Acceptable to spirit bind in Dungeons?

[Pseudopsia]

As a tank I SB accessories only because they have minimal impact and don't reduce defense. I only do this with my FC and I let them know I'm doing this.

Replacing all gear is ridiculous because if everyone in party did that it will make it hard and time consuming to get through the dungeon.

[Redxice]

I recently went into a WP run where a DPS (wearing relic +1 and full DL) switched to all white items (including weapon) to spirit bind. Is this acceptable behavior in a dungeon?

To me, he's making the dungeon take longer then it has to all so he can get materia. Everyone else in the party was decently geared (one garuda weapon +dl, healer and tank had relic or relic+1). I could kinda understand if it was just a single accessory or armor piece, but the full gear list?

Am I over reacting or is this acceptable?

I would call them down right idiots... why not because they spiritbound, but for only doing white 45+ atleast do Militia 55 for some good stuff

[Noahlimits]

I spiritbond all the time in AK and WP, as long as I'm not doing a speed-run. You can do both in AF gear, after all.

And if you don't want to run the "risk" of being grouped with people with lesser gear than you...make your own group!

I think that's a really bad mentality to have. You have the better gear, yet you insist on gimping other people so you can get materia. Couldn't what you just said be turned around? If you want to spirit bond make your own group?

I guess the mentality about this is just split. I suppose when I'm tanking or healing next time I see this, I'll just eat the lock out time and leave the group.

[Orophin]

I'd at least keep my +1 weapon on. But I'm like most people, if I'm gonna do it it's probably going to be narrowed down to accessories as to not kill my damage so much.

[AkashiXI]

I will SB HQ accessories that are relevant to my job (DEX for BRD). I will also only SB 2slots at a time to not gimp my DPS. I agree with the OP that if you're gimping your party, you're going too far.

[NyneAlexander]

Truthfully, the returns on SB inside of WP aren't good enough to justify doing it (at least for tier 3 materia gears). Particularly for speed run formats where you are skipping some mobs, sleeping other mobs.

IMO, the best dungeons for SB are CM, AK (sans bosses) and Prae up until the final boss chain.

Having said that, yes, full gear swap including weapon is a little whack. You'll still finish faster than going in with someone who is under-geared and has never done the dungeon before. But generally, I only SB accessories and make sure to swap in good gears for boss fights. (except in CM, cause meh... its cm)

[Zeille]

I spirit bond in dungeons as well, but I have rules that I try to follow. First is to never SB if I'm in a pre-made that wants to speed run. Everything else is fair game.

CM/Prae: Wear whatever the hell you want as these dungeons are now the unofficial spirit binding parties. I still use my best weapon, but honestly wouldn't care if someone wanted to SB their weapon too.

WP/AK: Your best weapon and your choice between either your best left hand side and whatever the hell you want for accessories, or all SB equip in most/every slot so long as the stats are relevant to your class. Always switching to all of your best gear for bosses.

This way if you want to rock crafting accessories, you've at least got your full gear set on the left. If you wish to fully avoid people who SB and are worried about your dungeon completion time, I would suggest not using the duty finder. I go in expecting people to SB when fighting trash mobs in those dungeons.

[Luso]

If this was a player picked up on the server specifically for a WP run then just blacklist him when you are done. I'm surprised by how many players that don't use the blacklist feature. Don't like a certain player's play-style, don't play with them again.

If this is a duty finder group there is nothing wrong with the gear he is wearing. He is still able to progress the dungeon with his party. It may take longer, but duty finder queues are not used for serious speed running/quick clearing.

Spirit Bonding:
Just a heads up to people who do like Spirit Bonding. Dungeons are not really a great place to do it to begin with. Form parties on the server and fight high level monster camps. This is usually much quicker for SB gear.

[Volcano]

SBing is fine, so long as you are accepetable with it, meaning if you put on every single item as white and a level 48 weapon for SBing you are pretty much hindering your performance greatly , if it's WP or AK, sure you can still "beat" it but crawling through the dungeon and suffering along the way because someone decided to full SB every slot is where it gets stupid.

Usually when i SB ( mainly as healer) i use the rings/earring 1-2 slots on armor, never my full set and most certainly not the weapon as that is where your biggest performance comes from.

i assume it is the same as DPS. Just be moderate with it and it shouldn't be a problem. If i do see someone in full out SB gear, pretty much making it a 3 man run then i will probably just leave or let them know they are asking to be carried. if you seriously have to do a full set you can just go solo. I don't think being reasonable is to much to ask.

[Edenholt]

Today early a FC mate got a WHM trying to soulbind item in WP. I said if it were with me I'd quit the dungeon. The person should just go do fates to soulbind.