BiS HQ Ruby Gear

[Lovefool]

Hi guys,

I'm pretty new to the game (still in my first month) but have decided to stick with my War and get it totally pumped up before I consider secondary classes (which should be in time for the new Spring ones anyway!).

After checking out a couple of videos (now that I'm getting to the point of really gearing) I've been looking at the HQ Ruby Gear. Unfortunately, even the best crafter in my FC can't craft the Ruby stuff.

Just wondering how did you guys go about getting this stuff, or did you grind all the way to make it yourself and such... I've noticed all the resources on the market place and in Cerb the materia should cost around 340k to fill, and cost of materials doesn't seem so bad either.

Cheers guys.

[ZhycranaDranix]

I would personally wait on the HQ acc. (right hand side). Due to 2.5 being right around the corner and the introduction of i110 crafted for left side, right side is def up for its upgrade in which grinding on your own would be the best bet because breaking the back would run you at least 500k-1mil not even including the materia in which (if you're serious about gearing) will also run about 1-1.5mil pending your success at melding.

Gearing now I would aim for the ScOB gear as it is proven to suffice through to T13 already which will yield you the best gear at least until Expansion. (undoubtedly they will add a i130 primal acc, or wepaon in due time before expansion)

But yeah try t6-t9 right now for gearing

I currently wear that with a mixture of poetics gear with a relic and I've progressed p3 t13 so its all good lol

[Lovefool]

Yikes.

Thanks for the quick reply. I guess I'll get to work on Goldsmithing ASAP. I was hoping to get Det III rather than Det IV since it's ridiculously cheaper, but as you say, serious about gearing...

I'm currently on ilvl98 saving up for my first Ironworks piece (Chest) and pretty much Noct/Gloam in every slot minus one ring. Haven't tried any of the turns yet but my FC is planning on training me up tonight with some baby runs.

Thanks a lot! I think my obsession with trying to get a bit of STR in my gear and not just vit will have to wait :P

[ZhycranaDranix]

Yikes.
Thanks a lot! I think my obsession with trying to get a bit of STR in my gear and not just vit will have to wait :P

Yeah def as a WAR , you might want to hold off
majority WAR only use STR acc on content they've cleared and know is tankable with low hp (around 9000kish for WAR)
Turns10-13 you'll rarely see it due to the amount of cleves you take

T10-Crit Rip , Add phase (high hp, CDs)
T11-Pretty much huge swipes all P1, and P3
T12- Add phase destroys HP
same with some of the mechs in 13

[Kuwagami]

yeah, as much as ruby set is appealing, it's not a good idea to get it now. People are foreseeing 2.5 to come really soon (like, end of December), and should bring i110 accessories for crafters, which will pulverize any accessory available now for tanks (and progression groups). They are likely to cost a hell lot though, so yeah, keep your money safe and pray for the crafters to put decent prices this time.

[Donjo]

Gearing now I would aim for the ScOB gear as it is proven to suffice through to T13 already which will yield you the best gear at least until Expansion. (undoubtedly they will add a i130 primal acc, or wepaon in due time before expansion)

iLvl 110-115 only suffices for T13 with very skilled groups. Most other people will probably need an amount of FCoB gear to handle the DPS and HP checks later on in the Coil. It is also worth noting that I'm pretty sure there were no clears in the first 1-3 weeks that didn't involve use of crafted i90 accessories. I'd personally wager that the feats would have been literally impossible without them.

I'm currently on ilvl98 saving up for my first Ironworks piece (Chest) and pretty much Noct/Gloam in every slot minus one ring. Haven't tried any of the turns yet but my FC is planning on training me up tonight with some baby runs.

Thanks a lot! I think my obsession with trying to get a bit of STR in my gear and not just vit will have to wait :P

Excuse me for sounding cross, but no tank-in-training should be using STR. What the guides that suggest this tactic often fail to tell people is that the DPS Tank is for Experts only, and this doesn't just refer to the skill of the Tank. I believe this is because the guides know their intended audience: serious to hardcore raiders knee deep in the toughest content in the game trying to get the maximum performance out of everybody in their group. To properly STR Tank, you'll need a borderline perfect awareness of all of the tools available to you for mitigation to make up for the HP you're sacrificing and your healers need to be skilled enough to keep up with the increased difficulty of keeping you up while doing everything else that's expected of them. Use the time you're spending leveling Goldsmith to really, really get to know your job and role. You have a lot of tools at your disposal, and forgetting about any of them can get you killed later. Then, get some excellent healers. Then, you can consider getting some STR

yeah, as much as ruby set is appealing, it's not a good idea to get it now. People are foreseeing 2.5 to come really soon (like, end of December), and should bring i110 accessories for crafters, which will pulverize any accessory available now for tanks (and progression groups). They are likely to cost a hell lot though, so yeah, keep your money safe and pray for the crafters to put decent prices this time.

I disagree. Crafted i70 was incredible for Tanks. Free DEX and STR with easy melds to max VIT and 2 Secondary Stats. Crafted i90 was a noticeable nerf: they only had one main stat and one secondary stat each. Their natural caps were higher so it was only feasible to max one main stat and most of one other secondary. This, of course, didn't stop them from being absurdly powerful.

Thus, I'd say we should be braced for the possibility that Crafted i110 either won't even exist due to SE deciding that they'd just break the game or that they'll be nerfed even further than i90. Even if they weren't, it would take 2 IV's and 1 III on average to max a stat instead of 2 IV's, so stat choice would be limited such that they'll be more powerful than Crafted i90 but they won't exactly pulverize them.

Also, there are these rumors that 2.5 will be coming to us in two "parts" or something to that effect. If this is true, what's to stop them from tossing i110 Accessories into Part 2 instead of Part 1?

[ZhycranaDranix]

iLvl 110-115 only suffices for T13 with very skilled groups. Most other people will probably need an amount of FCoB gear to handle the DPS and HP

I forgot to tell OP to be sure to roll on his gear ? Of course I know that that's why I said through ''TO'' 13 not past it. I literally have no penta and been to T13 pugging every week since content release.

OP it won't get you past 13 although I'm sure you knew to roll when you see a Dreadwyrm tank item.

[SirTaint]

Ruby set is best for MT and OT for turns 10-12. 13 I'm going full VIT but our WAR OT is still using Ruby.

Nothing really hits that hard in T10-12 that you wont have a big CD for. WAR always had IB ready which is generally enough and if not 3 other CDs. Until T13 the biggest hit I take is phase 2 Rip so I just stack CDs. (Rip+Auto at the same time) IB is enough for Head and Revelation.

[Ehayte]

I'm using a mix right now. I went with a budget meld of Accur4>Vit4>Vit4>Det3>Det3 and I did my neck and ear. I'm sitting missing Det3 in my neck (18 meld attempts >.<), but it has cost me roughly 1.8 mil so far, and that was with providing mostly NQ mats to my buddy to craft the accessories for me.

I use Shiva bracelet of slaying for 10 and 11, and HA wrist for 12 right now (hard enrage @1% last night ggggrrrrgrgrgrrrr!!!) However, I will agree with the sentiment that waiting might be best. I spent the money last week because I am trying to help my group push content, if we were sailing on DPS and just having mechanical issues I would have stayed full VIT.

[Donjo]

Until T13 the biggest hit I take is phase 2 Rip so I just stack CDs. (Rip+Auto at the same time)

Yeah. That Rip + Auto is the death. It isn't the big attack that kills you... it's the autoattack right afterward XD