Why is it so hard...

[Del Murder]

Well, HP has to be somewhat important. All the MP in the world won't help you much if you only have 100 HP. There's got to be a balance point somewhere. One strong magical attack and you're dead. I use a HP +20 earring and that helps me take those special attacks better, but I do think it's silly to pay hundreds of thousands for just 5 more HP.

[dodhungry]

I usually only buy the magical items and +hp/mp armors when I see them at a good price in a bazaar.
For example an LS member has been pricing Seers Tunic for while now and its been running about 25-30k in all the AH I bought It for him for 16k in a bazaar in sandy....

So yeah I like to go with the +hp/mp stuff only if I get a good deal on it

[Lionx]

Usually its not, the thing is, throughout the battle, the chances of you being at full health is slim in general. If something is going to oneshot you, its going to oneshot you no matter what in general...i am thinking namely spiders where they have a tendency to double attack then sickle slash you right after.

I aint saying HP gear isnt important, but in general comparing stuff like Hope Earrings for HP and MP earrings like Onyx...usually MP gear is what makes the difference, not that crappy HP that Hope Earrings give you. Something like Pidegeon is significant enough for me to warrant getting(For Tarus anyway..for every other race i dont see why until end-game), now the +1 versions..nah. However i would also argue that you should get something else for MP as well and it would also be fine with me.

[Yeargdribble]

100% agreeing with Lionx about HP vs MP. He's right that you will rarely spend time at full HP and that makes it far less useful. HNMs are pretty much the only situation that a full set of HP gear might help on. Aside from that a Taru tank might want some HP gear when tanking things like Spiders that can 1 shot them with Sickle Slash, but that's very situational.

MP is worth so much more, especially for a PLD in XP. Lion said it but I'll say it again. Having 10 MP is the equivalent to having 30 HP and also helps hold hate. Having 10 HP just isn't gonna do much at all.

Keeping that in mind, something like a Cassie Earring (conserts 50 MP to HP) will hurt you even more. You gain 50 max HP but lose essentially 200 HP worth of cures which can keep you up longer and hold more hate.

[Darius]

True 10 hp isnt gonna help much at all. I agree with MP being more important than HP most of the time. However, I DID buy 2 Pigeon Earrings (not the +1's) for 110,000 each. Now im broke but I dont mind. Each one gives me +20 HP and +5 resist. Im not going to equip them till level 52 though but at level 52 Ill gain my level and get roughly 25+ HP just for leveling, and then ill equip them both and total get 65+ HP.

The reason im not using it till level 52 is because, and I havent had any trouble with anyone saying anything yet, I bought the Tactician Magician's Espadon +1 from someones bazaar for 30k (which I thought was a great deal). I dont have much money so I use/buy what I can that will help me. My earrings right now are +3 att / -3 evasion for a total of +6 A/-6 E. Once I hit 52 ill equip the Pigeons and lose the +6 att but Ill gain +12 att from the sword, along with +10 weapon damage and a faster hit %. Im using a War Sword right now and it seems to be doing me just fine until I get to level 52 and can upgrade efficiently.

I have no problem with MP so far. I may change the +att earrings with +MP ones but for now Im doing fine. I can usually get through about 4-7 fights without having to 'recharge' (I tested this the other day against the beetles in the Crawlers Nest). It basically averaged out at about 5 and a half battles before I had to recharge. I got to a 7th battle once and lost all my MP when the beetle had about 1/3 of its life left.

If I start to lose hate and Im waiting for flash, voke and/or sentinal, I cast a cure 2/3 and I have hate once again. Shield bash also works pretty well too when someone next to me takes hate from me. I noticed the other day when I was in a pt with a 41 PLD (I was 39 at the time), he was taking more damage than I was AND was using up more MP than I was too. When I had hate, it was easier keeping me alive, and I also had 35(ish) more HP than him too.

Lionx, I did miss the sarcasm but its all good.

I dont think im a bad PLD but im still learning how to make myself better.
Thanks for all the replies too. They are helping out alot.

[Yeargdribble]

It sounds to me like you are a fine PLD who understands hate management far better than even some level 75 PLDs I know.