Optimal Gear Sets?

I wish someone would just make one of those nifty guides for BLM.

More trouble than its worth tbh

So I am considering making a guide for BLM since there isn't one posted at the moment. I've never really written a guide, so any tips or changes is rly helpful. Before I go about trying to post things up I wanted to see what you guys thought of these sets...

Nuking:

ItemSet 298994

Enhancing:

ItemSet 298990

Enfeeb:

ItemSet 298984

Dark:

ItemSet 298975

Aspir/Dark

ItemSet 298979

I think you should nuke in gear that offers more INT/MAB.

Nares cuffs

skrati grip (or wizzan grip)

taubran cape (or Romanus cape)

saevus pendant

Good point. Updated! :)

- Enfeeb Swaps : Balrahn's, macero grip, aureole, veikr feet, manasa chausable, af1+1 body, casso sash, avesta bangles.

ItemSet 298999

- Aspir/Drain. Swaps : Avesta bangles.

ItemSet 299000

- Nuke Swaps : af2 leg/zodiac ring/obi/twilight back for weather bonus. galdr ring if sorc ring inactive, skrati grip, maniacus sash, akasha chaps.

ItemSet 288133

Just those for now.

Updated a couple of them, couple questions.

Enfeeb:

Why Karka ring instead of Irrwisch Ring?
Why Af+1 versus Manasa?

Drain/Aspir:
If you're lucky enough to get those boots and hands it gives an additional 10% to drain/Aspir.

Dark:

Stirga crown should be considered better then Appetence for a higher tier set, because while both give the 10% boost for drain/aspir – Appetence is +10 dark magic and Stirga is +15.

Why Dalmatica +1 over the V2 Ultima body?
Belt/Ammo – why fast cast/spell interruption over dark magic skill & magic accuracy?

Nuke:

Why Orvail pants? 16 int is 8 MAB right? So those pants are relatively 8 MAB and 6 Macc. Akasha is 12-13 MAB and 8 skill. So you lose the Macc, but gain more MAB.
Belt: Why over maniacus?

I vote Akasha > Orvail

Yeah my bad XD Fixed.

I said other alternatives after the posted set, didnt say it was perfect. Irrwisch ring is better but I have other uses for karka, karka I said for more mnd based potency enfeebs. Irrwish has just the 3 int 4 skill.

I also didnt say af1+1 was better than nares saio or manasa chausable im just offering alternatives.

Wouldnt change the hands and the feet to vampric set for inv space issues and that would be the last swap I did I if I had the space I guess yes. I like the dalmy+1 has two uses to proc sorc ring and 3% quicken along with waist 3% and ammo 2% is nice for drain/aspir.


Again on the pants did you not see I mentioned akasha.

"Why Orvail pants? 16 int is 8 MAB right? So those pants are relatively 8 MAB and 6 Macc. Akasha is 12-13 MAB and 8 skill. So you lose the Macc, but gain more MAB."

Think you failed to read the stats on akasha chaps too lol.

Oh you meant alternatives. My bad.

Also for the Akasha pants I was under the assumption that 2 intelligence = 1 MAB, or is this not so? I had come to that conclusion bc Akasha is 13 INT and +6 MAB. That’s why I had written down 12-13.

Sorry bout all that.

Anyone here have a good HP down set that will take you down into the yellow HP you need to activate latent on the ring?

Conduit shoes, swith cape+1, bifrost ring, dalmy+1/zenith crown+1 or basically any zenith+1 pieces you have room to carry which have good augments for other uses. 8+ skill on head is nice, 3% quicken, 6% fc, 6%macc on body too.

Theres many more pieces like asklepios/shield combo, cotehardie, penitents rope, serket ring, astral earring, morgana choker but you shouldnt really be making a sorc ring proc set with these pieces anymore.

Wouldn't one want to have at least 2 nuking sets, one full attack, one where MAcc is a bit more of a priority? Last time I checked, you can add a hefty amount of MAcc with minimal damage loss by having a set with swaps like Stoicheion Medal over Saveus, Morrigan's Cuffs +1 over Nares, Othila over Maniacus, and the like.

You don't nuke Ouryu in your Pudding set.

I knew I wasn't crazy for noticing this

Ya thats obvious lose 2 int for 11 macc, same for neck, maniacus sash I dont own anyway just othila.

Still coming to terms with the update, but http://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Yaoyotl_Gloves made the hand debate moot.

These are some quick and dirty sets I came up with

Dark (Drain/Aspir):
ItemSet 291088
Switch out Abyssal for Dark earring if you got a suppa.

Enfeebling:
ItemSet 299117

Nuking:
ItemSet 291022
Switch in Twilight cape and obis when applicable. Also can use Sorc ring if you want to screw around with an hp down set as well.

Precast:
ItemSet 291087
This is /Sch, can remove 5% if /Rdm

Yeah they did o.o; New neck too.

So I've never written a guide before and could use some assistance if anyone would like to help :) One thing that'd be really helpful is if someone has experience with /sch. Personally I've always preferred RDM, and admittedly I don't use the obi/twilight combination as much as one might. If anyone wanted to write the /sch section and its benefits and draw backs, and about the obis/twilight cape that'd be really awesome

Hmm...

http://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Nahtirah_Hat

That hat or Nares (without using any other piece of Nares set)

As /Sch you gain:
- Max MP Boost I (10MP)
- B+ skill bump (if you aren't already capped) to Dark, Elemental and Enfeebling in Dart arts, and Divine, Healing, Enfeebling, and Enhancing in Light arts.
- While in the respective arts, you get 10% reduced MP cost, and -10% casting and recast time.
- Sublimation (2HP > 3MP)
- 2 Stratagems (that takes 2 mins to recharge), which you can use are: Penury/Parsimony(half MP cost), Celerity/Alacrity(Fast cast 50%) and Accession/Manifestation(AoE certain spells).
- Weather spells up to Ice (Don't have Thunder/Light/Dark)
- All Helix spells (more Dot, and VW procs)
- All -na spells (except for Stona)
- Klimaform (Increases the magic accuracy for spells of the same element as the current weather)
- Reraise

What you lose:
- Fast cast (/rdm gets 15% so you only really lose 5%, unless you are casting in a different Arts then it's a 35% difference)
- Refresh, Cure IV, Haste, Gravity, Phalanx, Protect III, and Bar spells
- Convert (10 min recast)
- Magic Defense Bonus II (12%)

If using morri feet+1 with set bonus morri+1 body >> Bokwus. Incase you wanted to change that set.

(lose 1 int gain 3 mab)

why no one is considering a'as circlet? it performs lower than nares?

Fixed


You'd lose 7 Int for 1 MAB and 5%crit rate, while A'as would probably give you bigger numbers once in a while, Nares would probably win over time, with the added Int, conserve MP and Fastcast

Nahtirah hat wins for elemental DoT spells, nares wins for normal nukes. I'd have to know what other gear is equipped as for which wins on meteor, but most likely Nahtirah hat.