DuoMaxwellxx wrote:
My issue with the gear being outdated fast is the weekly restrictions and hardcore nature of getting the best gear... I never get em when they first release because of that... but then when something like the soldiery cap is done away with and FCoB is finally DFable and no longer has a weekly restriction.. theres now better gear... so now youre stuck asking yourself "is working my *** off to get this gear now worth it when theres better stuff availible now?" thats the one good thing about that OTHER game... gear stayed relevant for so long EVERYONE had a chance to get it while it was still relevant and not just the hardcore.
First, considering that coil content will be capped at level 50, and will probably not have better than 20% echo, T5 and T9 are going to keep the majority out of fcob due to mechanics failures (divebombs mostly ><). So actually, DF is doable on fcob, but still a good group in chat is for the best. So with the echo getting to and staying at 20% and the cap at level 50, I don't see final coil becoming too much easier than it is currently.
With that, there are nuances that, depending on your needs may make some poetic upgraded gear better, or may make dreadwyrm gear better. For instance, bards have 9 weapon damage to 1 dex to 0.34 crit to 0.34 det to 0.14 skill speed (rough estimate). So upgrading from 120 to 130 in some instances may hurt your DPS, if the dex increase is minimal (i.e. 5) and moving from 120 to 130 meant sacrificing 30 points each of crit and dex for 30 points each of accuracy and skill speed. If you were already capped on your accuracy and can hit Bahamut no problem, then that extra accuracy is a waste. And too much skill speed can hurt you on bard, making you run out of TP way faster than your invigorate can deal with, meaning you have to sing paeon and reduce your damage for a bit.
The upgraded poetic gear is equal to the dreadwyrm gear, not better, not worse.
The relic zeta weapon is equal to the dreadwyrm weapon in the same regard.
Sometimes, the demon gear for WoD is BiS. Very odd circumstances, but that is the case.
Ideally, you want to make sure you have enough accuracy to hit 100% in T13, then stack the rest up with the ideal stats for your job (i.e. crit and det for damage dealers). This could mean a number of gear combinations, which means you sometimes need to farm coil to get better stats, other times you might need to wait out poetics.
Edited, May 28th 2015 1:12pm by Valkayree