Geo 900+ Skill Question

Ok its now possible to make a 900+ combined skill set without using a weapon and with 5/5 azimuth +1. Now is it worth it to use like this or should i focus on more skill, altho peeps say it caps on 900. Or should i focus on more conserve mp?
Maybe someone tested skill at 950? Seeing thats the new cap now if ye have all the items.

luopon set
ItemSet 326016

indi set
ItemSet 339007


Cape is 10 skill 20 indi
and im 1200 jp geo

1st: those RUN hands in the indi cast set.

It's not "people" who says it caps at 900 skill, SE said it.
Now SE could have lied of course, if that's what you think feel free to do an accurate test :D

Well SE told us everything but Refresh, Regen, Poison capped at 900 only like 2 months ago, those 3 capped at 600 they said. That is where everyone got the info.

Here is my current math'd set.
ItemSet 338470
902 combined skill w/ max cape, merits & gifts.
100+2 Conserve MP with a perfect augment on feet & path C vanya hood.

Idris set would probably just swap the body piece for af2.

edit:
Indi set:
ItemSet 339014
909 combined skill w/ max cape, merits & gifts.
77 Conserve MP w/ path C vanya hood.

quetion of the day: what is better 100+ conserve mp or 25% free bublies :)

25%?
I thought the set bonus was 1% per piece.

I dunno where the cap is, but I can tell you that after adding 20 skill from the new magic torque, Fury gave me 4 extra attack!

I Always thought 25% for full set but i could be wrong

Noone have a clue what is better? or 5/5 empy or conserve mp gear for geo?

5/5 empy is terribad, because you're likely not hitting 900.
And gimping yourself just to get a 25% chance at a free spell, dumb.
And that also ignores any +indi duration too.

The set bonus goes: 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%.
So just using two (namely head for skill and feet for indi-duration and set bonus proc), gives you a large boost to MP conservation.

So gear: skill to reach 900.
Then fill in indi-duration. Which is literally three pieces, one of them skill and FC so you're already using that. Empy feet to get 10% free bubbles, a boon even on geo-spells. And you can swap between different pant for indi- and geo- castings.
Then after that, fill in conserve MP.
Skill is the most important because that's the whole reason you're even there.

Chimerawizard's posted sets are good, but only apply to someone who has 1200 JP on GEO.
Though I would use empy head, body, and feet in both sets, since that's a rather robust 15% chance at a free spell.
But that's just personal taste.
And if you don't have the JPs, you're gonna need more gear to compensate.

Now you have multiple replies with depth.

As I posted my set above here i can asure you i have both indi and normal luopon set on 900+ skill, my indi set is 4/5 empy (indi duration 5.15), my luopon set is 5/5 empy :)

Only wonder if its better to use the empy gear or go for conserve mp set for those.

Also im 1200 350/350 jp ready for the next update to 2100 :)

With the expansion of job points to 2100 it is possible to reach 900 combined skill while having 5/5 Azimuth +1 in your casting set. This is what I use for Luopan spells. Lifestream Cape has Geomancy Skill +10 on it. I am at 904 combined skill in this set thanks to Gifts.

ItemSet 339402

I guess that is the main motivator to go from 1200 to 2100, you get the highest tier Gifts to use 5/5 Empyrean in your Luopan casting set.

This is gonna seem like a Necro Bump, but I would love to see the math I.E. natural skill is blah blah blah, merit skill is blah blah blah, this item is blah blah blah, etc, etc. I don't understand the breakdown and I have some of the gear and over 400 JP atm.

It doesnt seem like a necro, it is a necro.

Natural skill is 746 (373x2)

+32 for merits

+72 Job Gifts

https://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/41358/bubble-trouble-a-geomancer-guide/

Tells you potency of 900's + dunna + idris

https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Category:Geomancy

Has a list of items with skill+

Thanks, you're a gem! With that, I built a non-Idris 903 with a perfect Lifestream Cape Augment. I'll be shooting for this for now. Tell me what you think.

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My only critiques would be to balance what gear you have and potential difficulty it may take you to obtain it. Gifts give you such a huge bonus to skill that you only need a few pieces of gear to hit 900 after that, to a point I'd say hitting max JP to be the path of least resistance to max skill. Kobo Obi and Renaye Ring stand out in particular as things that are likely not worth the effort (or in rings case, opportunity cost) if their only use to you is geo skill.

Since Renaye is +10 geomancy and stikini is +5 geomancy +5 handbell, they are effectively the same and it would be best to just use 2 stikini rings.

You will definitely want to work some conserve mp into the set (as 900 allows)

And yeah, don't waste your one ring on Renaye

Well, I already have Renaye, so that is why I worked that into the equation.

While you're allowed to choose any ring you like, strongly advise changing it.

You don't want to be the guy that picked Sattva when Rajas was the only real option.

Or the guy that chooses a relic from rank1 bonanza.