My RDM Guide...

[Callisto]

So I spent the last week or so writing my own endgame RDM guide...I'm currently debating if I want to copy and paste it to the various forums I spend time on(like this one) as it's currently only on my Dynamis/Limbus Linkshell's forums, or if I just want to put it somewhere easily accessible like my little ls's GuildPortal page and post the link. It actually turned out kind of massive, 18 chapters and 1 appendix, and I still have plenty of tweaking to do...

At any rate I'll decide that later, I just wanted to make a post to say thanks to you guys, I did give a bit of a shoutout in the credits, but I wanted to say it on here as well.

Thanks to all of you RDMs in here that have twinked out and tossed around ideas that I've put out, even the ones who came back with mostly snark.

And thanks a ton to Armando for helping me understand a whole lot more of the game's math than I did before.

I'll have it available for you guys to critique one way or another at some point in the near future.

Thanks,
Callisto of Ramuh

Edit: Here's the guide in Word format (http://www.savefile.com/files/1015968).

[Aeni]

Might want to contact IfritnoItazuka (sp?)

http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/red-mage/63721-red-mage-index.html

We have a RDM index which points to a lot of resources on the internet. If you can find a place to host it at, might work well (I find having to make a thread to put a guide that's 18 pages to be irrititating to view because that's a page & a 1/2 of posts to print and it won't print nicely)

[Yellow Mage]

Thanks to all of you RDMs in here that have twinked out . . .

Where's my hat?

[WishMaster3K]

LoL Callisto wrote a guide.

Actually. That's quite ftw tbh.

/panic

[IfritnoItazura]

Might want to contact IfritnoItazuka (sp?)

http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/red-mage/63721-red-mage-index.html

We have a RDM index which points to a lot of resources on the internet.

That's "IfritnoItazura", or "Itazura" for short. ("Itaz" is the minimal short form, if you must.) And, yes, that dude is paying attention to this thread--because he doesn't want to write a RDM guide.

Show me the guide. ^__________^


p.s. Good timing, The Red Mage Index is about to be reorganized (slightly).

[Callisto]

It's pretty specific to my style of RDM, and a bit Ramuh-centric. I don't claim for it to be perfect, but I do try to make it as well-reasoned as possible. I go over how I do pretty much everything, from my take on spells, equipment, merits, to how I set up my gear sets and play in merit pts and event such as dynamis/limbus. I do need to do some more testing on some things and tweaks do it, but I think it turned out pretty well, but I'd like some peer feedback on it.

I'm going to see if I can post our guest account/PW for the forums that it's on for now, and maybe see about making a jazzed-up better looking version in a PDF file or something that I can get hosted.

[NicasinXS]

I want to read your ideas. Im interested to read what people think about the importance of certain red mage merits. I have not discussed it much with anyone but im not a lvl 75 red mage yet, not even that close <67>. I think I will put all my merits in Ice and Wind potency for bind kiting reasons when im doing that. I want to hear imput from other red mages players what they think are the more important merits to skill up, why.

[Aeni]

It's pretty specific to my style of RDM, and a bit Ramuh-centric. I don't claim for it to be perfect...

1. Stop selling yourself short. Either you know it's a good guide (Because it has helped countless number of people on your LS/server) or it's not.

Let's hope it's the former.

2. There is no such thing as server-centric guide. The mobs, the NMS, the items, et cetera are all the same regardless of what server you are on.

Never quite understood why people keep saying stuff like this.

I await your guide with great expectations :P

[BurningPanther]

If there's anyone qualified to strike up a guide on RDM, it's you. Looking forward to it.

[WishMaster3K]

Me three!

[Callisto]

It's currently on the Fraggle forums (http://thefraggles.sycodesigns.com/forums), I'm working on getting a guest account set up so that you guys can check it out without needing to register for the forums, hopefully will have that at some point tomorrow.

[IfritnoItazura]

Hmm. Just so you know, my policy for the Indices projects is not to include links which need username/passwords, not even those with guest accounts. =/

[Aeni]

Hmm. Just so you know, my policy for the Indices projects is not to include links which need username/passwords, not even those with guest accounts. =/

Maybe he just wanted a few of you guys to go and review it first (Like Taskmage, Applepie, WishMaster, et cetera) and then get feedback. I think he wants to make sure that if he does re-host it elsewhere for general public use, he wants to make sure everything is tidy and the like.

... or am I wrong?



Note: In any event, I forgot to give him a Thanks. At least for putting in the effort and time to provide a resource that will be shared by everyone. Some may or may not find the information useful, but undoubtedly it's no small undertaking (18 pages!)

[Callisto]

Maybe he just wanted a few of you guys to go and review it first (Like Taskmage, Applepie, WishMaster, et cetera) and then get feedback. I think he wants to make sure that if he does re-host it elsewhere for general public use, he wants to make sure everything is tidy and the like.

... or am I wrong?


No, that's right on, I'd just like some peer review before I clean it and rehost it(I'll need some help figuring out how to do that probably, I'm not the most computer-savvy), if it's going to be out there for general use I'd like to clean a few things up and make some slight format changes. But feedback would be nice beforehand. I believe the webmaster over there is just going to set it as a public forum so that it can be viewed without the need of logging in.

[WishMaster3K]

Well I'm free to read it. My Project Manager is gone for the rest of the week and my last day of work here is Friday (I'm going back to school next week,) so I'm not doing a damn thing.

If you can't find some way of hosting it... At least make it a WORD document and put it on some sort of file sharing? There is a common thing that people on this forum use for their videos, and it doesn't limit the downloads per day that you are allowed if you don't make an account. File Planet?

The name escapes me, but that's just a suggestion.

[Callisto]

Haha, I hope you do have plenty of time W3K, I copied it into Word, and it comes out to 60 pages in Word using single spacing and 8 point Verdana! XD

At any rate, here it is (http://www.savefile.com/files/1015968), if you guys do have time to look it over, feedback is appreciated^^b

[WishMaster3K]

Is that a challenge!!! /em gets slapped

Na, I have a TON of time. Or at the very least, something to read on the train. Go Go Free Office printing!

Edit:
I like the first page already. And 60 pages of Text is nothing that frightens me, because I weekly do project completion reports with pictures and Visio Diagrams and tables and etc. Text is a vacation.

Oh yes. you as a sexy MFer, I agree. I'm not sure that Manatees like what you do to them on weekends, but it's ok.

[Callisto]

I'm glad you suggested putting it into Word format, it helped me find a bunch of typos that had slipped past me previously, and I'm a bit of a spelling/grammar nazi, so I was able to go on an easier search & destroy mission. :D

[WishMaster3K]

I guess I'll update as I read.

edit:
NVM, I'm a retard. -_-

Edit 2:
LoL, I'm going to compile a list of my favorite quotes from this guide.
"Not to mention that you'd be going from wearing a pimp hat to wearing a fucking tiara. No. Just no."

LMAO

Oh, also, found 1 typo.

http://www.thenewgamer.com/img/screens/phoenix_wright_1/phoenix_wright_3.jpg

"One trick you could do for these is to change to Windurst and do the missions to get them, then change to Bastok, since Bastok sucks and never owns anything you'd pretty much be able to use them anywhere!"

You're a bastard.

[Callisto]

Dammit lol! I'm going to go back through the Word file and dig for them, and probably fix the grammar for the many instances of 'alot' and 'ahold'. I got lazy earlier, but it just irks me to have them in there!

[WishMaster3K]

Actually, you put "me" when it should have been "be". I'll find it later when I'm rereading for quotes.

[Callisto]

Haha, yeah I found it and fixed it already, as well as the 'alot/ahold' deal. I've made some other little changes here and there, that's the problem with this damn thing lol, I'm never done with it! Going to replace the current link with an updated version sometime today or tomorrow. Most of the changes are minor. I need to keep better track of what I change however, so that I can fix them on the forums that I wrote them on as well!

The file sharing idea was great though, this way I can just update one file instead of updating several different forums posts, thanks for the idea!

I want to jazz it up soon, add in some sprites and make the format a little better, find a way to make the 'tangents' stick out from the rest of the guide so it's easier to tell when they end and the guide begins again.

[WishMaster3K]

Tangent #7 "because the can do it well. " they. Same thing when talking about weapons camp in refering to them as WARs.

Ok, so I think I have a review of it so far, and I'm only halfway through. (Holy shyt this thing is long. No homo >_> )

I like it. It's informative, it's amusing, it's well constructed.

Things for your readers to keep in mind are:
A) Every RDMs style is different, so this is a guide based on your comfort playstyle and they should readjust accordingly. For instance, I have a difference in opinion when dealing with buffs, but that doesn't make your method any less effective.

Tangent: You're an Elvaan and I'm Taru, so I have certain DNA Luxuries that are afforded to me in this instance, so it's understood.

B) You took the time to construct it, and anyone else reading it needs to STFU or GTFO and write their own guide.

C) Calling Dagger users Nancies. Hilarious. I approve.

D) Being practical and not biased and giving a very good viewpoint of everything covered.

So yeah, I like it. Can't say I NEED it, per se, but I imagine that it is a very useful thing to have handy. If I knew Word half as well as I should, I'd assist you with making in-project hyper links and a Dynamic table of contents that links based on page number and scales to accommodates updates.. But I'm retarded.

Good guide. Lengthy as SHYT, but good. I'll definitely be working on those quotes while I LFG.

[Callisto]

Thanks a ton for looking it over. And you're absolutely correct on point A, and I try to point that out at least once, that it's a guide on how I play RDM, rather than on how one is supposed to.

I probably will do what you're talking about, add wiki links for the equipment and spells, and whatnot, but I'll have to do that at home, as I spent most of the time actually writing it at work lol, and they noticed the dip in productivity. Luckily I got a ridiculous amount of work done this week and made my co-workers all look like slackers, so eyes or back off of me!

Edit: Cleaned up typos and a few minor changes, updated the link, as well as added the link to the OP.

[WishMaster3K]

Good guide. I actually read the entire thing. Very entertaining and informative!!!! >:O

MUCH WIN!

Oh and I'm totally a noob at Dyna- Ok, anything EndGame that isn't Sky, so I'll definitely be refering to those sections a lot. I wasn't even aware there WAS a "Puller RDM." That sounds like an awful amount of work ._.

[Callisto]

That may be specific to the way that FraggleForce does Dynamis, the guide was originally written on theer forums which is why that stuff is included(I've retired from Dynamis, so I needed something for other people to read to step up and take my place). Basically we have a THF/NIN puller/kiter, and a RDM to take care of them and control crowds.

And yes, it is an absolute shit-ton of work, which is why I don't do it anymore XD.

Aside from that, Table of Contents added, link updated again.

[WishMaster3K]

Where are the normal Mid-Day Posters? Don't tell me everyone is actually doing work..

[IfritnoItazura]

I just started reading it, but already found a few issues.

How to tell the difference? When I say that a certain spell or ability is affected by a certain something, this is generally a fact, or as close as possible to one, and I have researched it.

Examples:
QUOTE
Slow potency is based on a function of your MND minus the mob's MND.
Refresh gives 3/MP per tick for a total of 150 MP over 2.5 minutes.
Callisto is a sexy MFer.

When I say that you should do something a certain way, or that something is best, that is generally an opinion.

Examples:
QUOTE
Stacking MP as RDM is severely over-rated.
RDM can in fact be a respectable melee job when equipped for it.
Avesta is not in fact the greatest RDM evar.There is not a single "should" in your examples of opinions.

To be honest, there is no real difference between the ways you state opinions and facts; they are not properly labeled, and I couldn't have differentiated between most of them had I no prior knowledge of Red Mage. This problem seems to permeate the entire document.

* * *

Many parts of the guide lack needed precision.
Example 1:Enfeebler: This is a RDM's natural calling. Our only A+ skill, and the only job that has an A+ skill in this field.
"Enfeebler" is a role; the skill you are referring to is actually "Enfeebling Magic". Yet, Enfeebling Magic is not the only way to enfeeble or weaken monsters; there are elemental debuffs (Burn, Choke, etc.), Nijutsu (apparently stronger than RDM's corresponding tier one enfeebling spells), and Songs from Bard, not to mention COR's unique ability to upgrade enfeebling tier.

RDMs bring a wide array of capable tools for weakening monsters, but we can and should work with other enfeeblers, and should not be territorial about this role.

Example 2:At times you'll party with other mages like BLMs and WHMs, or other support jobs like BRDs and CORs. For the most part their abilities will compliment yours, rather than compete with, ...

One of the things that helps a RDM fill a specific role is obviously its choice of subjobs. Different subjobs are better than others at different things, but there is no one single subjob for RDM.
I'll admit this is a pet peeve of mine, and other people likely won't find it problematic, but the official term for roles BRDs and RDMs play is Support Role Job, not "support job". Instead, Support Job is what you incorrectly refer to as "subjob".

Those are the terms in Auto-Translator, and it's my opinion that guide writers do a great disservice for their readers when they perpetuate the incorrect usage of "Support Job".

* * *

SMN and BRD: These subs are sometimes used for the extra 1/tick refresh that can be gained from SMN's Auto-Refresh Job Trait, or BRD's Mage's Ballad song. Otherwise they don't really offer anything in terms of stats or abilities that are beneficial to RDM, aside from /SMN having the largest MP pool. If you give up a boatload of utility spells and abilities for the extra 1/tick and think that you're doing something good, you're an idiot. Quit RDM now and don't talk to me again.
While you are entitled to your own opinions, /BRD above Lv.50 is possibly one of the best support job a RDM can use in a mage heavy party without a BRD or COR.

In a party with lots of magic users, a RDM's casting duty is drastically reduced beyond Refresh, and Ballad lets other mages do even more. This kind of parties are not the norm, but they do exist, and /BRD fit them very well.

Also, the MP-free Finale is nice to have as well, for buff happy critters.

[Callisto]

Thanks for the input, II. I'll be updating/revising this often until I'm satisfied with it, I'll keep your notes in mind when doing so.

[Callisto]

Just a couple of responses, I appreciate the constructive criticism. :thumbsup:

To be honest, there is no real difference between the ways you state opinions and facts; they are not properly labeled, and I couldn't have differentiated between most of them had I no prior knowledge of Red Mage. This problem seems to permeate the entire document.

The differentiation generally comes only from where math is involved. If I'm giving an equation for a certain spell or statistic, I've researched it to the best of my ability and am giving only what has been comfirmed or is generally believed to be true among the people who care about the stuff.

The exception here being the formula I assume for Magic Accuracy, which I explicity state several times is not confirmed, just the best assumption I can possibly make given my understanding of other game mechanics.

Also, it does state that the guide does assume that you have some prior knowledge of RDM, as it is meant to be an endgame guide and not a 1-75 guide.


RDMs bring a wide array of capable tools for weakening monsters, but we can and should work with other enfeeblers, and should not be territorial about this role.

I don't say that RDM should be territorial of it, and I do give examples of how RDM debuffs work with debuffs from other jobs and how to work with them in the Debuffing section.


I'll admit this is a pet peeve of mine, and other people likely won't find it problematic, but the official term for roles BRDs and RDMs play is Support Role Job, not "support job". Instead, Support Job is what you incorrectly refer to as "subjob".

This I concede on, as I can see how it'd irk some people, and I've adjusted it for the next time I post an updated version. Thank you for pointing it out.

While you are entitled to your own opinions, /BRD above Lv.50 is possibly one of the best support job a RDM can use in a mage heavy party without a BRD or COR.

In a party with lots of magic users, a RDM's casting duty is drastically reduced beyond Refresh, and Ballad lets other mages do even more. This kind of parties are not the norm, but they do exist, and /BRD fit them very well.


I can concede a little here too, I suppose. There are rare times when you'd be put in that situation, I guess I have a slight bias as I also have a 75 BRD, and to me it's common sense to just switch to BRD in a setup like that, but I guess not everyone has a BRD to go with their RDM. I could tone down the snark on it probably. /SMN is still for idiots. :P

[Eauijhkuu]

From skimming over it, it doesn't consecutively state

1.Refresh
2.Dispel
3.Refresh more

So it wins.

[Callisto]

Yeah, glad I added point 2.5: Haste before next Refresh. :biggrin:

[Mhurron]

C) Calling Dagger users Nancies. Hilarious. I approve.
D) Being practical and not biased and giving a very good viewpoint of everything covered.
One of these things is not like the other.

[Callisto]

I don't have qualms with Daggers themselves, or the damage output, or the weaponskills. You just look fruity when swinging a little butterknife at a dragon, especially as an Elvaan. I give them equal treatment in the guide in respects of going over them.

[Mhurron]

From skimming over it, it doesn't consecutively state
1.Refresh
2.Dispel
3.Refresh more
So it wins.
Of course not, Refreshes recast wouldn't be up after just one Dispel.

[WishMaster3K]

Mhurron, he never said don't use daggers. In fact, he has an entire section dedicated for their usage and application.

[Callisto]

Speaking of, I still can't get a damn Martial Knife lol! Everytime I have the gil there isn't on on AH, it's been 2 weeks now!

Found a mistake I made, RDM can't wear Blue Capes, I need to swap that for the Intensifying Cape. ^^;

Edit: Problem fixed, as well as II's subjob vs support job gripe. Links updated.

Another edit:

So yeah, I like it. Can't say I NEED it, per se, but I imagine that it is a very useful thing to have handy.

This was something I assumed when I put this up there, which is why I chose to post it here, where I know there are knowledgeable RDMs who could give candid reviews. A friend yesterday likened me posting this here to a scientist publishing in a scientific journal. I know that most of the RDMs on here like II, Task, W3K, Mhurron, and Kirst won't find a ton of info that they don't already know on it.

However, as I walked through Whitegate yesterday, I saw some things that made me feel somewhat vindicated for writing it, or at least like it wasn't worthless. When I see someone who is obviously a higher-level RDM, I pretty much always check them, to see if maybe they've thought of some useful setup that I haven't yet. So as I'm walking through town checking 75 RDM's, here's what I see.

A RDM in Walahra Turban, Healing Torque, Zenith Slacks, and an Ice Staff w/ a STR+3 Grip. The Healing Torque I have no gripes with, I'd pick one up if I had room for it. But a hat and legs that are inferior to their AF1 in every way except MP pretty much, and a Grip that is absolutely worthless when using a Staff that you at best have the skill of a 37 WHM for. They could use some advice.

Another RDM soloing outside. Soloing Easy Prey as /NIN, using Shihei for mobs that generally should be hitting them for 0 with Phalanx up, wearing a SH+1, mainhanding a Joyeuse and offhanding a Martial Knife. Mainhanding the best offhand TP builder a RDM can get, while offhanding a weapon that loses the only trait that makes it special when it is offhanded. They could also use some advice.

So I know you guys might not find a lot of use for it, but I do know that there are still plenty of 75 RDMs out there who have absolutely no friggin idea what they are doing beyond Refresh/Dispel/Haste. I don't feel bad about spending time on the guide at all now.

[Callisto]

Re-wrote the BRD/SMN sub section after some thought. Updated link. So I lost a contact on the way to work today, I have half-vision now, it's like wearing drunk goggles. Mhurron's looking kind of sexy.

[WishMaster3K]

Lol, You work with Mhurron? [That's too bad.]

Sorry about your contact. Don't people with contacts generally carry glasses as backup?

[Callisto]

Oh no, I don't know Mhurron at all outside of here lol. And yeah, I broke my glasses last week too, as well as losing the prescription details I needed to order more contacts. Not the best series of events for my vision.

[WishMaster3K]

OMG that's terrible. I think my vision is fantastic. But I work with computers all day and I play FFXI when I get home..

I think when our generation gets older, they'll do a study. I'm expecting to either have super strong eyesight (a la Legolas) or not be able to look at bright lights without cringing.

[Callisto]

I have to go with the latter there, I think they'll find that 80% of our generation will have had their retinas burned off by computer monitors by the time they're 70. X.x

[Callisto]

My final draft before I turn this into a web page. (http://www.savefile.com/files/1048384) I updated and redid several sections, added my INT vs. MAB part to the nuking chapter, as well as a final chapter going over equipping RDM well on a low budget, made the format a bit nicer, and added some sprites and whatnot.

[Belsie]

Just was wondering what was happening with this guide.
It's awesome, is it still being maintained?
Thanks

[Yellow Mage]

Another bump for great justice.

[Murphie]

Why are you bumping a thread from September that was bumped already today?

edit: Damned TOTP. And before anyone asks, I'm doing it for irony's sake.

[Yellow Mage]

Why are you bumping a thread from September that was bumped already today?

edit: Damned TOTP.

So everybody knows, that's why. :biggrin:

[WishMaster3K]

Move Every Zig.

[Callisto]

Jeezus, I leave you guys alone for few days on vacation and look what happens?

Just was wondering what was happening with this guide.
It's awesome, is it still being maintained?
Thanks

Thanks, and actually I am rewriting it in the near future as soon as I finish putting together Dynamis strats for my LS, as I've started trying some new stuff, gotten some new gear, and learned some new things since I made this. It will be done on our LS site www.moghousels.com (http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/www.moghousels.com) when we finish it and get it to be more than just forums, for now it'll be in the FFXI Related section under Calli's Corner, my COR and BRD guides will end up there as well after they get alot of fixing.

I'm sure I'll necro this again to post when the new version is done. :thumbsup:

Oh yeah, and thanks for the publicity, suckers!

[Deeke]

'Ello. I've just stumbled across this. It's making for some good reading, newblet that I am.

I haff spotted a grand oversight though! (I'm looking at the word file downloaded from the OP, so if this version is old and the oversight has since been added, ignore me at your leisure.)

Within Tangent #3's Party Buff Cycle section, your Refresh priority goes:

Yourself > PLD > BLU/BLM/SMN > other


Poor, poor White Mages!! :cry:



EDIT:

How are you on constructive criticism..? o.o; Okay I hope..

Anyway, a couple other things that have leapt out at me:


Your dia/bio hierarchy goes dia > bio > dia2 > bio2 > dia3 > bio3.

From a purely petty viewpoint, should this not actually be denoted as dia < bio < dia2 < bio2 < dia3 < bio3..?


Aaaand, in your description of the spell Paralyze, you state "Paralyzes the target, making them occasionally unable to move while the effect is active." This made me do a double-take, simply because the term 'to move' struck me as an actual movement thing, rather than the effect of 'unable to act'. This was further made implicit when I read your description for Bind a few lines below: "Renders target unable to move. Not to be confused with unable to act." (Your emphasis there.)

[Callisto]

'Ello. I've just stumbled across this. It's making for some good reading, newblet that I am.

I haff spotted a grand oversight though! (I'm looking at the word file downloaded from the OP, so if this version is old and the oversight has since been added, ignore me at your leisure.)

Within Tangent #3's Party Buff Cycle section, your Refresh priority goes:

Yourself > PLD > BLU/BLM/SMN > other


Poor, poor White Mages!! :cry:



Haha, I found a few oversights when I started reworking it, yet that one completely escaped me. However to cover my tail I'm going to go with 'Tell WHMs to /SCH and STFU!' >.>


EDIT:

How are you on constructive criticism..? o.o; Okay I hope..

Anyway, a couple other things that have leapt out at me:


Your dia/bio hierarchy goes dia > bio > dia2 > bio2 > dia3 > bio3.

From a purely petty viewpoint, should this not actually be denoted as dia < bio < dia2 < bio2 < dia3 < bio3..?


Beats me, lol. I guess it could vary depending on how you view the pacmans, I was looking at them as hiearchy arrows of sorts, while I gather you saw them as 'greater thans'?

Aaaand, in your description of the spell Paralyze, you state "Paralyzes the target, making them occasionally unable to move while the effect is active." This made me do a double-take, simply because the term 'to move' struck me as an actual movement thing, rather than the effect of 'unable to act'. This was further made implicit when I read your description for Bind a few lines below: "Renders target unable to move. Not to be confused with unable to act." (Your emphasis there.)

Hah, that's kind of funny that I went out of my way to make that distinction with Bind then messed it up myself on Paralyze...thanks for pointing that out!

Anyways, old guide is shot and dead mostly due to being waaaaaay too long, the beginnings of the new guide are up @ the link posted above, I believe they are viewable by the public...although we are moving to yet another new website soon once we figure out how to fix our frontpage CSS(3 complete amateurs designing a LS site, good times), but I have a small bit of scraps there now.

Thanks for pointing out the bumps, and thanks more for actually taking the time to read that overly long document. ^^;

[WishMaster3K]

How about the section on tanking? I tanked Feeler Antlion last night for about 5 pops, then I had to log and get dinner...

I came back into the next fight around 20minutes into it, and got myself to the top of the enmity list about 30seconds later.

Do you have a section dedicated for RDM Tanking? I have a lot of fun input on that topic.

[Callisto]

Yeah, I was dumping the Dynamis/Limbus sections in favor of that, there will be a tanking section.

I actually just got my Enmity gear set together, Beavertail x2, Harmonia's Torque, Warwolf, Resentment Cape, Eris' Earring, 1 merit, and a Cache-nez from my PLD if I want to toss it in...currently working on my magic reduction set, but that's both expensive and rare, so far have 2 NQ Coral Rings, Resentment Cape, and Coral Cuisses+1, 2 more rankups til I can get Lieutenant's Sash.

Of course now that I have gear for it all of a sudden 8 tanks show up to every event, going to get a chance to play w/ Genbu/Seiryu real soon though, I'm sooooo freaking stoked to try Chainspell Utsusemi vs. Hundred Fists just to see if I can straight tank it.

[Yellow Mage]

However to cover my tail I'm going to go with 'Tell WHMs to /SCH and STFU!' >.>

If you're going to cover your tail, at least cover the entire thing: "Tell EVERYBODY to /SCH and STFU!" <.<;b

I keed, I keed.