The Endless Gear Grind

Throughout most of my adventuring career, I have been a white mage. I rarely soloed, I spent my time in groups with allies around me. The new trust system leaves me a bit lonely, and makes me feel like I should change to something else, as an NPC alter ego can now do the same amount of healing as I can. I have no problem playing other classes, I've had a blast playing around with scholar and blue mage in the 75 days, but I keep coming back to WHM as my main always.

The equipment that I have worn as a WHM has not really changed much in my 75+ career. Almost since the beginning, I have been wearing a mix of noble's tunic and blessed gear. It has a distinctive blue and white color scheme that compliment each other in a way that always assured me they were meant to be worn together as the same set. I actually think the white and blue colors are more fitting than the red and white peppermint color scheme of the artifact and relic WHM sets. I am beginning to outgrow my beloved blessed/noble set, however. It was time for something new.

Fynlar took me to Abyssea to farm up the seals and coins I needed to upgrade the base empyreal set (I had the cap at +1 from Zephiris and Zadine pulling me through Abyssea when I came back briefly in 2011). In two days I went from one +1 piece and four base pieces to a full five-piece orison +2 set.
I could not see fit to sell off my old set, though. I just have too many fond memories of it, and it will always be in my eyes The WHM Set. So instead of just having some old gear sitting in my moghouse collecting dust, I did some aggressive bazaar shopping and managed to get the final two mannequin pieces I needed to finish off my quest. I now have a permanent reminder of what a WHM should aspire to be, noble, blessed, and orison (prayer).

Pictured left: Noble's Tunic, Blessed Mitts/Trousers/Pumps, Blessed Hammer

Pictured right: Orison Attire +2 set and Chatoyant Staff.