Astral Ring

[Squa]

So I was going to buy the Astral Ring for my healer. I checked and it was almost 300k in marketboard! So, I decided to have a friend craft it. I looked and found it costs 18 Peacock Ore, which costs 125 Philosophy tome each.

=2250 Philosophy Tome

Then, I found I can just buy Darklight ring lvl 70 for 375 Philo tomes.

So why would I pay almost 6 times the amount of philo tomes, in addition to crafting fees and other shard/material fees for a ring I can get by doing WP 3 1/2 times?

Crafting seems really broken in this game.

[Crios]

Simple answer would be materia sockets.

[Squa]

Simple answer would be materia sockets.

The Darklight band has all stats directly linked to healing also. The Astral Ring seems to be a mix, and has
Intelligence 8 9
Mind 8 9
Accuracy 7 9
Determination 7 8

So, it seems that int/accuracy are worthless for healers, so Astral Ring only has 2 healing stats ? So the materia spot extra will put it on par with Darklight

[scarebearz]

Astral Ring's are far better than any DL ring.

You can meld upto 5 Materia and many people believe that if melded correctly, crafted rings are Best in Slot for many classes.

This depends on what stats you value most etc and not all agree, but it's certainly better than the DL equivalent.

[Mhaeric]

The Darklight band has all stats directly linked to healing also. The Astral Ring seems to be a mix, and has
Intelligence 8 9
Mind 8 9
Accuracy 7 9
Determination 7 8

So, it seems that int/accuracy are worthless for healers, so Astral Ring only has 2 healing stats ? So the materia spot extra will put it on par with Darklight

Assuming my math is correct, a quick google search finds that the stats on an HQ Astral ring with 2 x Savage Aim III, 2 x Quicktongue III, and either 1 x Vitality IV or 1 x Piety IV materia are:
Mnd - 9
Det - 8
Crit - 12 (+12 from meld)
Spell Speed - 12 (+12 from meld)
Vit or Pie - 8 (+8 from meld)
Int - 9
Acc - 9
Mdef - 1
Def - 1

Compared to a DL band of healing:
Mnd - 9
Spell Speed - 9
Pie - 8
Mdef - 1
Def - 1

Compared to a Hero's Ring of Healing:
Mnd - 13
Pie - 8
Crit - 16
Mdef - 1
Def - 1

Allagan Ring of Healing:
Mnd - 13
Det - 8
Pie - 12
Mdef - 1
Def - 1

The clear choice is Allagan Ring of Healing and either a fully melded Astral Ring or Hero's Ring of Healing, and lastly Darklight. Without melds, the Darklight moves into third place, but only holds that spot temporarily. On second thought, the Astral ring unmelded is still better than Darklight, because it has both Mnd and Det. The spell speed and Pie on the DL isn't as useful.

Edit: Oops, forgot the Allagan Ring!

[MithrasInvictus]

I don't know about you but darklight doesn't help me much with crafting, and I certainly can't slot crafting materia into it. So, there's one reason why people buy them.

People make money by spirit binding gear, and selling the materia. Those rings increase the rate of spiritbinding making it a more efficient process. So, there is a second reason why people buy them.

It's not all about DoW or DoM bis gear, my friend.

[Odd]

I don't know about you but darklight doesn't help me much with crafting, and I certainly can't slot crafting materia into it. So, there's one reason why people buy them.

People make money by spirit binding gear, and selling the materia. Those rings increase the rate of spiritbinding making it a more efficient process. So, there is a second reason why people buy them.

It's not all about DoW or DoM bis gear, my friend.

What is this??? Why would you use a healing ring for crafting? Where in this thread is it implied you should?

[Calyanare]

What is this??? Why would you use a healing ring for crafting? Where in this thread is it implied you should?

Probably confused Astral Ring with Aetheryte Ring.

[Squa]

OK, so I was looking at the Astral Ring, and it only showed 1 materia slot. Where are people getting 5 slots? I agree with 5 slots it would be a much better choice than Darklight.

http://xivdb.com/?item/4527/Astral-Ring

[Leoheart]

OK, so I was looking at the Astral Ring, and it only showed 1 materia slot. Where are people getting 5 slots? I agree with 5 slots it would be a much better choice than Darklight.

http://xivdb.com/?item/4527/Astral-Ring

The slots on gear are there for a guaranteed 100% melding rate.
When the slots are filled, you can still meld to an item but at a lower success rate based on what tier materia is already melded.