I have always wondered hands equipment

[Vean]

should I use my hume rse or is the lvl 25 federation hands better. This is something I constantly wonder about.

anyone have a view?

TY

[kenshin-san]

Go for the Federation Tekko, since accuracy is very important for 2H weapon melee.

[Deltran]

Yeah federation till okotes but switch in the rse gloves for WS if they add str

[Shinoda]

Went broke buying kotes...going to camp them on friday to try and get my gil back lol

[Deltran]

Im fishing for mine lvling WHM first tho so i can sneak fish

[Shinoda]

Im fishing for mine lvling WHM first tho so i can sneak fish

Nice

[Deltran]

lol Can make a mil a day on my server selling Nebs and noble ladys

[Shinoda]

I should start over on your server lol jk

[Vean]

Yeah fishing is a good way to make money especially for me when you have a cooking lvl to make most your bait but although it is nice money I am just trying to get to 50 before I go crazy making money to get a peti and some other nice gear and later on a hauby.


TY anyway for all the ppl who put in there reasons i already have my rse so i will prolly just buy the federation gloves and macro them

[Deuce]

O kotes is a waste of gil, too overpriced. use tekko til 50 and grab some enkalado's and you will notice a huge difference in your dmg.

[Gawaine]

Deuce i gotta agree with ya on that one o kote are so over priced its not worth the gil i do just as good as other sam with fed tekko.

[Deltran]

Mah their not that much on my server only 3mil

[Genesite]

I have to disagree on the Kotes not being worth it. I camped them myself (when they were 7 mil, then they went up to 10 mil, now down to 4 mil) and got it second kill (and second claim).

I've found that while the whole STR is the bowl and ATT is the water, our bowl is bigger than one may think. This is most prevalent in endgame when 90% of the monsters you're fighting will be VT or lower.

This is all coming from a monk's point of view, but really the only difference between MNK and SAM is how much STR modification is on their best WS.

And don't get me wrong, I have spend a LOT on my STR, so I've had many chances to try it. One thing I notice a lot is boosting (A pure ATT increase to your next attack round) has a severe effect on my Low-modification WS. For example, I have had dual minuet with all my ATT gear on, and dual Etude with all my STR gear. I then dish out an Asuran Fists - Minuet wins every time. (If you don't know, it's about +25 ATT for III and +35 ATT for IV, give or take. So O.Kote and a single Merman's earring is like having MInuet III all the time. Add an Amemet Mantle and you got Minuet IV)

I also understand that SAM endgame WS are heavily STR dependant, but if you can get the 57ish cap on other gear, I strongly suggest getting O.Kotes (and I suggest camping them yourself along with Fuma Kyahan)

In summary, I've found ATT to be massively more effective in DoT than STR, because most of the time, our residual STR from random gear will put us over a VT or less, and ATT will cause much more damage (as it takes much more to reach its cap compared to the monster's defense)

Thanks for listening. Good luck.

[kenshin-san]

I have Enkel and Ochiudo's. Ochiudo's are worth it, bottom line. Enkel's are only used when using WS above Lv60+ with Yukikaze, Gekko, & Kasha. If you run a parser you will see that you do more damage with the Ochiudo's than Enkel. Many players are telling themselves that not having Ochiudo's is okay because of their high price. The thing is, Ochiudo's are one of the best hand equipment in the game and lasts until Lv75.

[Deltran]

My poistion on OKotes are if you have the money or are willing to take the time off to farm for them, get em. If not save money for totally needed items like snipers