rings for pld at 75

Olrox

Olrox

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So I'm about to hit 75 pld soon, and would like some input on pld rings. my mains are war and nin so Sattva is out of the question. I have hercules', BQ and Jelly.. but BQ and jelly cannot be used on some things since they have big drawbacks... would soil be bad for the -2 AGL, since it definitely effects the block rate? or is there another option I am unaware of?
Robust is way out of my price range and rare to see on the AH anyways and bloodbead is an annoyance but also an option.

Thanks for any input.
 
Just use the 3 you currently have, situationally. Jelly Ring where they don't cast big magic spells, Bomb Queen Ring where they don't have fire type shit. Hercule's Ring is always nice. If you find yourself in a position where neither works, have a Topaz ready or something. Bloodbead is definitely great, and I doubt you'll have Defending Ring anytime soon, so I won't even go into that area.
 
I'd also assume ruby/triumph/triumph+1 rings would come in handy for the fire+ on wyrms, if you plan to do that area of end game?
 
The enmity+ from herc ring is really nice, especially if you're subbing nin or finding hate a bit hard to keep.
 
Yeah I'm just looking for something else I can wear along with Herc. Just in case I'm in a situation where BQ ring AND Jelly Ring cannot be worn, I think Suzaku would be a good example, (Firaga).
 
Defending Ring if you ... can (haha)

Otherwise for what I do I rotate around Bomb Queen Ring, Jelly Ring and Hercule Ring.

Still, a good combo to go with the Hercule Ring would be Mermaid Ring (Emnity +2), or if you can be bothered to go camp Bloodsucker, a Bloodbead Ring (DEF:2 HP+50 MP-10).

Mermaid Ring is a lot easier.
 
Iota ring.
 
I went with Vigor/Jelly for normal use while macroing in Hercules' Ring for JAs and magic. This changed to Sattva/Jelly then later Sattva/Shadow when I got those rings. I still macro in Hercules' for hate.

For HP setup, I started with Vigor/BQ then swapped to Sattva/BQ and later Sattva/Shadow. If I need every last HP, I'll go Sattva/BQ but normally I just leave in Sattva/Shadow because the nullify magic has saved my bacon many times.

If you're not getting a Sattva, use the best VIT ring you can get (not Soil, though, because the -AGI will hurt your shield blocks). For HP setup without a Sattva, do Bloodbead/BQ.
 
LadyKiKi said:
Still, a good combo to go with the Hercule Ring would be Mermaid Ring (Emnity +2), or if you can be bothered to go camp Bloodsucker, a Bloodbead Ring (DEF:2 HP+50 MP-10).
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This will suffice for almost all pld situations. If elemental resist is needed you'd probably have it for NIN/DRK anyway.
 
Lenneth said:
if you dont have a blood bead ring for suzaku/other fire casters http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Ring
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Fire resist only helps if you're loading up in large amounts. A ring or two will barely have any impact and it's not really until you surpass a certain amount that it becomes reallly noticeable. And just to clarify in case people don't know, Fire Resist doesn't work like shell or protect to reduce a small amount of damage, but causes the elemental spell to be outright resisted much in the same way BLM nukes are resisted in halves.
 
Jojojo said:
Man, shell earrings were badass in the dunes on BLM.
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Rofl

meriting, tanking easy stuff? herc ring + whatever, vit+4 ring (forgot name) or mermaid's ring if you want.

hard stuff? bomb queen ring, bloodbead ring.

soil ring sucks. 2 vit is not as much as 2 str or 2 dex is.
 
so then Unyielding might actually be usable since it has 7 def and 3 VIT? or is that lol?
Yeah I'm gonna leisurely hunt Bloodsucker.. if I see him ok, if not I'll get over it. Hard to get an afk ToD on that NM. Only way to get his toD really is by word of mouth, imo.
 
Olrox said:
so then Unyielding might actually be usable since it has 7 def and 3 VIT? or is that lol?
Yeah I'm gonna leisurely hunt Bloodsucker.. if I see him ok, if not I'll get over it. Hard to get an afk ToD on that NM. Only way to get his toD really is by word of mouth, imo.
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Updates are happening soon. When maint is over, it's 21-24 hour pop, then every 72 hours exactly after that.

Search camp the area regularly too. You'll notice something is weird when about 10-20 people solo/partied and lots of JPs running around too. (Camped it myself a few dozen times. JPs seem to get up at odd times for it.)

Until they fix DEF/VIT, I believe the current trend is that DEF and VIT is lol, so don't bother. It appears that after a certain level DEF/VIT becomes useless and people don't notice any benefits in stacking them. Someone might need to correct me on this but this is how I understand it.
 
Hercules/satva is my absolute favorite. Shadow ring is simply awesome to. If memory serves it has alot higher proc-rate then its mantle counterpart. Any combination of those 3 rings would be your best bet. If no satva or shadow ring i would probably go with mermaid.
 
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