Lancer - Plate Armor

[RhodosGuard]

Wiki says Lancers wear Plate Armor.
All the plate Armor I have found yet disagrees

[Tempus animae]

Lance = Light armor...

Im sure there is also Plate for it, but kinda... Later?

[Demonsouls1993]

Might be for the job part of the class at level 30

[Tempus animae]

Originally posted by Demonsouls1993:

Might be for the job part of the class at level 30

Yea. When the Lancer turns into Dragoon you get a few Sets like Dragon rider. Those look like Plate armor.

[Lord Doober De La Goober MXI]

Originally posted by Zeitseele:

Originally posted by Demonsouls1993:

Might be for the job part of the class at level 30

Yea. When the Lancer turns into Dragoon you get a few Sets like Dragon rider. Those look like Plate armor.

I want to say after lvl 50 when the armor becomes more..."singular"

[Aishikai]

Dragoon (the job you will undertake as lancer) does indeed have plate armor. In fact, most raid sets are slightly less armored/capeless versions of the tank gear. However as with all jobs, there's different types of gear so players can choose their style. Dragoons have access to both cloth and plate armor

[Moscini]

All DRG gear is classified as maiming beyond level 50. these are often, but not always, similar or copies of the plate models used for the equivalent tanking gear. Until 45-50, you will likely be only using "Disciple of War" gear, which is generally much lighter visually.

[Mio Rin]

Lancer/Dragoon under lv50 uses scale armour for best protection.
After that, you'll get job specific gear tailored to LNC/DRG, which in some cases consists of light plate pieces.

[RhodosGuard]

I am massively confused as to why they hand me multiple low level (5) "Armorer" (which I assume is Plate) pieces just to then lock me to Cloth/Leather for so long.

If I go for Blacksmith/Armorer will that be effective for me anytime soon, or should I focus on leatherworking/Miner (maybe Botanis+Weaver too) until I hit the level I can actually use the armor?

[Tempus animae]

Originally posted by RhodosGuard:

I am massively confused as to why they hand me multiple low level (5) "Armorer" (which I assume is Plate) pieces just to then lock me to Cloth/Leather for so long.

If I go for Blacksmith/Armorer will that be effective for me anytime soon, or should I focus on leatherworking/Miner (maybe Botanis+Weaver too) until I hit the level I can actually use the armor?

Just get the Gear from Dungeons and use those Alagsomething stones you can get with Lv. 50 ans higher to get the good gear.

If it's just about the look. FF14 comes with the glamour system. That means you wear the good gear/armor for protection but you see Gear/Armor B on your character.
So if there is good looking gear, dont care about the Level^^


About crafting. Early on its just not worth the effort and later... Only if you want to make rare stuff, or a lot of Money^^

[artuntaure]

there is some Lnc/Drg specific gear from lvl 10 to 50 found in shops or market board.

it offers more protection than WoL gear but you won't get a full set before lvl 50.
just a part of it from lvl 45 job quest.last part is lvl 50 where you get an better full set anyways.
then go for token gear if you have the currency wich you can farm in dungs and roulette.

as for crafting,well it can cost a lot of money to get it started.if your fine with being broke but wanna have to abillity to craft stuff then obviously you should go for it.eventually it will pay back.

[Mad Jack]

They decided only tanks get to have armor that actually matters. Because, y'know, screw dragoons I guess.

[echelon]

Originally posted by Neighborhood Watch:

They decided only tanks get to have armor that actually matters. Because, y'know, screw dragoons I guess.

Scholar can wear plate armour so I'm sure Lancer/ Dragoon can.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/nlirx/screenshot/490151825950191975
https://steamcommunity.com/id/nlirx/screenshot/493528961510141435
https://steamcommunity.com/id/nlirx/screenshot/478893369668571484

[Sgt. Magnusson]

Dragoon is the only DPS job that gets to wear heavy armor, in fact, a lot of the Dragoon sets are slightly altered versions of the tank sets, sometimes just color swaps. You won't start getting the actual heavy armors until you hit Lv50 though, before that you only get chainmail and scale armor but even afterwards not all armor sets are heavy plate (Appearance wise), not even for tanks.

Here's a list of almost every armor set that can be equipped as a Dragoon. https://www.ffxivcollection.com/tag/drg/

[artuntaure]

dragoon isn't half bad if you learn to play it neiborhood guard.
besides.dragoon never was intended to tank.not even semi-tank like in most other games.
they can however take some hits and have better def stats than bard or assassin thanks to the altered armor wich gets better endgame.
they also get some good self buffs incl one that heals with each hit you make.

[RopeDrink]

They are not referencing the War/Dark/Paladin archetype of gear - they are saying that Dragoon sets can later consist of plate armour. This is not the same as claiming that a Dragoon is capable of wearing War/Dark/Paladin gear, just that the design (and armour) is heavier than pretty much any other melee-DPS and why theirs is more restricted than, say, a Ninja or Monk (which pretty much only weathers cloth or leather).

https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/accimg2/68/1e/681e8154406df86b7761328c91e43e1d7ffe817c.jpg

Mine wears the Darklight Set, which is plate over chainmail. Lancers (yet to be Dragoons) typically wear light armour eg. leather and mail. Dragoon sets are heavier in design, but again, that doesn't make any reference to non-Dragoon armor such as tanks.

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To the person asking about Armourer (crafting), yes, you will have access to Dragoon-specific armour later, but there's typically no crafting classes by itself that entirely cover a single class (armour wise). Example, Weavers can make gear for casters and melee. So can Leatherworkers. It's why anyone with an interest in crafting typically levels ALL jobs rather than just a few. Armourer just covers most of the metal category, yet sometimes the best upgrade might be hard-leather pants underneath chain or plate armor, which requires a Leatherworker etc etc.

In short, don't level one crafting job and expect it to have access to every single gear-slot on a given character - it rarely happens.

Dragoons would need: Carpenter for Lances, Leatherworker for various gear-parts, especially early-game leather armour,, but mostly belts and legs, sometimes shoes, regardless of level. Armourer for most gear-parts (mostly later when Lancer becomes Dragoon), and possibly some Blacksmithing recipes for certain weapons later. Then there's Jewelcrafting for rings & earrings, Weaver for other off-kilter pieces, etc etc etc.