PLD/RDM compilation info guide to Soloing, Exp Follow

Additional PvP info: PUP

Take out the puppet someway and the PUP will go down. With out the puppet PUP is just a mnk. Be aware that the puppet can cast silence.


ADD Question.


I have a entier set of MP boosting gear for the purpos of pre buffing / regain mp when weakend from death(it happens)


starting out in my norm gear(as seen in my sig) I have about 370 MP

Now this is gear that have been able to afford or aquire....... my crafting and farming skill isn't all that good, but this is what I have for my MP boost.

Head:Electrum Hairpin +25(untill I can get a Farie Hairpin +55)
Body:Adaman Cuirass +8 (Utill Blood Mail + 42)
Hands:Magna Gauntlets +24 (untill I can get a pair of Wood Gauntlets:Elvan male lvl 66 rse gloves +55)
Legs:nothig atm (untill Blood Cuisses +27)
Feet:nothig atm (untill Homam Gambieras +31)
R.Ring:Electrum Ring +20
L.Ring:Mana Ring +15(untill I can get a Ether Ring +30)
R.Earring:Insomnia Earring +15
L.Earring:Death Earring +10 (untill Antivenom or Desamilion Earring +15)
Waist:Hierarch Belt +48(BEST 5K IVE EVER SPENT!!!!!)
Back: nothing atm (untill Merciful Cape or Altruistic Cape +25)
Ammo:nothig atm (unitll I request for Phatom Tath +10)
Weapon:nothing atm (untill Kirin's Pole +20)

All of that totals out to +165 and +436 from my wish list. With that amount of mp you will not need to waste time from rest from buffing, which will give you more time in using the buffer. This is also good gear when you ever want to pl someone. *Shuttter*

Edited, Apr 10th 2007 4:15pm by Horiko

Hiya, well Im still working on updated pld/rdm guide. Working on my Future homam set and other gear atm so it will take more time but I will say this....

Ice trousers
-gives ice spikes spell as strong as the RDM one as if you had RDM enhancing magic skill
-3 min duration
-50 charges
-2 min cool down


tips:
I got 3 of these, and I swap them and rotate. I can solo IT and NM I fought before easier with these, I am currently meriting sentinel due to this strategy I came up with.

Basically: (picture in your mind)

By steps
3 min ice spikes > Sentinel > swap new 1 > cast(by the time sentinel wears off) > Ice spikes again 3min >

As you can see if you merit Sentinel down to 4 min 10 secs it works awesome with the ice trousers (ice spikes) I will tell you this trousers are awesome, I paid 50k for each but they are freaking awesome. I was able to duo Detonator(gun final wsnm) with a COR with this. I been able to take down the ones I fought before easier and other stuff. Its a situational piece and I recommend it to any PLD/RDM or any PLD period.

The paralyze proc rate is sick, as most rdm will tell you Ice spikes is one of the best paralyze except before ParalyzeII(which is awesome) since that new merit came out. However for BUFFS purposes Ice spikes wins. Combine our ability to survive and casting buffs as /rdm Ice spikes gives us the opportunity to recast our buffs more smoothly due to mobs being paralyze a lot. We dont have to depend on Ice shield anymore if we had ice trousers on, just use a stronger shield.

Note* If you use ice trousers(ice spikes) the legs will activate , so dont bother using ice shield since its the stronger of the 2. I still use ice shield though since if ice spikes from ice trousers is down, I would have my ice shield to depend on during sentinel while waiting for next rebuff, but I guess its up to you.

Oh ice trousers owns vs Multi hit mobs like the Kraken club BCNM 60 lol I own that mofo with ice spikes whoot!
hope this helps! /salute

Edited, May 25th 2007 2:42am by Enghorr

yea actually there so many new different swords and gear that has been added which I think most of us all love. I just got back from a 7 month break and I saw all these new goodies and Im so happy. I personally like that sword Hauteclaire

The new armors which are great and best addition for PLD are:

Valhalla
Ares

there awesome, but so hard to get. Im working on my askar set right now. Everyone really have different fighting style and gear set up as pld/rdm.So many options lol but if I were to replace my Joyeuse It would definitely be a Huateclaire

To be honest, you're right. The OP apparently never actually fought a THF before. Any THF higher than level 40 knows about Bloody Bolts, and how important they are. First thing I would do, is take the same startegy I do when PvP on a THF in Ballista with my RDM/NIN. Yes, defense is important, but I find the best way to beat a THF is getting enfeebles to stick. Use little spells to knock out their shadows, then dump Silence, Gravity, Blind, Slow, and Paralyze on the THF. After that, they will curse the next seven generations of your family lineage. I'm not sure a PLD/RDM has that kind of enfeebling skill unless they have lots of merits and enfeebling gear.

I don't think this is really much of a great guide. Any guide that says you need a Joyeuse or K-club, plus all the high end gear to solo, is simply crap. If you put Bards in high end gear, and gave them weapons like a Joyeuse or K-Club, they could solo too. This doesn't say anything.

hey this is really cool info me and some of my fellow PLD in my LS have been thinking bout trying out the Brick Wall tank set up so this is lots of good info
and to disagree with post BIO and DIA should stack

With the addition of reprisal and atonement, the leader of my LS solo'ed VV in I believe 23 minutes as pld/rdm.

http://www.karasuls.com/merona/

I'd love to try and repeat this feat, but my gear comes nowhere near close to his. I'll just try some smaller stuff.