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By Gimp 2013-04-18 15:59:59
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not sure about glavoid but no I've never gotten blu magic stun to work on apa.
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By Odin.Creaucent 2013-04-18 16:51:59
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Baniak said: »
Carbuncle.Arcksan said: »
Well i'm doing NNi too at the moment, and my main is BLU too.

What piece you'll choose will depend of what your needs are right now. the body is surely the best piece for a tp set. At the condition you can manage the loss of the refresh from the empyrean body. Personnaly, i took the hand first cause I was interested by the VIT on it for a few spells. and seems i was at 26% haste I keep it for my tp set too instead of my enif manopolas.

You actually need 26% in equip to cap at 25%.
Ofc the gain from last 1% is much smaller than 1% so if other stats are superior than go with 25% in equip.

bit late but meh. Not quite true any more there is a thread either on here or on BG with tests proving that the newer gears haste formula has changed so theres a bit more haste than what is actually displayed on the equip. 25% haste will actually cap haste instead of needing 26% it was like last year when i read that so idk how clearly im remembering it maybe someone can find that thread again.
 
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By Leviathan.Draylo 2013-04-18 19:41:08
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Gimp said: »
not sure about glavoid but no I've never gotten blu magic stun to work on apa.

Temporal shift does but not head butt or sudden lunge.
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By Alpheus 2013-04-18 20:12:42
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Speaking to the mention of Glavoid, I have seen Sudden Lunge stun him however stuns have a unfortunate side effect of also extending his window of Damage Absorption so bear in mind that you'll want to stay turned a few seconds longer than usual.
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By Odin.Arkista 2013-04-18 23:05:21
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Kheper Wristbands worth making? Cause the HQ is out of the pocketbook for a long time.
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By Asura.Lokimaru 2013-04-19 00:35:11
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Odin.Arkista said: »
Kheper Wristbands worth making? Cause the HQ is out of the pocketbook for a long time.
Might as well just get Fea's Cuffs instead.
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By Ragnarok.Sekundes 2013-04-19 00:41:46
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The augment on Khepri is not going to help your physical spells at all. So for physical spells, kheper isn't all that bad but fea's is better with the exception of whirl and amorphic which make use of the mnd and int respectively. If you wanna save space though, I'd go for myrmex as that is used in your ws and spells.
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By Bismarck.Llewelyn 2013-04-19 00:47:36
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Oh, wow. All this time I thought Whirl of Rage was STR/DEX. <.< Embarassing.
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By Ragnarok.Sekundes 2013-04-19 01:01:03
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It's just a 30% so honestly it doesn't change the way I gear it much compared to a pure str or str/dex spell(actually, currently my sets for pure str and str/mnd are the same ^^;). There's some minor optimizations you could make if you have the gear and have the space but the str is more valuable anyhow.
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By Bismarck.Llewelyn 2013-04-19 01:02:32
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Yeah, I just threw it into my STR spell set rather than my STR/DEX.
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By Asura.Ackeronll 2013-04-19 23:51:51
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Valefor.Prothescar said: »
Hat is 3% DW, useless for TP ):
Since this hat has now been confirmed to have 5% DW does that change anything or no? Gonna guess no but figured I'd ask anyhow.
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By Valefor.Prothescar 2013-04-19 23:54:58
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not at all really. 7% would be bare minimum for competition
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By Asura.Ackeronll 2013-04-19 23:56:32
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K thank you.
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By Sylph.Krsone 2013-04-20 00:02:07
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Taking the ideal posted high end tp set wouldnt you swap to dw% head, miodio gloves, thaumas leg and 4% haste feet, would that not be superior? Losing some attack, 3% da and some acc for 5% dw. Perhaps it comes down to whether you need this attack or not?
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By Valefor.Prothescar 2013-04-20 00:12:08
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You're also losing a ton of STR and DEX, which translates to base damage and crit rate.
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By Sylph.Krsone 2013-04-20 00:13:25
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Ah ok.
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By Phoenix.Tsuekasa 2013-04-20 10:41:12
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What is the best way to answer the questions for unlocking the Job? The wiki guide was wrong.
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By Fenrir.Leoheart 2013-04-20 11:54:41
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Hit the third option for every answer and he'll ask you for Valkurm sunsand.
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By Valefor.Prothescar 2013-04-20 16:09:54
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May have to reevaluate my stance on Thurandaut chapeau. Put together some sets out of curiosity:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74057669/gearsets.txt

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Almace99/STR Shikargar/XX/Mantis eye
Ocelomeh headpiece +1/Rancor collar/Brutal earring/Suppanomimi
Thaumas coat/Nomkahpa mittens/Epona's ring/Rajas ring
Atheling mantle/Twilight belt/Abatteur subligar/Thaumas nails

D70/D61, STR+ 33, DEX+ 57, Attack+ 86, Accuracy+ 66, Double Attack+ 22%, Triple attack+ 6%, Quadruple attack+ 3%, Haste+ 26%, Dual wield+ 5%




Almace99/STR Shikargar/XX/Mantis Eye
Thurandaut chapeau/Rancor collar/Brutal earring/Suppanomimi
Thaumas coat/Miodio gloves/Epona's ring/Rajas ring
Atheling mantle/Twilight belt/Thaumas kecks/Enif gambieras

D70/D61, STR+ 46, DEX+ 40, Attack+ 94, Accuracy+ 58, Double attack+ 16%, Triple attack + 6%, Quadruple attack+ 3%, Haste+ 25%, Dual wield+ 10%




Almace99/Bihkah sword +1/XX/Mantis Eye
Thurandaut chapeau/Rancor collar/Brutal earring/Suppanomimi
Thaumas coat/Miodio gloves/Epona's ring/Rajas ring
Atheling mantle/Twilight belt/Thaumas kecks/Enif gambieras

D70/D63, STR+ 33, DEX+ 40, Attack+ 76, Accuracy+ 89, Double attack+ 16%, Triple attack + 6%, Quadruple attack+ 3%, Haste+ 26%, Dual wield+ 10%




Almace99/Bihkah sword +1/XX/Mantis Eye
Thurandaut chapeau/Rancor collar/Brutal earring/Suppanomimi
Thaumas coat/Nomkhapa mittens/Epona's ring/Rajas ring
Atheling mantle/Twilight belt/Thaumas kecks/Enif gambieras

D70/D63, STR+ 32, DEX+ 40, Attack+ 67, Accuracy+ 89, Double attack+ 19%, Triple attack + 6%, Quadruple attack+ 3%, Haste+ 26%, Dual wield+ 10%




Almace99/STR Shikargar/XX/Mantis Eye
Thurandaut chapeau/Rancor collar/Brutal earring/Suppanomimi
Thaumas coat/Alucinor mitts/Epona's ring/Rajas ring
Atheling mantle/Twilight belt/Xux trousers/Enif gambieras

D70/D61, STR+ 29, DEX+ 46, Attack+ 66, Accuracy+ 77, Double attack+ 16%, Triple attack + 6%, Quadruple attack+ 3%, Haste+ 26%, Dual wield+ 10%




Almace99/STR Shikargar/XX/Mantis Eye
Thurandaut chapeau/Rancor collar/Brutal earring/Suppanomimi
Thaumas coat/Alucinor mitts/Epona's ring/Rajas ring
Atheling mantle/Twilight belt/Thaumas kecks/Enif gambieras

D70/D61, STR+ 40, DEX+ 48, Attack+ 82, Accuracy+ 82, Double attack+ 16%, Triple attack + 6%, Quadruple attack+ 3%, Haste+ 25%, Dual wield+ 10%




Almace99/STR Shikargar/XX/Mantis Eye
Thurandaut chapeau/Rancor collar/Brutal earring/Suppanomimi
Thaumas coat/Miodio gloves/Epona's ring/Rajas ring
Atheling mantle/Twilight belt/Xux trousers/Enif gambieras

D70/D61, STR+ 35, DEX+ 38, Attack+ 84, Accuracy+ 73, Double attack+ 16%, Triple attack + 6%, Quadruple attack+ 3%, Haste+ 26%, Dual wield+ 10%

Difference between the best sets in this list is less clear cut than originally projected, will have to simulate some of these. I'm thinking that Set4 may beat Set1.

1STR 17DEX 19ATK 3DA vs 2OffhandD 23ACC 7%AtkSpeed
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By Asura.Lokimaru 2013-04-20 16:15:00
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Wow, that set 4 is really close to the set I played around with in itemsets

Or I could completely miss that there's more than 4 sets, ignore me :3
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By Odin.Arkista 2013-04-21 10:25:17
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I made this yesterday after finding out the head had 5% not 3%


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By Sylph.Hyunkyl 2013-04-21 13:38:43
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I don't own Morrigan+1 yet, thoughts on Orvail helm and body for Requiestcat? Pretty sure Thaumas nails beat Orvail feet because of the attack and DA%
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By Siren.Kyte 2013-04-21 13:43:22
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They're quite good.
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By Valefor.Prothescar 2013-04-21 13:54:43
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slight alterations made to add orvail gear to some sets
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By Sylph.Hyunkyl 2013-04-21 14:01:15
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Well that was fast! :P
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By Sylph.Oraen 2013-04-21 14:11:57
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Wow, the Orvail head is actually better than Anwig for cures? I really would have thought the cure potency and small mind would beat it out. Looks like I need to stop being lazy and get some reives done.
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By Valefor.Prothescar 2013-04-21 14:18:52
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it's only by 2 hp
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By Bismarck.Helel 2013-04-21 14:41:04
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Hasty pinion might be a viable option. Would allow you to swap 4% gloves to nomkahpa, or enif to wurrukatte. I don't think the -stp will matter since I just barely reach 100 tp as it is. With more dual wield I'm going to need another attack round, anyway. Tiercel necklace is another option, though I doubt it'd be worth using over portus/rancor.

ItemSet 297803
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Edit: Yes, I realize it's not true cap haste.
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By Odin.Arkista 2013-04-21 14:49:53
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Always Bihkah Sword +1 if you don't have a Str sword and could still cap haste with Nomkahpa Mittens and leave that ammo open for other.
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