Best Future Scholar Armor

[Nails]

Which set looks more appealing for FS Scholar's?
Travelers Set
Tidal Shoes [1] + Wool Scarf[1]
Equipment Type Weight Def Min Lvl Classes Effect Set Bonus
Tidal Shoes[1] (type)Shoes (weight)30 (def)3 (classes)All Trans Except Novice (effect)Water Resistance + 5%
Wool Scarf[1] (type)Garment (weight)30 (def)3 (classes)All Trans Except Novice (effect) MDef + 4
Set bonus-MaxHP + 10% & HP Regen Rate + 5%
-Great for all around gear, out of all of them probubly the easiest to get to +9 or 10. Adds def vs sg which is good, probubly the lowest of the HP mods though.

Wolong's Battle Robe [1]
Def: 3 MDef: 2 Weight: 0 Refinable: Yes Usable Jobs: Mage Type Required Level: 80
Account Bound Item.
MaxHP + 150.
Reduces damage from demihuman opponents by 2%.
When equipped with Military Shoes and Commander's Manteau:
INT + 3.
MaxHP + 12%.
Stun resistance + 20%.
When recieving physical damage, there is a chance that for 10 seconds, your armor will become ghost property.
Increases damage recieved from all non-demihuman opponents by 3 times <-this part worries me, pets will really hurt
(i haven't found the spec's of the Military Shoes & Commander's Manteau)
-Stun resist makes this great for wizards and low vit scholars, but for high vit FS scholars that point is almost moot. The ghost property aspect could be great if it triggers alot, though if the 3x damage from monsters applies to pets then we'd have to switch the armor off for them. Not that that's that hard. Also -2% from demi is decent. 2nd best HP modifier


Diablos Combo
Diablos Boots [1]
Def 4
Increases Max HP by 10 times your base level.
When equipped in combination with the Diablos Manteau, MaxHP + 6%.
Dropped by Satan Morroc.
Diablos Manteau [1]
def 5
MHP + 100.
Increases resistance to neutral element attacks by 5%.
Increases your physical attack power against Satan Morroc by 10%.
When equipped in combination with the Diablos Boots, MaxHP + 6%.
Dropped by Morroc's Shadow (Angel).
-This is probubly the hardest to obtain of the group, best physical defense (as known so far), cuts Neutral/gf/ab damage and possibly the best HP modifier.

[Teshlin]

Well, the Traveler's Set comes out a patch earlier if I'm not mistaken, and assuming you can get +9s it'll be +20% hp. The Water resist and mdef are nice as well. Personally, I plan on grabbing that once its available.

The Diablos combo is probably better then it, though, even if you can't +9 the shoes. Neutral resist > Water resist, higher def is nice (Although again the traveler's will be easier to overupgrade, so you might realistically get higher def from it).

Unless I'm mistaken, the Wolong's is an armor, right, and not a garment? So its not really in competition with these other 2 sets. It does look really nice, but its still not going to trump an elemental unfrozen in a number of situations. But a ghost unfrozen would be nice to have, thats for sure ;).

[Deviattor]

These armours are in pretty different and pretty distinct leagues. Especially since one, as Teshlin pointed out, isn't even garment/boots. ;|

[Micchi]

Commander's Manteau [1] (2539)
MHP + 50, MDEF + 1
Adds 1% resistance to demi-human attacks.
Type: Garment
Defence: 3
Weight: 0
Required Level: 80
Applicable Jobs: Mage, Acolyte, Archer, Soul Linker Type

Military Boots [1] (3436)
MHP + 100, MDEF + 1.
Adds 1% resistance to demi-human attacks.
Type: Shoes
Defense: 3
Weight: 0
Required Level: 80
Applicable Jobs: Mage, Acolyte, Archer, Soul Linker Type

The battlegrounds set takes up 3 equip slots (armor, garment, footgear). I personally would prefer the Traveler's Set. It's easier to overupgrade and is a better fit for those that already have a good armor (slotted elemental armors come to mind). The battlegrounds set is good if you don't have anything better than your normal shoes/muffler/silk or even valk gears. The diablo set is definitely nice, but keep in mind that it drops from Satan Morroc.

[Nails]

ah the battlegrounds mant and boot info! Ya its kinda a hard call...but it sounds like the sets that require just the mant and the boot might win out because of how it free's up our armors. So I guess just bolter scholars have reason to go to battle grounds :| (some of the new wands). Unless they're hunting items for another character...sorry kinda off topic there ^^;

[Micchi]

The battlegrounds set is still good. If you have the money to get more cards to slot them with, it could be nice to bring it around too since they're 0 weight. It might be better than the Traveler's Set in situations where SG isn't an issue, but higher HP and general demi-human resistance is needed.

[WK]

Well, since the thread title said Scholar only (FS was stated only in OP):


Orlean's Uniform [1]
The uniform worn by the strict head of the royal kitchen. Once he starts talking about cooking, there's no way to get him to stop.
Def: 2 MDef: 0 Weight: 30
Refinable: Yes
Usable Jobs: All Trans Except Novice
Required Level: 55
* Makes your casting uninterruptable.
* Increases casting time by 15%.
* Dropped by Banshee.



Orlean's Gloves [1]
Gloves once worn by the highest chef of the prontera royal court. Wearing these gloves you feel you can mimic his hand movements.
Def: 0 MDef: 0 Weight: 10
Refinable: No
Usable Jobs: All Trans Class Except Novice
Required Level: 90
* Dex + 2.
* MATK + 3%.
* When worn in combination with Orlean's Server, cast time of skills is reduced by 10%.
* Dropped by Bow Master Guardian.


Orlean's Server [1]
A round metal plate designed to carry food, polished so much it shines.
Def: 5 MDef: 2 Weight: 100
Refinable: Yes
Usable Jobs: All Trans Except Novice
Required Level: 55
* Has a 5% chance to reflect targeted magical attacks.
* When used in combination with the Orlean's Gloves, it decreases your casting time by 10%.
* Dropped by Aliza.


All three are kinda hot imo, especially the gloves. And they don't conflict with boots/manteau, granted casters benefit more from them. Also we don't have to wait a year for them (sup ep12, iRO doesn't even have ep11.3 yet), and they are not dropped by the MVP that spawns only once a week with 60m hp.


valkshoes + survmant is pretty much the same as the traveler's set maxhp wise. In fact the full survivor combo with valkshoes always beats the traveler's set. The later is very good on nearly all other highhp classes though. :)

[Nails]

isnt that too much vit o.o?
And ya, i think the orleans gloves are a given, they're just hawt ! (S>four leaf rosaries once those come out). But, the Orleans uniform...isn't that just like wearing a phen in WoE? It like, won't work so yar =/....but the shield sounds fun imo

[-Blubba-]

oh fcking awesome!!!
I need money asap to get it xD

[WK]

But, the Orleans uniform...isn't that just like wearing a phen in WoE?Phen is 25% slower cast time, and there is more to the game than WoE. o _o

[Cup Noodles]

And the difference in cast times would be hardly noticeable with strings.

[Cherub Resin]

*Drifts further off topic*

I don't think Orlean's uniform would ever be used in woe. It's not part of the glove/server set and it increases cast time. The cast time difference may be hardly noticeable with strings but it's still pointless to wear unless it makes your cast uninterruptable even in woe, which I really doubt.

The gloves/server would be great for woe/everything, the uniform would be great pvm/pvp but not woe. It is much better than using a phen clip. The only downfall I see is that if you want to "phen switch" with it you are forced to use 2 hotkeys for armor whereas with phen you can have say... phen glove and nimble glove. Not really a big issue though. And the fact that it's 15% makes it less necessary to switch, especially if you have high dex.

I think the implementation of orlean's glove will actually increase the number of parties in Thor's! I'm sure I'll be solo gfisting archers.

[Nails]

Phen is 25% slower cast time, and there is more to the game than WoE. o _o

aside from bio's and the occasional abyss/tt party, i hardly see fs scholars in pvm =x. And exhale casts pretty fast right?~

[WK]

Which part of "there is more to the game than WoE" do you guys seem to be missing? I was referring to PvP btw, where a bolter scholar could most definitely benefit from one.

[Cherub Resin]

There is more to the game than WoE... no shit. What's wrong with making a comment about how something relates to woe? I guess you are offended by other people stating an opinion about something you don't care about.

And btw there's more to the game than pvp.

[Nails]

that doesnt sound cost effective, to have to switch armors for a phen for pvp. Buying duets of Marc card and/or Evil Druid cards for armorphen switching isn't as cheap as just a phen...neat idea tho

[Cherub Resin]

If you switch phen/uniform for cast the difference in cast times wouldn't make a difference since you bypass that but if you have high dex (say 130+) I would think you could just keep uniform on all the time and wear better accessories. It's just a matter of taste I guess!

[Jayed]

Server+uniform+gloves is only 5% delay increase on cast times, I wouldn't even bother switching.