Asura.Ladyofhonor said:
»Yeah don't expect these necks to sell for much until maybe September, assuming the augments make them BiS (which will happen for a high number of jobs I imagine). RDM and WHM are pretty much the only two truly BiS and worth a decent tag...but the major part of them are doable with just the NQ as well, so...yeah.
I know it may sound like blasphemy to some, but I think NQ is perfectly viable for WHM.
For RDM... NQ is good (Dispel effect is the same) but the Enfeebling+ effect makes HQ versions so much better, for debuffs where that matters (majority!). Additional macc is icing on the cake of course.
For BRD NQ is not worth it. +1 maybe but realistically you need +2 to make the difference big enough compared to other options, probably. And of course who's gonna spend 300m for a dd neck for BRD?
Answer: ME! (well, if I had the gil! I do not alas atm lol)
Are there others which are particularly good?
NIN is okaysh but not BiS (pre augments), not worth the price.
RUN is good. Better than HQ Moonlight though? Well, yes, but pros/cons. Not sure it's worth the 300+ mils price, pre-augs.
Are there any other neck that stands out, pre aug?
Only two I can think of are WHM and RDM, because of their unique properties to spells. RDM one in particular looks like it's the best of the bunch if you ask me, really stands out.
The others mostly mostly fall down into either worthless category or good-but-not-worth-300mils category.
Pre-augs, of ocurse.
Think augs will be different according to quality, à la ilevel abjurations? Or will augs be the same regardless of quality, following the old SE model? Placing my bet on the former.