So I love the new ironwork healing robe.

[Hoyryta]

Omg thats the 1st thing i was aiming for when i saw the new design. But..... IM SO PISSED NOW! the dam rob is for mofo WHM. It has. NO. CRIT. WHAT. SO. EVER! It is USELESS for SCH. WHM get the sexy ass HA robe as BiS now they get the sexiest healer robe im the game! SE! Why wont you let SCHs be sexy!?

/cry

You think that's bad? Look at the BLM set. Out of the entire set only 2 pieces have any crit -_-. I worked hard to stack my 600 crit, while still maintaining accuracy cap, so I don't think i'll even bother upgrading. The increased base damage doesn't really weigh as much as critting 1/3 hits. And don't even get me started on how absolutely useless spell speed is.

[Vejjiegirl]

We should all give cid a big hug!

[Alice_89th]

And us healers deserve it after having been dealt that previously ugly pope robe.

The Daystar Robe? I'm actually quite fond of it.

As for the Poetics gear.... I'm not convinced yet.
I like the top... bot the bottom of the robe looks like an invisible moogle is permanently pulling it. Or like I have a fan underneath my skirts or something :/

[Aldora]

lrighty, i've managed to collect enough Tomestones of Poetics to get me the Ironworks Armor of Fending. This is what my Paladin looks like right now:






I can't wait to get the other pieces. Hehe.

[Skyl1n3]

Agreed! The Poetics gear looks awesome

[Nutz]

Looks very nice! I love how people will refuse to upgrade because they have an irrational bias toward a particular secondary stat that's not actually doing much for them.

[Hoyryta]

Looks very nice! I love how people will refuse to upgrade because they have an irrational bias toward a particular secondary stat that's not actually doing much for them.

What makes you think that a secondary stat such as crit isn't doing much? If the choice is getting an extra 4 int but losing 40 crit, the extra 10 or so base damage the int would give isn't worth losing the crit chance. Wearing the whole set you would have a grand total of 78 bonus crit. The gear I'm wearing now grants over 200. I'm not sure how much crit rate you get per point in int or if main stats even add to secondary stats. I cant find any info anywhere on it, but i know since i'm sitting at 600 it isn't all just coming from the crit i stacked on my gear. Also by my math i have close to a 24% chance to crit. It just seems more likely i would be losing out if i was down to 10% or so even with all the boost to int. I mean if i get lucky I can do 4k damage in one second with a fire 1+firestarter critting back to back which happens quite often for me.

[NorthernLadMSP]

You lose only 29 crit while gaining 6 mind and 6 vitality. In addition, you're gaining 22 determination, as the Daystar had none.

Anyways, got the Ironworks robe last night. Love it. Actually, the Warwolf boots go with it just perfectly. They might even look better than the Ironworks boots.

[Madamepancake]

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I use the warwolf boots with my robe as well and they look way better than the poetics boots Vute kitty btw!

[zar]

Omg thats the 1st thing i was aiming for when i saw the new design. But..... IM SO PISSED NOW! the dam rob is for mofo WHM. It has. NO. CRIT. WHAT. SO. EVER! It is USELESS for SCH. WHM get the sexy ass HA robe as BiS now they get the sexiest healer robe im the game! SE! Why wont you let SCHs be sexy!?

/cry

and here we have the BiS crackhead. Watch closely as he blindly follows a false hope he actually believes in, milking every best secondary stat which will transcend him to a level of competence that makes even Koreans fall to their knees in worship.

BiS is a pointless practice executed by the overly obsessed to make them feel more complete. Buy your Ironwork cloak as a SCH and enjoy it.