Do you still use your brown belt?

[Sakrafyce]

Originally posted by Thark601
well i'll probably never take my brown belt off again... right now i got 10 acc from my 2 sniper rings and 4 from my masters gi, waiting till 58 when i get 2 more from sparten cesti and always always wear brown belt...

Vargas the guy that posted directly above me may recall....

you remember my 763 Raging Fists in kuftal vs that crab? got me killed pretty quickly i'm no joke

I've been trying to figure this out. I'm level 44 now, yet to pick up my Brown Belt. But I plan to this weekend. I also want 2 Snipper's. Will 2 Snipper's plus the Accuracy from my GI/Weapon be enough where I won't miss much?

Also, is never missing a good thing? Our damage is too scary =P

[Toede]

thats what i had at that level(plus the brown belt) and trust me, accuracy is never a bad thing to have. Just realize when your going for the first limit break, you might as well expect to tank when fighting the undead in garliage for the drop. Our group finally gave up trying to keept he hate on the pld and i tanked the rest of the night, raging fists on those things make you feel such like a bad ass =0

[Hisdon]

it took you all night to get 6 coals? damn your luck sucks

[Taoist]

he probably meant Eldieme lol

[Redlimit]

Here is the thing about all MNK equipment, including Life/Brown Belts.

Don't get too attached to a single piece of equipment and assume its "the best" for everything. Its not.

You will be using Life Belt and Brown Belt depending on what you are fighting. STR rings are not always the best option. Highest damage H2H are not always the best option (for example, when you need to use Shiva Claws).

A good MNK will have lots of different equipment to adapt to what your situation is. Agaist Toramas you are useless without a Life Belt, but when you switch to Cockatrices, you absolutely destroy them with Brown on. Try different combinations and see what works for every mob type that you will fight.

Just today, I went from using Life Belt on Tormentors in Den of Rancor, to Brown Belt on Cocatrice in Kuftal.

[2.0]

There's no law that says that you have to fight Toramas. You can always fight something else.

[bleegh]

1 thing that I'm seeing that I don't really understand:

Brown Belt + 2 snipers:
+5 Str, +8% haste, +10 Acc.

Life Belt + 2 Sun Rings
+6 Str, +10 Acc


How, in any case, is the Life Belt + 2 Sun Rings setup better than the Brown Belt + 2 snipers setup?

[Hisdon]

that's what I say O.o

[2.0]

I like Sun Rings + Brown Belt even better.

[Aneyeisuponyou]

sniper rings drop def -20 with 2 and dark resist -20 a piece I think? You also have to compare costs though for alot of us those kind of funds aren't much a problem but there are alot of things to buy. 2 snipers and brown ( if bought ) is like 1,050,000 ish gil ( 10+ acc, +5 str, 8% haste) combined on my server, 2 str and life is like 150k ( +10 acc, +6str ). You could get spectacles, 2 str, and life on my server for a combined 1,450,000 gil roughly ( +17 acc , +6 str ). ^^ Though if/when I get Black belt, I'll probably use 2 snipers myself.

P.S.
0% haste at 61+ with spartan cesti total delay = 433
8% haste at 61+ with spartan cesti total delay = 399
100 delay = 1 second, 433-399 = 34 = .34 of a second faster

[Arkadya]

Originally posted by bleegh
1 thing that I'm seeing that I don't really understand:

Brown Belt + 2 snipers:
+5 Str, +8% haste, +10 Acc.

Life Belt + 2 Sun Rings
+6 Str, +10 Acc


How, in any case, is the Life Belt + 2 Sun Rings setup better than the Brown Belt + 2 snipers setup?

On my server it's about 1 million gil cheaper. But I'm going for lifebelt+sniper rings.

[2.0]

Originally posted by Aneyeisuponyou
sniper rings drop def -20 with 2 and dark resist -20 a piece I think? You also have to compare costs though for alot of us those kind of funds aren't much a problem but there are alot of things to buy. 2 snipers and brown ( if bought ) is like 1,050,000 ish gil ( 10+ acc, +5 str, 8% haste) combined on my server, 2 str and life is like 150k ( +10 acc, +6str ). You could get spectacles, 2 str, and life on my server for a combined 1,450,000 gil roughly ( +17 acc , +6 str ). ^^ Though if/when I get Black belt, I'll probably use 2 snipers myself.

P.S.
0% haste at 61+ with spartan cesti total delay = 433
8% haste at 61+ with spartan cesti total delay = 399
100 delay = 1 second, 433-399 = 34 = .34 of a second faster

No monk worth their weight buys a brown belt guy.They earn it. Oh and trust me no monk uses just 8% haste. There's always more where that came from.

[Orsin]

The question is... Does that 1 Extra STR out do the *% haste?

If it is true that .34 seconds are taken off every round then that would also mean that every 10 rounds it would have taken off 3.4 seconds. So that also means that if 100 Delay = 1 second and you have 399 delay you would get an extra attack every 12.9 rounds. Which would leave you with somewhere around 60-100 dmg at my level. And wearing Sniper rings you get as much Acc as Life Belt just 20 less defense which isn't really that big of a deal.

Now for the Life Belt STR ring side. Recently I bought some Ogygo's Bracelets which gave me +5 STR. My DMG Range went somewhere from the lines of 25-50 dmg to 30-60 which can help a lot. Judging by these 1 STR gives you a +1% Mininum Dmg Increase and a 2% Maximum Dmg Increase. So That 1 Str you gain from this set up will increase your damage from lets say 50-90 dmg to 51-92 damage. So judging by this you would hit for maybe 1-2 more damage a round.

So if you hit for 1--2 more damage a round you would only end up with 26 damage at the highest every 12.9 rounds while the Brown Belt gives you double the ammount of extra damage the Life Belt would.

So in conclusion... Use the Brown Belt and Sniper Combo. Or just get a Peacock Charm, use STR Rings, and a Brown Belt. Whatever suits you best

[Aneyeisuponyou]

I like Sun Rings + Brown Belt even better.

No monk worth their weight buys a brown belt guy.They earn it. Oh and trust me no monk uses just 8% haste. There's always more where that came from.

Do you play a monk?

[Kent]

I use two Sun Rings and a Brown Belt (which I bought, seeing as it's impossible for me to do the quest), and I have no problem hitting EXP enemies.