New right side gear: not worth it?

[StouterTaru]

Just to be clear, I am not one bit concerned about the cost of making the item. I'm concerned about the cost of the melds. To do significantly better than what I already have melded into my 170 (8cp, 7 control, 6 crafts), I would be looking at over melding tier 5 material into slot #2 and/or melding tier 4 into slot #5.

That's the exact same case there was against maxing 170 accessories. For the neck/ear/wrist, you either needed V + IVx4, or Vx2 on them to cap out stats. V materia was much more expensive then.

Stat Caps:
i55 - 20/20/134
140 - 32/32/193 (Craft 1 below cap on a couple, due to no V melds)
170 - 45/40/210
190 - 50/45/218

There has never been a huge boost from upgrading accessories, especially if you max melded the previous set. This set, right now, is much cheaper to max meld than the last set was 6 months after it came out.

[Roth_Trailfinder]

Just to be clear, I am not one bit concerned about the cost of making the item. I'm concerned about the cost of the melds. To do significantly better than what I already have melded into my 170 (8cp, 7 control, 6 crafts), I would be looking at over melding tier 5 material into slot #2 and/or melding tier 4 into slot #5.

T5 Materia are still pricey enough that overmelding with them is something that can put people off. T4 Materia, however, are so readily enough available that overmelding slot 5 with them should not be a concern. You can get 3 per day doing Ixali beast tribe tasks. You can get 9 per week from Red Tokens (if you have nothing else to use those Red Scrip on). Not to mention that most means of SB'ing for T5 Materia result In a lot more T4 Materia.

[raela]

I never made the i170 accessories, so making and melding i190 is definitely worthwhile for me.. And considering how long I used my ARR accessories (still using them on DoL, only upgraded to hit 2* on DoH), I find melding 1 T5 + 4 T4 worthwhile.

[Culfinrandir]

Did they not hint at new accessories coming in 3.4? If so, they'll probably be scrip items & unmeldable anyway. We've still possibly 8-12 months before 4.0 drops so I wouldn't be surprised if a higher level catch-up set drops that doesn't require melding to manage most crafts.

However, like most FFXIV content, it constantly evolves!

[StouterTaru]

Yes, there will be new accessories in 3.4. They will require red scrips, and be equal to the HQ ironworks. Problem is, they won't have any meld slots.

[Alistaire]

Yes, there will be new accessories in 3.4. They will require red scrips, and be equal to the HQ ironworks. Problem is, they won't have any meld slots.

Unless SE figures out the last red scrip accessories were a waste of time and don't repeat the mistake.

[StouterTaru]

Unless SE figures out the last red scrip accessories were a waste of time and don't repeat the mistake.

They were the cheapest source of V crafting materia for 3+ months.

[FoxyAreku]

They were the cheapest source of V crafting materia for 3+ months.

What? How? Desnyth?

[ChameleonMS]

What? How? Desnyth?

Nope, wear them while crafting hundreds of worthless 2* items for spirit bonding. IIRC each crafting class had one useless recipe and it took like 300 crafts to 100% SB. I can no longer find the forum thread which detailed this information as it has been aged out / deleted.

[Mature]

It IS worth it. I have meld everything to the top (yes even over melding V) cause this is the last set until we get a new one ine June next year. The only thing I haven't craft is all the MH or OH cause im using the new scrips for them.

CP is king so new accessories are totally worth it!