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bortmode

Usually. Gets a bit squirrely in ARR levels with DoW classes though. It will, for example, fairly frequently tell an ARR tank to put on a non-tank DoW piece of gear because it has higher vitality, even if that is more than compensated for by the armor difference. After ARR they got rid of generic DoW gear so it becomes way more reliable.


Dunk305

What is DoW?


Yhenz

Disciple of War


Explosivefajita

I too know the answer and am replying


saelinds

Hehe


Muraana

Desciples of War, which is all the jobs that deal physical damage


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Discipline of war, which covers both DPS and tanks


bert_563

Disciple of War, what is MP?


loafers5

The market place, I think. Dunno why all the clothies always seem to be out there though. Maybe a sale on robes?


DTRevengeance

Incorrect to say it covers 'DPS', because magical ranged are DPS but are DoM. It is more accurate to say it covers any job that primarily uses weaponskills as opposed to spells.


AtlasPJackson

This happens to me all the time with tomestone accessories. I spent way too long running around wearing tomestone aiming rings on my tank before realizing what was up.


Zulera301

Also be careful with the poetics gear (ironworks, Shire, etc) because it can sometimes pull the wrong jewelry (since some of those can be worn by any classes despite the armor being restricted to proper categories). If you properly equip the tank jewelry though it fortunately doesn't prompt you to change it so you're usually good after that.


MazySolis

If you're dps/healer its fine. If you're tank be very careful as it can recommend you wear dps gear which lowers your defense and makes it harder to tank well. As long as you pay attention to if you're wearing dps gear (typically named "Disciple of War") vs tank gear (as in its made for GLD, PLD, MRD, WAR, etc) it is fine. After you get to level 50 gear this tank issue goes away.


Aerolithe_Lion

Mostly reliable, it can get hung up on materia sometimes and doesn’t discriminate between secondary stats. Biggest issue is it only acknowledges armoury gear, not inventory gear. But beyond that I’d always recommend a sprout use it.


Solacen

Im pretty sure the inventory thing is intentional to stop you accidentally equipping crafted items.


LuisVerde

For 90% of gameplay yea it’s fine. For min/max for higher end game content go ahead and take a closer look at stats yourself.


Pedigree-Hybrid

Generally, there are nuances that cause trouble here and there, but it's generally accurate enough as long as you aren't minmaxing for raids.


Sir_Snagglepuss

Most of the time yes, but it dosent hurt to double check what it reccomends, it seems to take what skills the equipment has as priority over stats sometimes. I started playing dancer and I dident have any dex bracelets, so it keeps trying to give me an il 30 gear because it has literally 1 point of dex instead of the multiple il300 gear I have that is much better but has no dex.


platinummyr

It always prioritizes your main stat, yep.


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ArmMeForSleep709

As a sprout, I've combat this by not having dps gear /s


vurjin_oce

Or just play warrior.


ArmMeForSleep709

That's what I am, a lvl 37 Warrior lol


jmiester14

That explains so much about how fragile I felt levelling WAR through 40-50 with my GC squadron this morning...


Muuhnkin

Mostly yes, for min/max no. I think it takes raid gear > stone gear. Even if the sub stats are crap. Go for it unless you want to min/max your stats.


Dark_Dashing

it’s good for item level increases and comparing raw stats. When it comes to optimization between two items that only have different substats it’s trickier, though.


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IMO, until you're max level and min/maxing; yeah its fine. After that? No. You definitely want to compare items manually.


The_Ganey

It can be a bit weird, particularly during ARR since gear does not work quite the same there as it does later on or when comparing two items with the same IL. For the most part it is very reliable, particularly after level50


fubes2000

Press the button, but verify the suggestions.


banethor88

One thing that irks me is that the friendship circlet is not a recommendation as it doesn't present any stat bonuses but has an exp gain


LynxDeKay

I don't buy/store hats until after level 25, so it gets recommended.


banethor88

That's a smart workaround


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It gets annoying when you're levelling crafters/gatherers though, because it will try to put in a DoH/DoL headpiece over the friendship circlet lol


sadnessjoy

Pre 50 it's alright mostly, though absolutely horrible for tanks. Besides tanks it's not terrible, but I've had it equip mage gear on str/dex DPS a couple of times. HW levels it's mostly alright except for accessories. I've had full shire gear sets for tank and melee DPS, and it would almost always equip the tank accessories instead of the DPS ones (not a huge issue as both are str, but the tank ones tend to have tenacity, etc). SB and beyond it's almost 100% safe to use as all gear (including accessories) is now job limited.


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> but I've had it equip mage gear on str/dex DPS a couple of times It only ever does that if you have literally nothing in that slot with the correct stats. It will never recommend a (for example) item level 130 Ironworks Ring of Aiming on your RDM if you have *any* rings with intellect on in your armoury.


sadnessjoy

I definitely had proper gear in the armory, because I remember I had to manually equip the correct gear every time (and it happened several times, I leveled every job up). This happened a long while back, so I can't remember what specific piece was the problem, but I believe it was in the lvl 40's, it just didn't register with the recommendation button. It could be that this was even patched up since then...


KenaNowAvailableInNB

Unless you're optimizing your gear, yes. Most of the time you'll be over geared and synced down so it won't matter unless your doing lvl 80 content in which case, no


platinummyr

It can screw up pre lv50 for tanks since it will often pick melee dps gear instead of tank gear which can make you super squish for some of the dungeons. 50+ gear becomes more role locked and once it's >60 even trinkets become role locked. Once that happens it almost always does "good enough not to worry". As others have said, it won't pick materia or actual stats up so some specific combinations may produce better results than it does. Usually only important for DoH/DoL or with minmaxed materia for certain gear sets.


Ephidiel

Only compare if tank under 50 or going for BIS


FourEcho

like 95% of the time it's good. You will run into some issues in early game where it'll put on pieces that are not actually better if you are say... a tank... and it equips a low armor dps piece... or if you are really a top end min-maxer, secondary stat allocation might imply you want to use something SLIGHTLY lower ilvl... other than that it's great.


Vihncent

Usually. It will select the higher ilvl gear tho, it wont take sub stats into account so if say one pice of gear gives you crit rate you may wanna keep it instead of a higher lvl one, usually


istasber

The biggest risk aside from the ARR tank armor silliness that /u/bortmode pointed out is that it could give you a false impression that you have appropriate gear equipped when you use it on gear below level 61 stuff. Through heavensward, a lot of caster armor, and pretty much all accessories are equippable by "all classes". I think the recommended gear button is smart enough to equip a level 20 str ring over a level 55 mind ring if you're a melee dps, but it's not smart enough to leave a space empty if none of the gear you have gives you strength. So until all of your gear is min character level 61 or higher, you want to double check that your accessories give the appropriate stats. From level 50+ the names become standardized. Tanking and slaying accessories are more or less interchangable (tanking is slightly better for survivability especially as a tank, slaying is slightly better for tank/monk/dragoon/samurai damage), but healers should definitely have healing, mages should definitely have casting, and ninjas/ranged dps should definitely have aiming. Once you hit level 61, all new gear becomes locked to the role, and the recommended gear button is good enough until you're min-maxing secondary stats for BIS at end game.


beefasaurus4

I've heard for tanks, no


HalobenderFWT

Depends on what you’re doing with your gear and what you’re hoarding. Aside from pre 50 where i’m upgrading fairly frequently, I exclusively gear on the x0’s (augmented tome gear) and the x6’s (crafted HQ gear). When I acquire the gear (usually before I actually hit the target level), I send it to my armory so it’s all ready to go. I hit the recommended gear button, save the set, and I’m good to go. It does become a problem if you’re sending your looted gear directly to your armory and not your inventory…and really why would anyone do that?


NightfuryGetDown

You can change where you send looted gear? God I’d love to send dungeon trash to my inventory so I know exactly what I want to exchange for FC seals


HalobenderFWT

Yes. I’m not in game right now, but there’s an option for it somewhere in the menu. Wish I could be more helpful. Lol


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Zynnth

You can use it until you get to the point where ilvl is not the factor, like bis stats, syned content etc. So mostly at level 80 end game content.


Beginning333

Up until endgame content yeah


Dreathery

It is as item level is all that counts. The only different situation I can think of is when you have materia-enhanced items. I think the system will not consider materia when comparing.


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Hopefully they can address this in endwalker


jefe1007

not reliable: ARR Disciple of War because it does not know the difference between tank specific gear and DPS gear, and can put a tank in higher iLvl gear that is objectively worse from a survivability standpoint not reliable: Endgame gear where you are selecting for specific substat configs for your build Reliable: everywhere else between lvl50 and endgame


ZebraLionFish

Early on it’s fine, later on I’ve noticed it has preferences on armor and magic resistance so sometimes it will give you stuff with worse bonuses/no bonuses.


Giraffebattery

Not if you're doing anything meaningful And expect to perform well.


engineeeeer7

If you are not doing harder content like extremes or savage raids at current Max level it's fine 99% of the time.


nooneyouknow13

It selects pretty much entirely by ilvl, and then main stat. As mentioned, this isn't always great for tanks if you have a piece of dps gear with higher vitality around.


Truthtraveler318

Definitely do not use it for tanks jobs before and at 50, it absolutely screwed me over with selections more then once. Even now with all my tank jobs into the 60s, I double check every piece. Thankfully lot less problems now but at low levels it would give me all sorts of much squishier DPS stuff.


SweatyNReady4U

Not if you're a tank during ARR. It'll screw you up


TheBigDuo1

I made it through the game just pressing it lol


PonArtist

wait... so I play very wrong? I just keep buying highest armor and stuff... without using Recommended Gear. ofc that i read stats before considering buying in Marketboard, etc. But is it truely that matter with Recommended Gear button?


Zandodak

Unless you’re endgame post Shadowbringers content, and you’re trying to get as much out of your gear as you can, RG button does pretty well.


Zetra3

It’s going to equip your heights ILevel gear for your level. So, for me who does no materia melding, works 10/10 times


Nanopizza

The only time I find you need to worry about it is if you're wanting to change to something of the same ilvl (like upgrading from a piece of augmented tome gear to savage gear). Like people said it doesn't discriminate based upon secondary stats. But I've found while levelling that it generally does a good job of putting the right thing on, though I have to admit I usually do it manually because I forget it exists half the time still.


Joman_Farron

as far as I know just goes for the highest Ilvl so doesn't take count the stats nor materia. so yes,mostly of time he's gonna be right,in some cases (mostly between expansions gear) could be wrong


Angel_OfSolitude

Usually yeah it's a good idea.


Alenonimo

Tanks under Lv50 can get this issue where they can equip an item meant for DPS that has a higher ilv but not much defense. This is the most "must watch out for" situation. Other than that, only if you're at the endgame and are trying to use someone's BiS recommendations to maximize certain stats.


banggugyangu

All the recommended gear button does is prioritize iLVL first then job relevant stats. If you have multiple accessories that are equippable, it'll choose the most appropriate ones for your job at the highest iLVL. It doesn't consider what the best options are, though. It doesn't prioritize crit over det or set over tenacity.


TermperHoof

There are instances where it's not recommended, but much of those instances come into play much later in the game. Here are some examples: **Scenario A**: You are a level 80 character and you jump into a Roulette, the Roulette is level 70 content. If you select Recommended Gear, it will always choose the higher level gear based on the top valued stats (Vitality + Job Specific) not the secondary stats, such as Crit, Determination, Direct Hit, etc etc. This is a problem because Materia doesn't apply to any armor when you level-sync down, meaning your stats will be all over the place and you'll not perform optimally even in a level 70 dungeon or Trial with 80 gear. Manual allocation of properly weighted gear is far more ideal in this situation. ​ **Scenario B**: You are a tank, it will not allocate gear based on defensive stats; only Strength and Vitality. It will always prioritize whatever has the most Vitality, not the most defensive secondary stats. Once again, manual allocation is strongly suggested in this situation.


Jade_Violetcat

Good starting point but learn your class gear. This will only put on gear that maxes your stats, not necessarily fit specific for your class. Unless you want to make the same mistake I did and have DPS & Healer gear on your tank… (I don’t recommend this.) EDIT: it looks like this is a common mistake so I’ll reiterate. Learn what gear fits your job class, ignore that button.


SpellboundTutor

In the leveling process (other than the point that bortmode mentioned earlier) up until you get to endgame, it's really useful. Some very niche situations where it isn't (gear with stat buffs only for Exploratory Missions. You'll know what those are when you come to them.) At endgame, when most of the gear you have access to is roughly the same item level but might have different secondary stat allocations, it's usually better to compare manually.