Emp's Hairpin Shelf Life

[Zoner]

Playing COR/RNG (30/15)...

After many long hours I finally laid hands on an Emperor's Hairpin. From everything I've read, I can wear this piece of headgear right up to the AF and perhaps even beyond. So how long a life does this piece of gear actually have? If I can wear it for 20-30 levels then it was totally worth the effort.

Thanks!

[Murphie]

I suppose it depends on your job. NINs can wear it until 70, when they can hopefully get their hands on an O-Hat. Other jobs? It's variable.

[Ziero]

Basically Agi seems to be the best stat to boost for Cor if you can't get Racc or Ratt. So yeah, it seems it's goof up until AF lvls. It's a nice piece to have, but will never make any real noticable difference in anything except maybe low lvl nin tanking and thf soloing.

[Jei]

I would say 60 for Cor. Where you'll get 8 R Acc from your AF hat.

[Murphie]

That's what I get for reading. ><;

Yeah, 60 COR or so.

[LyonheartLakshmi]

Regardless of how long it remains effective for COR, it may be worth holding onto for other jobs. Since the it's level 24, there's a fairly good chance you'll get to use it for other jobs.

I bought one off the AH a long time ago simply because I needed something to invest my gil in (this was back during rampant inflation). Today, I swap it in for melee purposes when I level BST, and I also use it when soloing as WAR. The +evasion is nice, even for jobs with low evasion skill, so it might be worth keeping on hand.