bad math... 14d prot on gaiter with 1/10 chance of it having a gaiter... so
being optimistic, and assuming nobody else kills the mob when yer doing it,
and it wasn't done at boot or even in the 12h after boot before you get home
from work..

need 2 gaiters per type.. 8 types... 16 gaiters.. and can get about 1 gaiter
every 24d.. except.. if more people in the party want them.. so figure only 2
people/party want gaiters.. tahts 1 new gaiter every 48d.. again, with an
optimistic presumption that it drops 2 of each type and not 5 of one type
during your collection period..

means, in about 2 years, with getting a gaiter every 24d, and winning the dice
50% of the time, i'll have a full set!

I realize people dont NEED to get every piece of eq out there, but considering
it takes at least 2 years to become a decent mage, and probably more to have
enough xp to want gaiters for all types, combined with the fact that spell%
severely affects damage and speed, makes them the best slot for a mage...

still, i find 3+ years of playing to be a long-ass time frame in which to
accomplish something in a video game =S . don't get me wrong, i've planned
reincs that lasted 2-3 years... but in this particular case, maybe ?ardus can
make the gaiter drop every day ,and increase the rape prot to 1 month =S
would at least give us all a decent chance of getting some gaiters within a
couple of years.

E.

buy them.

If you think that's rough, try collecting Tiger GM eq. 3 month-ish rape prot
+ random time for ring/bracelet to load. Last Akemi kill I did, it took 54
straight days of checking for her to load either ring or bracelet, She loaded
ring, btw. And most people in the party want bracelet/ring unless they are
true backrow reinc'ers.