A few level 40 Ranger question

[ChezGod]

First off, I need help with equipment:

Royal Archer's Bandana - gives +1 AGI but is there anything I can replace this with?

Iron Scale Mail (the level 38 one) - should i be using this until Brigidine (sp)?

Centurions Finger Gauntlets - what should i replace these with?

Cents Legs and Boots - These give + AGI, but how long should i be keeping them?


Also, would it be safe for a level 40 Ranger to farm tigers in Battalia?

[Pandar]

Emp.Hairpin for head until AF
Body armor doesn't really matter too much
Gloves = Mages Cuffs
Legs should be mages cuisses for the int+2 for damage
leaping boots

[FeralisCallidus]

Legs should be mages cuisses for the int+2 for damage

...Did I miss something? :confused:

[SeverusXerxes]

wtf

since when is ranger's damage based on Intelegence, maybe you meant to post that in the BLM forum? but... you got leaping boots right :confused:

Gloves = Mages Cuffs
Legs should be mages cuisses for the int+2 for damage

[greysenn]

Heh, I'd go with bastokan or republic cuisses and greaves. Leaping boots are nice and all, but unless you're just rolling in cash, thats money better saved for elsewhere.

Mage cuffs are +2 agi. Unfortunately, they're also nonexistant on bahamut. RSE for me.

[KamaAina]

yeh for humes I like the RSE gloves even though it has - 1 AGI the +3 STR helps. I am going the keep these until AF.


BTW some people on this forum were saying that the AF was crap?

Hunter's Beret 54 21 　 　 HP+13 INT+3 Ranged Attack+5 Increases "Rapid Shot" activation rate

Hunter's Jerkin 58 41 　 　 HP+20 VIT+3 Ranged Accuracy+10 Camouflage Up

Hunter's Bracers 52 10 　 　 HP+10 DEX+3 [DKN]+10 Enhances "Shadowbind" effect

Hunter's Braccae 56 27 　 　 HP+15 MND+5 Enhances "Sharpshot" effect

Hunter's Socks 60 12 　 　 HP+10 AGI+4 Evasion+5 Enhances "Scavenge" effect

I dont see what of this isn't good. I am going to go full AF, other then the gloves which look kind of like crap.

The body looks great Ranged Acc +10, the beret looks nice with Ranged Attack +5 (emp hairpin might be better I will go with whatever looks better ), the legs don't really have any useful stats but enhance sharpshot would be nice. The socks AGI +4 are good and better then my RSE boots (which replaced the leaping boots because I dont really want DEX because sometimes crits throw off my hate management)

[nekote]

Originally posted by KamaAina


The body looks great Ranged Acc +10, the beret looks nice with Ranged Attack +5 (emp hairpin might be better I will go with whatever looks better ), the legs don't really have any useful stats but enhance sharpshot would be nice. The socks AGI +4 are good and better then my RSE boots (which replaced the leaping boots because I dont really want DEX because sometimes crits throw off my hate management)

the beret owns the hairpin, what u need hairpin for besides the agi+3? LOL dex, u don't need dex as a rng.

[KamaAina]

Well yeh if you read the last line of my quote I agree. But the cap looks dorky....and +2 agi isn't that bad :p

I see lots of ranger still with hairpin post 60.

[AntAnt]

Ant

Im not equipping anything unless it has Ranged ACC or AGI. If neither of those stats are available I will get STR or + Ranged ATT. I dont care if its lvl 1 and costs 10 gil with 0 def. There is 2 things that matter to me. Hit% and dmg%. Rapid shot activation rate? a faster shot here and there?.....

[FeralisCallidus]

Hit and Do dmg. Rapid shot activation rate? a faster shot here and there?.....

Rapid Shot + is very noticeable. And it increases your damage output =\

[AntAnt]

ant

im gona have to run the parser on that. would be nice if it said "rapid shot activation rate +40%"

[greysenn]

You'd have to parse it manually unfortunately :/ I have yet to see any "rapid shot activates" messages, although it is hella noticeable if you watch when it goes.

[Macht]

Alright I've a big thing to say with this. People are trying to Horde AGI items way to much. Last night I was playing with another RNG we both had the same +1 Bow I balanced my character with +STR/+DEX/+AGI/+VIT/+INT/+MND/+CHR/+Rng Acc/+Rng Att/+Att/+Evasion. The other player focused on +DEX/+AGI/+Rng Acc/+Rng Att they used the best arrows they could get I used the 3rd best and funny thing is I MATCHED their damage arrow for arrow. Hit% was like 1% difference, now the kicker my Barrage/Eagle Eye Shot/Piercing Arrow was all nearly 100 more damage then theirs with the 3rd best arrows I could get.

Cheaper arrow matching and beating damage, something seems to be said for that. The other thing I seemed to notice is my "Rapid Shot" was activating more frequently then theirs, luck I guess, but I'm kind of wondering if it's an effect of raising one of the others stats. The AF gear looks like great stats to me, though I still haven't seen anyone wearing it at all on Fairy yet. I've seen DRG/THF/RDM/WHM/BST/DRK/BLM/PLD no others yet (I'm sure there are people running around with it I just haven't found them yet).

[KamaAina]

I dont know I am certianly not in the AF levels (almost 50) but I do know that the difference between scorpion arrows and say horn arrows is amazing.

I partied with an Elvaan RNG/WAR (at this level at least they missed about 50% of the time unless it was a VT). but that isn't the point even when he had berserk up I hit for at least 20 more per shot and I am a Hume RNG/NIN. We had pretty much the exact same gear except my RSE gloves gave +3 STR I think Elvaan only give +DEX? And he had 1 beetle +1, and one horn +1 while I had 2 ummm.. the level 45 ones +1 (Carapace?). So I had more Ranged acc then him.

But I just thought it was odd I usually never outdamage an Elf especially if they are RNG/WAR using berserk...I hit more then them so alot of times I outdamage them there but not per shot.

[ZQM]

Question : Is the Valk Mask worth switching to at 43? +7 ATK, and I believe ATk raised RNG ATK since berserk is +ATK