Curtana Novus - Suggestions?.

[PROBOUND]

Currently I'm thinking about maxing det and parry in the sword, then max parry in the shield and put the last 9 into acc. Honestly if you set yourself up with the right noct/h.allagan mix it's beyond easy to get to the T9 accuracy requirement and beyond, but a little extra bit can't hurt. (Plus a noct hoplon is 13 acc/9 parry, so this is just the inverse.) But damage is still important even for tanks, and even more so if you're like me and have a Fight or Flight+Bloodbath macro always ready to go.

I'm currently sitting at 222 DET which is really low imo. Wouldn't adding DET to your Novus be a waste? I guess more accuracy than 515 accuracy would also be a waste but i'm sure it will eventually come in handy once later turns of coil are released where acc cap is higher?

Also what do you guys think about Skill Speed? TP issues asside, i think Skill Speed would provide better gains than a marginal DET increase here? I could be wrong but i always had a suspicion that Skill Speed is a hidden gem in some way given the way SE keeps forcing it upon us.

Just take a look at 3Star food for example with Roast Canard. Eventually, i predict this being the Go2 (DPS) food since there is no direct upgrade for Black Truffle Risotto.

[GreyJorildyn]

TBH I would probably do DET and Parry or Crit and DET like everyone else for the DPS weapons. Parry makes even less of a difference on PLD than it does on WAR. 44 points of it will not make a big dent in anything significant. Det is a great stat for everyone, including tanks. Crits are nice for DPS. In the end it's up to personal preference but people are always looking for "the best" when it is in fact very difficult to plan too far ahead when things are outdated every 6 months.

The only "advice" I would give is to avoid putting accuracy on it. There are 13 other slots you can put accuracy on in the game. Your sword doesn't have to be one of them and there's a damn good chance there is or will be an over-accuracy option in the game you can put on to future-proof yourself (hi2u HA trousers of fending).

[Zaiken]

Question, If I all go Crit and Det on the Novus Weapon upgrade for Paladin, do I lose all the Accuracy Stat when upgrade?

[krazyrs]

yes, you only keep the main stats STR/VIT and can customize the secondary stats, so if u drop the acc/parry for crit/det u lose them

im just making a tank sword/shield
already have +13 parry on my shield currently adding +9 acc now

sword im swapping the acc/parry stats for more parry then acc since i added acc to the shield over sspd

[Hinty]

Going Parry/Acc seems to be the safest bet. You also have to think about future patches and gear. You might not need the acc now, but you might later. Remember you lose 29 acc going from Animus if you choose something else. Like someone else said, if you really need the damage replacing just one tank accessory for a STR one will give you a bigger boost than 30 DET~ on sword would.

Also, I finally got to see what stats that Japanese player who completed his Curtana Novus went with. He went 30 Parry / 23 Acc. http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/4927294/

[LonginusFU]

someone know how many cap for any status in shield?

[HaelseMikiro]

Also, I finally got to see what stats that Japanese player who completed his Curtana Novus went with. He went 30 Parry / 23 Acc. http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/4927294/

WOW!! Someone had a ton of time on his hands, according to lodestone he finished Novus on the 11th, and 2.28 rolled out on the 5th. 53 Alexandrites needed, - 7 from dailies = 46 Alexandrites farmed in less than a week. 800 myth per map means 36,700 myth needed, +1000 for the scroll, but we'll assume he had 2k saved up to start with, so that's 35,700 myth spent.
That's an average of ~105 Brayflox SR's a day.
Or this guy has the BEST FATE RNG in the universe.

[ks3v3n]

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full 2h novus are already done about 20h ago xP

[Rbstr]

I'd be even less inclined to stack parry as a Paladin than a Warrior.

Acc on the weapon helps a lot with gearing, IMO. Makes it much easier to not have to choose between ilvl and acc cap.
I guess I'd go det/crit, since Burtang is det/acc already.

[PROBOUND]

+13 Parry = 1% Parry rate (0.08% per point). Gaining 100 Parry essentially increases your parry rate by 8%. This is nothing to snuff at. I parry like clockwork when i miss a block i'd say 80% of the time. Mitigation is Mitigation. PLD's should stack as much of it as possible without loosing VIT.

As a Tank, a negligable amount of DPS gain is not worth loosing any amount of Mitigation (Parry) in a progression scenario.

Have your T9 clears with full H.A Set? Cool, stack anything you want from that point since theres nothing else you can do anyway and you have full flexiblity with multiple gear sets. However, If your still progressing with your FC/Static, forgoing any amount of Parry for CRIT,DET,SkS is just outright ignorant imho.

Cap Parry on both Sword/Shield > Pick your Poison after that.

P.S Eat your Pancakes! (600 Base Parry req.)