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[gandorf]

Since update for 2handed weapons, is it okay for war's to use Greataxes till 75?

[Amele]

Since update for 2handed weapons, is it okay for war's to use Greataxes till 75?

yes. although you should still skill your axes.

[tornfleshofsoul]

Great axes work at all levels now. Especially war/sam, Often 60+ war/sam hitting decent Raging Rushes takes hate too much.

[Tricen]

Sort of with the previous question: Does Outside of Nation's Control mean the ToAU zones too? I remember something about "no" but I can't remember now.

Spoony Bob: ???/sh???????????????????? or something like that? lol

Outside/Inside own nation's control items do not work in Aht Uhrghan areas. Farewell Rep.Gold Medal and Mst.Cst. Braclets, I hardly knew ye.

I used my Mst Cst Brcs a total of 0 times.

[theo]

Taking up NIN as my next job, its currently 37.

Should I even bother with an Eva build? I know DD setups are standard later on in burn parties, but what about low to mid levels? I figure around level 50 or so when pickup burn parties become the norm I'll drop Eva entirely, if I use one to begin with.

[Bakthi]

I never bothered with evasion on NIN, not really. If a good piece of equipment happened to have +evasion on it, great (I did use SH for TP and Hauby for WS for a while, but eventually just switched to Hauby all the time). I had an Emperor Hairpin, but only because someone loaned me one, and it's hard to find something better until 70 (swapped in Voyager Sallet for WS). But in general, as soon as there was a DD option for a slot, DD gear went in it. I did stop using the Republic Subligar at 50, but that was for +enmity, not +evasion.

Now...from about 40 until you start in on Lesser Colibri, the elemental wheel is good damage (and fun). It's kind of less sensible to gear for physical DD over evasion in that case. I did it anyway, but I never had a serious problem with timers not being up. However...I leveled NIN from 37 to 75 in a LS static, so I always had haste. If you're doing pickup parties, you might want a more survival-oriented gear approach at times. The closest I came was a macro that threw on some Arhat's stuff, only when I knew I was gonna get beat on a bit; often I'd toss up Defender too, then cancel it once things were back under control.

[Delekii]

40-55 evasion setup + elemental wheel

55+ dd setup

[Saraphym]

i have a random question, what the hell happened to the forums?

[Zarath]

For the forums:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25243

Summed up...: They got updated, borke skins, things got fixed, Starcraft Skin is the shit, We need more vespene gas.

[Kyupi/Kij]

Low-level question, so please bear with me. =p

I've seen some WARs shoot Acids at lower levels for great effect. (Or at least I think so... I was mage job at the time.) At what level does the C(whatever) rating making you miss too many attack rounds become more of a problem than the lack of the defense down?

[Kylex]

Low-level question, so please bear with me. =p

I've seen some WARs shoot Acids at lower levels for great effect. (Or at least I think so... I was mage job at the time.) At what level does the C(whatever) rating making you miss too many attack rounds become more of a problem than the lack of the defense down?

I've never leveled WAR but while leveling THF with a C+ skill in marks, I can tell you without sushi your odds of landing a bolt are very slim. Even with sushi my acc percentage was never that great, even while subbing ranged acc gear in. So if your marks is capped, you're eating sushi, and you're too low for bomb core, go nuts. Other than that, I wouldn't say it's worth your time.

[Zarath]

Low-level question, so please bear with me. =p

I've seen some WARs shoot Acids at lower levels for great effect. (Or at least I think so... I was mage job at the time.) At what level does the C(whatever) rating making you miss too many attack rounds become more of a problem than the lack of the defense down?

I've never leveled WAR but while leveling THF with a C+ skill in marks, I can tell you without sushi your odds of landing a bolt are very slim. Even with sushi my acc percentage was never that great, even while subbing ranged acc gear in. So if your marks is capped, you're eating sushi, and you're too low for bomb core, go nuts. Other than that, I wouldn't say it's worth your time.

Not at the lvl 50+ range, anything less you can hit pretty well but anything higher and you'll miss a lot. Hell with full merits in marksmanship + full r acc gear I don't hit acid on a lot of things as thf...

[Yuri-G]

RDM 62, just came into some money. My friend quit the game, so now I'm sad yet rich I have enough gil for...

- An Enfeebling Torque and one HQ staff
- Two HQ staves and a Spider Torque
- A V. Cloak and a Spider Torque

Pretty much all my other bases I've got covered, those are the options I'm looking at. At first, it seems like 200 mp per Convert cycle would be priority for XP (which is where the lion's share of my time is spent), but then again, if the party set-up isn't stressing my MP supply that cloak becomes a 900k waste of space. It'd be nice to be 3/4 HQ staves (have Aquilo's already), but it would also be nice to never worry about upgrading my neck slot again for enfeebling.

Any thoughts?

[Rocl]

I would go two HQ, and the spider torque, but upgrade the torque when you can >_> It's not major major, but it's nicely nice

[Spekkio]

i've always said lvl cheap, be pimp at endgame. gimping along w/ a spider torque for now is just fine. 2 enfeebling magic won't make much of a noticable impact on your job, while 2 HQ staves sure will, and will do so on ANY mage job you choose to lvl.

[Obev]

Sort of with the previous question: Does Outside of Nation's Control mean the ToAU zones too? I remember something about "no" but I can't remember now.

Spoony Bob: ???/sh???????????????????? or something like that? lol

Outside/Inside own nation's control items do not work in Aht Uhrghan areas. Farewell Rep.Gold Medal and Mst.Cst. Braclets, I hardly knew ye.

I used my Mst Cst Brcs a total of 0 times.

I use 'em in Dynamis, Sea, and control-depending, Sky, whenever I remember to bring them and I'm not on Bard or White Mage. Sadly the probability of those coinciding isn't that great.

[Furionstormrage]

Quick gear question, levelling NIN, currently at 63, and I can't see anything worth using over Royal Knights Breeches until Dusk/Byakkos, am I missing anything? (For XP)

[Thulius]

Quick gear question, levelling NIN, currently at 63, and I can't see anything worth using over Royal Knights Breeches until Dusk/Byakkos, am I missing anything? (For XP)

I used arhat's hakama +1 until haidate, RK breeches are pretty much your only other option if you don't need to enmity.

[Furionstormrage]

Quick gear question, levelling NIN, currently at 63, and I can't see anything worth using over Royal Knights Breeches until Dusk/Byakkos, am I missing anything? (For XP)

I used arhat's hakama +1 until haidate, RK breeches are pretty much your only other option if you don't need to enmity.

Thank you

[ubermonkey]

Quick gear question, levelling NIN, currently at 63, and I can't see anything worth using over Royal Knights Breeches until Dusk/Byakkos, am I missing anything? (For XP)

I used koga till I got my haidate.