The Last Dance: Gearing Paradigms For A New Age

Using mostly AH gear. D:

Pretty close to what I have, I just don't have a second earring, using Brutal and just... whatever is on atm.

STR Thokcha offhand.

Using AF3 +2 feet atm as well, that is about the only difference in my set from this.

If those are 100TPish clmactic rudra's and you're getting 2.3-2.5k average that's about right.

What's the optimal TP set for inside and outside of abyssea? Also what is the best Exenterator set? Thanks :)

Best current Exenterator set should be on the page before this one. TP set hasn't really changed, unless you have marches.

Is it possible to 10 hit with a dnc lol? I know it would gimp haste badly, but just wondering lol. Like 10 tp a swing.

It probably is in Abyssea with a COR and SAM, but it wouldn't be worth doing.

Any job can 5 hit with a cor. I'm just wondering if dnc could get 10 a hit, you know in double march/haste situation for fun haha.

has the optimal setup for rudras changed at all with the new gear?

I haven't had enough time to browse through it and REALLY look at all of the pieces...

maybe I'll look at it now, finally got a day off from work ><

DNC didn't really get anything great, yet.

Khepri Kecks? Or are legs not available yet, I haven't been keeping up with which abjurations we've found thus far.

Unsure how that would measure up vs. 4% critical hit damage on Athos's Tights.

Unstacked, definitely.

I haven't really considered them yet because well, I doubt we'll be seeing any HQ hexed gear for a while.

Khepri are also awesome for Pyrrhic Kleos, but!

Another random question. I've seen you guys salvage a decent amount on DNC blah blah. My question is for all of the bosses would there be any problems if you just went like healer/brd/dnc? Or would it just be better to go heavy DD instead.

Just tossing it into Motenten's sheet, I get the new 150 delay dagger with TA+5% to be better than a Flame Thokcha offhand across the board.

It seems likely to drop off one of the Caturae fights in Providence.

Other random gear that might interest people:
Shivaji Baghnakhs - Our best Blunt weapon at the moment
Janamaraka - SE is really pushing us to move around gear Haste with Thaumas body and this in delay capped situations, but I'm still not convinced that there is any slot where we'd improve enough to justify sacrificing the offhand.
Mustela Armor set - Looks like crap to me. Anyone see a use?
Khepri Bonnet - NQ isn't anything special. HQ is awesome and can be augmented further. We don't know where head abjurations drop yet, and every hexed bonnet requires a VNM crafting mat.
Seiokona Beret - Best AE head by 1 INT?
Kheper Jacket - Regen piece, mostly.
Khepri Jacket - Potentially the best Pyrrhic Kleos body. Currently unobtainable, as far as anyone knows.
Kudzu Aketon - Competitive with Athos's body for Exenterator in some situations.
Tessera Saio - Best Exenterator and Aeolian Edge body, probably. Approximately equal to Toci's for other stuff. I don't know how we'd use the Haste.
Miodio Gloves - Probably come from Legion. I want them pretty badlyyyy.
Khepri Wristbands - NQs aren't particularly good for us. HQs might have a use if you can augment them with something useful. Overall one of the worst pieces of this set. Currently Obtainable.
Myrmex Mittens - These are good. Probably our best WS hands for every WS except Aeolian Edge.
Wanion Belt - Better than Pipilaka for everything you might use Pipilaka for.
Vassal's Mantle - Low tier Legion drop. Good for a hybrid evasion build?
Dauntless mantle - The best Acc TP back.
Folhardi Ring - I realize it sounds like Foolhardy ring. Still, what is the hidden effect?
Evader Earring - Something competitive with Novia finally. I won't be getting it.
Ghillie Earring - Tier 1 synth even at level 100 bone. Best second earring for a lot of WSs.
Kheper Kecks - Pretty good for PK. Not very competitive with Tumbler's or Thaumas for anything else. Currently Obtainable.
Khepri Kecks - Awesome for PK. If the augments are good, potentially awesome for other WSs as well. Currently Obtainable.
Kheper/Khepri Gamashes - Worst piece of the set for us. Currently don't know how to obtain
Wurrukatte Boots - Maybe a solid component of an evisceration set, but Athos's set bonus must be considered.


We can be fairly sure that head/body/feet abjurations are in the game, but none have been reported yet.

Test Server dats called it "Legion Knife"

http://wiki.ffo.jp/html/26726.html

Body Abjurations, and Tessera Saio come from Provenance Watcher.

Well ***, it's R/Ex. Oh well, doesn't exist.

Seeing as Save TP +25 GKT dropped from first wave of final chamber legion, it might not be so bad.

...what am I saying, Legion is a terrible event and SE should be ashamed of themselves.

This is semi-related to DNC so I'mma ask here:

How would one go about making a variable in spellcast to swap Oynos Knife in/out depending on haste status? o.o I'm a spellcast noob for the most part.

<if notbuffActive="Haste">
<action type=equip>
_{Oynos Knife}
</action>
</if>

<elseif buffActive="Haste">
<action type=equip>
_Thockha
</action>
</elseif>

I'd probably make a TP rule as well, so you don't get screwed when it swaps your weapon out.

This is what I use. I just have macro to cast Freeze that I press when I want to swap weapons. It also equips my tp/idle set depending on if I am engaged or not, and it tells me what dagger I have in my off hand.

<if TPLT="20"'>
<action type="Enable" slot="sub" />
</if>

<elseif TPGT="20"'>
<action type="Disable" slot="sub" />
</elseif>

Thanks muchly! Would I just place those with my other rules or do I need them in a specific order?

@Thoraeon: That probably does perfectly but I would prefer not to use a macro for it. :) Having to switch macro pages will lead to me getting confused and dying because I kept hitting Alt 1 for shadows when it was actually something else. <__<

Place them with the others. I don't think the order matters, but I'm too OCD to have the TP rules under the dagger rules.

Getting an error on the TPLT line. :x

Never mind, there was an extra ' in a couple of the brackets. Fixed it and all is well. Gonna go try it out.

Kinda double post but getting an error:

not well-formed (invalid token): line 265, column 14 in Lokimaru_DNC.xml


line 265 is the top line in the code