Rate My Solo Gear

[gookmtl]

Hey guys its been awhile since I last posted, but anyways i been busy lvl jobs <_< Anyways I xp grinded 80kxp to reach 74 in 3 sessions over 2 days, and well here is my current gear.

Weapon:Misericorde/hornet needle
Waiting for my Joyeuse and enhacing( i would have had enhacing if it wasnt for body problems.. read on to find out why) I get access to kraken club to if i feel like it, if you wanna see how RDM+kraken is goto: www.staronionbrigade.com/weeee/rdmdd.wmv

Shield: None T.T (Waiting for genbu, i *may* use iceshield or stick with hornet, i reallydunno yet)

Head: Warlock Chapeau

Evasion Torque (will switch to other torque if i fight hard to enfeeble monsters)

Earring :Dodges*2(will change to elusive * 1 supponoi thingie, i switch on -30% magic earring if im fighting a magic mob)

Rings: Jelly ring and other ring I use VIT, i dont know what to put here yet honestly(Defender ring would be ideal but, um ya ok i dream XD)

Body: Scorpion Harness ( I will get AF2 to switch in for FC when casting shadows, oh ya this is my 2nd harness btw, the first one blew up and i lost my claw T.T)

Hand: Af gloves atm, dex is nice. i dunno yet nothing catched my eye yet

Legs: AF, but looking into crimson pants

feet: AF, thinking about heroic, i dunno either

Back: Cheviot Cape(-5% phy dmg yes please)

Waist" Warewolf belt thingie, that belt is god, fyi sarashi is not that great i find)

Range: Expunger(killing the latent), but i usually use lightning bow +1

Anyways I do switch to stnd gear for enfeebling, but only if its a VT or higher.

as you can see I am aiming for long survival. im already @ -10%, bringing it to -20% with genbu IF your lucky -30% with defender, to counter act jelly ring - magic i switch in earring if im yellow, but with shadows usually not a problem.

My usual food will be defensive food, i try to keep 500 def & a decent amount of Vit for food. once in awhile ill use jack o lanterns, especially VS weapon type mobs (oh god thats nice "XXX weapon is intimidated by weeee) save you more shadows :D

Food + mob type is something im studying hard, food is such a big advantage. anyways tell me suggestion im open :D

[icesharc]

You're gear looks pretty good and it seems you have access to a lot of good options (better than mine atleast). I don't have any experiance with a kraken, but RDM don't get the greatest club skill, D I think, so you wont do a lot of damage (low damage on kraken as is) and you won't hit all that much. Not to mention mob will get tp fast, I'd probably stick with a joyeuse /genbu, but then again if I had a kraken I would pimp it 24/7 =D.

I'll list my solo gear and you can see where you do better than me and where you lack and try to fill in the spaces. Note: apple pie gave me a lot of guidance on where to go with gear so most of the credit goes to him, a few minor changes are my own doing to balance being a Hume RDM.

:: Melee setup :: I'll list the main reason for wearing gear.

Head: Ogre Mask (10 Attack)
Neck: Evasion Torque (Evasion skill +7)
Earing: Dodge Earing x2 (Evasion +3 each)
Body: Assualt Jerkin (attack +18) OR Narisimha's Vest (STR/VIT +3 ACC/EVA +4)
Hands: Scentless Armlets (Evasion +5 or 7, I cant remember)
Ring: Ruby Ring x2 (STR +4 each)
Back: Amemit Mantle (STR +1 Attack +10)
Waist: Survival Belt (Evasion +5)
Legs: Combat Caster's Slacks (Evasion +5)
Feet: Dance Shoes (Evasion +6)
Ranged: Phantum Tathlum
Main: Joyeuse (Obvious)
Sub: Strike Shield (Attack +6)

I went for the evasion gear setup, I haven't experimented with buffing up defense and vitality, I'll have to give it a try. To be honest I really don't notice evasion much while I play, but versus demons in Zvhal my parser says I evade the meele ones about 40-50% and the mages 50-65% so it must be working. When I do acctually get hit the DRK and WAR mobs normally do 80-100 damage to me so I must not have a whole lot of defense.

I'm curious about how you break to the latent on the expunger. I had heard you do 500 weaponskills with it or something??? Being a redmage I do very little ranged attack, the only time I sub RNG for weaponskills is in ballista and I don't think I get WS Point credit there :\.

[gookmtl]

icesharc

Well first off the bow latent is something like 300~500ws i dont know the exact. But all my friends got the latent off there katana, knuckles etc, i am 100% sure its the same for bow. unfourtunatly i sub ranger once in a blue moon. so ws will be slow. But the one you can guarentee the latent is gone, is after a certain ws u will see a dramatic change in dmg.

First off, I will admit S. Harness is not needed @ all for soloing. especially on a Paralyze or ice dmg type mob. if you forget to put that bar spell. You simply get paralyzed too easily. Anyways espcially after power lvling my girlfriends warrior subjob and having korrokola worms bind me as a 74 rdm... and this is each time, as soon as harness of bind is near nonhappening.

I want to actually get that Lv 74 Vit Str & 5 eva, 5 acc. unfourtunatly my gf is lvling monk and told me she wants my harness -.- so no money for now for that. but i will problably give her my harness and use the 74 body.

As for kraken, i use it purely for fun ^^

I believe in evasion boost, but not too much. a important factor i strongly believe as a redmage is survivibility, which I am sure a lot of people will agree. If I am fighting a TWTBW or EP/DC i would very much use your setup and actually take out evasion and add more ATK/STR.

Now if I was fighting a Even match or higher. I would reduce the attack a lot, and switch on more Defensive gear, and try to keep my treshold of dmg on border.
I see your body narishmha's a good alternative here. The ogre mask, well its ugly so i dont use it, i mean it is called ogre mask, i've used it once when i played rdm/bst but it didnt justify my needs, i prefered the pimp hat, also i find the optical would be much more useful, switch it in with the pimp hat for casting. The hands, well I find AF gloves is nice, it rounded for decent defense, the dex bonus is to drool by other jobs, also enabling that extra ACC we need to hit toughs. The rings, well ACC might be better since we are hitting something a tad higher. I personally dont have space to switch items now,, so i stick jelly + 4 dex ring always. The cape amemit is simply a good cape, no comment, cheviot is the only other alternative i find, there was also a cape just added lately too, but i dont remember if rdm can use it, it's red and has 3,3,3 dex agi str i think, doesnt look to bad.
Shield., well we know genbu does justice :D
I was thinking dance shoes, but im still hoping for something nice.

I will edit this post more later, my GF Here ^^

Head: Ogre Mask (10 Attack)
Neck: Evasion Torque (Evasion skill +7)
Earing: Dodge Earing x2 (Evasion +3 each)
Body: Assualt Jerkin (attack +18) OR Narisimha's Vest (STR/VIT +3 ACC/EVA +4)
Hands: Scentless Armlets (Evasion +5 or 7, I cant remember)
Ring: Ruby Ring x2 (STR +4 each)
Back: Amemit Mantle (STR +1 Attack +10)
Waist: Survival Belt (Evasion +5)
Legs: Combat Caster's Slacks (Evasion +5)
Feet: Dance Shoes (Evasion +6)
Ranged: Phantum Tathlum
Main: Joyeuse (Obvious)
Sub: Strike Shield (Attack +6)

[icesharc]

Have you done any more experimenting? How is the defense strat working out for you?