Gear now in 1.19?

[thepoet03]

Ok... So now that all my gear is crap what gear am I to farm or be on the look out for as a fresh level 50 Pug? Please help. What items can I farm to get some crafters cooking me up good stuff. What NM's should I be farming ect?

[Autodidactic]

I've been trying out evasion gear, though I solo a lot, I'm not sure how we do yet tanking in evasion gear, hoping to hear some feedback if anyone has tanked anything of significance yet?

[Shinun]

I'm in DD oriented gear now but all non dated this is my current set up:

Cobalt Claws: Attack +8
Silver Tricorne: STR +3, Dex +3
Raptorskin Harness (Blue): Acc +4, Dex +6, Mind +5
Peisteskin Hunting Belt: HP +8 Vit +2, Int+2
Fingerless Raptorskin Gloves (White): Attack +4 Magical Evasion +10
Felt Trousers (Red) HP +23 Str+4 Vit +6
Cobalt-Plated Jackboots (Red) Dex +3 Acc +3

[Razor]

I'm in DD oriented gear now but all non dated this is my current set up:

Cobalt Claws: Attack +8
Silver Tricorne: STR +3, Dex +3
Raptorskin Harness (Blue): Acc +4, Dex +6, Mind +5
Peisteskin Hunting Belt: HP +8 Vit +2, Int+2
Fingerless Raptorskin Gloves (White): Attack +4 Magical Evasion +10
Felt Trousers (Red) HP +23 Str+4 Vit +6
Cobalt-Plated Jackboots (Red) Dex +3 Acc +3

Penance is better for waist imo (HP-10 STR+2 VIT-1 Eva+2 Magic Evasion +1). Granted, its an R/E drop off Phaia (he's easymode now) so it can't have materia slotted to it yet. But if we're factoring in materia then any-ol-belt will do.

For legs this is a matter of personal preference but I like Raptorskin Subligar (Black) [DEX+5 VIT+4 Evasion+12] Over the felt trousers. STR may increase attack power but DEX increases crit hit rate and I plan on abusing Critical Attack Power+ materia for Blindside II+Follow Through and Victimize II

[Shinun]

I factor in Materia because I use Materia only high tier III and IV (My Body has a maxed out Critical Attack Power+50) I don't see the dex increasing the crit rate much nor do I feel str increases dmg much, but since theirs no way to pump your crit rate to high amounts now that MI is changed, I would rather max out my damage per crit instead. (Simian Thrash crits often, works great when Victimize II is on cooldown.)

I only did not post Materia because the OP wanted new gear ideas, and at the current time R/E gear just doesnt compete with materia but, I did not want to post things like +50 Critical Attack Power and then cause a misunderstanding

[Razor]

I factor in Materia because I use Materia only high tier III and IV (My Body has a maxed out Critical Attack Power+50) I don't see the dex increasing the crit rate much nor do I feel str increases dmg much, but since theirs no way to pump your crit rate to high amounts now that MI is changed, I would rather max out my damage per crit instead. (Simian Thrash crits often, works great when Victimize II is on cooldown.)

I only did not post Materia because the OP wanted new gear ideas, and at the current time R/E gear just doesnt compete with materia but, I did not want to post things like +50 Critical Attack Power and then cause a misunderstanding

Ah makes sense. It would be interesting to do some research on these new formulas and find out how STR and DEX actually affect gameplay. Im also wonder if weapon skills have any stat modifiers like they did in XI, in that case having particular stat focus could be more beneficial. Speaking of how things work, have you determined how Critical Attack Power+ actually effects crits? As in is it critical damage+X or critical damage+%?

[Shinun]

No idea. Simian Thrash crits gain anywhere from like 40-100 damage. Victimize II I posted a Crit on PoP with that materia doing non buffed besides MI doing 2709. On Normal swings though, I seem to notice ~a 20-30 dmg increase on crits against things inside strongholds then before I've put it on.

[Hubert]

I'm thinking of either getting Rainmaker's or the Raptorskin Harness. How important is DEX to us? By comparison Rainmaker's has STR+5 and Atk+4 which seems pretty nice for pure damage.

[Shinun]

Rainmaker is probably the best body for Pugs to use for pure DPS. I haven't bothered with Ifrit or WNMs since 1.19, but I don't really recall missing inside Stronghold. Now, like I said I haven't tried WNMs or Ifrit nor do I know what # you need to cap acc. But regardless you really can't go wrong with either.

[Meleena]

I just made this change today, I cant believe I didnt notice Rainmaker's before!
Its a very good piece of gear and Ill propably main it.