Imperial Operative Wristlets

Does anyone know which H1/chest in Castrum Novum the Imperial Operative Wristlets come from?

Mooglebox.com says it's the first cave. Is the first cave the one after the 2nd gate? or is there one closer to the entrance that I don't know about? If so, where is it?

Before the Second gate you can go further west past some containers/barriers into a cave, that might be the one you are looking for, it actually serves as a reach around past the second gate~

When running to the second gate inside, the gate is on your right, if you go left a little theres a cave, the chest is at the back around the corner.

The h1 is in the watery pond before you reach the second gate :)

Thanks guys! Some LS mates wants to farm Garlean Steel Plates, and I'm after the wristlets. So I wanted to make sure we're farming the correct H1 when we go. Nothing would be more disappointing than to be killing these guys for hours only to find out we're at the wrong one. lol

Confirming what the others have said (wears his shiny wristlets)

Yeah, I believe Wristlets are Copper Castrum Coffer Key (First H-1, after First Gate, before Second Gate) and the Choker (neckpiece thing with STR on it?) is the Silver Key past Second Gate, before Third Gate, and Gold Key is of course past Third Gate.

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Originally Posted by Antanias

Confirming what the others have said (wears his shiny wristlets)

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Very nice! I've never even actually seen a pair in-game. I found out about them by researching gear on mooglebox.

You haven't see a pair because they are terrible.

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Originally Posted by Montijin

You haven't see a pair because they are terrible.

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Not if you are making a crit build (which most people don't do correctly) in which case, they are the best in slot. To make a crit build, you have to both hit your stat caps and stack crit rate in every slot possible. These wristlets are the only way. Assuming I can get these wristlets and the tricorne to go with them, my WAR will crit 35% of the time.

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

Not if you are making a crit build (which most people realize is silly) in which case, they are the best in slot.

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Fixed that for you.

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Originally Posted by GreyJorildyn

Fixed that for you.

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But I can out parse other WARs with my crit build. Is that silly? It's a legitimate way to build a DD WAR. My guess is that it would work for DRG as well, but my DRG gear is really lacking so I haven't tried.

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

But I can out parse other WARs with my crit build. Is that silly? It's a legitimate way to build a DD WAR.

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but are you outparsing them because your build is better or are you outparsing them because their dps rotation isn't as good? and speaking of builds, do they have what's considered an optimal build otherwise? correlation != causation

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Originally Posted by fusional

but are you outparsing them because your build is better or are you outparsing them because their dps rotation isn't as good? and speaking of builds, do they have what's considered an optimal build otherwise? correlation != causation

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That's a valid point, tbh I'm not sure. But honestly, if I'm not missing and my stats are capped, I don't see what's wrong with wanting to crit more often. I'm just using slots that if I were tanking I'd be using for enmity or HP gear and devoting them to crit rate instead. Why is that so bad?

What are the other options for a WAR DD (Flames)? It's these or Rubelite Bracelets for +3 STR. (My VIT is capped so adding VIT won't add DMG.) I'll take the hit of 3 less STR for more crits because crits are fun. But go ahead and use your cookie-cutter WAR build if you like, it won't bother me at all.

My reasons for wanting them are simple:
they're U/U
they're rare as duck teeth
they probably won't be obtainable in 2.0
they fit my crit build

I don't care if there isn't another soul that wants them. That makes me want them even more.

Maybe they will be better in 2.0 after stat rework? That is the only reason anyone would want these or if your geared enough with triple melds+ to hit your stat caps I guess.

There's a dragoon I play with that has a rather nice crit build, has trippled melded crit hit materia in body, crit in belt and hands from the new materia, the tricorne and these wristlets.

When I parsed our darnus fights he was critting close to 40% of the time. And with all that crit attack power on his gear, he was close to a Gae Bolg dragoon that only crit 20% of the time with a similar number of weaponskills.