Gathering BiS 700GP

[Roth_Trailfinder]

A lot of the i180 gear is mostly better than fully melded i150 gear. By "mostly better" I mean it has a significant boost to one stat, a small reduction of another, and is a wash with the third. Getting the full set will see stat increases overall, but not if you only look at individual pieces.

The i180 accessories, however (belt, earring, rings, bracelet, neck) are hands down worse than the other stuff. That's why we crafted the i170 for those slots. We would have crafted i170 for the i180 pieces, too, but there are (or were) no i170 crafting recipes for gathering body, legs, hands, head, and feet slots.

Now, the i190 is easily better than the old stuff. The only reason I'm doing anything for the i200 is my retainers. I am not sure whether or not to make i170 accessories for them however.

[alimdia]

Honestly, this set will last you like a year, all the way until the next expansion, and if it's anything like Heavensward it will also last you through the whole leveling process in 4.0 and through a big chunk of 4.0-4.1 gathering in the case of accessories, there's no reason to not go all out with it.

[Maero]

Thank you for all that info
I ended up just getting the dragonskin belt and melded it.
I very much regret having purchased that carbonweave coat now, but it looks good so must work right?

[AishaNymph]

no V overmelding , now hope they will add a GP=>44 food in near future

https://imgur.com/gallery/f8XHB

[Shadygrove]

Heh, it's funny. In the crafter forums no one bats an eye when you meld T5 materia, here I get weird comments about it. Shows where the real money is at I guess

Ummm... I do that on all crafting and gathering gear. And I hardly craft. I make almost all of my gil gathering. maybe an hour or so an RT day.