Kind of a funny observation on my fellow BLMs

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Well... why is it that people go to great lengths to get gear that's worse than much more easily obtained gear, and then wear the worse gear 24/7?

Case and point.

BLM AF2 legs. Yeah I got em. Let us examine the stats.

Def 30: MP+13 INT+3 Enmity-2
Elemental magic affected by day.

And then there's Mahatma Slops:
Def:39 STR-6 DEX-6 VIT-6 AGI-6 INT+8 MND+8 CHR+8 Enmity-4

Now, except for this... "Elemental magic affected by day." stat, the Mahatma pants are clearly better. 8 int -4 enmity vs 3 int -2 enmity and 13 mp. It's no comparison.

Yes, on the right day of the week Sorceror's Tonban are better!

But what about when you're casting Thunder 4 on Earthday???

Why do BLM wear their AF2 heads to fight exp mobs? Are you afraid of resist???

Why do you people wear Dalmatica? Why do you guys nuke with Sorceror's Coat on??? Why AF2 hands when you aren't even skillchaining? It's a manaburn!!!

In short, why are all my fellow BLMs on crack? Is it more important to show off gear to make people jealous of you than it is to use the easier to get gear that actually is worth equipping in 95% of the situations you're in?

Sure swap in AF2 head for Kirin or some high resist mobs. Swap in AF2 legs for nuking on the right day with the right nuke. Swap in hands for MB. Swap in body for... uhhh (I guess the only time I use body is for things like Limbus or Dynamis where I run around a lot).

But if you're not going to bother swapping gear around, you're WAY better off with Zenith/Yigit/Genie hands, you're way better off with Mahatma pants, AF-freaking-1 hat and a weskit. That gear is to swap in for the right occasion, it's not for wearing all day and night just to show everyone you got it.
 
Sad but true for all jobs...

Don't even get me started on ninjas using one gear set for *everything*...

I think half the time people just run around with gear on because its what they see all the other "cool" people wearing and really have no clue what the hell they are doing.

Or they are just trying to convince themselves that the E-peen pieces they just shit themselves after getting are better than a 300k ring, 2mil body piece, etc etc, when in fact the cheap shit far out does the rare, "uber" stuff.
 
For me, I wear AF2 because I don't care about BLM enuff nor want to sacrifice the inventory room for any gear for BLM thats not rare/ex if I can help it.
 
Like Decidence said, it's a matter of inventory space. I can easily purchase Errant gear and use it then resell it, but it's a space I can use for AF, AF2, yigit, igqira, or whatever. By the same token, most AF2 is merely situational and junk. Considering that most people have 2-3 75 jobs now, it's hard to have them all geared for all the situational uses so they tend to stick with the gear that is EX. You of all people should understand it since you run a Dynamis shell and wouldn't have any members if you told them most of the AF2 is crap. Just gearing BLM with AF, AF2, yigit, igqira and errant for all the situational uses is VERY taxing on one's inventory. Yes, I can agree someone who wants to swap gear for each individual use will do a better job than most, but then again, I don't care enough exclude someone because they can't or won't do it either.
 
All I can do is to agree with you.
As for Af2 legs... I have Mahatma Slops in my staff macros. Would be to annoying to change it so I never use them.
 
Lavi said:
Like Decidence said, it's a matter of inventory space. I can easily purchase Errant gear and use it then resell it, but it's a space I can use for AF, AF2, yigit, igqira, or whatever. By the same token, most AF2 is merely situational and junk. Considering that most people have 2-3 75 jobs now, it's hard to have them all geared for all the situational uses so they tend to stick with the gear that is EX. You of all people should understand it since you run a Dynamis shell and wouldn't have any members if you told them most of the AF2 is crap. Just gearing BLM with AF, AF2, yigit, igqira and errant for all the situational uses is VERY taxing on one's inventory. Yes, I can agree someone who wants to swap gear for each individual use will do a better job than most, but then again, I don't care enough exclude someone because they can't or won't do it either.
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I do tell my members most AF2 is crap. That's why we farm the northlands primarily for the pieces worth having.(although less abundant)

My gear was reaching ciritical mass til I got all that new expansion storage. And I've got a lot of situational junk and stuff from land, sea, dynamis, limbus, ext) and I have 5 jobs 70+. I can manage it now. If I couldn't... I would not continue to do activities to lot on gear to actually weaken myself. That'd be hilarious, every dynamis run a lot of shit drops, people sell all their good gear and equip the af2... next week, everyone's weaker. L O L
 
almost most end-gear is situational, but good for that single situation. Which is also why you use it.

But yeah, I get annoyed at those stuff to. I never use my AF body on RDM unless that single enfeeble is critical to land, so I prefer errant's body over it. In exp parties that is.
 
neophytal said:
ding ding ding, we have a winner :D /clap
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/bow /blush

you know what I mean :wacko:
 
People equip dynamis gear right after getting it to show off even though it really is junk. People want to see the gear being used, otherwise they see it as being wasted. It may only be for a moment or two, but they do do it.

As far as the space requirements, I have none. At any given time, I have a max of 9 (usually 5-6) spaces free in my gobbie bag while my MH, storage and mog locker are all full. I don't use a large amount of gear swaps (in fact, at the moment, I use little to no gear swaps) and I only have gear for WHM, BLM, WAR, and pieces of THF and NIN. It is mostly full of crafting items and assorted junk, but it's all usefull items. That being said, there just isn't enough space for me to store multiple sets of gear for all situations. I'll keep mostly the EX items because it would be a waste and an insult to toss them even if they aren't as good as their purchaseable counterparts. If I had the option to store a large portion of gear sets which I believe nothing 60+ is not NPC storeable, I wouldn't have a problem keeping all the gear, but I prefer the convenience of less gear even if not the best possible gear choice.

Edit in: Why is this just directed at BLMs?
 
neophytal said:
if you arent willing to equip different gear sets, you are gimping yourself. D:
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Sad as it may be, I see many people who don't.
 
I dont think that not changing gear gimps yourself, but rather people who wear one set of gear are good, people who have multiple sets who change them out to be the most effective at the time are elite.
 
One set of gear for one job is gimp and lazy. There is no excuse, it takes one or two buttons to change the gear in and out for a WS, spell, etc. I even see ninjas people consider "good" or "awsome" that in reality suck balls, because they use the same shit, all the time.

Using equip changes should not be veiwed as elite, it should be a standard.
 
That was my question. Why is the post being directed solely at BLMs when ANY job can benefit from multiple gear sets and don't?
 
About the Af2 legs thing.. yea I do that. True the mahatma is better if you're casting the wrong spell for the current day, but if you use the right one the damage is boosted a lot, and I mean a -lot-. On ice day my bliz IV does more or the same as Thunder IV, and costs less.

Only other reason besides that is I'm way too cheap to get a pair of pants I'd rarely ever use =/
 
The subject is directed at BLM because BLM are the ones I notice doing it most.

Hamlett said:
About the Af2 legs thing.. yea I do that. True the mahatma is better if you're casting the wrong spell for the current day, but if you use the right one the damage is boosted a lot, and I mean a -lot-. On ice day my bliz IV does more or the same as Thunder IV, and costs less.

Only other reason besides that is I'm way too cheap to get a pair of pants I'd rarely ever use =/
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Activated AF2 pants are a little better than Mahatma but they will not boost your Stone 4 to hit more than Thunder 4. I don't know where you're getting that from, but it's not nearly that big of a difference. At the most it'll bring a blizzard 4 past thunder 4 but I'd have to test that to even be sure of that.


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Next off, I don't think it's fair to say everyone who doesn't use gear swap is a gimp. Not everyone has time to get multiple gear sets and that's understandable.

But then why not keep your original cheap auction house gear that's BETTER? All that AF2 is there to swap in with the normal gear as your base. If you aren't swapping you're better off without it for the most part.

So is the point of endgame to make yourself better...

...or it to make other people think you're better?

Cause when I see a lot of people running around stupidly like that it's just kind of funny. It's all just so much wasted potential because people care more about how they look than how well they actually do.

Just to mention: Most BLM I come across are very bright players and are pretty good tactically, but their gear choices... yikes! Other jobs are parsing their damage to hell and we're scratching 2 sticks together with stones. It seems to me a lot of them don't understand the advantages/disadvantage to different pieces at all.
 
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