Optimal Cleaving

[urat]

What are the best weapons for cleaving in general for the variety of jobs it is avialable to, in my case particularly Aeolian Edge cleaving with dnc, and normal cleaving with war.

I have most relevant armor and atmas.

Second, whats the best zone and way to cleave at/in in peoples opinion, primarily for raw exp with little to no regard for anything else. Im just trying to grind my mule's jobs up as fast as I can.

[Malithar]

If you tri-box and have a job that can keep your War alive, something like Marjami Biv 2 cleaving would be great with water crystals and kills RoE set. Other jobs can do it just as good (if not better), as you mentioned Aeolian Edge spam with Pld, Dnc, etc, Blm -ga spam, Geo -ra spam, etc. Cleaving in a SoA zone has the upside of SKCs, crystals (for RoE), and massive exp during this 2x exp campaign. For solo or low man grinding with mid to top tier gear, RoE, and this 2x exp campaign, it's put Aby into the grave as far as exp is concerned. That may be different with low to mid lvl mules though, I don't know off hand how their exp gain scales, but RoE exp won't be hit and it'll be rolling in quick off of the crystals if you can keep kill speed up.

If you're strictly looking for Aby tips, it's more or less the same as it's always been. I always preferred either Mandies in Attowa due to linking/lots of weak hitting mobs, or stuff in a tier 3 zone for Dominion OPs turn ins.

[dasva]

Best weapons for AE are going to probably still be double tp bonus or ws dmg/tp bonus. war would probably be whatever has the most base dmg?