Warrior Material

[Molly_Millions]

It's not the best DD piece you can get. You are downgrading.

Then you're playing with other suckers.

It's not the best, however the results speak for themselves. The GC tabard holds it's own against average melded gear. On top of that, the average party does not have better than average gear. If you don't listen to the facts, then you are a fool.

Lets take a look at the stats on the GC Tabard for comparrison:

Flame Sergeant's Tabard
HP : +60
Str : +10 << you can't put STR on a chest piece via materia
Accuracy : +5 << you can't put ACC on a chest piece via materia
Enmity : -20
Flame gear set (3): Crit Attack Power +40 << big plus if you have 3 GC items on and + crit rate accessories


Cobalt Cuirass
HP : +60
Vit : +7
Attack Power : +4 << STR on the Tabard is MUCH better than this even with + 7 VIT

* With more VIT, the cuirass could be better for DD than the GC tabard depending on how much damage each point in VIT is worth as a dmg modifier. In general though folks add HP to thier chest pieces because of the negligible damage mitigation of VIT. For DD, if you are using a meldable chest piece, it's probably a good idea to use something like crit attack power materia assuming you have the crit rate gear to back it up. The cost of such materia makes it so that it's not really an attractive option, however.


Fighter's Cuirass
Redirects magic damage during Vengeance
HP : +50
Attack Power : +6
Accuracy : +6
Vit : +7 << again, the +10 STR on the tabard is better for DD, but with the +6 attk probably evens out
Evasion : +3


In the end, I do more damage wearing my GC tabard than I do with my any of my double melded cuirasses (I have 3) or my Fighter's Cuirass. For DD, it's definately not a downgrade in most situations. (a melded cobalt cuirass may be an exception depending on what's on it, such as double or triple melded one with VIT.)