Spiritbonding Gear

[Darra]

I meant that T4 was on the same Tier as Halitali and Lost City. So worth doing for Ilvl 70 not 90 >.<

[Kiara]

To recap all the great suggestions, are we saying:

* i42 - 49 Gear *
* Urth's Gift
* Castrum Meridium (I can attest to this, super fast)
* Praetorium


* i70 Gear *
* Turn 4
* Lost City of Amdapor
* Halatali (HM)
* Brayflox Longstop (HM)
* Labyrinth of the Ancients (CT1)


* i90 Gear *
* Syrcus Tower
* The Sunken Temple of Qarn (HM)
* Sastasha (HM)
* Snowcloak

Thanks!

[Amnesia]

I SB i70 stuff in LotA. Q time is usually pretty short and you get decent soldiery as well...

[VoltaAsura]

A few good things to note when spiritbonding:

1. Melded materia increases your spiritbond rate. The more materia on an item, the faster it spiritbonds. Kind/grade of materia does not matter.

2. Spiritbond potions can now be bought off of the Markets and are still available from your GC. These also increase your spiritbond rate. *NOTE, these ware off when you die and need to be reapplied.

3. There are also items that you can equip to increase your spiritbond rate (listed from easiest to obtain):
-Patriot's Bracelet, Spiritbond +1 (obtained from GC)
-Patriot's Choker, Spiritbond +1 (obtained from GC)
-Meteor Survivor Ring, Spiritbond +3 (obtained from quest ) ALSO, a second can be purchased from the Calamity Salvager so you can have 2 equipped at once - giving you Spiritbond +6.
-Gambler's Crown, Spiritbond +1 (obtained from Achievement: affixing 5 materia to a single item)
-There are also accessories (Ring, Bracelet and Earring) that you can obtain for doing certain achievements for your GC. Example: 500 supply missions, 200 provisioning missions, 500 levequests.

Hope this helps !

[Shadygrove]

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3. There are also items that you can equip to increase your spiritbond rate (listed from easiest to obtain):
-Patriot's Bracelet, Spiritbond +1 (obtained from GC)
-Patriot's Choker, Spiritbond +1 (obtained from GC)
-Meteor Survivor Ring, Spiritbond +3 (obtained from quest ) ALSO, a second can be purchased from the Calamity Salvager so you can have 2 equipped at once - giving you Spiritbond +6.
-Gambler's Crown, Spiritbond +1 (obtained from Achievement: affixing 5 materia to a single item)
-There are also accessories (Ring, Bracelet and Earring) that you can obtain for doing certain achievements for your GC. Example: 500 supply missions, 200 provisioning missions, 500 levequests.

But every one of these items you wear is one less items you are SBing....

[Alx789]

In my world ungatherable materials for 1 item of i90 gear costs less than 10K on the market. This is the most cost effective variant. Materials for i70 gear item costs 25-30K, demimateria for i90 accessories costs more than 30K. So, i SB i90 gear only an use accessory slots to buff sb-ing (2 meteor survival rings) and to buff my class stats by jewel from my main gear set.

[StouterTaru]

In my world ungatherable materials for 1 item of i90 gear costs less than 10K on the market. This is the most cost effective variant. Materials for i70 gear item costs 25-30K, demimateria for i90 accessories costs more than 30K. So, i SB i90 gear only an use accessory slots to buff sb-ing (2 meteor survival rings) and to buff my class stats by jewel from my main gear set.

Has stuff dropped that much in price that a scheelite and a couple tawny latex goes for under 10k?

[Alx789]

Tawny Latex 3-5K
Scheelite - 0.5-2K
Saurian Skin 0.5-2K
Cashmere Fleece 1-2K

[Kuwaitum]

I did a test on various item levels NQ/HQ with and without meld(s). with all Spirit Bonding item gain and potions.

I remember that Spiritbond +11 (total) reduced Number of Hippogryphs Lv.46 to SB Lv.44-49 item, by 3 to 8 kills to 100% SB.

IMO, I would only use the potion since it uses no slots (nothing to lose if nothing gained).. Instead of saving those 8 or 10 kills.. I could have equipped more items to SB, thus 5 more materia just to kill an extra handful of mobs.

Unless by now SE did tweak how the (Spiritbond +) helps SBing items.

Edit:
I recall that the Spiritbond+ makes lower items SB faster, so they are more useful for lower level items. But definetly not the Lv.48-49 Accs I was SBing.

[StouterTaru]

Spiritbond potion/gear are only useful on stuff that bonds slow due to being higher level than the stuff you are killing, eg ilvl55 at urths. If they are helpful, you are doing the wrong gear or the wrong area.

They raise by a set number, not a percentage. Imagine doing 10 extra damage each attack when you are doing 50 damage per attack, vs 1000 damage per attack. 20% boost vs 1% boost.