you don't refine and default rg shield, rg shield is only there to let you use shield spell which can get you atk boost depends on "base def" of the shield (can try to swap to gaia/anemos for max bonus mid cast but it's hard for gene's fast cast XD).
Once you get the buff (should be 7mins+ if you pulled it off somehow) you can just switch back to your battle shields
I see, so it only works for base DEF, wont scale with refine level and the reason to use it is for Shield Spell skill. Thanks for sharing this information, I assume the atk bonus this skill applies is the shield I am equipped with when casting finishes(cast bar ends)? Then I guess, need to be nimble at gear switching, I've done this pretty often with my WL just aint sure how fast I can do it, may need some practices to get there. Perhaps wearing a phen card to slow down cast will work, or do it when under slowcast debuff is a good idea too.
As with any end game gears, people pay astronomical prices for marginal increases to their damage. A dex5 vs dex6 is minimal only in numbers, but a few folds in price. There's really no reason why you shouldn't to just wear say an unfrozen wind armor and kill a mvp 5 seconds slower.
RG shield when paired with Anemos/Gaia provides a buff of 150 bonus atk. This is quite something to add to your damage. My default shield is actually the RG shield, but the Assumptio proc can get really annoying at times.
Temporal STR boots will be superior in all situations damage wise, but Acid bomb has a 1sec fixed cast time which is reduced by Temp dex. Paired with old midas with ME5, acid bomb can be instacasted, which is why Temp DEX is preferred to bombing. It's best to just be prepared. I carry a couple boots myself for different situations.
Yeah, it will be barely 3% difference in ranged attack, and you will notice even less than that if you are comparing to your damage since you most likely have ranged attack bonus from other gears. But oh well, ppls buy end-game gears for various reasons, I consider it is the desire for perfection. For my Gene a Dex 5 Flattery Robe is more than enough(if I even need at all), while for my WL I get INT 6 Flattery Robe since it is my main. ppls are more likely to invest and pay more for their main chars, thats what I can conclude from my personal experience.
About the RG shield, according to what Fyria mentioned above, you need to be quick at gear switching. I wonder though, has this ever been a problem for you, or you were able to do it easily? And may I also ask why Assumptio proc can get annoying for you?
Thx for the explanation of temporal STR/DEX boots choices. I know it is possible to instant-cast Acid Bomb with Temporal Dex and Old Midas ME5, hopefully the -0.5 sec FCT garment enchant will make its way to iRO soon so we can use Temporal STR boots in all situations.
If you want to solo ET with gene u gotta be prepared to gear swap a lot and there is no such thing as best for all situations gear. U need multiple shields, boots armors, stat foods, slims a lot of slims, seeds, berries. We all posted videos of how to ET and instance on gene check our youtube or others. There are plenty of Gene MVP videos on forums. Also FDA is very close to Flattery dex5 in terms of damage and FDS costs prolly 1/4 of what a flattery dex costs. If you have elemental armors, that all you need to kill MVP. Other amors are just to make that task easier and its totally upto you if u want to invest and buy. Not everyone here spends billions to get perfect enchant flatteries when FDA can do DPS pretty close to it. I personally want a dex6 flattery but am not ready to invest 10b for it yet.
I am prepared for gear switching, my main is WL so I am well aware of the importance of this and I do it strategically against different types of Mobs and MVPs. However, I dont like stats food so I will be using Old Midas for Acid Bomb only, while retaining Cylinder for Cart Cannon. My Gene is now only lv.155 and I have missed the mad bunny refine event for Old Midas, once I am lv.170+ I will not be able to make overupgraded Old Midas like I did with +14 Old Magic Stone Hat for my WL at least. It will be at best +10-11, so the damage may not be much better than Cylinder anyway. I have a +9 FDA of Ifrit already, I think I will use it for MVPing at this moment until I can make up my mind whether to go for Flattery Robe Dex 5. I saw Flattery Robe Dex 4 on ragi.al earlier today, seems to be a good cheap alternative though upgrading can be a pain considering Mad Bunny Refine Event is gone. I have watched the videos from you and Doomsquare, thx for the videos and you both are amazing Genes, hopefully I can be half as good at this soon.
Edited by LordYggdrasill, 13 December 2017 - 06:40 AM.
