Force shields

[Kashima]

Most useful Merge = Resta Merge, duh.

FOmar's only good shield is Tripolic Shield, a bitch to find offline.

FOmarl can use Rico's Earring, probably the best shield in the game.

Excluding Ep4 shields, because I think you're not on BB.

Thanks for the info kekfa will be a while before my whitill hits ult but ill get it no problem

[A.S.]

As a FOml you'll want something with Ability, you'll be tired of using the Earring and switch to Attribute Wall, Rico's Glasses..

[Hrith]

If Kashima is offline, then no, I doubt she'll ever need anything else.

[Kashima]

Offline at the moment so those will tide me over nicely. Hey Kefka youre more in touch with the online community than any of us is sega team thinking of killing the ep one and two servers anytime soon? For the cube of course

[Tycho]

FOmar's only good shield is Tripolic Shield, a bitch to find offline.
FOmarl can use Rico's Earring, probably the best shield in the game.

Yeah. I still think Safety Heart should be mentioned though, for its resistances and because not all Earrings have max stats. >_>
I know even their average stats are okay, but still. It's not like resistances are less important. Countless times I have seen people ignoring resistances for power (S-Parts v2.01?), they got instantly killed at Vol Opt v2 all the time. XP

[A.S.]

S Parts 2.01 +15 ATA

I just think if you keep Rico's Earring as priority equipment, you will fail fighting Vol Opt (and v2), Gol Dragon, and other enemies. FOmls need ability based Shields (resistance, etc.), Atrribute Wall, Rico's Glasses, even somethign around the Regenerate Gear B.P.
, Rico's Earring does not necessarily fit in wiht Ability Shields.

[Hrith]

It's very easy to find a Rico's Earring with better stats than Safety Heart, and I have never, NEVER seen anyone die from lower resistances (Earrings have +15, not +0), except against Dark Falz in Ultimate.

As long as you do not fight Vol Opt ver.2 and Epsilon with 0 EFR, resistances are useless.

Most of the time, monsters using techniques are doing you a favour:
-Hildelt uses Gizonde if while have 0 ETH = 200 damage; Hildelt hits you = 300+ damage
-Ul Gibbon uses Gizonde while you have 0 ETH = 300+ damage; Ul Gibbon hits you = 600+ damage
-Sinow Zoa uses Rabarta while you have 0 EIC = 300+ damage: Sinow Zoa hits you = 700-1000 damage

Stats > resistances.

Falz is the only time in the game where you should favour resistances, just use Attribute Wall to fight him, and voila.

[jarl]

-Hildelt uses Gizonde if while have 0 ETH = 200 damage; Hildelt hits you = 300+ damage
-Ul Gibbon uses Gizonde while you have 0 ETH = 300+ damage; Ul Gibbon hits you = 600+ damage
-Sinow Zoa uses Rabarta while you have 0 EIC = 300+ damage: Sinow Zoa hits you = 700-1000 damage

0 ETH with hildelt shooting you with gizonde=shocked. problem, cos then you cant attack him...
0 ETH with Ul gibbons shooting you with gizonde=shocked. do gibbles being continually shocked..... have fun!
0 EIC with sinow zoa shooting rabarta= frozen. then they hit you... yay! if you're a low lvl then you'd die

you cant just say resistances are crap, they are useful. think how many times you'd die from crimson assassins if you didnt have some EIC. low lvl, they gang up on you and you'd be killed while frozen.

also, theres that o so small problem of having no EDK in ult temple/cave. have fun dodging megid while frozen from a crimson assassin....

[Hrith]

ETH and EIC do not affect the odds of being shocked/frozen.

I fought Falz with 75 EIC, once, and got frozen almost every time.

Like I said, EFR/EIC/ETH/ELT are useless except for Falz.

[Tycho]

Hmm. Are you sure they do not help against Shock/Freeze? I used 4 Perfect/Resist about all the time on GC, and often found I was the only one that did not get Shocked at Vol Opt.
You're right most tech-based attacks are not much of a threat, but don't forget most physical attacks are not either. At decent levels as long as you use Deband/Jellen, physical attacks are the last thing you'd need to worry about. Gibbles and Sinow Zoa like to land a critical hit on me before I can Jellen them ><;, but I can't think of many other intimidating physical-based attacks.