Best gear: Darklight?

[Almalexia]

OP,

Regarding your point on MNK:

I don't understand what you're trying to sell me on. You compare a single piece of equipment, the DL corselet, to a panoply from GC in order to "prove" DL is overestimated. Then you say:

However this is just a full GC gear versus 1 DL piece.

What a relief. Nobody is running around in just a corselet. So, what is the point of your thread?

[Tano]

OP,

Regarding your point on MNK:

I don't understand what you're trying to sell me on. You compare a single piece of equipment, the DL corselet, to a panoply from GC in order to "prove" DL is overestimated. Then you say:

What a relief. Nobody is running around in just a corselet. So, what is the point of your thread?

That's why I compared only the bonus stats.

Also you should read the rest. I talked about the other DL pieces for Monk too.
Also you can add the other DL pieces on GC set.

[Leoheart]

y:

What a relief. Nobody is running around in just a corselet.

It actually needs to drop first ;/

[Tano]

For War regular Darklight Gauntlets are better.

for a DD war maybe. but, again, maybe you get better results with double str melds to powerup AOE WS.
for a Tank war (the most common role atm) HDL are the best. So much enmity.

[KumaAkuma]

for a DD war maybe. but, again, maybe you get better results with double str melds to powerup AOE WS.
for a Tank war (the most common role atm) HDL are the best. So much enmity.

It's a mistake to think that if you go all out in emnity gear you'll be a super hate tank. If you don't have the attack stats to do damage properly, that emnity gear will do nothing for you on War. Strenght, Attack, Vitality are all damage modifiers from War. Which you need to generate your emnity.

[Chardrizard]

Yes they are overrated but they are still mostly BiS. Most of'em, especially the corselet set really shines in garuda fight, because it puts you at enouh acc while maintaining stat cap.

[MykeMana]

I tested this against Ifrit and Brittlebark boars.

Wep: Garuda's Beak

Set 1:
DL Helm
GC Tabard
DL gauntlets
Explorer's Belt
AF Legs
Explorer's Breeches

Set 2:
DL Helm
Explorer's Tabard
STR+42 Gloves
Explorer's Belt
AF Legs
Explorer's Breeches

Set 3:
AF Helm
Explorer's Tabard
Str +42 Gloves
Explorer's Belt
AF Legs
Explorer's Breeches

Set 1: High AA - Mid WS
Set 2: Mid AA - High WS
Set 3: Low AA - High WS - Massive Crit (so far highest was 872 on Ifrit with Blood for blood and blindside)

For normal mobs I use set 2, set 3 when uber DD is needed. DL Gauntlets don't really do much unless you use it with STR/PIE capped already which I think would be very difficult to achieve. Looks damn awesome though. I use Set 1 and 2 (repalce af pieces) with my DD war too.

[RedAffinity]

Unlike XI, XIV is considerably more "skill" based. In other words it involves more reflex and movement rather than being stationed in one position. Stats complement skill. You can out-parse someone with Darklight and Garuda pieces just based on being more skilled and effective in the way you manage your abilities and spells.

Tl;dr
Mad and bitter because I don't own a single piece of Darklight yet

[TheFatHousecat]

For DRG and MNK I would suggest a double/trip meld Crit. body over the Corselet. For BRD though, Corselet is still the best body piece since stat caps are ezpz to reach with other pieces. Also, due to Light Shot recast hotfix, the extra TP helps a lot.

Boots are still best for BRD, Eyepatch is best for MNK/DRG for a full Crit. setup, Bracers aren't that great for DRG anymore since you don't need as much ACC, so trip. meld ATK Bracers would be preferable. Caligae for DRG/MNK is still best for Crit. set up...

The pieces are all very good, it's not like they're bad now, or anything. They're just in place so we have a choice between what's dropped and what we're able to have melded. And depending on what sort of set up you want (a lot of people don't necessarily go FULL Crit., for example), you may or may not want some pieces.

[Chardrizard]

For DRG and MNK I would suggest a double/trip meld Crit. body over the Corselet. For BRD though, Corselet is still the best body piece since stat caps are ezpz to reach with other pieces. Also, due to Light Shot recast hotfix, the extra TP helps a lot.

Boots are still best for BRD, Eyepatch is best for MNK/DRG for a full Crit. setup, Bracers aren't that great for DRG anymore since you don't need as much ACC, so trip. meld ATK Bracers would be preferable. Caligae for DRG/MNK is still best for Crit. set up...

The pieces are all very good, it's not like they're bad now, or anything. They're just in place so we have a choice between what's dropped and what we're able to have melded. And depending on what sort of set up you want (a lot of people don't necessarily go FULL Crit., for example), you may or may not want some pieces.

Sanction Crit atk power+120 body is coming