Quote Originally Posted by Soulburn32 View Post
Quote Originally Posted by saber_alter View Post
not true. if you need +1 as a paladin because your having trouble holding hate, your doing something wrong.

+1 shield is okay, but you should start with af2 chest or coordinate with the other tank if your in a static coil group.
Why would I spend Myth tomes on something that might drop for me my very first coil run?
(i) The AF+1 Body is pretty much Best In Slot for a PLD. Yes, Allagan Armor might drop for you from Turn 1, but you're still going to use the Body pretty much always (both before and after you get the drops from Turn 5) and it's a much larger boost to Vit than the Sword.

(ii) The Body is 825 Tomes. The Heros Ring of Fending (which should pretty much always be your first myth purchase as it's basically never going to be unequipped unless you're Spiritbonding) is 375 tomes. 825+375=1200, or Four weeks of Myth farming exactly. For points-of-Vit-gained-per-week-of-myth-farming that really can't be beaten (assuming full Darklight/Hoplite). The other option is Valor Legs, but they're not BIS, plus Darklight Legs have good accuracy (unlike Darklight Body) and swapping them out too early pushes you under the Coil accuracy cap.

(Maybe I'm biased though as I've not seen a single Tank drop yet from Turn 1 so far...)

I'd still go for the +1 Sword after the Body though (I'm getting it on Myth Week #6) followed by the Headgear unless by some miracle you're already clearing Turn 5.

I'd echo the view above about the +1 Weapon's Enmity boosts being very handy for certain turns though - In Turn 2 when we go East our Tanks basically pull 25% less hate, but our Bards are still putting out the same amount of damage as before and have to back off a bit. It's not really the enmity reduction that's killing us at the moment as much as trying to keep the silence rotation up during severe lag spikes... but every little bit helps!!