Essential Equipment to Hunt

[Namine]

I don't find orlean combo to be that attractive for support or pally. Faster devotion is nice but it's not too critical. Also hunting banshee is a lot more annoying now since people have moved on from nameless party to muspel event for exp. However it shouldn't be too bad for Sniper to make a SPC Comp bow, then just DS spam nameless 1+bwing once SP is out. Personally, I just opt for valk shields directly, but keep them at only +4 since I don't need the 2.1 def difference from +4 to +7 too badly, being a backline caster player.

As for farming stepping stone, it all depends on what you want at the end and work backward from there. You seem to be doing that already. Need valk shield -> need OAB+cursed water or orc skele -> anti-earth weapon, or anti-demihuman -> Burning Bow or BG -> Vadon. Orc skele, Vadon or BG are the dead ends where no gears are required, so those are the possible starting points. Of course, there's the option to "buy it" at every step. If the end result is too tough, then settle for something similar to stop at an earlier step.

OAB may be your top priority since OAB+Converter works for 5 elements for purpose of hunting minibosses. It's up to you if elemental bow/quad card comp bow is less bothersome than using converters *every* time or not, especially on smaller stuff where you prefer a longer hunting trip.