Is 1 million enough?

[Huaua]

is 1 mil gil enough to get my rdm from lvl 1-70? the only expensive item i would want is 2 astral rings, not verm cloak or anything.

Thnx in advanced

[Chucklez_1]

Midgardsormr:

Spells up to 60: around 300k (that's w/o phalanx)
Armour (low level equipments can be sold back really...but for lvl 60 stuff): 750ishk (i'm adding a must have enfeebling torque there and ur 2 astral rings)
Weapon: Dark staff + stat wand: 710k

= 1.76 mil

So no. Then again midgardsormr's price is all messed up :mad: refresh was 40k before and it's down to 5-7k.

[Patchinko]

Yes, you could easily get to lvl70 with a million gil. RDM is one of those jobs where even with less than optimal equipment, you will have little problem finding a party.

However, you're going to need a lot more than that if you want to be wearing the best gear possible the whole time.

[Huaua]

okie dokie, thnx for all the info youve given me, if there are any other ways of seeing this or suggestions or anything else thnx in advanced, btyw that was quick resposne

[AtraposBLM]

dark staff was at 430k as of noon friday on midgardsormr

of course, there were still 27 dark ores in stock and 5 dark staves...so the price will probably drop even further. Good thing I sold mine while the price was high, as I couldn't play this week/weekend, so I sold it while it was high (relative to what I paid...it dropped from 800k to 540k in the course of a night...I paid 560k to have it crafted). I'll buy it back when the price stabilizes again.

[Altruist]

Drk an Ice are now 330k on cerb w, 27 in stock. But I'm still poor and my Mst. Cst. Pole will do fine til my blm is 51.

[Patchinko]

The prices on the staves has been fluctuating a great deal on Ragnarok. Most people have started to realize it, so I think they'll probably stabilize soon (Dark lowest ~350k, Ice lowest ~150k).

[Chucklez_1]

430k?! NICE! Last time I checked it was around 700ish k (prolly weeks ago). I'll prolly buy the dark staff when it goes down to 250ish k. It's REALLY a nice staff but I don't think it's really necessary when the vast majority out there managed to get by w/o one. I never really run out of mp but...it really looks nice and it wouldn't hurt to throw in a few extra nukes with additional MP. Right now I'll just worry about enfeebling torque

[Alcueid]

I bought a dark staff for 300k a few days ago on Odin.

[Uroboros]

Dark Staff is 340k right now on Bismarck, I bought it I guess about a month ago for 396k. Ice Staff and Light Staff, which I'm considering getting for the hell of it, are currently both 400k and stable. Earth Staff is I think about 480k (some PLD friends contemplating it), and the rest I haven't bothered to look at.

And to the original poster - you'll notice Dark Staff way more than you'll notice Astral Rings (which you WON'T notice, except when people /check you and then say "DAMN" or whatever). Electrums do just as well past 40, and before 40 on mage jobs I just drink juice constantly and do totally fine. Astral Rings are not worth it IMO, especially if you're trying to budget as you are.

[AtraposBLM]

A dark staff works out to be just under a 50% increase in the amount of MP you get per tick. It is VERY noticeable. Its very nice for when you can't rest very many ticks...like resting 3-4 ticks from near-death of the mob to when it comes back. Normally, that'd be 3x24 = 72 mp. A dark staff makes that 102. 4 ticks is 96 mp, dark staff would be 112. That's not exact...probably off by 3-4 mp, but its 4:25 am and I'm tired and don't want to do more complicated math than I have to.

Bottom line is, dark staff gives you a near 50% reduction on time spent resting for the first bunch of ticks, so if you don't have time to rest alot, you'll see a much bigger improvement than if you have to rest for long periods of time (although the DS will still help you there )

[riceburner4540]

minor correction. mp gained per tick isn't the same. with clear mind III, i get 21 mp for the initial tick and +2 mp per tick after...so it goes something like
21...23...25...etc
dark staff adds 10 to that, making it...
31...33...35...etc

that said, its kinda cool to rest up 50-60 mp in 1 tick

on siren, its down to about 300k, with ice barely over 200k.

[DM337]

Last I checked on Pandemonium, Dark Staff has gone down to 400k. (although it was 450k a week or so ago) Hopefully it'll drop even more whilst I farm up some more gill to buy it.

[Chucklez_1]

A dark staff works out to be just under a 50% increase in the amount of MP you get per tick. It is VERY noticeable. Its very nice for when you can't rest very many ticks...like resting 3-4 ticks from near-death of the mob to when it comes back. Normally, that'd be 3x24 = 72 mp. A dark staff makes that 102. 4 ticks is 96 mp, dark staff would be 112. That's not exact...probably off by 3-4 mp, but its 4:25 am and I'm tired and don't want to do more complicated math than I have to.

Sigh...so that's...40ish hours of farming to get that staff, or 10 successful great drop 40 bcnm hunts or 2 successful drop of that 300k gauntlet in oztroja.

[DrowII]

Got my dark staff for 255k on Titan. It has dropped from 400k+ in the last 3 weeks. Apparrently a few people are mass producing these.