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[Lexa]

http://www.killingifrit.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=156004

What would you think of a HNM-pickup Linkshell, everyone is welcome to join the Alliance for the current HNM event and you may lot one thing only?

Ofcourse Sky LS > HNM LS, so you won't always turn up for every HNM event. But there are HNMs popping every day, days your sitting in whitegate doing nothing. So why should your "Sky LS" hold you back from going to HNM events those days when your doing nothing?

Scenario 1:
Hay guyz, Tiamat just popped wanna go?
/sea all linkshell
12 people found (3 lolDRG Lv22 in qufirm)
/shutdown ; ;

Scenario 2:
/equip "HNM-pickup LS"
/sea all linkshell
30 people found
Let's do Tiamat!!
/joy

(aka "HAY GUYZ I WANT A RIDILL, CAN U HALP ME?")

[Tricen]

Well it is Madawc.

[Mifaco]

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/Dark_Knigh ... 2FRed_Mage

THIS BELONGS ON ZAM

[Eanae]

ima 69 blu/nin right now am im still tryna figure out which sub i wanna go with on a constant basis besides /nin for DD. I want maximum DD so i kno definately im gonna /drk occassionally but also /thf sticks out.

My choices right now for my physical DD are:

/drk - Attack Bonus II trait will makes us godly with soul eater/last resort

/sam - if i wear TP gear i can ws alot more and idc wat others and SE says but my dmg increases after i pass 100tp
(ex. b4 100tp my frenetic rip did 200+ after 100p 350+)

/thf - jus for the SATA affect on certain spells

/nin - dual wield isnt bad for the slight TP boost and extra melee swing along with the acc & attack from my merc cap falchion

/mnk - for boost, xtra base str, focus, & max hp boost II isnt bad

/rng - i also noticed i could focus all str and att since this would give me Acc Bonus II

but honestly i dunno which to go with i havent decided yet i narrowed it down to /drk /thf /sam but im not gonna jus eliminate the others that easily any tips would help from ur opinions

From a facebook group. I lol'd

[Asdra]

[edit] Black Mage
DRK/BLM is a specialized combination. The BLM subjob grants a significant MP boost, has better spell success rates from its higher INT, and introduces with a wider variety of spells. Also this combo will make spells like Drain, Aspir, and Stun a bit more effective. The utility of this combination is very limited.

Magic Attack Bonus (DRK20/BLM10) -- The DRK/BLM will receive two of the five upgrades from this BLM job trait to improve the potency of spells.
Elemental Seal (DRK30/BLM15) -- Dramatically improves success rate for spells.
Conserve MP (DRK40/BLM20) -- Further enhances the ability of a DRK in a magic-dependent situation to dish out a balanced attack.
Black Magic Most extra spells you get will be usless as Drk doesn't get a hugh mp pool and making a RDM refrsh you because your doing sub par DMG is eneffiect and you do low DMG with these spells cause DRK won't get access to higher than teir II spells. Other spells like Choke Shock Warp and Escape can be useful outside partys
If you find yourself headed for a situation where foes' physical defense is particularly high, and your DRK will be unusually dependent on magic, DRK/BLM may be considered as a viable alternative but at the end of the day subing /WAR for Berserk would be a but more better option as Berserk will overcome the mobs defense

[Tajin]

i dont get it

[Nerull]

Also Dia can be used to skill enfeeble magic effciently and fastly.

This line is actually what bothers me the most...

[Starr]

Tonight in an xp party I'll try out offhanding a kidney dagger + using sipahi body swapped in for WS and see what I can do.

On the topic of Rampage, person also has 5/5 DEX merits with BRD and PLD only 75s.

[Sagacious Sundi]

Tonight in an xp party I'll try out offhanding a kidney dagger + using sipahi body swapped in for WS and see what I can do.

On the topic of Rampage, person also has 5/5 DEX merits with BRD and PLD only 75s.

Well, BRD's highest combat skill is dagger. The job best at daggers is THF. THF has the highest DEX. Makes perfect sense!

[Tokitoki]

Except that Kidney Dagger sucks, so does Siphai body's crit increase, and his DoT and WS damage (which is what hes trying to increase) will actually drop...

But you already knew that, I know. Just had to say it.

[Almalexia]

Conserve MP (DRK40/BLM20) -- Further enhances the ability of a DRK in a magic-dependent situation to dish out a balanced attack.

Conserve MP? Balanced? DRK?

[Furionstormrage]

Not an Alla topic, but a convo I had earlier with someone starting a Sky LS that was ASKING ME for advice.
(Was on PS2, no SS)

After going over Sky, including PLD/NIN tanking, he told me he would never allow a PLD to sub NIN and if they ever did he would kick them.

After explaining the job, he said "PLD needs to wear VIT and HP and /WAR only, that's just stupid"
Said the same thing about NIN/DRK actually.

If you want advice, don't be a dick when you don't agree.

[Foustian]

Well first off, realize that going from 25% to 50% isn't actually a flat 25% increase in defense. it actually scales down, and comes out to a 20% increase in defense. Assume 500 base defense, x 1.25 = 625. Then 500 x 1.5 = 750. 750 is a 20% increase from 625(625 x 1.2 = 750). Also, keep in mind, that in gaining 125 defense, your losing Warcry, and provoke. Even berserk adds a little bit of hate,b ut Warcry/Voke are massive hate boosts, and off-hand I can't think of anything BLU gives that will make up for that hate loss.

I can't even say that /blu is like /nin and is built for a higher hate at the end of the fight(shadows = 0 dmg taken = much less hate loss) then /war, because again, I can't think of anything /blu gives you to increase your hate. Not on a god or Ground King or World wyrm. Taking 15-20 dmg less per hit from 125 more defense isn't going to make up for the loss of voke and warcry like taking no dmg(shadows) compared to 250-300 dmg a hit does.

This post by itself was pretty sound, the only problem being that it was in a thread about whether /BLU or /WAR is better for a PLD doing the supertank method. The defense comparison at the beginning is because the OP asked if the 25% bonus on Defender was good enough versus the 50% bonus on Cocoon.

[ashke]

I'm surprised PLD/MNK wasn't brought up in that thread, TBH. Needs moar 'zam!

[Nitsuki]

that guy's math is stupid seriously, yet sadly in a small sense it is right. But you're basing off your % from your base defense before anything extra, not from your already buffed defense.

[dedalius]

that guy's math is stupid seriously, yet sadly in a small sense it is right. But you're basing off your % from your base defense before anything extra, not from your already buffed defense.

What he's saying is that while yes, it's a 50% boost from base instead of 25% from base, it's not 25% better than the 25% boost. The 50% boost is only 20% more defense than the 25% boost.

[Hapernack]

Should I even alert anyone here to the thread on Alla's Forum=10 about the "uselessness of Marduk Set"?

Why do they even bother discussing gear none of them have or probably ever will have the skill to have?

[Millael]

Wait, wait, wait. Waaaaaait. They're actually claiming Marduk's is useless? Well, I suppose I can see where a combination of Osode, Manteel, and a Dalm all in one bodypiece would be useless. Or 10 CHR and 5 wind skill on a pair of pants. Or, 10 MND and 5 Enfeebling on a pair or shoes. Or... no. I'm not going to think about the number of ways that's wrong, or I'm going to break my brain.

[Nitsuki]

Should I even alert anyone here to the thread on Alla's Forum=10 about the "uselessness of Marduk Set"?

Why do they even bother discussing gear none of them have or probably ever will have the skill to have?

Now i'm curious to see this "uselessness"...

[Bagel]

It may be good gear, but if there were three jobs that could do their job naked it'd be BRD/WHM/SMN. I guess arguably RDM/COR also, but they're not on Marduk and doesn't help my point.