Bard Darklight Gear - A Joke?

[Sindri_Myr]

So, why on good earth i was shoved 1231237102973917190712903 accureay into my Darklight set?
Am i missing something? I don't think i saw any other Darklight set for the other classes that has as much as we do.
No wonder bards do meh dps...

[dragonflie]

Not sure why you say they do meh dps when every other threads complain about their high dps, but to answer the question, the accuracy is good for Coil (if you ever plan on doing it). You need about 450 acc to hit things in there.

[Viridiana]

Not sure why you say they do meh dps when every other threads complain about their high dps, but to answer the question, the accuracy is good for Coil (if you ever plan on doing it). You need about 450 acc to hit things in there.

I still have 2 pieces of Toxotes gear, and I'm sitting at 481 Accuracy. If I replaced them with darklight, I'd be over 500. That's a heck of a lot of wasted Accuracy.

[NewTextDoc]

Not sure why you say they do meh dps when every other threads complain about their high dps, but to answer the question, the accuracy is good for Coil (if you ever plan on doing it). You need about 450 acc to hit things in there.

The problem is, you can get over 500 easily with the DL set.

[Razla]

I had been wondering about the Darklight since it seemed that every piece I added would reduce my Critical Hit Rate.

Anyhow, here's the breakdown between the two sets (the 5 main pieces).

ARTIFACT ARMOR
DEF/MAGIC DEF: +299
DEX: +50
ACC: +36
VIT: +52
DET: +10
CRIT. HIT: +83
SKILL SPEED: +14


DARKLIGHT ARMOR
DEF/MAGIC DEF: +386
DEX: +76
ACC: +89
VIT: +86
DET: +26
CRIT. HIT: +46
SKILL SPEED: 0

So in switching from AF to Darklight main pieces, you gain 87 DEF/MDEF, 26 in DEX, 53 in ACC, 34 in VIT, 16 in DET, but lose 14 in SKILL SPEED and 37 in CRIT. HIT.

[PiedPiper]

A) Dex matters so much more than these other stats, you aren't "loosing" dps. Its a huge net gain.
B) Your life's purpose is to interrupt in coil. If you miss, the entire group may wipe. IMO you should call for more accuracy not less.

[Sinth]

Yes, but 14 skill speed equates to almost nothing and 37 Crit is easily outmatched by +26 Dex.

[Xenob]

As a bard with full dl, I was worried about the critical as well. To be honest though I am still up there on meters. You have to keep in mind we are supposed to be a more support class, not dps. The accuracy however is way over kill. I am at 518 and 429 critical. I also picked the tank ring as my second for a little more survivability over damage.

As posted above me, the added dex gives an overall boost to dps then the critical.

[Sindri_Myr]

I was doing AK today and got scolded because i wasnt doing enough dps. Mind you i have a relic and full AK gear (Still didnt go for DL, im sitting on 1900 tomes atm trying to figure out if i REALLY want to spend them on BRD gear).
I feel like im gonna reroll to BLM very soon, im so sick with these trolls. IM SORRY I DONT CRIT FOR 1.8k MKAY??

[Maxu]

yeah darklight is mediocre but head, body, feet are good. Work to replace pants with Relic and gloves with gryphon skin hands(though you'll probably want to grab Gryphon body first.)