I unfortunatley never got a a valk breastplate or hauberk. Is the breastplate easier to obtain now with a low group or maybe another option I can use that would work? I was using an older TP set that had the Z tiara in it. Would you suggest spending the money to buy the Pop set for Fafnir and hoping hauberk will fall? I am currently putting a static together for Nyzle as my LS just did a 100 floor clear last night, so I should get my gear soon for that.
You can get to and kill Odin pretty easy with 5 people and 3 mules every 4th einherjar run. Just make sure 1 person has NIN and 1 has WHM and 1 has THF for fighting Odin.
Breastplate is still a t0 synth for basically everyone everywhere on every server lol. If you're lucky there's 1 guy on your server who can t1 it and he's probably selling them for a lot if he can. Last I saw you needed 115 smithing to hit t1, but it might be higher.
Armadaberk is worth getting because you will need the accuracy set sometimes, but you can buy Nidhogg pops for maybe 4-6m, and shout to sell beards, n legs, and a body, so it won't actually set you back that much getting the abjuration unless you're really unlucky. I got a Dalmatica+1 for my BRD mule buying Nidhogg pops and doing this, and it only set me back 2m total buying 4 of them.
I posted this awhile back, it's probably useful to repost it and add a few words so people don't ask again for another 4-5 pages.
I'd rank them in this order, and work on acquiring the gear in this order as well.
Minimum acceptable:
I assume this is where you will be when you start, it's all easy abyssea drops and a blitz ring:
Low-Mid-level:
You should switch Ninurtas for speed belt though, since you need one of those to make Phos belt anyway. But this basically switches belts, 1 ring and body.
High-Mid-level:
This also functions as your +ACC set to use forever:
Best: