Hercules' Ring  

ok ok ive been lookin for this damn thing for like a week!!! if you have one or know someone that does on carbuncle msg me please!!! in-game name is jayster it goes for 200k PLEASE!!!

Now maybe wrng but i remember this thing used to be not a latent effect...maybe i was seeing things but i coulda sworn it was ...either way it is still very much useful..some ppl may argue that point but heres where your wrong...once u get to lvl 73 u can finally swap out your pld AFs for Adaman gear...also at 71 theres warwolfbelt and durandel that +12 vit right there alond...plus another 3 vit from rosenbogen which is 70 ...then u can add all your adaman gear vit+ and u come up with a heck of alot of vit so....u dont really even need those vit+ rings so much anymore which is where herc ring comes in and it is usually paired with jelly ring at that lvl or for those who completed COP that uber rare ex ring u get from getting every COP mission done. Soooo...this ring isnt useless..if u still think so though go ahead and not use it...your missing out though

these rings are useless.

i've done alot of stuff at lvl 61 that a pld isn't usually invited to. avy's, af nm's. and i don't think i have ever once lost hate(long enough for anyone to get hit). +3 enmity is nice, i guess thats why theres + enmity in the af. but its not worth sacrificing the +vit to gain it.

in exp party too, i never see a problem holding hate. if i see myself not holding aggro, just tell the whm to hold off a bit on curing. in exp situation, pld should be main healing anyways.

i can see its use for farming though. i guess thats why i bought a vermy.

/em shrugs.

Latent effect = Worthless

The enmity is awesome though, I could totally see using this for equpiment swaps, also, as far as farming goes, you get Spirit taker before you can even use this thing, and in my opinion being able to refil your whole MP bar with 100 tp is infinatly more useful than 1 mp ticks

I am getting the ring for the enmity, the latents are just a bonus. :D

Edit: Never Mind

Edited, Sun May 15 19:43:27 2005

I see only WARs and PLDs can equip this ring. Why would SE make it that WARs can use this when they get no MP? WAR/PLD or WAR/DRK i can see why , but even then the MP pool won't be that high that the WAR would need {Refresh}. Another great item wasted on the wrong job... /sigh.

I consider the latent kinda useless...
but the +3enmity is quite good...
i hav 2 vigor +1 hercules...
i keep using the vigor ones...
but whenever a party makes me feel like im having hate problems
i switch one for hercules
same for hatefull collar... and iron muskt neck
+4 enmity helps a lot... huge difference
considering pld af1 has +8...

Because this ring is available so high in level ==> when Lv.3 Light/Dark skillchains become available, it is impossible to overcome the amount of hate from a SA+TA weapon skill that ends the skillchain, pegging the hate on another party member. The enmity isn't worth it. Now if this ring was ~50 then I would consider it better until 65 for those reasons.

I purchased this ring on Titan for 500k and used it for about a week in a few different settings.

INFO: Regen = 3hp/tick
Refresh = 1mp/tick

Latent effect activated when HP hits orange. Deactivates when you reach yellow HP again.

EXP Party: Worthless. Latent effect will rarely be activated for more than a few seconds. If you're lucky, you might be one or two ticks in from the latent effect before the White Mage heals you. A good Paladin will heal themselves at yellow anyway, it's a major part of hate handling, no?

Farming: Barely useful. It's nice to have an effect kick in, but if you're farming at this level (with a Paladin no less) you are wasting your time using this ring anyway and you're throwing the enmity out the window. You'll probably avoid being hit to begin with.

Solo (NM): Worthless. Enmity = who cares. Any NM a PLD67 can actually solo with little trouble wouldn't require this ring at all.

HNM Battle: Worthless. You'll probably be kiting the mob most of the time anyway so skip this one and save yourself the gil. Both the Enmity and the latent effects won't matter considering you will be taking considerable amounts of damage and acting as the primary target for healing spells.

Overall rating: 2.5/10

Edited, Tue Jan 4 14:47:59 2005

It's not red HP. Half HP / yellow, I've tested it out, although yellow isn't exactly half, the beginning point where you're yellow is just close to half. It'll stop right at the beginning point of yellow HP.

I know some of you will disagree, but I've been using this ring all the time while farming Zi'Tah, and it without a doubt goes off the moment you are at or below the half HP point. Extremely useful farming ring, extremely useful exp ring, glad I purchased it...

PLD 67 / WAR 33, HP is 1,266 or so. So, 633 is where latent would go off.

PLD 67 / THF 18, HP is 1,140ish? So it'll be in the 570 range.

Edited, Tue Nov 16 14:19:31 2004

Whats the <pos> of this NM

Edited, Mon Nov 8 11:12:52 2004

the ring is activated at orange hp and will stop when hp hits yellow. useless rign somewhat except for the enm in pt situation. excellent when it comes to farming though. never have to rest. hp will stay at yellow. through 5 hours of farming, i didnt have to rest at all

He said the regen effects are activated once the PLD hits orange health, but keep going until the battle is over! He tested it out and got full HP and MP while fighting something weak. Pretty awesome I'd say, since a PLD's health usually dips below half at some point in the battle.

Megalobugard drops this in Lufaise Meadows

this is a very expensive ring for what it does....you can certainly live without it or spend that much gil on much more effective items. Greed kills

man this ring is awsome

Paladins now have MORE! armor, raise at 50, a specilized spot in almost every party, have taken ninjas thunder, and now have natural refresh AND natural regen through armor?! all they need to do now is give them something to perform provoke with! jesum dude give some new stuff to bards. </rant>

This also adds the Latent Effect: Adds Regen as well.