Whats better?

[VivixKujata]

Brutal Earring vs Triumph earring (Vampire @ night, worth it?) for SAM WS.

[Brimah]

Brutal for SAM WS.

Now my own question. For SAM polearm, Tomoe, Love Halberd, or Eng+1?

[Hyriu]

Tomoe

[Duber]

For THF Rogue's Culottes +1 VS Enkidu's Subligar for TA+DE.

[Raen Ryong]

DEX2 AGI4 vs STR4 DEX4 (StoreTP5)
AGI4 vs STR4 DEX2 (StoreTP5)

AGI4 boosts first hit only of TADE by 4 x Pdif

STR4 boosts all hits of TADE by fTP x Pdif (where fTP on all hits after first will be 1 so just Pdif) and gives 2 attack. [assuming fSTR is not capped]
DEX2 boosts all hits of TADE by 1 WSC perhaps and gives 1 accuracy.

I'd take the Enkidu's Subligar.

[Redshift]

Pretty sure the sTP is the more important stat... but for the sake of argument if you had full merits on DRK and were only missing Apoc and E.Body, what would your optimal TP build be? Also assuming you had two bards in party, which songs would you have them sing and which food would you eat?

Edit: Against Mamools.

Like Max said, don't need that extra STP on Askar body to get 6hit with DRK or WAR (unless you had a Brav but that's a different story, all together!), so ACC+16 vs DA+2% is a no brainer.

I don't merit very often, but when I do I always bring BRD and COR to mamools, buffs are Minuet/March and COR/WAR (I haven't had any merits parties with a DRK or COR with AF2 hat, so we just opt for WAR roll). I usually use Hedgehog Pie, Red Curry, Bison Steak or Rabbit Pie.

[Raen Ryong]

Won't let me edit so I'll just post another <_< but upon closer examination the better buffed you are, the close Enkidu is gonna come and the worse buffed, the opposite. It could even come down to whether you're getting that WSC point or not... since the 4AGI is gonna be multiplied by a critical (ie, high) pDif.

I'd probably still use Enkidu's Subligar but it's not such an easy comparison.

[Tan]

For a Joyeuse PLD and Atonement Spam; which is going to provide the most drastic improvement in terms of damage, brutal or suppanomimi?

Yes shits situational depending on food, mob types and whatever, but I guess the core question here is: Does brutal drastically improve the damage output of Joyeuse or do the "diminishing returns" associated w/ double attack negate the point of stacking DA w/ Joyeuse?

[Valyana]

Yeah, the acc from Suppa will probably give more additional Joyeuse hits than the DA from Brutal. I'd use Brutal for WS though.

[Callisto]

I'm still not sure if the DA does anything on the WS itself, I know Tan said he noticed a DAish TP return on one when he first unlocked the WS, but I really haven't looked into it. I've taken to idling in non-blink TP pieces(PCC/Hollow/Brutal) then switching to enmity when actually using the WS, it won't do anything for the WS itself, but you get some extra hate from the damage it does which could add some to the next time you use it. There's not really anything that any DDish gear in those slots would do instead to add damage.

[Valyana]

Oh right, Atonement is magical. So no need to carry Brutal I guess. I guess your other earring is Ethereal?

[Callisto]

Yeah his is, I don't really have a better idle earring(Loq/Hades/Buckler is the rest of what I have on me) so I use Hollow/Brutal, would use Ethereal instead of Brutal if I had it.

[ringthree]

I asked this a while back and I got no answer twice, no love. LOL

For Y/G/K I am leaning toward using Usukane Haramaki over Kirin's Osode, feelings? Thoughts? Input? Probably not so much for XP but for other end-game events, in general.

[amentis]

Tomoe

Why?

I'm not trying to be difficult; I have a Tomoe and a love Halberd. I've been using Love mostly at Birds, but I wanna know why Tomoe would be better. I've heard both sides touch on it, with some people saying Tomoe, some saying Love, but no one ever giving any evidence or math.

Thankies in advance <3

[amentis]

I asked this a while back and I got no answer twice, no love. LOL

For Y/G/K I am leaning toward using Usukane Haramaki over Kirin's Osode, feelings? Thoughts? Input? Probably not so much for XP but for other end-game events, in general.

Depends.

/THF doing SA: Use Osode.
/Thf or /War doing frontal WS: Haub +1 is better I believe, because your att is no where near capped on hnms. I *believe*

Regardless, Usukane body will be better than Osode for frontal WS on HNM, if only for the acc.

[Max™]

Do you often swing around 850+ attack?

No?

Your attack isn't capped on some of the highest end merit mobs then, much less HNMs.

[Dimmauk]

Well played, well played, but what say you to the ridiculous Elvaan summoning pose?

How about Elvaan with a Great Sword?

[Wolfknight]

Do you often swing around 850+ attack?

No?

Your attack isn't capped on some of the highest end merit mobs then, much less HNMs.

actually If I remember correctly according to Haka's testing YGK have around a bonus 200 attack, so only need 650+ for them really, which on sam/war isn't unheard of with mineut/zerk/food up, so osode might be better still, unless you need acc.

[ringthree]

actually If I remember correctly according to Haka's testing YGK have around a bonus 200 attack, so only need 650+ for them really, which on sam/war isn't unheard of with mineut/zerk/food up, so osode might be better still, unless you need acc.

I was just thinking that it had equal accuracy and 2 more STR than my Haub +1 (which wasn't really mine and has been returned), and missing WS's makes me all /emo.

[Drex]

Morrigan's Cuffs or Oracle's Mitts for Bind/Grav/Sleep on BLM?

For what it's worth, 8/8 enfeebling merits, HQ staves, rest of enfeeb gear gives +40 enfeeb magic skill and +7 magic accuracy