OK Just so everyone knows. Summoning Magic skill is used for both BP Acc and Macc. It is also useful for making your wards last long enough to be effective. An ideal build would feature +30 Summoning Magic Skill over your cap. Each point of Summoning Magic skill over your current levels cap = +3 seconds of wards! So this torque alone gives your Hastega +21 seconds. This with an evokers ring and the AF horn and a summoning earring puts you at +25 Summoning Magic skill giving you +75 seconds of your wards making Hastega last only 15 seconds shy of what real haste is... Figure with 4 party members needing it you actually spend less MP Then a WHM or RDM using haste. And with it lasting 2:45 seconds you can toss another BP ward out before this wears. (Ecliptic Growl anyone?) And 5 more Summoning magic skill puts you at the cap allowing you to maintain THREE BP wards at the same time! Freakin amazing IMO.
Katatonic isn't entirely true in the statement that 1 skill = 3 seconds of bp ward. This is only true for 90 second BPs like hastega and fenny buffs. For 30 sec wards like crimson howl, each skill over cap = 1 second, but it still caps at 3 minutes.
This Torque has been beat by Caller's Pendant which is dropped by Ironclad Severer in Abyssea - Misareaux. Two more Skill, Regan and Weather Perpetuation -1!!!
Very Nice if your accuracy is lacking on Bloodpacts. A good alternative is to use AF Horn, Summoner's Bracers(if ya got em) and Evoker's Ring(+10) and use Sacrifice Torque in Neck slot. Either way both are cheap, and both good to use. (Also Use this when excecuting a Blood Pact: Ward ^^)
Use this. End of story. The Sacrifice Torque should only ever be used as a macro piece for BP:R and if macroed in after you use the Bloodpact but before the Avatar executes it you recieve the benefit of both. Ideally have both if you wanna cheap out a bit (why I am not sure you can get both for <10k) or get more important gear first get this first then the Sacrifice Torque later. There are no real alternatives to this piece the gear Karb listed below should all be paired with this.
