PLD, Suggest a gear upgrade path please

[TheGlow]

Out of curiosity, what path do you guys suggest for upgrades?
Current on Garuda's Gaze, DL Armor, HQ Militia Gaunts with +3det, +4crit, DL belt, Hoplite pants and boots,
Darklight Kite Shield, Hoplite necklace, earings, ring. DL wrist and ring.
At 1200 philo, 840 myth, with 130 more myth possible.
Seems to get pants maybe? Also getting sick of the DL armor and debating to get surcoat and stick on the hoplite head.
Or DL legs, and valor gloves?

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/4024258/
I know, I know. Titan first. In the meantime, what suggestions do you have?

[Lucavern]

Lodestone shows you in armorer outfit. What I personally did, and would do again if I had to is the following:

Philosophy Usage
DL Legs/Boots
Possibly DL Gloves (Compare DL gloves vs your HQ gloves)
Remaining DL items

Mythology Usage
1) Valor Surcoat
2) Valor Coronet

This would leave you in Valor Surcoat w/ Hoplite Head. The math works out that this pairing beats DL body (same can be said of Valor legs/Hoplite Feet).

[dark494]

How about that Relic? Need a good chunk of Philo + Myth tomes for that.

Otherwise just work to get the rest your DL accessories/jewelry, and a myth ring to replace hoplite ring. Myth head/body are worth looking for, especially head since you can't get Coil head yet.

[CyanDvai]

How about that Relic? Need a good chunk of Philo + Myth tomes for that.

Only need Myth to +1 your relic, otherwise the after you beat Titan you just need 900 Phylo for the oil.
I skipped the DL body/head and went straight for the Valor body. I just got my Relic and now i'm debating on upgrade path.
The Valor crown is 425 Myth, about a week and half of capping tomes, the +1 shield is only 300 Myth.
To get your +1 sword you'll need 600 Myth.

[dark494]

Only need Myth to +1 your relic, otherwise the after you beat Titan you just need 900 Phylo for the oil.

Umm... yeah, I didn't say anything to the contrary (you realize I have +1 relics too).

[CyanDvai]

(you realize I have +1 relics too).

Actually, didn't see that you spent your Myth on the +1 sword.
I went with the AF2 instead of doing the +1.
Needless to say, if I didn't get the Valor body I could +1 both sword and shield by now, but I like the looks of the chest piece and will probably get the Armor over the +1's

[Lucavern]

Personally I am not to fond of +1ing the relic/shield. +1 relic is very minor increase to stats/survivability, but is good for threat-gen. For me, I haven't had any threat issues yet with my group and am now clearing turn 4. If I started having threat issues, I'd consider curtana +1. I decided for myself and my group it was better to have better survivability than threat gen as we weren't having threat issues.

Just my thoughts on the matter.

[Tyrial]

Personally I am not to fond of +1ing the relic/shield. +1 relic is very minor increase to stats/survivability, but is good for threat-gen. For me, I haven't had any threat issues yet with my group and am now clearing turn 4. If I started having threat issues, I'd consider curtana +1. I decided for myself and my group it was better to have better survivability than threat gen as we weren't having threat issues.

Just my thoughts on the matter.

While I can see you not upgrading the Curtana, you should have at least gone for the shield. It is a solid upgrade (14 points to both block rate and strength). The only reason I could see to NOT upgrade the shield is due to Allagan dropping from the first boss in Coil and in reality it's BiS.

I went for +1 Sword and Shield first and then got my Valor head and boots due to how my Allagan drops turned out (got body and legs in the first night). Like I said in another thread, compare the stats to what you have and what you'll be getting and go from there. Myth ring doesn't hurt to pick up, Surcoat, gloves and pants are BiS (and a guaranteed "drop") according to a build that was posted in a different thread. You're able to hit the acc cap then stack other important stats as well for the most benefit.

[TheGlow]

I forget to log out as Pld sometimes. This time I did, but still showing the Bard i was running around as just for swiftsong..
Anyways, I went ahead and got the DL legs and Myth ring.
I was reading up and noticed the Head, Gloves and Bracelet are all late, Turn 4 drops. Since Im still on Militia Gloves I figure gloves would be the best bet.
Then if I get a hoplite chest to finally drop, or Turn 1 armor, get the head piece. Otherwise I'll save up again and get the Surcoat.
I want to feel the wind on my face again.

[CianaIezuborn]

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Just farm WP/AK and fill out Darklight, Philo tomes come so quickly now as to not even be a concern.

On myth:

Ring is bis and an easy accuracy boost and dirt cheap at 375 myth so it's a no brainer.
Chest and pants are going to be bis with Allagan drops so are always a good buy.
+1 Curtana is a good buy as the Allagan sword doesn't drop until turn 5, which no one currently has down.
+1 Holy Shield is a good buy due to being so cheap but Allagan shield does drop in Turn 1 and is a better drop due to 7 Acc versus 7 Skill speed. I hold this over until after the Curtana upgrade as a result.

My plan is:
1. Ring (375 Week 2)
2. Curtana +1 (975 Week 4)
3. Holy Shield +1 (1275 Week 5)
4. Valor chest (2100 Week 7)
5. Valor pants (2925 Week 10)

I'm on Week 4, I may adjust after the Holy Shield upgrade if I manage to pick up a static BC group and score any tank drops between now and Week 7.

Also note my original plan was chest after ring, however I revised it since I finally got relic.

Coil drops by turn:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...any=true#gid=0