Calculated optimal Myth spending for BRDs

[PessimiStick]

Why does no one ever take Gryphonskin gear into consideration when making these lists?

Because they cost millions of Gil and aren't BiS?

[Gabbelgak]

Because they cost millions of Gil and aren't BiS?

However they are better than darklight which is what people start the comparisons from.

The value in gil is completely irrelevant and would vary from server to server anyway. You can get a gryphonskin tunic for 400k very easily on Malboro and fully materia it out for under a mil unless you have some absurdly bad RNG. Or you can farm the materia yourself which is all the rage right now anyway and while farming the materia get all the animal fat to have it crafted for next to nothing.

Some of us like to do more to better our characters than log on for the 300 weekly mythology tomes then log off.

[Zerker]

Coil hat is a turn 2 drop which most guilds can get on farm status rather easily making the hat a rather non-optimal early purchase in my opinion.

Silly to make the allagan hat go to alts for a 6 crit increase when myth tomes are so limited.

I didn't say it should be an early purchase. I said the myth hat was better than the Allagan visor.

[Bardo]

Coil hat is a turn 2 drop which most guilds can get on farm status rather easily making the hat a rather non-optimal early purchase in my opinion.
Silly to make the allagan hat go to alts for a 6 crit increase when myth tomes are so limited.

Even considering it's a Turn2 drop and you have Turn2 on farm, there are 17 possible items from the chest in turn2.
You get 2 chest drops per week, but data so far seems to point to each chest having it's own set of items and I think it's been pretty much confirmed that you can never get a double drop.
So that's a 1 in 9 chance to get the hat each week.

So on average you'll have picked up over 2700 mythology by the time you see the allagan hat.
Not exactly odds I'd base my gear path around.

You're correct that you definitely wouldn't want to buy it first. But there are better pieces to start with anyway.
If you've already picked up a few of the the larger pieces and haven't seen the hat yet, I wouldn't continue to put it off.

*edited to correct chance of seeing hat drop*

[Yuichi]

Least I know what to get first now. i see many go +1 first and with spreadsheet I wonder why. I guess people think weapon > rest of gear when spreadsheet says otherwise.

[Pellegri]

Least I know what to get first now. i see many go +1 first and with spreadsheet I wonder why. I guess people think weapon > rest of gear when spreadsheet says otherwise.

Nah I can guarantee most bards that go +1 first do so because they figure because it's the best upgrade for every other class but tank that it's good for them too. Or it could just be the Mor Dhona idiots who spam that they require +1 for everything when they have little understanding about other classes other than their own.

[Zerker]

Even considering it's a Turn2 drop and you have Turn2 on farm, there are 28? possible items from the chest in turn2.

Casters share drops, healers share drops and tanks share drops. Not 28 items

[Pellegri]

Casters share drops, healers share drops and tanks share drops. Not 28 items

Until it is shown otherwise, the so far confirmed drop list is 17/17/18/18 from the 4 turns that drop loot. Each chest also seems to have 8-9 drops that only it can have, that may be off some since some people consider each chest as a different location so the basis of left/right is off a little.

[Misery1337]

I went +1 for the glow, it matters a lot to me.

I'm all bling bling now ^_^

[AbujaHal]

Ok guys... I'm so confused now... In need of guidance.

So I went ahead with one myth ring and one myth pants. I now have 300 extra myth tomes and 9 animal fat (was researching about gryphonskin tunic when I found this thread).

Currently on turn 2. To be honest I dont really care about BiS, I just want the best gear for what I have now.

I am so confused as to what gear should I buy next. Should I save the money for myth chest piece,
or
should I buy other myth gear in other word, delay the chest piece and buy the materia for the gryphon tunic instead? If so, what gear? I'm thinking of getting another ring but after all this discussion I'm so confused.