Quote Originally Posted by Nukocafe View Post
  • Level 70 Crafted ring - Would be ideal with melding however requires 2k philos and a crafter that can guarantee HQ it
If you can turn around without bumping into someone shouting they can HQ ilvl 70 crafts at this point in the game's lifespan, your server is a bit weird. Especially the GSM items.

The darklight ring has spell speed on it. I don't particularly care for the stat as a SCH, but if you like it then great. The extra Mind basically makes it better than the Strategos ring (also spell speed). Same reason the Allagan ring from coil generally beats the other options - higher Mind trumps secondaries.

The crafted Astral Ring has accuracy (and Determination) on it, so you're already in the hole when it comes to secondary stats (unless you don't care about Piety, in which case it would appear fairly equal to DL before you meld it) so you need to use some decent materia to boost it up enough to be worth the extra cost of obtaining it in the first place. The main reason to use it over an i90 ring (not that the coil drop is available to you yet anyway) is that you can meld Vitality into it.