Whats better?

[Mytiwar]

Tyvm to both of you, I did think so considering str is only a low % mod on sidewinder, but you never know.

[Thorny]

Kind of a mixed Randomer Question/What's Better...but I'm intending to level WAR from 38 to 75 in the near future...I have full Sword merits, and no room for further combat merits. I have no Suppa and don't really intend to exchange my Abyssal for it.

Is DW even worth bothering with without a Suppa as opposed to just fulltiming GAxe, and if yes, would Organics/Joy be preferrable over Axe/Joy with 8 Sword and 0 Axe merits but no Suppa?

Just wondering if I should bother with keeping Axe skilled up/buying new Axes as I level compared to just dealing with GAxe.

Dual wield only outparses GA on lower eva mobs(great in city dynamis, especially if your shell uses DD as assists instead of wasting slots on plds!), and even then it often doesn't w/o ridill. I wouldn't worry about organics much, maneater/joy or ridill/joy go

[Aragon of Odin]

Even with Sword merits I'm pretty sure your natural GA skill will be higher then sword as long as you keep it capped at any given time. I'd just stick with GA and ride it out, cause when you do get RR you'll make up for those levels where you never had Rampage. Sturmwind can still put out some pretty bad ass numbers at levels where you'd have Rampage too.

[jimbobsonofgod]

I have no Suppa and don't really intend to exchange my Abyssal for it.

Career mage here

Traded in my abyssal for suppa.

I think everyone eventually does suppa.

[Amele]

Career mage here

Traded in my abyssal for suppa.

I think everyone eventually does suppa.

Except for people that never level thief, ninja, or warrior and have, say, samurai or dark leveled...

[ringthree]

Except for people that never level thief, ninja, or warrior and have, say, samurai or dark leveled...

Yeah. I had traded my Suppa for a Bushi. After the two-handed update I was using SAM far more often than NIN or WAR. It's about maximizing my best job over just having the best piece of gear for every job.

[Rokimus]

Max MP for when you're at full otherwise it's a waste. I wouldn't idle in BQ ring ever as an elvaan but I'm a hume so what would I know! I use it for Devotion and Martyr macros only.

I'd consider some -EMN if your MND is high enough - troopers?

^ This. Max MP only for idle after 25 (with BRD in pt) or 41 (with RDM in pt); sorry but I can't remember at what level COR gets their refresh.

[Mytiwar]

Evoker's is level 40

[Max™]

Sturmwind never stops pwning, ever.

Shield Break rocks too, but it's less impressive after the 2her buff than it was before that and sushi, -40 Eva + meat = violence happening in your favor.

I've been playing with my Joytoy/Shield getting random shield skillups and for the hell of it, and was doing Hrotti/Joy in Limbus to get the last couple sword skillups.

It's kinda fun swinging away constantly, but when I get serious and want shit dead now... GA comes out, and things fall down.

Vorpal on War seems to suck, but I'm spoiled as hell... now, getting it early on Pld, I went from passively outlasting mobs, to actively killing them again. *glee*

[Greatguardian]

I disagree with this poster on a lot of things.

First off, to the poster that asked, you are -barely- almost at enough accuracy right now. For birds. For Mamool, you are short accuracy (unless you get a Madrigal).

Post the rest of your gear though - really, you should be looking to drop accuracy for STR + DEX gains. Ohat you probably shouldn't replace, -10 acc, +5 STR is a -TERRIBLE- trade off. If you post all your WS gear, we can help more, but yea, Wyvern Helm is a pretty poor choice (unless your accuracy #s are with str gear on).

Drg TP:
Main: Thalassocrat
Sub: Pole Grip
Head: W Turban
Neck: Chivy Chain
Ear1: Merman's
Ear2: Fowling
Body: Pahluwan Khazagand
Hands: Dusk
Ring1: Woodsman
Ring2: Woodsman
Back: Amemet+1
Belt: Potent
Legs: Barone
Feet: Wfeet

Drg WS
Head: O Hat
Neck: Chivy
Ear1: Merman's
Ear2: Fowling
Body: Pahluwan
Hands: Hecatomb
Ring1: Ruby
Ring2: Ruby
Back: Amemet+1
Waist: Warwolf
Legs: Barone
Feet: Hecatomb

This is an alt character, so I haven't gone too out of the way on stuff for it. Going 1/7 on Swift Belt for my main was bad enough, lol, but it's in the works once I get her further up in CoP (Darkness Named atm). Rebuying Dusk feet one of these days, but since I don't have much use for them on my main, I'm spending gil on other things first. Those Acc numbers correspond to the gear sets listed above, given the character is also a Mithra.

[FailureMidgard]

Drg TP:
Main: Thalassocrat
Sub: Pole Grip
Head: W Turban
Neck: Chivy Chain
Ear1: Merman's
Ear2: Fowling
Body: Pahluwan Khazagand
Hands: Dusk
Ring1: Woodsman
Ring2: Woodsman
Back: Amemet+1
Belt: Potent
Legs: Barone
Feet: Wfeet

Drg WS
Head: O Hat
Neck: Chivy
Ear1: Merman's
Ear2: Fowling
Body: Pahluwan
Hands: Hecatomb
Ring1: Ruby
Ring2: Ruby
Back: Amemet+1
Waist: Warwolf
Legs: Barone
Feet: Hecatomb

This is an alt character, so I haven't gone too out of the way on stuff for it. Going 1/7 on Swift Belt for my main was bad enough, lol, but it's in the works once I get her further up in CoP (Darkness Named atm). Rebuying Dusk feet one of these days, but since I don't have much use for them on my main, I'm spending gil on other things first. Those Acc numbers correspond to the gear sets listed above, given the character is also a Mithra.

I see you under accuracy cap right now. I'd keep the Ohat on, if I were you. Also, not sure if you have Tiphia and forgot to mention it, but Tiphia (+ Rajas you said you were working on) would help a bit.

[Greatguardian]

I see you under accuracy cap right now. I'd keep the Ohat on, if I were you. Also, not sure if you have Tiphia and forgot to mention it, but Tiphia (+ Rajas you said you were working on) would help a bit.

Yeah, been camping the Tiphia NM off and on. Once it drops, I'll be adding that to both sets. It's more likely that I'll be able to get Askar body before Rajas, but in either case I'll start eating Carbonara to give her a 6-hit on things that don't eat my food. Sound about right?

[FailureMidgard]

Yeah, been camping the Tiphia NM off and on. Once it drops, I'll be adding that to both sets. It's more likely that I'll be able to get Askar body before Rajas, but in either case I'll start eating Carbonara to give her a 6-hit on things that don't eat my food. Sound about right?

Not exactly, looks like you need to land a 5-hit penta for a 6hit with that (1 of the 2 items). Adding 1 more stp while TPing (brutal, or even 1 ecphoria) would make you only need a 4-hit penta, which is significantly better.

[Greatguardian]

Not exactly, looks like you need to land a 5-hit penta for a 6hit with that (1 of the 2 items). Adding 1 more stp while TPing (brutal, or even 1 ecphoria) would make you only need a 4-hit penta, which is significantly better.

I can do Ecphoria np. Brutal will take longer given her CoP status. But wouldn't Carb push her to +27 STP with one of the two +5 equips? I'm just trying to understand it better, lol. I never bothered with x-hits on Mnk or Nin.

[FailureMidgard]

I can do Ecphoria np. Brutal will take longer given her CoP status. But wouldn't Carb push her to +27 STP with one of the two +5 equips? I'm just trying to understand it better, lol. I never bothered with x-hits on Mnk or Nin.

If you're using carb + 1 item, then yea, you're fine...carb alone will actually make you only need to land 4hits on penta. Carb and 1 item will give you a true 6hit (you only need to land the first hit of penta + 5 swings after).

[Greatguardian]

If you're using carb + 1 item, then yea, you're fine...carb alone will actually make you only need to land 4hits on penta. Carb and 1 item will give you a true 6hit (you only need to land the first hit of penta + 5 swings after).

Awesome Thanks a bunch

[Cream Soda]

Assuming Vfork is polearm of choice

Ares Body + White Tatlum
vs.
Aurum Cuirass + Black Tathum

[Wolfknight]

Assuming Vfork is polearm of choice

Ares Body + White Tatlum
vs.
Aurum Cuirass + Black Tathum

I'd say ideally the former for tp while the latter of ws and higher evasion mobs.

[Ophannus]

I will soon have Homam pants for my drg which means I will no longer full time my Conte Cosciales but rather use them for WS only. Which brings me to my questions, which is better in general for Drakesbane.

Conte Cosciales: STR+3 Attack+7
vs
Dusk Trousers: Attack +14

Wondering if i should sell conte for a cool 1m to get NQ Barone or get Dusk Trousers. Should hold me over until I get Heca subligar or Ares Pants. Or perhaps I should get Pulwhan Legs, think those are STR+3 Acc+4

[liggy 0]

Conte > dusk

palwhan never