Should I just wait for 4.5 for new gear?

[Endeleon]

I finally levelled all my gatherers to 70 and was looking into the best gearset until I realized there might be new gear next 2 weeks. I have nearly 2000 yellow scrips so I wonder if I should just work on that landking set or just save it all for then? I know DoL gets an update of some kind what with a new custom delivery NPC.

Currently they are all still in the augmented 60 blue set... all I know is gathering is what I want to focus on right when shadowbringers drops(it's turned into my favorite content lol) so I definitely want to have great gear before then.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

Dec. 26 Famitsu interview. Summary translation on reddit

There will be small additions to rewards for red/yellow scrips, but it's nothing major and it won't include gear.

The best gear you can have right now and probably will remain best going into 5.0 is pentamelded HQ ilvl340 crafted gear.

[Endeleon]

Dec. 26 Famitsu interview. Summary translation on reddit


The best gear you can have right now and probably will remain best going into 5.0 is pentamelded HQ ilvl340 crafted gear.

Thank you! I'll go ahead and get those then.

[Eric_Riot]

It's funny, on 12-14-18 I posted in the "land" forums staying that it's just to expensive to buy decent gear so I just had to get over it and start the slow grind to get the 350 blue gear. It is now 1-14-19 and today I just bought the last off hand blue, so guess you guys were right one month isn't to bad. Especially since I didn't hard core grind it.. just on my spare time watching movies.

So I concede to your guy's/gal's point. It's not that bad and after you read enough and get a rhythm you can get them pretty easy.

Now my next question to you "Gods/Godesses" ….

"The best gear you can have right now and probably will remain best going into 5.0 is pentamelded HQ ilvl340 crafted gear."

What ratio per item?

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/MIN

I was looking at this site. and when you click on the "Nightsteel Pickaxe" Meld section and you choose +15 for the first meld it say's 100% yet when you press +15 for the second it says 17% what does that mean?

Also what meld combo do you guys/gals use?

Thank you *bow*

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

That's the % chance you have to succeed at slotting that materia. Each piece of gear has a number of "guaranteed" materia slots. After those are filled, the rest have only a chance to go in.

If the materia fails to go in, the materia is destroyed in the process. The more materia you put in, the lower the chance becomes. Also higher grade materia will have a lower chance to go in as well. Each piece of gear can have a max of 5 materia attached (hence the term "pentamelded"). So the goal is to get as much stats as you can within those 5 available slots. The stats you're able to obtain through melding largely depends on how much materia you're willing to lose (or rather how much money you're willing to lose).

This is a type of melding that is exclusive to crafted gear (known as advanced melding, or forbidden melding. Commonly referred to as over-melding by the community), and usually allows you to exceed the amount of stats provided by yellow scrip gear, if you're willing to put in the investment.

[Eric_Riot]

This is the best I could do. Is this what you guys did melding?

Melding-----------------------------Gathering------Perception----GP
Nightsteel Pickaxe--------------------60------------------0---------0
Nightsteel Sledgehammer------------0-----------------60---------0
Yamashi Kasa-------------------------15-----------------40---------6
Yamashi Dogi-------------------------40-----------------25---------0
Yamashi Tekko------------------------21----------------15---------1
Yamashi Obi---------------------------15----------------13---------7
Yamashi Momohiki-------------------25------------------3---------1
Yamashi Zori---------------------------3-----------------25---------7
Silvergrace Earrings of Gather------15----------------15--------13
Slothskin Necklace of Gather--------15---------------15---------13
Slothskin Armillae of Gather---------15---------------15---------13
Slothskin Ring of Gathering (l)------15---------------15----------6
Slothskin Ring of Gathering (r)------15---------------15----------6
Post-Meld-----------------Total-------1600----------1602--------783
-----------------------------Kasha (Food)---------------+17---800

[Lenarr]

This is the best I could do. Is this what you guys did melding?

Melding-----------------------------Gathering------Perception----GP
Nightsteel Pickaxe--------------------60------------------0---------0
Nightsteel Sledgehammer------------0-----------------60---------0
Yamashi Kasa-------------------------15-----------------40---------6
Yamashi Dogi-------------------------40-----------------25---------0
Yamashi Tekko------------------------21----------------15---------1
Yamashi Obi---------------------------15----------------13---------7
Yamashi Momohiki-------------------25------------------3---------1
Yamashi Zori---------------------------3-----------------25---------7
Silvergrace Earrings of Gather------15----------------15--------13
Slothskin Necklace of Gather--------15---------------15---------13
Slothskin Armillae of Gather---------15---------------15---------13
Slothskin Ring of Gathering (l)------15---------------15----------6
Slothskin Ring of Gathering (r)------15---------------15----------6
Post-Meld-----------------Total-------1600----------1602--------783
-----------------------------Kasha (Food)---------------+17---800

I'm just back to the game after 8 months away and I'm trying to get caught up. Is this a good meld plan or does anyone have suggestions? I'm currently using the last tier of gathering and crafting gear which I made (all classes), but which isn't good enough now, especially gathering with the newer nodes needing like 1550 perception for HQ.

[Liam_Harper]

This is the best I could do. Is this what you guys did melding?

Fairly close to mine. I went with 779 GP, so I can reach 800 with Antelope Stew, which is extremely cheap from vendors.

The most useful gathering breakpoints are 1595 gathering and 1550 perception. 1595 gather allows you to get +3 yield from Bountiful yeild II on things like Nightsteel and Hawk Eye and 1550 perception is required to gather HQ endgame materials. Anything on top of that is a bonus.

[Shadygrove]

Neither the best nor the worst. I honestly don't know what the best would be. It works for him and that's good enough.

I'm at G 1639, P 1583 and 797 GPs before food. 4 pieces still have an open meld slot.

Play around on ariyala. link above.