been playing for a while now and still haven't gotten a straight answer about the latent effect on some items. some ppl say you have to have certain subjob for the latent effect to kick in. others say so long as you have less than 100 tp and/or yellow hp, the latent effect will be active. so which one is correct?
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It depends on the item. Some trigger by low hp/tp, some trigger from subjobs, some trigger when you have a certain bard spell on you, etc. You just have to research the item in question and find out how it works.
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Pretty much everyone's correct these days. Back when the first latent effect items were out it took yellow HP to activate them. Now there's stuff that activated with a certain subjob, and various other preconditions. I know one item (believe it's the melody earring) gives you +5 evasion when you have a bard song in effect on you.
Good way to figure the latents is to look at the level. If it's lvl 30, it's subjob. i.e. Healers earring= white mage sub job. That goes for the mantles and shields as well. Past level 30, it'll almost always be low HP if it's a set. i.e. the level 50 rings and level 70 earrings. The Rune Weapons latent is triggered by having MP. From what I hear, you lose like 3-5 mp a tic until you have no more MP and then the latent wears off. Any other piece of latent can be triggered by just about anything. Like Shakaar said, melody earrings latent is triggered by having a song up. Alla or Somepage would probably have the latent trigger of most gear if you are still curious.
The level thirty earrings are indeed triggered by subjob. If you can catch me before I do Bitoso again, you might be able to get yourself some.
A few of the more useful ones *Reccommended jobs to get one.*:
Pilferer's Earring- +2 Dex, Thief Sub
Mercenary's Earring- +2 Vit, Warrior Sub *Paladin*
Gennin Earring- +4 Agi, Ninja Sub *Ranger/Thief*
There are a few I would consider kind of up in the air myself. A Wyvern Earring might actually benefit a Monk.
Also, I'm not entirely sure of the name of the earrings, but I do know that the Red Mage earring and the Black Mage earring give you a bonus to magic point regen and to your elemental skill respectively.
So if any of you 'legendary' Nin/Blm read this, make sure you get the latter. Supposedly it'd improve dmg more then a +int earring.
That's what I know about it.
A few of the more useful ones *Reccommended jobs to get one.*:
Pilferer's Earring- +2 Dex, Thief Sub
Mercenary's Earring- +2 Vit, Warrior Sub *Paladin*
Gennin Earring- +4 Agi, Ninja Sub *Ranger/Thief*
There are a few I would consider kind of up in the air myself. A Wyvern Earring might actually benefit a Monk.
Also, I'm not entirely sure of the name of the earrings, but I do know that the Red Mage earring and the Black Mage earring give you a bonus to magic point regen and to your elemental skill respectively.
So if any of you 'legendary' Nin/Blm read this, make sure you get the latter. Supposedly it'd improve dmg more then a +int earring.
That's what I know about it.