Gear set up can u have a look?Follow

Level? What're you fighting? Party setup? Shit's situational.

Fourth Division Gauntlets are worth changing too.
As for earings:

Coral/Merman's Earring
Minuet Earring
Assault Earring

There are a few better but these aren't hard to get/overpriced. Tiphia Sting for ranged slot worth a look too if maxHP isn't a problem.
Eat dorado sushi and you'll be well away :)

(On a side note, you have a parade gorget? well worth the effort)

For xp purpose keep those woodsman on...For event stuff depends what lvl mob you are fighting...have fun...

Well thanks everyone for posting and leaving me a few tips to look into. And if you all can think of anything else please let me know.

Thanks. Would you say that I should have the Assault earring on all the time?I could swing getting two of them if I needed to.

They are rare so you can only get one. Wearing it full time should be ok

for earrings, I use Assault Earring and Mermans, currently. Merman's I'll keep for magic damage down (so it's probably worth picking one up, if you can) but I'll swap it w/ Brutal when I get the coinage.

(36/75 for Brutal, I got Loquacious and Boxers first.)

For the Buckler Earring. Does it matter if my shield skill is about capped or no?

This is what I have on my PLD currently. Any helpful suggestions or comments would be great!

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/profile.xml?188840

I am slowly building up gil to get better dd equip. I got a couple of fang/spike earrings, and am close to 80k or so gil on hand. I was looking ah prices, and I was wondering if I should get a euco accu ring, Sipahi gloves and turban, or ignore them for now and keep saving for haub?

Here are my suggestions.

Main: Mac is primarily useful for kited fights. You want to be hitting the enemy, and the beaver tail doesn't help you do that. Use your Companyuntil you have other options (Joyeuse/Justice are the best choices, but requires some work). Mensur Epee does the opposite - better the smaller your party is - but costs a little more gil.

Ammo: Smart Grenade is a good quested choice if you can be sure you aren't going to throw it. Tiphia Sting is an expensive update.

Head: Put the turban on. It will do far more for you than the sipahi in TP. For WS's, the Sipahi can hold you over until Optical Hat.

Neck: Neck choices appear decent. Shield torque most of the time, parade while idle, and spike for WS's should work out ok. Spike if you're going /NIN and have shadows up.

Ears: You'll want some combination of Merman's and Fowling. You'll want 2 Merman's eventually, so start saving for them. Fowling is an awesome earring, as well, and will be full timed until you get Suppa and Ethereal.

Body: Hauby will serve you well. I never did replace my +1, but I didn't get a chance to go for some of the side grades from it.

Hands: Homam are king, but Askar aren't too far behind. No need to any gigas bracelets - PLD weapon skills either need Accuracy (Vorpal Blade) or won't be modified by what you're wearing in the slightest (Atonement).

Rings: You'll probably hate me saying it, but you'll want two Woosdman rings. When you can, Rajas will be your best bet from CoP and you should full time it with one Woodsman. Hercules' should only go on for Job Abilities and self cures.

Back: Obvious upgrade to +1 when you can. I'd look at upgrading rings and earrings first.

Waist: Warwolf is best for JA's, like the Hercules'. Use a life belt, at the least, and ultimately try to get a swift.

Legs: Aurum, Dusk, or Homam (Homam is king). Only the Dusk can be gotten through self effort. RKB's (your current selection) will do fine until you can upgrade, though, so do this near last.

Feet: Amir Boots are fairly easy to obtain with Pick Up groups in Assault, so I'd consider at least trying to upgrade to this. Crimson's only place is in a Resist build and, most of the time, there are better options. If you really don't have anything else, use your AF over these, even /NIN. It'll save time switching back in for Ichi casts. Ultimately, you'll want Homam.


In order of importance, I'd suggest going for upgrading Ears to Merman's/Fowling for now and rings to dual Woodsman's. You could do Ecphoria/Woodsman if you really wanted, but I still think 2x Woodsman would do far better for you.

Then, start working on CoP for Homam access and Rajas. I'm not sure where you're at with it, but this will be your biggest upgrade and is worth it for anyone who's serious about going PLD.

Funny I mentioned Dusk for legs and not hands. Yes, Dusk hands are very worthwhile.

I was also primarily an Accuracy fiend for a long time (til I truly got serious about parsing myself), so I usually place the 6 acc ahead of the haste from dusk boots. Looking back, though, yeah, I can easily see dusk boots being worth getting until you have homam around.

I also had a semi-static for Assaults and was almost all the way to FL before I retired, so I have a skewed outlook on it. But, if I remember correctly, it's fairly easy for pickup groups to do some simple PFC assaults that can rack up points quickly enough to make Amir worthwhile. Still, time is money.

No one has mentioned Aurum Sabatons yet.

DEF:20 DEX+3 Accuracy+5 Attack+5 Evasion-5 Haste+2%
LV 72 WAR PLD DRK BST DRG

I would prefer to use these over Amir or Dusk. Homam is still king, but this ain't so bad if you have no chance of getting Homam.