Necro bump! Sorry!
What would an optimal AE set look like nowadays? I am going back into abyssea to farm KI for my twatsmasher. Thoughts?
Seekers gave us some nice mab options that you can easily snag off the AH (toro cape/friomisi earring) or get with bayld (shneddick tights). Also wayfarer set has a couple ilevel pieces with mab and dex/int piled on them for some entry level options.
Theres enough stat inflation on head/body/leg/hand/feet armor that relic/af reforged will also feed the dex/int modifiers a decent amount, but you also want +mab, especially in your accessory slots.
Ideally for some serious long term cleaving you want a tp bonus dagger (because the fTP goes is 2.75/3.5/4 for 100/200/300tp) and appropriate wind/mab atma.
Its very easy to finetune AE sets since the damage you deal is very stable, so you can swap a gearpiece for another if you arent sure which to use, and see the difference easily if you ws at the same tp amount.
I havent cleaved in awhile, but this is the set i'd make based on all the latest gear I own at the moment.
I have both a +100tp and +10%wsd magian dagger for this.
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