Red Scrips Gather Gear

[Shadowsun]

i180 Set - stats are the same regardless of Job - CANNOT BE MELDED

Tacklekeep's cap
146 Perception
000 Gather
000 GP

Tacklekeep's Vest
073 Perception
146 Gather
004 GP

Tacklekeep's Gloves
000 Perception
110 Gather
004 GP

Tacklekeep's Gaskins
007 Perception
073 Gather
000 GP

Tacklekeep's Waders
073 Perception
007 Gathering
000 GP

Grand Total:
299 Perception
336 Gathering
008 GP

i150 Set
Serpentskin Bush Hat
136 Max Perception
007 Max Gathering
005 Max GP

Serpentskin Vest
068 Max Perception
136 Max Gathering
005 Max GP

Serpentskin Gloves
007 Max Perception
102 Max Gathering
005 Max GP

Chimerical Felt Trousers
007 Max Perception
068 Max Gathering
005 Max GP

Serpentskin Fringe Boots
068 Perception
007 Gathering
005 GP

Grand Total:
286 Perception
320 Gathering
025 GP

Difference:
i180 gains 13 Perception over i150
i180 gains 13 Gathering over i150
i180 LOSES 17 GP over i150

[Zorlinta]

Difference:
i180 gains 13 Perception over i150
i180 gains 13 Gathering over i150
i180 LOSES 17 GP over i150

but the serpenstskin must be HQ overmelded...

[Shadowsun]

Which isn't too hard to achieve.

[QuinceTaru]

Nvm wrong thread lol

[PotatoWafflez]

i170 + melds is better than both though

Is there a craft-able ilvl170 gathering set?
I have yet to see it on any site/database.

[Espritduo]

This would be true...if there were any i170 crafted gatherer's gear for the main body pieces.

[QuinceTaru]

As you can see i changed it before you commented(thought this was DoH thread), however you cannot max the stats on some of the i150 gear as listed above, take the serpentskin body for example you need 10 perc 20 gathering and 5 gp to max it out, this is impossible cause you cant use rank 5 materia.

[Shadowsun]

As you can see i changed it before you commented(thought this was DoH thread), however you cannot max the stats on some of the i150 gear as listed above, take the serpentskin body for example you need 10 perc 20 gathering and 5 gp to max it out, this is impossible cause you cant use rank 5 materia.

Is this confirmed that you can't? Has it been tried?
Even then, ignore the GP meld and you still got the same difference in perception and gathering.

[Grimmel]

Is this confirmed that you can't? Has it been tried?
Even then, ignore the GP meld and you still got the same difference in perception and gathering.

I've tried using rank 5 materia and you can't because it requires an item of ilvl 160 or higher. It's impossible to max out the hq gathering body. You have to use all rank 4 materias. +Gathering rank 4 only grants +6. You'd need to use 3 rank 4 materias plus one rank 3 materia to reach the max cap on gathering. You can only meld 5 materia on one piece of equipment.

[Shadowsun]

Squenix really likes to make things complicated for no reason.
Anyway I still won't be touching that i180 gear from red scrips apart from main hand tools.