dustinfoley wrote:
Not true at all.
1) extreme primals are not farm able reliably with full i70 gear, you might get garuda and titan but thats it, and thats still a crap shoot. I have done 10+ ultima runs and still havent won and I am full i70 with 3 i90s. If i could get the i80 jewlery, i would wear it, but without a static the average player is still better off with crafted i70 gear, specially now that the price is so low on materia.
2) i70 melded materia is still better than most i80/90 gear for all around use. You might be 1-3 shy of the primary stat, but the ability to add vit to melee gear is invaluable.
Not correct at all.
70 melded gear is in no way better ever than a 80 or 90. 1-3 primary stat? You're cute. Go look up the stats again, I'll wait. It's barely better than Darlkight if you have HQ (in most slots) and only a few slots inch out DL after 5 materia.
As a melee, you should have plenty of Vit from DL to get over 4000 hp. You say meld vit? I'd rather my melee have enough dps to clear T4 instead of getting up to that uber 4200 hp.
And If you think all the gil sunk into that BLM leg piece, which requires 18 ToP materials and then countless gil dropps on failing pentamelds is worth the +5 vit, you go right ahead and do it, but 90% of the population does not.
Also, you seem to be under the impression that ilvl 80 gear is tough to get. It's not. Or maybe you didn't go into Crystal Tower yet? (Yes, I know theres a 1 week lockout but that's really not bad at all, and it's free.)
Edited, Dec 23rd 2013 1:38pm by Louiscool