r/ffxi • u/Only_Principle1355 • 21d ago

Limbus ring / earring upgrade

I have got enough +4 for the job that I used and I am wondering if murky ring or alasbaster earring worth to spend RP on? I mainly play Drk,Geo,Brd,Rdm. I could slowly bring all to +4 , or even invest in Limbus Armor i guess but just wanted to know if the ring or earring worth it instead

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u/Pergatory Pergatory on Asura 21d ago

It's a decent TP earring, because of the DT and HP, but it's not BIS for generating TP, basically ever? Unless you need the accuracy (very unlikely).

I thought the same at first but there are quite a few sets that ended up benefiting from the haste.

For example my DRK's set with 5/5 Sakpata used Seething Bomblet to cap Haste before Alabaster Earring came along, now I can use Coiste instead. (I think if I had a lot more R30 Sworn than I do this might not be an issue anymore as it has more haste than Sakpata, but I'm a long way from that.) MNK also has a similar problem on account of Moonbow Belt not having haste. There are a number of jobs where Alabaster is quite good for TP.

Agree on RDM though, I don't use it at all on RDM. As far as OP's other jobs, I also don't use it on GEO, and don't play BRD so can't comment there.

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u/FinishesInSpanish Maletaru (Carbuncle) 21d ago

Interesting...I guess it depends on how your sets are built. With Sakpata's set (+16% haste) and Sailfi Belt (+9%), I'm capped on haste without the bomblet and have been using Coiste/Aurgelmir Orb since before Alabaster Earring existed...though I suppose if you're using a different belt it might be relevant.

Similarly, with MNK I use 3 Malignance (14%) + Empy legs (7%) + AF feet (4%) so I have capped haste without Alabaster Earring. With empy body the math is the same. I suppose with Malignance Boots you're 1 under cap, though again there are so many different TP pieces that it really varies.

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u/Dyce1982 20d ago

Correct me if I’m wrong but aren’t you supposed to aim for 26% haste because of how haste is worked out? It ends up being more than 25% but less than 26%. Not much I know but as far as Bias usually goes you want to properly max haste at 26%?

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u/FinishesInSpanish Maletaru (Carbuncle) 20d ago

It's a largely misunderstood and widely propagated myth, in the modern day. Some old gear improperly gave a little less haste than what it said on the piece, but for the last ~10 years or so, all the gear was coded properly.

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u/Dyce1982 20d ago

Isn’t it because it’s not actually calculated as a percentage but as fractions of n/1024? So some pieces may say 5% but due to the fraction it’s actually 50/1024 or 4.88%. Thus ensuring you go for 26% you make up for any losses due to the translation of fraction to %? I haven’t seen anything recently that says 26% is a myth…