SAM WS Gear

Before I jump straight into my WS gear at 75 I just want to mention that since I was snowed in and couldn't come in to work I worked from home. Yes, I actually did get some work done from home but I also got some leveling done while I was home. I didn't get 1 nor 2 levels on SAM, but 3 levels. Technically I got just over 2 levels since I was only about 600 til 69 when I stopped exping on Tuesday, but I can still toot my own horn and say 3 levels yesterday.

Hitting 71 is kind of big because that now opens up some gear and more options for me. One big piece of TP gear for now is my O Hat which is huge for ACC since I'm only using a STR+3 head piece right now. The other option it opens up for me is skilling up my GK high enough to work on Tachi: Kasha. What is really nice about this is that to create darkness I can use Screamineagle and do Swift Blade > Tachi: Gekko so I should be able to cruise to Tachi: Kasha pretty quickly. This also brings me 1 level shy of Hagun which should be a huge upgrade for me since I've been using Soboro since I got back to SAM. lol

SAM WS gear that is reasonable for me will probably go as follows.

Weapon: Hagun
Grip: Pole Grip
Ranged: Tiphia Sting (or Elvaan Sachet)
Head: Wyvern Helm
Neck: Chivalrous Chain (or sea gorgets)
Ear 1/2: Brutal Earring/Storm Loop...../Bushinomimi
Body: Kirin's Osode
Hands: Hachiman Kote (or Myochin Kote+1)
Ring 1/2: Rajas Ring/Flame Ring
Back: Amemet Mantle +1
Waist: Potent Belt (once GK is merited, Warwolf Belt)
Legs: Shura Haidate
Feet: Fourth Schuhs (Askar Gamieras but Rutter Sabatons are best)

There is not much on this list that shouldn't make sense right off the bat because it is basically just overloaded with STR. For the most part, STR is all I really need for my SAM WSs. As for adding up the total gil needed for stuff that wasn't included in my TP gear post, Wyvern Helm (30k), Kirin's Osode (2M or LS points), Hachiman Kote (50k), Flame Ring (500k), Shura Haidate (420k), and Fourth Schuhs (free). Rutter Sabatons I can't include on the gil item list because it is a drop from an NM so the expense would be getting the pop item which can be a wide range for the cost.

Total gil cost for WS gear not including TP gear: 3,000,000
Total gil cost for all SAM gear at 75: 6,981,000

OUCH!!!! If I spent that much on all my SAM gear I would be almost total tapped for gil. This isn't even for the uber gear like Hauby+1 either. There are a few spots that gil could be really cut out but I guess we will just have to see what I really feel like when I hit 75. One big cut could be me getting a Kirin's Osode from LS points which knocks 2M off the list. Another big cut could be getting a Ruby Ring instead of a Flame Ring which would knock off about 470k. Just between those 2 items right there that is almost 2.5M off my WS gear list. Now that I am thinking about it, maybe I should just stick with the Ruby Ring instead of the Flame ring since there is only 1 STR difference.

I guess I should look at realistically what I plan on spending on SAM between both sets of gear: Wyvern Helm (30k), Hachiman Kote (50k), Ruby Ring (30k), Shura Haidate (420k), Hagun(3.1M), Pole Grip(36k), and Brutal Earring(~525k, 7k/coin). Which brings my SAM total to: 4,191,000. That is much more reasonable especially considering 3/4 of that is still just Hagun which is resellable.

Spending all of this gil on my SAM will definitely motivate me to go make more gil for myself because I hate not having at least a couple million gil on me. I am one to save gil and not to take the risks of buying my uber gear then getting bored with it and selling it back. To me that is just a waste of the AH taxes that you are spending on it. Anyways, I know a few things I want to do to get some gil going for myself but we shall have to see how that pans out because I know its going to be a pain to get the right people to go with us.

This evening I am going to try one of my options for gil making before sky and hope that works out for me. Then it'll be up to sky for more Kirins and all that jazz. Tonight will be my last night of gaming until Sunday since I am going to visit my gf this weekend. Hopefully next week I can crank out my last few levels on SAM and then get all my required items for it.

Quote of the Day:
I'm done, I give up on trying to get people to do stuff. I set things up when people they can and will do stuff and then everyone backs out.
- Hybrid being angry, deep breathes buddy ~.^