None of them are a 'waste of time'. Every piece in the game is entirely situational. These are no exception. What it boils down to is how elite do you want to be?
Thats not true at all btw.
Depends on how you define situational.
When gear is totally outclassed by other gear for every conceivable useful purpose and situational usage becomes "Being inferior," it's pretty safe to say that the piece is a waste of time.
Bismarck.Chaosprime said:
»Asn. Bonnet +2
[Head] All Races
DEF:31 STR+7 DEX+7 Accuracy+6 Enmity+4 Enhances "Mug" effect
LV 90 THF
Waste of time unless the Aura Steal is important or it somehow makes Mug useful. Aias Bonnet gives you more stats at the cost of -.5 acc
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Asn. Vest +2
[Body] All Races
DEF:59 DEX+7 AGI+7 Enmity+6 Increases critical hit damage Increases rate of critical hits by 3%
LV 90 THF
This could be very close with Loki's Kaftan if it gives better critical damage, but I doubt that. Otherwise Loki's will win with higher stats.
The rate+ is nice, but only useful for Evisceration which will be used less and less with Exenterator. Relegates this to an Abyssea piece.
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Asn. Armlets +2
[Hands] All Races
DEF:21 CHR+7 Accuracy+9 Evasion+9 Enmity+5 "Treasure Hunter"+2
LV 90 THF
TH only. AF3+2 are better acc hands, Slither are better eva hands.
The idiots saying otherwise on the item page are probably just butthurt cuz they full time the regular piece already.
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Asn. Culottes +2
[Legs] All Races
DEF:44 STR+5 DEX+5 Accuracy+10 Enmity+6 Enhances "Gilfinder" effect
LV 90 THF
Useless unless you're absolutely suffering for accuracy, N. Legs are superior for Evisceration and Rudra.
Whirlwind Dirs win on Mercy. Denali+5 wins for Exenterator.
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Asn. Poulaines +2
[Feet] All Races
DEF:20 DEX+7 CHR+7 "Triple Attack"+3% Increases "Triple Attack" damage Enmity+4
LV 90 THF
This is something that might actually be useful. If you can stomach the -15 attk and -25.5 acc hit from losing Ryuga feet and AF3+2 hands, using these with Dusk Gloves would probably result in a overall net gain for DPS.