RDM Solo Gear

[jinxmitchell]

Ok, so figuring out what RDM PT gear I wanted was pretty easy, I've known what my job is for several thousand EXP...

The whole buying gear for solo... that's a different ballpark for me though. I'm currently level 59 RDM but lets assume I'm 60 because I will level within the next two days (work is slowing me down). I pretty much have my heart set on a couple of things and am unsure about a few other things. I'll try to keep it short and sweet is it is late and I have to wake up early =P

Head = AF

Body = Scorp. Harness... I don't have the gil as I am currently working towards V. Cloak, so until then I'll be using Black Cotehardie

Neck = Spirit Torque

Waste = Sarashi (when /NIN) Royal Knights Belt (when /THF)

Hands = AF

Feet = AF

Back = Federal Army Mantle

Legs = I don't really see anything that makes me excited... AF until I find something better.

Rings = Astrals.... I'm attatched, but if someone gives good reasoning why I don't need the +50 MP I'll keep an open mind.

Earrings = Morion/Phantom or evasion earrings... can't make up my mind. I guess I can macro on the +int earrings during spellcasting. Just trying to keep from doing that due to Inventory space issues.

Ammo = Morion Tathlum

As I said it's late and I'm very tired... I'll try to make my responses better than this post.

Good Night!

[DrSerpico]

Input

Forget about the sarashi... it only adds 1% to dualwield.

You should either have a macro or manually change like me on your rings. After you've used those initial 50 mp (buffs+debuffs) they're just a waste of space.

Then toss in your lvl50 JSE ring and a victory ring. ^^

For legs, combat casters slacks +1 should strike your fancy, with +5 eva and +14 mp (only under nation control, but still.)

As soon as you hit 61, you should pick up an amemit mantle. The 2 things you want to focus on for RDM solo is evasion and attack.

As for your headpiece, macro in your AF hat for spells, then have a "fight macro" to switch that gear back on. Valkyrie's mask is just about made for Rdm solo before ogre mask/optical hat.

Finally, Earrings should be Dodge Earrings until you can afford the new Elusive earrings. No real need for int earrings, since rdm solo is more about whittling the enemy down. And for that you need evasion to save mp, and atk to up your medium dmg.

Apple Pie will probably fill in the blanks for me. Good luck!

[accountname]

lvl 75 RDM my current solo gear is:

Weapon: Joyeuse
Sub: Genbu Shield
Raged: Rosenbogen
Head: Optical Hat
Neck: Spike Necklace
Earrings: Knights Earring, Cassie Earring
Body: AF
Hands: Garden Bangles
Rings: Jelly Ring BQ Ring
Back: Cheviot Cape
Waist: Life belt
Legs: Crimson
Feet: Crimson

[Deathguise]

At 63 for farming with /THF I'm using:

Weapon: Gold Sword
Sub: Darksteel Buckler
Ranged: I might pick up a lightning bow
Head: Warlock's Chapeau
Neck: Tiger stole
Earrings: Morion's at the moment, I'm going for Dodge earrings
Body: Warlock's Tabard
Hands: Carapace gauntlets
Rings: Fencer's Ring & Sun Ring
Back: Amemit Mantle
Waist: Swordbelt
Legs: Feral trousers
Feet: Warlock's boots

[jinxmitchell]

Thanks for the replies all... I took a few ideas and have been doing a little bit of shopping, but not too much since I'm trying to save for my Cloak.

For head I've decided to macro on the Pimp hat during spell casting, and for the rest of the time I'll keep an Emp Hairpin on.

Waist, I actually like my sarashi with /NIN... I did some research and saw the numbers from parser and it did more damage over the course of 30 PT battles than Master Belt in the same amount of battles. With /THF I am thinking of changing to Swordbelt

I liked the idea of Amemit Mantle @ 61 and will do that for sure.

I picked up the level 50 RDM ring and plan on going to kill the slime for the Jelly Ring when I get closer to level 63, until then I'll probably just keep an Astral on.

I will be using 2 Royal Guard's fleurets as /NIN and a Wise Wizard's Anelace with Strike Shield as /THF.

I think that about covers the changes you guys triggered... I'm gonna go make an attempt at getting myself a Moldavite earring now! ^^

[jinxmitchell]

update

Here's an update on my solo gear... I think i've learned a bit since i first posted this.

Head = Optical hat
neck = Evasion Torque
hands = AF
body = Scorpion harness
legs = Dusk trousers
feet = Dance shoes (working for Duelist's boots)
back = dodge cape
ear = elusive earring + Moldavite Earring (until i get Suppanomimi)
rings = jelly ring and jaeger ring.
belt = Scouter's Rope
ranged = lightning bow +1

weapons = Joyeuse + Enhancing Sword

[Plenum]

its waist not waste ><

[jinxmitchell]

yeah if i remember correctly, it was late when i posted that >< It's been fixed now. =)