PLD food

[breakthecypher]

I have no idea what food to use at my level. I'm using Kampf gear and I was wondering whats the best food to use at my level (36) ??

[Ameroth]

Honestly, I usually just take a stack of rolanberry pies with me because having the extra MP is a lot of help in holding hate. One pie gives you 2 Cure II's for free, or one Cure III. One Cure III will pull a massive amount of hate. Plus, in one more level you can get Flash, which costs 25mp, but pulls hate such as Provoke does.

I'm not saying this is the only food to use, but being an Elvaan pld, I find rolanberry pies to just be incredibly helpful.

There's my two cents.

[FranckKnight]

Around that level I used lots of Steamed and Boiled Crab for defense.

Most of the defense food has defense% bonus with a cap. Like if its written 60@240, it means that the most you'll get is 60 def bonus if you have 240 def or more at base.

So its a good idea to use food that will be at that cap or with a higher cap. Why not MUCH higher like Tavnazian Tacos? Because generally speaking the lower capped foods also have higher Defense% bonus.

So trying to keep close to your current defense will be beneficial, althought foods like Tavnazian Tacos have higher bonus stats like Dex and Vit than Crab for example.

[Jei]

The best thing about Tavnazian Taco is the HP bonus. As a Taru, I love it. At level 23-24 it saved me from many pugil's screwdriver >.> It won't give you as much defense at low level, but HP bonus is definitely worth it.

[Armando]

Tavnazian Tacos are awesome, but they're worth soooooooooo much they make me cry (unless something's changed recently.) Also, outside of the HP/MP they give, the extra stats don't really make much of a difference, so I wouldn't recommend it unless you really want the HP/MP or you need food with a higher Defense cap.

Yeah, I think I used Boiled Crab at those levels. It's also worth mentioning, though, that Steamed Crabs will last twice as long, but at least in Midgardsormr they're worth less than twice as much, making them both more efficient AND cheaper than their NQ counterpart. Fish Mithkabobs are also good, have a fairly high cap, and you can get them for 1k apiece at an NPC in Kazham. I still use 'em at Level 60. Then there's also Shallops Tropicale, a cheaper alternative to Tavnazian Tacos and Salads.

When in doubt, check Somepage and Mysterytour. Also remember that like FranckKnight said, foods have caps. Make sure to move up to foods with higher caps as your Defense increases, and remember that most of them have similar +Defense percentages so using high level foods early on doesn't really grant you much of an advantage in the Defense department (especially since higher cap foods tend to give slightly lower percentages.)

[Hilde]

I ran with boiled crab, and have stuck with somepages advice, so I am now moving to fish mithkabobs, and I'm lvl 60.

[Khevn]

Boiled crab, is what i used but that was way back before +1 enmity swords and Kampf gear... you new plds have it soo easy... lol

Steamed crab is reccomended though like armando said, it costs alittle more upfront but over all it's cheaper and lasts longer...

Mysterytour and Somepage, are very useful and you should learn to navigate these sites not just for food but for lots of other info too, also i reccomend FFXIah.com... and used to reccomend Alla but they're owned by IGE now so... they can piss off...

I can't imagine using MP food since i can't recall ever having a problem holding hate decently at those lvls... unless your a galka, then i highly reccomend it, less you be sitting between each fight... and you PLD's these days have even better gear for hate control... to each his own though

You also have flash by now right? i think you get that at 35... might be 37... if your having problems with hate try using a hate pattern like - voke wait 15 sec flash(best thing to do after flash is heal you or party member for even more hate so try to combine a heal 2 with your flashes when you can) heal wait 15 sec voke wait 15 , use a high hate JA(whatever you have available) and repeat starting with voke agian.... if you can't hold hate with that, then someone is slaughtering that mob so hopefully it's dead soon... if it's the whm... then try not over camping... cause your getting healed to much...

[Loial]

Galka don't need MP food either. Some minor gear swaps can alleviate that problem easily. IMO, Tavnazian Taco is the way to go. However, you probably won't reap the full benefits of the defense%+ effect at your level. Stick with boiled crab if its far cheaper.

[Jarre]

I am currently lvl 35 pld, I'm a galka and Mp isn;t a problem as I can cook and make my own Mellon juice as well as using RSE hands for the extra MP bonus.

I used Fish mithkabobs and still do, they are currently around 18K a stack on Garuda, but if your patient and have a kazham airship pass (which you should by now!!) then a Mithra there sells them for around 990a piece (which works out at 12k a stack rounded up) each lasts 30 minutes. If you are rich then the Shallopse tropical or Tazvania tacos (however you spell it!) are your friend, though for a Galka or Elvan at lower levels its overkill!

One item I tried and wasn't much difference at my level (35) is Nebimonite bake. I made a stack for cooking skill and tested them the cap is 70@280 base defense (comparted to fish miths 90@360, considering my def before food is 210@35 and both are +25% def there is no difference in defense addition between them. As a white magic caster the nebinomite bake does not have the -1 mind like the fish miths do. Both are +1 dex & +2 vitality. when your base level gets over 280 then you would notice the difference. Looking at the AH not many Nebimonite bakes sell, thougn if you are not a fisherman or don't have a high level job to get shall shells and nebimonite then the Nebimonite bake is cheaper due to the Nebimonite being 8k a stack (on my server that is) + fire crystals I already had + selbina butter I ahd already skilled+ mhaura garlic (600gill a stack from guild) I was able to make a stack for 9.5k saving 2.5k on a stack of fish miths bought from kazham.

As for Kheven's comments Flash is at 37, I ahve the scroll and am itching to be able to use it once I ding 37.

Mp food is useless, you are a tank you need defence high to take the hits to give help the mages conserve the Mp properly. if you run out of mp too quick looka t what you are casting or just bring juice with you. I always carry a couple of stacks of melons with me to make melon juice which is cooking lvl40 skill.

Small note out of all the guilds to craft wityh cooking is by far the most usefull for any job and race.

[Icemage]

MP food is just overrated in general.

Rolanberry pies are neat because they give 50 MP, but they don't improve your flow of MP. Spellcasters of all types live and die by the amount of MP they recover over time, and the efficiency of the MP that they do spend. Max MP doesn't really come into consideration except in crisis situations where having a bit extra in the tank can come in handy to keep someone alive/control a link/etc.

Generally speaking, once you have "enough" max MP (which doesn't honestly require much at all), items that help you recover MP faster are far more preferable than MP+ gear (juice, cookies, Ether Belts, vermillion cloak, etc.).


Icemage

[Khevn]

See, not even galka's need mp haha

so i'd say mp food is kind of needless, damage mitigation is your friend!

where did that extra E come from in my name /
I'm already very transparent and unpopular as it lets not confuse anyone...
BTW i'm very bored at work or wouldn't have noticed haha!!!

Just playin with yah Jarre...

[Pteryx]

What I use is unusual and probably not for everyone -- Vongole Rosso, which in time will be displaced by Pescatora. They don't give as much defense as straight seafood, but they give HP -- so for those who lean on self-curing as a hate tool, the combination of those two actually works surprisingly well. It also gives a little VIT and Store TP to boot. -- Pteryx

[Celeal]

Tavnazian Taco for me at my level. Not only it has VIT + Def, it also has AGI+ that help shield blocks, and hmp+ while /heal. But at level 36, I would just go for Boiled Carb. If mp is an issue, use mp <-> Def gear swaping.

[csBahamut]

Just use crab or fish. Tacos are way overpriced in usefullness for your level. Heck, I don't even use them much at 75. The extra stats are rarely, if ever, needed. I current only use tacos for certain NMs. Others I'll use Pescatora. Everything else is fish kabobs. Much cheaper, and plenty effective because of how quickly def caps out.

Depending on what you're fighting, you may be able to use sushi or attack foor instead of defense food. But make sure you put on som DD gear, and your party can handle it first.

[Kurb]

omg im too poor to buy tacos