Quote Originally Posted by Remn View Post
everytime, i see people forming for ultima HM, i always has the same question, why do ultima when you can farm Xm Primal.
Well...

Besides the Chokers (which several are actually really good; Healing is the only one with Spell Speed and Striking is behind only the Allagan Striking right now, unless you need the Accuracy, Aiming has Acc where the i90 do not), some Rings are actually very useful, especially in no-acc content. The Fending Ring can be argued to be better than even the Hero's Ring when no Acc is needed (and it is MUCH better than the Vortex Fending), the Healing Ring is, again, the only one with SS, and the Casting Ring is just good all-around (again, in no-Acc content especially) The Aiming accessories go in the other direction, having Acc where the i90 do not (Allagan Aiming Ring from T5 being the exception), so can still be very useful there.

Yes, normally you will just go i90>i80, but there are cases where the i80 is better. Its only 2 points off the main stat, and in some cases the secondaries make up for it (again, look at the Striking Choker; its weighted better than the i90 versions with Accuracy [Allagan Maiming and Hero's], but is behind the one with no Acc [Allagan Striking])