X-Hit vs HasteFollow

Before it was simple.
6-hit first, then toss haste where available. This was before Haste was so easy to come by and stack high however.
Now people are talking 5-hit and such due to the massive sTP equip available.

However every time I check somewhere it mentions Usukane, Rajas, and Brutal.
Well, I will never get any Usu. Ever. Looks amazing, would love to, not willing to do Salvage. Wasn't before I quit, definitely not now that the players have move up and beyond it.

Raja's and Brutal are excellent... if you have them. Waiting on friends for CoP(I know most can be solo'd, but I am waiting on them just the same and the ones coming up are not soloable anyhow for me).

My question is simple:
Gear for 6-hit or gear for haste?

Current Gear:
Keito(1st Trial)
Pole Strap
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Bibiki Seashell
Perle Salade
Chiv Chain
Bushi / Fowling
Perle Hauberk
Perle Moufles
Sniper's / Woodsman
Amemet+1
Headlong Belt
Perle Brayettes
Perle Solerets

With this it gives me 17% Haste + Hasso(not to mention 18acc 25atk and 30str).
But I am wayyy off on sTP.
Right now I have only the +1 from Chiv Chain and ONE merit..(I know, just dinged 80 though)

So my question is this: Do I swap out Perle for Shinimusha Haidate / Hara-Ate. I'd say Hachiman but the AH has been void of those for over 3 weeks now. Any piece but body anyhow.

I can camp the Haidate(yay Gobbie things) and I have the Subligar for the Hara-Ate.

Trying to do these WS trials so I can fairly assess Keito+1 WSD+10% since it's "so good" and would love to know: Haste vs sTP to get it done before I go mad.

In the meantime.. off to Uleguerand!

Thanks for the reply at least.
Yeah, I am gimp right now. No gear+no gil+no IS/CP to start. Working on it.
Friends aren't even level 20 yet. Kinda screwed there, not the time issue so much aside that they are a pita to get on all at once.
Unkai again I assume you meant with group. Would love to, will try working for one with the people I know who are 80+.
Didn't know Swift was -soloable- thought just Low-manable. I'll work on that tonight.
Doubt I will really care to do Koku as much as I love Sam, I play 100% for fun. I don't do endgame and doubt I will this time. I quit for a reason 2 years ago lol.
Merits are current priority over exp, just had to hit 80 first.

I would not wait for people who are level 20 to ever finish CoP. And you should have no problem soloing Swift Belt or any of the Fomors in the zone to get hate. Getting the Taurs to drop the Codex is the only monotonous part. SAM can also easily solo or duo the pop for Soboro if you do not yet have it [for SAM/DNC.]

An 85 SAM should be able to do every mission solo, until perhaps some of the 5-1 3 paths fights, which would perhaps only require a WHM, RDM, SCH, or BRD to help, or maybe even just a 2nd DD. Airship can probably be solo'd by SAM85, definitely duo'd. Tenzen maybe 2-3, if not outright solo'd. The only things where you will require a group will be past 8-1.

-Get 85
-Finish merits
-Find a better LS/group of friends
-Get CoP done
-Limbus for Brutal Earring

Worry first about those things. Without Usu body/feet, and/or some of the SAM accessories, you will be unable to have a 5-hit. Get a 6-hit first, and then go from there. These things take time. You don't have to have every single piece of gear off the bat, but you do have to work for them if you want to get somewhere.

If the Body and hands from Abyssea AF follow the trends [and we get more StP] it should be fairly easy to have a 5 hit at 90-99.

Edited, Oct 7th 2010 4:58am by Palides

I am assuming the back piece you are referring to is Cuch. Mantle. I would put that on way lower priority along with black tathlum (which I don't know if I would bother with at all). A tiphia sting, on my server anyways, is 25K while a Cuch. Mantle is 2.4mil. The increase in your performance for your money is actually going to be way higher on the tiphia sting. Also consider Thew Bomblet as an alternative upgrade to Black Tathlum as well (Thew is better if your accuracy is capped).

Your biggest focus should be on getting to at least a 6-hit build, with hopefully 20% haste, but maybe trying to get towards 25% (/DRG with wyvern earring).




I don't know why you are still being a passive aggressive jerk about it. If you looked on the SAM forums right here you would see that the math has been done demonstrating Keito+1 to be better than Hagun. Hagun was pretty much dead at the level 80 cap rise, but it was still the tops for pure weaponskill damage. Now it isn't even tops for that, as you can see by the math in this thread: http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?fjob=13&mid=128398356525141433&page=1

You definitely do not need Lava's and Kusha's rings. Remember, SAM wants to full time Rajas ring, and those rings require both to activate the set bonus. Rose Strap is only necessary if you need to Store TP. One nice "perk" about the Keito+1 GKT's is they are slightly higher delay, so you need slightly less Store TP in gear to get a 6-hit (and eventually 5-hit). Using a Keito+1, with max Store TP merits and Rajas ring, you have a 6-hit.

Amemet+1 is certainly acceptable. There's Unkai Sugemino now which is better than Foragers. Cuch is certainly nice, but its something you might want to pick up after you finish other slots.



Its understandable. I think I paid 3 mil for mine and sold it for 300k. Just remember though, there is a reason its price has crashed.

Huge thanks for that. I may have snagged a "static"(1 stop shop) for CoP this Sunday starting at 3 Paths(UGHH) so that SHOULD be done.
Brutal will be a bugger and a half but I can work on it.
Rest seems easy enough, though I have Bushi so I will full-time that with Brutal ~.^
The sTP will be enough (256 delay = 12 sTP = 5 merits + brutal + chiv).

Still in a phenomenal party right now. Went from 100 into 80, to 85 capped XP and so far 26 merits.
Capped sTP, got Meditate to 3/5
Now I gotta finish Medi and cap Gkt 3/8 atm :D

*edit* ended with 36 merits... oh and Magian Trials 1595 amd 1596 done >.>
Now to find birds! I hear Oubliette is good but not a fan of bats D:

Edited, Oct 8th 2010 8:45am by Dinishte

Read another post about Keito.. ran to Oubliette... bats are TWTBW -.-
Any other NPC'able areas? I really rather not just kill birds in Nashmau pointlessly when I could at least exp my NPC :/

Thanks. I'll check Bibiki, then when NPC leaves hit up Nashmau. Could use the IS anyhow as minuscule as it will be.