no stat resets all the way is definitely possible;
as for skill resets, most stick to a leveling build (flash combo) until maxed out and then reset to an end-build (usually WoE/PvP or MvP/pure-gfist);
it's still possible to MvP on any build, using FC/TC/GoH to wear the target down, though not as efficient (competitive) as being able to 1-shot with a gfist (which is very reliant on specific setup and high-end gears for high tier bosses);
note gfist now has a 10 sec no-SP-recovery cooldown (using SP items are useless), so you can't just spam it anymore;
GoH is still the most viable way to get steady kills in WoE/PvP - this skill was unchanged ever since its introduction; tiger cannon for AoE - very potent if extremely well geared;
most don't get GoH until maxing out (now base 175, job 60 since the end of last year) since its essentially useless for leveling - hence the need for a skill reset at least once;
the best leveling skill currently is flash combo (the 20% more damage version of tiger cannon for only 65 SP - no HP/SP %drain unlike regular tiger cannon);
note you can still use regular tiger cannon with the HP/SP drain and manually combo for 2x damage - but you can also just cast to FCs in a row to avoid the drain
you can max FC and TC (as FC autocasts the highest level of TC learned) at job 25;
there's a lot to improve on, bluntly speaking; personally would suggest getting witch's pumpkin hat + alarm mask combo as priority; probably the best investment as you can just buy pumpkins for cheap healing for PvM/leveling (esp for soloing) - you could always default a damaging upper and only switch to WPH when needing to heal - no need to rely on damage>HP regain gears;
as for accessories, the easiest (and fairly good) to get are medals of honor (aco); gold scaraba carded RWC rings with perfect %ATK or fighting spirit enchants are better but harder (expensive) to get;
+9 enchanced variants (firelock soldier card) is still fine, though it has fallen in favor of the much better temporal VIT boots ( w/ snakeskin garment) - you could just stick with the +0 regular variants for now if you don't want to waste zeny
glorious suit is nice for PvM and is reasonably obtainable
anyways, best to acquire for PvM/leveling;
+12~turkey on head, +12~ cat ear beret (bio leveling and WoE/PvP) w/ bungisngis card
black devil mask
99 love balloons/long octopus balloon
tao gunka armor (good to put on WoE robe for WoE/PvP)
+12~ glorious morning star (vs demi-humans); +9~ carga mace/thanatos hammer w/ racial damage cards (ex. caramel vs. insects)
racial/size reduc valk shields (depends where you're leveling, at least have a cranial for WoE/PvP)
+12 giant faceworm snakeskin special VIT, VIT+10 enchants w/ giant whisper card
+12 temporal VIT boots w/ green ferus card
2x megingjards
for WoE/PvP, you can still use the above setup if you want to go full offense (you will take a lot of damage though);
many prefer to use WoE robe-muffler-shoes set for great damage reduction, switching cards as needed (hotkey);
robe cards: tao gunka (survivability + GoH/TCdamage), marc (unfrozen), angeling (holy)
muffler cards: noxious (nice default), deviling (vs forced neutral burst damage skills, those who don't use converters), elemental reduc cards (more situational)
shoes cards: green ferus (+10%mHP +1VIT - best if only focusing on mHP / not using gfist at all), firelock soldier (STR+2, +10%mHP/mSP if shoes are +9)
probably add some utility gear (ex. maya purple BDM for WoE/PvP); consumables (mainly mHP/VIT and ATK)
pure gfist/MvP build is a different setup (at least 120 base STR, 100+ base INT, and consumables to maximize mSP and ATK)
+12~turkey on head w/ carat card
black devil mask w/ incubus card
99 love balloons/pirate dagger/gangster scarf
brynhild / bakonawa scale armor (bayani) or diabolus robe (+3 STR/INT) w/ mangkukulam card
+12~ carga mace / high FS enchant golden mace w/ abysmal knight cards
+9~ SP+250 enchant fallen angel wing w/ aliot card
+12 temporal STR boots w/ lady tanee card; sleipnir
megingjards/glove of shura/RWC rings/diabolus ring
Edited by ka10, 28 March 2015 - 12:40 PM.