Current BIS for Bard

[Thorauku]

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http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/2088954942....598.4172697587
Thank you

But is that stat already counted toward full party Bonus?
I think you only need 472+ acc after joined party right?

No stat. affects ACC, so it doesn't really matter.

[Arkista]

Ok Thanks guys. I'll just Finish the Tomes for Relic Bow and use Titan's. If someone has an issue I'll just change.

[Caelestia]

I will come into the discussion as a BRD who is crushing his head on multiple BiS since 2.1.

First thing i want to say is that 472 ACC is the max you would want for Coil T5. Been there during the last 2 months and i NEVER miss a hit, judging by what i see on my screen and what parsers say.

Second point is that i don't want to make a BiS with ACC food in it. Reason : if i'm don't have time to craft it before going to Coil I'll be fucked, and now that my FC has it on farm every week we don't even bother to take food with us.

Now I've made these BiS, and I would like your opinion and advices :

#1 : http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/LGAH
476 ACC
502 CRIT
282 DET

#2 : http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/LGAJ
472 ACC
520 CRIT
276 DET

Difference between #1 and #2 is : +18 CRIT / -6 DET.

Now my main question is, is 18 CRIT really important beyond 500 as it will only be around 1% crit chance more ? Knowing that 6 DET increase direcly damages in par with around 1 DEX.

[Caelestia]

I know that CRIT can help Bloodletter procs, but 1% in a whole fight is nothing while DET increase all my damages. I'm really confused on which stat i should be prioritizing because a lot of CRIT means not really high crit rate and a lot of DET means more damage...

(char limit on above post sry)

[BrandoH]

As long as you hit 20% base crit chance without buffs, Bloodletter should proc often enough. I think you'll see higher numbers some fights with Crit, and a nicer sustained number with Det. That's just how those two stats work, though, isn't it?

[Caelestia]

20% base crit is around 550-555 crit. The problem is with BRD gear is if you want to max crit, acc will suffer. I can hit 547 crit maxing it on all pieces but that means 433 acc : http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/LGBH. If I want to keep my 472 acc I need to go this way : http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/LGBF. If you add HQ Deviled Eggs it's 555 crit. But this is at the cost of 38 DET which is quite a lot.
And for now with the #1 setup minus boots (because i'm unlucky ^^) and allagan ring parsers say around 28% crit rate on a whole coil raid (1-5). And i'm guessing if i won't just stick with this one or if i have to loot pants on T5 and all ex-primal items -_- .

And yes that's it, high crit will push high numbers on some fights, while high det will be more sustained, at least on paper ^^.

[BrandoH]

The second is the clear BIS option. There isn't a whole lot of DET to be claimed that's not already on a CRIT piece. Might as well keep the 473 ACC for T5 with HQ Eggs, and nom on some HQ Buttons for everything else. But again, that requires quite a considerable amount of loot. But it's just an end goal, use whatever gets Twin down for ya. :P

[Thorauku]

Is it worth it to buy Hero Bracelet to compensate the ACC loss from changing gears? I'm still working on T5 so I can't farm for the pants yet, and Hero Bracelet is the only thing I can think off that will save me from ACC loss, or should I just revert from my previous gears?

Here's what I'm wearing atm,
Titan Bow (No chance that I'll upgrade my Relic Bow to Zenith)
Bard's Chapeau
Bard's Shirt
Bard's Ringbands
Hero Belt of Aiming
Bard's Tights
Bard's Sandals (will switch to Allagan Boots)

Gryphonskin Choker of Aiming - Full Meld (Will switch to Allagan Choker
Hero's Earring of Aiming
Allagan Bracelet of Aiming - (<--- my concern atm)
Vortex Ring of Aiming
Hero's Ring of Aiming

This gives me a total of 448 ACC, using HQ Deviled Eggs, I only have 457 ACC which is really not enough for T5. Stuffed Cabbage is my another choice, but I'm not sure if it'll be enough to hit 472 ACC

[Sachiko-Chan]

u can change the rings with 2 gryphonskin with full meld check my BiS list
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...0/blog/697804/

[Thorauku]

u can change the rings with 2 gryphonskin with full meld check my BiS list
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...0/blog/697804/

I just switched from those actually.