Melee Gloves +1  

I have owned thes for a while now and reccomend getting them if you get the opportunity. They possess all but 2 of Okotes att, without any of the negatives, and a nice hp boost to help counter the -hp from the Shura pieces. The Sublte blow bonus wont make or break xp/merit pts, but is nice for farming, and will save eating tp moves even in the xp.

Cost to upgrade is 26 bynes (compared to how many hundreds for relic?) and Ovinik leather. You will be without your Melee gloves until conquest update, so do yourself a favor and trade saturday night. Not a steep price for gear comprable to Okotes IMO. (Just dont forget you wont be able to npc store them v.v)

yeah, these aren't really worth it (though maybe someone who would pay mils for a tiphia sting would disagree with me).

then again, any relic +1 is cool. however, i'd rather crown+1 for the str bonus (if you'd be using relic head in the first place), or feet for the extra guard bonus (guard is fun). actually, i don't remember/haven't seen the stats on melee hose+1. is there a further kick attack bonus? if so, that sounds good.

again then again, i'd rather people use the currency to upgrade weapons. unless i'm forgetting how to upgrade relic-_-