If you have the ARR beast tribes maxed out, then attaining materia to give it a few shots everyday is plenty (and free).

They really save on money.
03-12-2016, 04:18 AM
Slappah

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arkenne

You don't have to rush the pentameld. If you have the ARR beast tribes maxed out, then attaining materia to give it a few shots everyday is plenty (and free).

They really save on money.

I don't though, and it would take me 30-40ish days to get my ARR tribes to the point where I can start getting the materia, so I'm too lazy to bother doing it at this point.

By time I get them to the point where I can even get the materia, I'll have long already needed the stuff
03-12-2016, 04:50 AM
Arkenne

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slappah

I don't though, and it would take me 30-40ish days to get my ARR tribes to the point where I can start getting the materia, so I'm too lazy to bother doing it at this point.

It used to take a whole month per tribe... now a month would be the amount it takes to max the 4 at the same time.
And you dont really need to max the 4, only unlock the 3rd tier of quests, which should be done in about ... 20 days or so?

You'll be around for longer than that (even if it were actually 30~40) and will save you in money. Its not like i240 will be the last tier ever to exist in this game. (I seriously believe we'll hit the i3xx gears before next expansion and see no Tier VI materia any time soon either).
03-12-2016, 07:53 AM
Slappah

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arkenne

It used to take a whole month per tribe... now a month would be the amount it takes to max the 4 at the same time.
And you dont really need to max the 4, only unlock the 3rd tier of quests, which should be done in about ... 20 days or so?

You'll be around for longer than that (even if it were actually 30~40) and will save you in money. Its not like i240 will be the last tier ever to exist in this game. (I seriously believe we'll hit the i3xx gears before next expansion and see no Tier VI materia any time soon either).

You make a good point and honestly I didn't even think about the tiers going forward needing to be melded as well.

I still won't bother with them, for now.
I'll start em up once I'm done with my anima because vanu and vath are helping me get those items.

I think after vanu and vath I still have 6 dailies left? So I could work on two of the four for now I guess.
03-12-2016, 12:46 PM
JackFross

You'll want to buy the 230 sword on week 7 no matter what. Since you already bought lore pants, I would suggest buying Lore chest and head for your tank and gearing out the rest through Midas normal drops, saving tomes after those two pieces for he sword get in w7.
03-13-2016, 03:23 AM
Sida

It takes 10 days to get a tribe to level 2, after that 17 days to get it on level 3 is you only do the three topmost quests for each tribe. 12 quests in a day, 4 tribes. You get all four tribes to level three in a bit shy of four weeks.