lvl 60 equip dilemna

[Tetsura]

Alright so i hit lvl 60 a couple days ago and i'm trying to get all the gear i'll need to get me to lvl 65. I've worked up about 450~470k and i'm faced with a problem between how to spend it.

These are the items i want:
Healer's Earring (31k)/ Morion Earring (74k)
Lightning Staff (145k)
Fire Staff (195k)
Sleepga 2 (130k)
Aquilo's Staff (500k)
Elemental Torque (410k)

Ok so these are the items i want, i really want to get all the major elemental staffs (Fire, Wind, Lightning, Water) as soon as i can get my grubby hands on them, but i'm worried about hitting lvl 65 and not having enough for the Elemental Torque (which is a priority target).

Also i have 2 LS's right now that have been bugging me about going to do BCNM60 instead of our usual BCNM40 runs, so they insist that i would need Sleepga 2 (even though we have a brd )

Just looking at all the costs of this stuff makes me cringe, but now i have to decide which should i buy now and which to get later. I'm kinda just hoping i'll get a nice BCNM40/60 drop and it'd help sort this whole thing out.

If posting my equip would help please say so. Thanks

[Silkiv]

I would get the Sleepga2 + Fire Staff + Thunder Staff. 470k

Sleepga2 would allow you to backup the bard in case of him/her failing. It also would get you more parties and BCNM invites outside your LS.

I'm not sure how fast you will get to 65, but if you can't make another 400k at worst if you could make 130k you could sell your staves for the torque.. but at least having the staves now would help til lvl 64.9. Right?




I would rate updating your ice staff above getting Healer's Earring / Morion Earring however. Those are nice fluff. But aren't the end game equipment staves and torque are.

[Gavin]

lucky, HQ staves are 1.2mil >3 mil here :p, that's why i only have 1 HQ and all the other standards hehe. I would suggest getting thunder and fire staves after ice and dark, seeing as they're your other most powerful spells.

[Rodin]

HQ Dark Staff is 300k on Rag. 500k for HQ Light Staff. And 700k for HQ Ice Staff. Damn I guess Rag's economy isn't screwed after all

[Nodoka]

Sleepga2 overrides all other sleep spells I think.

[Mininou]

Originally posted by Nodoka
Sleepga2 overrides all other sleep spells I think.

indeed

[Tetsura]

Well i level pretty fast i guess, i'm already lvl 61...

I think i agree with you all about the staffs and torque come first, they are certainly more important then the earrings (which i really only want to make my earring slot a little more useful,currently using enhancing earring).

Ok so the general consensus is Thunder + Fire staff + Sleepga II?

Still not sure about Sleepga II though, because i plan to be doing BCNM40 with my LS often so i dont really have the seals for BCNM60 anyway untill i start lvling bst again. Would Sleepga be enough in a PT situation? Sleepga II just made a price jump overnight and is now sitting at 150k+ (only 1 in AH atm). What if i could do quest for it? i'm working towards that now with the required quests, and i'm sure i could get people to come do it also.

So now my only real question is: is Sleepga II worth the 150k+ price tag just for party use instead of elemental seal Sleepga? Andif not what should the remaining money go into (roughly 150-170k now)

Thanks for everyone's input this is one question i felt i needed expert advice on :sweat:

[SephirothYuyX]

Some people dont realize that Sleepga2 is FREE ^^

Do the quest.

[Coinspinner]

Er... by most accounts, the quest requires an alliance of level 70-ish people. ><;

[AtraposBLM]

Originally posted by SephirothYuyX
Some people dont realize that Sleepga2 is FREE ^^

Do the quest.

That quest blows. Basically, the only way to get it done is to be in an HNM ls and hope that they take a day off doing HNM and have a full group take out the NM. Agas *can* be taken out by 12 lv70's, but he SERIOUSLY sucks. Plus, considering the amount of aggro-type mobs there are around, you need a decently high-level group for add-clearing, unless you only have to do it once and you don't care about a wipe. Just so you know, in SE's twisted sense of irony, BLM's are nearly useless on Aga's. He'll flat out resist most of your spells unless you're 70+ (even then, you'll get multiple 1/10th resists or worse), and he loves casting upper level -aga's. Bring high-level heavy-damage melee's. Rangers, Darks, Monks all help out a ton, as they do boat loads of damage. But seriously...this quest blows. Better off buying the spell then doing it once you have a group of people that owe you a favor (luckily, around lv70, melee's start needing to do WS quests, so you can usually help a few of your friends do theirs, and they'll be much more inclined to help you out with the Sleepga II mob. Just don't get them killed...)

[Tetsura]

bought Lightning staff last night for 134k so that leaves me with some money left. I'm kinda waiting on Fire staff to drop a little more (currently 185kish), looks like it could be the next on the list for a equip undercutting.

So now i've got mixed replys on the Sleepga 2 quest. I knew beforehand that it was tough, though i wasnt sure how tough. I may be able to muster around 7-10 lvl 70ish players (some higher some a little lower) would that be enough?

[AtraposBLM]

I highly doubt it. If you're all pimped to the canes...well maybe. With a near perfect group (no other BLM's, highest level tanks, high level melee DD (preferably ranger or 66+ dark).....maybe. Agas is HARD.

[Icemage]

Not only is Agas difficult to beat, but the lead-up quests aren't much fun either.

NOTE: One of the biggest dangers of fighting Agas is his Level 5 Petrify attack. Make sure you have a white mage who isn't at a level which is a multiple of 5 (65, 70, 75) or you could be in serious trouble against him. He doesn't need much time to wipe you out if everyone is petrified, since he has very powerful magic, and the area you have to fight in doesn't give you any room to back away as a white mage unless you're very good with Sneak while in the middle of combat.


Icemage

[Tetsura]

talked to a good friend ingame today about Agas, mainly i asked was he tough. She replyed that he wasnt. I had heard that Agas was quite dificult so i asked how many people it took, 12? 18? She says 6.

Now i trust this person alot, and she's been lvl 75 for as long as i've known her, and speaks japanese fluently as well as english. Also she's quite modest so i cant see her fabricating a story to impress people.

Is it possible your over-estimating Agas's strength/dificulty?

[mdn]

no. buy the spell it's worth it; and buy erase too.

do you want to party with a drk using full af and +str rings or do you want to party with one using a hauberwhatlmdaldfk and snipers? now do you want to party with a blm who can sleep the 2 adds the puller brings or have the party wipe? not to mention, zm4 and 6 both require it, as does at least sandy 7-2 and any bcnm60. healer's earring doesn't help by the way. i have one right now and if i nuke hard i still get aggro and if i play right i still don't get aggro.