blm astral materia

[Degare]

So ive aquired an astral ring hq and already loaded it with a vit 4 and two crit 3 materia... my question is, whats best to fill the last slots? Being blm, pie seems pointless, so I have the dilemma of accuracy 2 and spell speed 4... or two spell speed 3 to cap it? Which would be a better option?

[Darkshneider]

try lower spellspeeds so it dosent break your pocket

[Degare]

Im more worried about function than cost really... I can earn more gil if needed... its more a debate whether acc > ss or vice versa as acc is only +3 cap vs +12 cap or ss.

[SirGazuntai]

Acc is only valuable if you plan on doing Coil. Then again, it's only useful if you have low acc. As a BLM you need 435 (according to other peoples information, I've never bothered trying T5) to be able to do T5.

So, if you need more accuracy, use an accuracy materia. However, if you don't do Coil or you have plenty of accuracy, don't bother and go for SS.

[Darkshneider]

take acc up till good for coil.then go dd stats

[Wolfies]

You should cap stats. I put 2 crit rank 3s 2 spd rank 3s and 1 acc rank 2 giving me:
12 crit
12 spd
3 acc in that order

[Degare]

You should cap stats. I put 2 crit rank 3s 2 spd rank 3s and 1 acc rank 2 giving me:
12 crit
12 spd
3 acc in that order

Well, that would have been the plan, but I wanted some vit in there for the harder hitting mobs so ive slapped in a vit 4 leaving only 2 slots free with 3 potential materia

[scarebearz]

Probably too late to be of any use but I'd have said this was the ideal meld for most BLM's:

Vitality +8
Piety +6
Spell Speed + 9
Crit +6
Crit +6

The piety to get you another fire I in your rotation (assuming your not one of the few base races with high piety to start with).