Equipment questions!

[Alucath]

I'm sure there are countless threads like this, but I was hoping to get a more specific answer for my case ^^.

I'm a 55 (Going to be 56 reaaaally soon) RDM/BLM and was wondering about my equip.

I considered myself gimp and a few of my friends weren't really helping my perception, but I guess I've had decent gear. Mostly RSE till my AF, but I just got a tactician magician's coat and a holy phial (to replace my justice badge) . Is Holy Phial really worth it? I actually got it given to me, and I feel kind of guilty because it only has an MP+ over justice badge and yet it costs 55k.

Seriously, the price isn't cool. Anyway, I've got pretty standard stuff. The main issue right now is my earring slots are empty x.x. I want to pick up a Morion Earring as well as a Moldavite Earring. I've had really bad luck with profblix, which I won't go into, but my problem is my po'ness . I am so poor.

Yeah, I'm sure everyone is sooo poor. And I guess I should try farming tree cuttings in Zitah (only lost me XP before accidentally, but I killed quite a few with new drops).

I'm sorry if this seems like a rather long rant, but I just would like to know what equip you guys would suggest for a Hume Male 55RDM/BLM.

Thanks a lot.

[Ashn]

At lv 55 I wore mostly the same as I'm wearing now.

Royal Guard's fleuret, wise wizard anelace, hornetneedle and elemental staves for weapons. (ice, dark, earth, wind)

Darksteel Buckler and Balance Buckler (for ACC or ATT)
AF Hat, Body, Gloves, Boots, Legs
Magic Cussies for exp pts.

For accessories I have:
2 morion earrings. Want a moldavite but lack the desire to go get it.
2x zircon rings, 2x aquamarine rings, 2x tiger rings, fencer ring (for when the mood strikes me) and 2x balance rings ^^
life belt, sword belt, royal knight's belt
red cape +1 and morion talthum
promise badge, black neckerchief, tiger stole and coral gorget

Did all of this stuff come easy? No.. I've been playing my RDM for almost a year and I'm lvl 62 guys been playing 4-5 months are past me already..

It just takes time and patience to get the money for this stuff. You can't spend all your time in a constant exp grind and expect to keep your equipment up to date.

Holy Phial is not worth 55k for +9 mp. If you want something more useful than the justice badge, get the promise badge.

I found farming tree cuttings to be more trouble than it was worth. The drops are rare, the mobs take too long to kill, and it's overall too time consuming for too little reward. Try farming in bubumaru penninsula. Sub THF, kill crawlers on the east side for silk thread, steal silver beastcoins every 5 minutes, and hunt the wind elementals whenever the wind weather comes around. there are 4-5 elementals that spawn up and down that coast and in the middle area. You can make 10-15k gil an hour out there. Not extremely great, but decent.

[Deathguise]

You could farm tigers in Battallia Downs or maybe tigers and bat eyes in Beaucidine Glacier. Steal Ahriman Tears from the bat eyes, a stack of them go for about 14k on my server.
Unfortunately at 56 I think you still get aggro there. ; ;
Definately pick up Morion earrings, I think I saw an alternative to them in the update, they are +1INT only, so no MP and going for arounf 30k each last time I checked, as opposed to the 2 Morions I bought for 90k each recently. ; ;

[Vavara]

Fuq the Tactical Magi Coat. It looks like concentrated ass. Get a Royal Knights Aeketon. While the stats on the TMC are marginally better (+1 INT & MND) the RKA looks SOOOO much better. Reference:



It actually matches your AF, hell I'd say it goes so far as to rival your actual Body AF in Pimpyness

As for the rest of the equipment, this is what I have at 56. I'll include the costs as per my server:

Weapon: Wise Wizards Anelance(50K)/Royal Guards Fleuret(90K)/Hornetneedle(Free)/Rose Wand +1(20K) - Dark(100k)/Ice(50K)/Earth(180K) Staffs
Shield: Musketeer Commander's Shield(30K)
Ranged: <empty>
Ammo: Morion Talthum(40K)
Head: Gold Hairpin(20K)
Neck: Holy Phial (50k)(yes the 9 MP is very much worth it)
Earring 1: Wizards Earring (250k)(Elemental Magic skill +5)
Earring 2: Morion Earring(100K)
Body: Royal Knights Aekton(30K)
Hands: XP PT - My RSE. More MP and MND+ Pimp - AF Gloves(Free)
Rings: 2X Electrums(10K Each) - 2X Eremite's Rings+1(90K each) - 2X Saintly Rings+1(70K Each)
Back: Red Cape +1(90K)
Waist: Royal Knight's Belt (50K)
Legs: AF at 56, otherwise Magic Cuisess(12K) (+3 to INT/MND)
Feet: AF (Free)

So about 1.5 Million in total. Some of its for style, most is for effectiveness.

[Alucath]

I've been wanting an RK aketon for about 20 levels... I actually bought one for 50k on my server, but then my friend (whom I occassionally let play my game) sold mine and was trying to get me uber gear >.< Now the RK aketon shot up to 70k.. What the hell? So I got the TM Coat, 40k. Cheaper, better stats, I don't seem like a slave to aesthetics.

Thanks for the help everyone, I guess I'll just have to farm some more ^^.

[Raineer]

/em just...doesn't....get...RDM's wearing the R.K. Aketon

[Midouban]

I'd recommend keeping the T.M. Coat and picking up a Promise Badge for starters.

[Irinicus]

In my opinion, the RKA is fugly.

[Gman]

Originally posted by Raineer
/em just...doesn't....get...RDM's wearing the R.K. Aketon

<--- agrees...

For around town or farming, RKA is fine, for exp party, its gimp... plain and simple. TM Coat is cheaper and better, and recommended until 58 when you get AF Tabard.

Also, for Neckwear 48+ Promise Badge > Hopy Phail. Think about it, 2 more MND = more chance to land Silence, Para, Slow. Those not being resisted as much more than makes up for the 9mp you lose from holy Phail. So my opinion is UP TO 48 use Holy Phail if you have the cash, but sell it and get Promise Badge at 48. You wont need to upgrade that until 64-65 when you can use the various Torques.