I dont craft, but friends do and I should ask them but they arent on right now, so I ask you all now: How do you craft something so it makes it +1 and not normal? Is it just random or is there a way to do so?
dex is 1/2 accuracy... -3 dex wouldnt hurt you in the slightest, not when you are sporting 20-30+ accuracy. plus, the STR+ and attack+ are very nice.. although, most of the samurai i see wear the haubergeon simply because it has +10 accuracy and +5 dex.
attack+20 and -3 dex vs.
attack+10, accuracy+10.... roughly the same price.
Yes that would be a really good armor for SAM and yes added with Ochiudo's Kote it would make +40 attack but you are missing the obvious. It gives -3 DEX. SAM need all the DEX they can get. So this armor has it's ups and downs for SAM. I myself wouldnt recommend this for a SAM.
Just get some acc+ or dex+ gear. Get the life belt for 10+ acc there's 20 dex lol. Then the royal guards i believe adds +3 acc. With these items you'll be a dmg dealing machine even more than before.
Ahh this armor pc. owns. It allows me to buff defender without risking the gimp factor on my attack (along with master belt/behemoth mantle/ryl grd collar). There is nothing more frustrating than hitting for 0 because you know that is building 0 hate.
This armor could be alright with a ninja I think. Since he already has high dex and agi gear he can use the extra attack bonus plus the pretty good defense. This is because ninjas ARE TANKS! So if you say a paly is good with this then a ninja must be ok with it since they both tank. Ninja with high +dex equip will work fine and can tank well with this armor and utsusemi.
If you are any melee class, you want to get as much accuracy you can get your hands on. 10 accuracy is much better then 20 attack. Attack means nothing if you are missing half or more of those hits. The haubergeon blows this armor out of the water.
As, for SAM, it's DEX and STR which the haubergeon provides with the very nice accuracy. This is not about -3DEX. It's about 10 accuracy that you could be missing by wearing this armor instead of the haubergeon.
In my server one can aquire this at the Auction House in Jeuno. That's the only place I have seen one. I had gotten one there for my lvl 63 ninja. But be willing to pay a nice piece of gil for it. They don't come cheap.