I bought this earrings for my nin a while ago because I was main tank in sky and hnm stuff. And from my expierence this earrings are the best that you can get in the whole game to keep hate. After 2 Provokes and 1 Warcry Blm's was able to burst II and I didnt loose.
I used to wear Ar gi+1 also because of the -9% phsical dmg and +4 enmity but after I got this earrings I was able to stick with my scorp+1 and nin af2(depending on situation and mob).
If you want to tank big things as nin this earrings are a must the NQ version are good also but HQ is a must for a good nin!
Also when your levelin nin I can say this earrings are the best that you can get you wont loose hate anymore in pt's without thf.
And 1 more thing! THIS EARRINGS ARE GOOD FOR THFs ALSO! ENMITY STICK WITH SATA! Our thiefs in ls mainly have sj/sam for events and come in PT for WS. The most wear this earrings and TRICKATTACK WS on me! Its not a big loose of DMG but the INCREASE OF MY HATE IS AWESOME!
WHM!? What was the programmer smoking when this little gem was made? Also note how the two "real" tanking jobs were completely left out of this...creating another total pile of useless crap.
Who besides NIN would want this? SAM/THF, MNK/THF, THF/anything, for instance, SATA hate. As far as whm/rdm/brd/rng, etc, yeah, maybe not in xp parties, but who knows if it'd ever be wanted by SOMEone for some weird reason other than thf/ or /thf
hmm i have the regular one and +1 is 1.3 mil on seraph server... i accidentally bought one for 300k just messing around low-bidding, not thinking i would get it! ^^ anyways good to macro in for hate for a nin... i use these and dodge.