Best SB Methods

[alhandra]

crystal tower and T3

[ispano]

The other thing about melding something you will SB is it's supposed to up the chance of a higher grade. So if you're trying to get IV materia, using trash materia on those items can help a little. Plus it makes bonding the higher level items take less time.

[Cherie]

Some people like to use the +spiritbond ring and other items like that, while most I know just go all out and just put gear in every slot to spiritbond. The potions are basically a "why not" situation.

Some popular jobs to spiritbond on are white mage and bard. Holy is your friend if whm'ing it up. Bard is kind of nice too, but if you are going alone, you'll probably have a easier time as a white mage. Really any job is fine, except I'd imaging going as a tank is slower if you are alone.

It's probably best to use your best weapon as your only "normal" gear. If you want to go all out and use a weapon that you can break for materia too that is also a option but, in my experience it's faster to just use the nicest weapon you have on hand. Also, bring some dark matter to repair your weapon if you can, or just bring a spare weapon because it will eventually break if you go at it for a long bit.

[Alistaire]

If you can craft your own i70's the mats for some are pretty cheap, and better to guarantee your t4's rather than rely on a 10% rate from 45-55's. Just keep in mind your options for sb are limited to coil, ct, lvl 50 dungeons other than wp/ak.

[starLivitation]

i find CM to be the eaiest place to spirit bind. as a lot of the mobs get killed by cannons effortlsy and its part of the daily roulet for main scenario. i usually just put any crafting gear left overs and go spirit bind there in duty finder. and sometimes i take the partica set.i do it as a healer ( sch ) and i have no healing issues even without any extra MND stat from the healing gear cause its just so easy its designed for level 45 gear.

[joshsecret]

wear hq jewelry with one junk materia melded on each and head to bray hm (or any expert roulette).
get your soldiery, myth, and materia all in one fell swoop.

bray takes 3 runs, hali & amdipoor 2.5 ish. this is without any extra +?? SB

[Kyana]

Never join any dungeons/raids with spiritbinding gear...you waste other peoples time and I, for my part, would BL you.
And only using accessories is a waste of time.

Fastest way to SB is using HQ gear with 1-2 melds and the GC buff, killing mobs lvl48+.
And equip ALL slots with gear to SB.

EDIT: I've tried using alot of Spiritbond+ items and the effect was so small that I didn't really notice and difference.
And ilvl 50 items won't give better results than ilvl 45+. The only difference is that ilvl45 items will SB faster than ilvl50.

[BobbinT]

Never join any dungeons/raids with spiritbinding gear...you waste other peoples time and I, for my part, would BL you.

News flash: Playing MMO ARE a waste of time. Go study/work instead of playing. You play, expect more time wasted. You judge others, others will judge you back. lol

[Kyana]

News flash: Playing MMO ARE a waste of time. Go study/work instead of playing. You play, expect more time wasted. You judge others, others will judge you back. lol

Thx for that... valuable info.
Now, before this becomes a personal thing, let me tell you that, for me, this game is a way to relax from my work which takes up the majority of my time.

I'm tired of people running hard mode dungeons with crafting/gathering gear, forcing the rest of the party to make up for the lack of damage, healing or damage mitigation.

You can run dungeons to SB if you make a party finder group and state your intentions.
If you want that, do it, no problem.
But joining regular parties or duty roulettes with that kind of gear is, in my opinion, just a way to leech and get carried. And I don't support that kind of behaviour.

your opinion, which i find wrong!

That's the thing about opinions. It doesn't matter what others think about them.

2. prevent others from forcing me into runs i didn't sign up for.

How could this be possible? Do you mean if people want to do a SR and you don't want to?
Why not just tell them to go at normal pace instead of gimping yourself and forcing your preferences on the rest of the party?

i got sick and tired of pushy tanks forcing me to become a heal bot

And you think it's fun for a tank to get pushed to take on more mobs than he/she wants because healers or DDs can't get enough and pull stuff?
Is it fun for a DD to hold back because the tank can't hold aggro?
If you don't want to heal when playing a healer...

[joshsecret]

If you don't want to heal when playing a healer...

you just dont get it. but thx for the recondition.

i CAN SR in my normal gear
i CAN SR in SB jewelry. the only negative is i cannot DD as much (OH NO!)
i DON'T always want to SR depending on mood or party make-up.
However i find far too many times that i get no say in the matter. i can barely SS/Protect the party before some tanks jets off to grab all the way past the bridge.