Dark Knight

[½pint]

I am a level 70 DRK. Haven't played in about 2 years ish.

What is the best weapon for DRK at this level out of Great Sword and Scythe, and for each weapon which is the best weapon skill?

Thanks

[Tonko]

Sub NIN and use Axes.

Or get a Kraken.

The new Rank 8 40k IS Scythe is pretty sweet, but 2-handed weapons fail.

[½pint]

Failing NIN SJ and Axes, then what?

[Tonko]

Get a Kraken.

Or the 40k IS Scythe.

[½pint]

OK let me rephrase the question.

What is the order from good to bad of Scythe and Great Sword WS's.


And should I use Scythe or Great Sword?

[Meat]

guillotine is the best scythe ws and spinning slash's gs
tredecim's your best scythe and subduer's your best GS

[Volken]

Havoc scythe until 72, Martial Scythe, then Orichalcum/Tredecim. Guillotine only, unless you get 200% TP with martial scythe try some Spiral Hells keep to scythe in exp parties.

[Tonko]

http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/9256 Better than http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/5746 I thought?

[Volken]

Yeah but I just assumed he wasn't Chief Sergeant Haven't played DRK in 2 years, or the game? lol

[Rasengan]

I doubt a DRK70 that hasn't played in 2 years would have CS rank.

::Edit:: Beaten.

[½pint]

I haven't played DRK in 2 years, should have clarified. But I don't have the rank anyway

[cassiraa]

Perdu Scythe gives its bonus on WS, Tred doesn't.

With Abs-TP, I'd put on Perdu. Get those ranks done, Mercenary!

[Vodevil]

http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/9256 Better than http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/5746 I thought?

Neither is a clear cut winner over the other. Both have pretty nice hidden effects (ACC/ATT+ and Crit hit every 13th swing respectively) but the usefulness of each weapon is really dependant on a number of factors.

Going by base stats, despite Perdu's higher DPS, Tredecim has a slight advantage since it takes one less swing to reach 100+ TP. However with enough Store TP+ the Perdu Sickle should be able to equal the number of swings that it takes for Tredecim to reach 100+ TP.

The other thing thats up for debate is whether the ATT/ACC+ of the Perdu Sickle is greather than what roughly equals a ~6% increase in Critical Hits that the Tredecim provides. Unfortunately, I do not have enough IS to pick up a Perdu Sickle for myself to really test it out... but it's not like I have a fully level /SAM or a Rajas ring to really take advantage of it either. =/

[Beckwin]

Sub NIN and use Axes.

Or get a Kraken.

The new Rank 8 40k IS Scythe is pretty sweet, but 2-handed weapons fail.

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