metachronism said:
Oh sure, I have the chapeau too. And I'm not saying autorefresh hurts or anything. But when you consider the other body parts available for rdm, dalmatica just doesn't have a very high utility value. There's no reason to have it on when you are casting, and "in between casting" for a rdm is pretty scarce (at least it is for me. dunno about you). You're not going to get the 20mp/min that people claim, unless they are gimping their spells by keeping dalmatica on for whatever reason. Gear to have on while moving? OK, I guess you have a genuine use there.
Huh? Need autorefresh for zipacna? A friend of mine solos zipacna like twice a week. He doesn't have any autorefresh gear. Again, if yo have to rely on autorefresh, you have problems.
I don’t quite understand this mentality of only using items when you
need them. It is not about relying on the Refresh effect; it’s about being at the top of your game.
Sure, you may not need the extra MP in many cases and you have the option of getting a large amount back every 10 minutes with Convert. However it is your job to be prepared for unexpected situations, and when your Convert is still on cooldown the extra MP does come in useful. If nothing happens, great; you can use the extra MP regardless in other areas where perhaps you were being more conservative, it might save someone else some of their MP.
And please, there is plenty of reason to keep Dalmatica on while casting. Take a look at Courtney’s post; these are the spells that you’re likely to be casting most of the time. Of course if your Refresh is being gimped I suggest wearing more MND gear…. wait.
hellstorm said:
af1+1 and yigit has 5hmp if you need it so badly not like you do. Come on -3 emn you telling me you not pulling hate because of -3 enm. You cant beat this armor. You have hp and mp 2 stats that are always nice to have. What good does dalmatica do? Rdm have "CONVERT" we switch are hp>mp every 10min (8min 20sec if merited) which pretty much make having 1tic refresh "almost" useless. I would still want dalmatica for 1 reason from moving to 1 place to anouther. For example I cast sneak on myself then put dalmatica on to regain back that little mp lost or incases where in dynamis where waiting for mega boss pull and can't rest because might argo something.
dalmatica you lose 50hp if you a hume or mithra that will most likely put you below 1000hp. You gain what 10mp? Can't even cast cure 2 with that.
I agree jet seraweel are overprice for there stats. On side not if you so worryied about -enm jet seraweel can make up what you are missing from errant body.
The same applies here, it’s not about NEEDING it badly, it’s about the difference albeit small that it makes. As another poster mentioned, I’m pretty sure those melees don’t NEED that extra few STR, but it certainly helps. W.body doesn’t really get rid of any pieces that you needed before except perhaps Errant/Mahatma, which is certainly not 2-3 body pieces as you previously mentioned. Oh, and just for the record, I personally feel that Dalmatica provides more utility than Crimson Scale Mail, especially for non-Tarus. My preference lies mainly in the awesomeness of Crimson Scale Mail to enhance 'lolsavageblade', as observed by metachronism.
I realize a lot of these points aren’t terribly important while meriting (though, I’m sure most RDMs would be able to find uses for the additional MP) and honestly I couldn't care less; my posts are regarding end-game, and meriting equates to end-game only for those who aren’t able to experience end-game content, as poor and ill-conceived as it may be.
