August 2026 Version Update

Thank you.

Says this


They're not even close too this, but they've done everything they said they were going to do, so it looks like these week see several reforge upgrades until like maybe +2 or so. So they are probably worth getting now. Reforge has never implied augments, so I would lean more towards upgraded version.

If you dont get them now you'll be riding the struggle bus when they do add harder mobs you have to team up for to upgrade.

Also remember THEIR idea of "equivalent to malignance" is not YOUR idea of "equivalent to malignance". "Roughly Equal to" is not "the same as".

They will definitely not have STP and PDL that are the same or better, they won't be malignance+1

this is one fugly mask i'll never glamour.

Before your bolded part, they said this:
I dont think this stuff excels over Ambu+2 stuff. Would be nice if I could store this ***if the expectation is that people will prefarm with the expectation of reforging in 6 months.

Everything will be based on mid-tier catch up gear:
Ambu+2
AF+4 (kill an Omen mid-boss is a very low bar to get access to +3 every job, Limbus isnt difficult either)
Relic+2 (Enter dynamis on job, I think 100 kills is a bit higher of a bar to do solo, hence stopping at +2)
Emp+2 (I dont think 10k muffins and a sapphire is that high of a bar)
Anything from pre-Selb HTMB's
UNM loot, including augment
Escha loot (is this too high of a bar?)



Nzame set
Snapshot:
Head (+7): "BIS" for snapshot on COR, but if you've capped it, you'll want rapid shot, and emp+2 has +RS16. RNG has Emp+2 for same snapshot.
Body(+9): BIS if were ruling out Oshosi Vest (+12). Again, we come back to snap vs RS. Rng has Emp+2 (which Velocity Shot is calculated separately), COR has AF+4
Hand (+9): Carmine+1 has Snap+8 and RS+11, so its BIS for strictly Snap, but Carmine+1 is better because of RS.
Leg (+8): RNG has AF+4 with +15 , COR has Adhemar with +9 and RS augment. Otherwise Emp+2 and Relic+2 both have +8. Oshosi has +10
Feet (+7): Meg+2 has Snap+10 right there.

midshot:
I cant imagine midshotting in any of this across the board. Ignoring the fact not one piece has StoreTP, every piece has inferior racc/ratk to Meg+2 set. Sure the set enmity down bonus might play a factor, but I cant imagine a RNG or COR using this set will run into enmity problems.

WS:
Cor AF+4 body has better wsd and accompanying stats for physical WS. Neither this nor COR AF+4 body have stats to make it nice for magic WS, I'd assume the "Magic Atk. Bonus"+54 on Relic+2 would be better without even bothering to estimate numbers.
RNG can make use of Body for WSD. If they've unlocked Jishnu, I'm not sure if the Crit+7 or WSD+7 from Meg+2 is better. I doubt that can even be answered without looking at the bigger picture.

They couldnt even give the *** boots Movement+18, god forbid COR's run a bit faster.




So
Head: Maybe good for COR for Snapshot, depending if you can cap it using other pieces.
Body: Good for RNG for WS. Maybe good for COR for snapshot if Oshosi not available.
Hand: Might be useful for RNG for Jishnu, if Nzame Crit+7 >> Meg+2 WSD +7
Leg: useless
Feet: useless

Feel free to chew this up. Might do another set analysis as "catch up gear", but the RNG/COR was obviously the easiest one to work with lol.

How do you analyze a set when 7 jobs use it. (MNK / THF / BST / NIN / PUP / DNC / RUN). Thats a lot of extra ***to compare individually.
I'm not too familiar with BST or PUP.

Again, no store TP across the board. One Piece has multi atk, I'll cover it when I get there.

Head: depending what you're doing, Counter+7 isnt a terrible stat to have coupled with DT-4. Blistering+1 is available to all jobs, Adhemar+1 available to all but BST/PUP could use Tali'ah.
Body: Adhemar+1, Mummu+2, Tali'ah+2 would probably be better.
Hands: Finally some multi attack, Double Attack+5, Mummu+2 has Double Attack+6, so for MNK THF NIN DNC, Mummu+2 is probably better. They dont have any DT though. PUP has Emp+2 with STP+10. Bst might need to use these, Argosy+1 would have better DPS, but Argosy+1 also has no defenseive stats.
Legs: MNK Emp+2, THF AF+4, BST Zoar+1 (BRUH NEGATIVE STORE TP, chill it wont slaughter your DPS), NIN Tate+1 (I'll be honest, I think acquiring this might be a bit of a nuisance) or Ryuo+1, PUP Ryuo+1, DNC Meg+2, RUN Emp+2 or Meg+2
Feet: The Inquartata can be interesting for not mnk or pup to bump parry rate up, depending what theyre doing, since mnk and pup cant parry. As far as TP boots: MNK AF+4, THF Rel+2, BST Emp+2, NIN Tate+2 or Kendatsuba, PUP battlecast or Herc, DNC Emp+2, RUN Carmine+1 or Emp+1

None of this looks worthwhile for TP other than maybe feet for PUP. Hands might be useful if you really need that DT-3, I just cant fathom that being a breaking point.

WS:
MNK and PUP have next to no use for WSD, their best WS's are all multi hit. But lets presume theyre using one of their single hit WS, MNK could use the body, PUP has AF+4
THF and BST have Emp+2 with WSD+8 if theyre using one of their single hit WS. I'd prefer to use Olorun though, so theres less risk of getting caught with their pants down when WSing.
NIN DNC RUN this is their only WSD+10 option.


Olorun body good for 6 of 7 listed jobs.


I'll offer my expert S tier analysis on the other 2 items tomorrow, maybe, if work leaves me alone.

Here's the tl;Dr - it's Odyssey -2 gear for folk/alts/mythical newbs that can't or won't clear Gaol.

It literally says Nyame with a single letter changed.

Use it until you get some odyssey bare minimum r15 then throw it away.

Good job, peace.