~First And Final Line Of Defense V2.0~

Also, I'm just returning to PLD and still nowhere near endgame; why is SIR the meta again? I haven't had to cap Spell interruption rate since terra staff days. Is it just used for big pulls and then people switch to super tank/shield and block+ gear or?

It seems like the OP of the question has given up on taking feedback so just saying this for future audiences but it's entirely possible to have a SIRD set on, get interrupted, and then die in the SIRD set.

SIRD only protects you while it is on and does not affect anything that happened before it was put on. If you begin casting a spell with 30 enemies attacking you then .2 seconds later you put your SIRD set on, 1.5 seconds later you finish casting your spell, it will almost certainly get interrupted, even if you're watching your equipviewer and it shows you're wearing your SIRD set with 200% SIRD in it.

What people were implying earlier is that the SIRD wasn't swapping on as soon as the spell begins casting and during the period where it hasn't swapped on, you're being hit and interrupted. This is entirely possible and unless you have 60 FPS eyes, are staring at equipviewer the entire time, and can perfectly distinguish the millisecond you started casting the spell, you can't identify if the swap is happening in time. Even if you could, others here are saying that equipviewer is not always an accurate representation of what you have equipped (it might lag by some ms) so you still can't take it as science.

As others have suggested, turn off GS, equip the set, pull 10 mobs, and cast some spells. If they aren't interrupted then, as expected, it's not a problem with your set but rather with your swaps. Should put on the /showswap thing to see what's happening.

Or just throw out everyone's advice and throw your arms up in the air and say it's unsolvable, that works too.

they said that already when they mentioned to turn off/Unload gearswap and 100% uptime on his SIRD set to test.

There's only 4 secenarios here I can think of:
1. OP of question not counting his set right. He's established he is
2. OP got latency issues. either from slow cpu/gpu local performance or bad internet connection?
3. OP GS working perfectly fine, no connection issues, his set caps SIRD, but is casting his/her spells after the fact. "Fact" here being an action taken on him/her, while not in SIRD and/or his action/spells occurs afterwards.
4. OP is moving while casting or is getting some other negative effect that isn't negated by SIRD?

Also, I'm just returning to PLD and still nowhere near endgame; why is SIR the meta again? I haven't had to cap Spell interruption rate since terra staff days. Is it just used for big pulls and then people switch to super tank/shield and block+ gear or?

If gearswap is involved here, then there isn't going to be any sort of timing issue, when it comes to when the gear is equipped.

Gearswap leaves zero gap to be struck by a mob between precast and midcast. So provided you are executing properly(not spamming the cast macro, cause you can screw it up like that.) you Will only be hit in your midcast set.

The question is whether the code is equipping the correct set, and whether that set is actually capped SIRD. But seeing as they didn't post the set itself, or any code, we can't confirm either.

OP back. Gave up because I didn't expect any better responses. There are definitely circumstances explained by you two that are possible culprits. I haven't really played since before posting so I haven't tested to solve this but...

Sometimes I catch my FC set in equipviewer before it swaps to the SIRD set. This might be happening from macro mashing and then getting interrupted in the FC set?

I hadnt used showswaps because my battlemod is not right atm and my screen is spammed when I got 30 mobs around me. Ill have to fix that.

"2. OP got latency issues. either from slow cpu/gpu local performance or bad internet connection?"

Honestly very likely the culprit. Ryzen 3 igfx with 2 other clients running. I should start being sure to shutdown the other characters when I do segment runs or similar content where latency is already a normal issue to begin with.

Thanks guys

edit: grammar

appreciate pointers and suggestions on what to improve please

TP/Melee (for anything but true end-game content)
ItemSet 391713
Savage Blade (Nyame R25B)
ItemSet 391714
Starting point Tanking. Need help on this the most I think
ItemSet 391715

Will be updating post to add other sets. I've got about 8-10 hours worth of GS .lua's to edit/make
(If I post GS LUA code here, is there a way to get the item sets to use that to update? its time consuming to add each set in manually)

Careful with the Empy body. 3x dyna in a row the pld has taken 4k+ damage from SU5 NMs wearing that. SE never fixed it.

Another reason I guess AA MR destroyed me.
Relic+2/3 Surcout or Sakpata's Breastplate then instead?

So just pile on STR/ATK on belt+neck (can't think of anything else)

Another reason I guess AA MR destroyed me.
Relic+2/3 Surcout or Sakpata's Breastplate then instead?

So just pile on STR/ATK on belt+neck (can't think of anything else)

If you have access to Sakpata then something more like this would be better for tanking.

ItemSet 383163

Personally I wouldn't use the Empy till +3, but it's fine at +2, not generally going to be a big deal.

What augments do you have on the cape, while tanking? (I like the Enemy Crit hit rate minus, you got there. Are there any PLD magic sets that can't get capped SIRD, that would benefit from reduced enemy crit hit rate? ....I know it's extremely niche).

If you have access to Sakpata then something more like this would be better for tanking.

ItemSet 383163

Personally I wouldn't use the Empy till +3, but it's fine at +2, not generally going to be a big deal.

Is that melee and engaged/tp/dd tanking or unengaged just casting spells using JA's for hate?
I haven't done any end game tanking yet, so seriously asking.
Also the haste isn't capped, so I am assuming it isn't engaged?

a full meva/turtle set that now caps haste engaged thanks to Lehko ring

I vaguely recall there being some sort of slot equipping priority to add in if you assign a slot with a table instead of just a string, but I'm not sure and haven't found any sources utilizing it. Maybe I'm mistaken.

Hmmm. I suppose I'll need to do some edits to the guide soon. /cries a little inside.

Instead of looking at every set and deciding which pieces have higher priority and assigning them set hierarchy within each individual set, assign each piece instead with a number of how much that particular piece has. And since the higher the number, the higher priority it is for swapping first, let gearswap do the work. For example, assign Unmoving Collar +1 a priority tag of 200 instead of 16~. Hope I made since, and yes it works. For a piece like platinum moogle belt (+10% HP) just assign it an arbitrary number like 300.

Example

sets.precast.FC = {
main={ name="Sakpata's sword", priority=100}, --10
sub={ name="Nibiru Shield", priority=80}, --7
ammo={ name="Egoist's Tathlum", priority=45},
head={ name="Carmine Mask +1", augments={'Accuracy+20','Mag. Acc.+12','"Fast Cast"+4',}, priority=38}, --14
--head={ name="Sakpata's Helm", priority=91}, -- -4FC than carmine but +53HP
body={ name="Rev. Surcoat +3", priority=254}, --10
hands={ name="Leyline Gloves", priority=25}, --8
--legs={ name="Souv. Diechlings +1", augments={'HP+105','Enmity+9','Potency of "Cure" effect received +15%',}, priority=162},
legs={ name="Enif Cosciales", priority=40}, --8
feet={ name="Odyssean Greaves", augments={'"Fast Cast"+6','INT+6',}, priority=20}, --11
--feet={ name="Carmine Greaves +1", augments={'HP+80','MP+80','Phys. dmg. taken -4',}, priority=95}, -- -3FC for +75HP
neck={ name="Unmoving Collar +1", priority=200},
--waist={ name="Oneiros Belt", priority=55},
waist={ name="Plat. Mog. Belt", priority=300},
left_ear={ name="Etiolation Earring", priority=50}, --1
--left_ear={ name="Tuisto Earring", priority=150},
right_ear="Loquac. Earring", --2
--left_ear={ name="Zwazo Earring +1", priority=45},
left_ring={name="Moonlight Ring", bag="wardrobe2", priority=110},
right_ring={ name="Gelatinous Ring +1", priority=110},
--back={ name="Moonlight cape", priority=275},
back={ name="Rudianos's Mantle", augments={'HP+60','Eva.+20 /Mag. Eva.+20','HP+20','"Fast Cast"+10','Phys. dmg. taken-10%',}, priority=80}, --10
}

Thank you very much. Wish I knew about this back in the Tiamat tanking days. The HP cure bombing would have went a lot easier.

with some MLs, frightful roar might be useful if it lands.