Originally Posted by
Khrno
I thought the Acc boost from DE was plain 20 Acc, not 20%, if that was the case, it would be the most broken ability in the game, especially after full merited. The other day I was checking some numbers and if I remember correctly, a full decked DRK with meritted Scythe should sit at 400 Acc, a little more or a little less, can't remember the exact number (for myself as Elvaan tho).
So 20% of 400 would be 80 Acc, more than what Sushi gives you, that's just a crazy boost. But I believe that is not the case.
In my case I have:
- 5/5 DB, because I do many things as /nin (Salvage boss runs, Nyzul, low manning NMs when I'm not BLM for them, and solo/duo random crap), so the short but very big haste is awesome.
- 1/5 for DS Drain II for zergs or hnms.
- 4/5 Muted Soul, because I like to use Souleater.
So why MS and no DE? I'm someone that likes to be at 1.5-1.7k HP, I use Carbonara +1 as my att food for Salvage, Nyzul, and many more random stuff, I would totally use Arrabiatta instead, but that one is a bit pricer and I'm working on stuff right now, so have to save up.
DE gives 20 Acc at the cost of 225 HP (1.5k - 15%), unfortunately in my ls I'm one of the top DDs, I'm usually a very good source of hate for our PLDs (Cure IVing me). Parsing 75-85% Acc with Sole +1 on HNMs from a very wing happy NH (Eye Drops always in my bag) to KB and Cerb, Having near 1.5k HP has saved me so many times before, getting double attacked with criticals, or AOE and hit, or being TPed on, I end up with 1-200 HP or so, good enough to put Seigan/TE up and to be healed.
Just 2 days ago we had a very fun FF, another ls claimed, but their plds were some noob new guys, they got breathed right away, a BLM ES Sleep II, it woke up 10s~ later killing the BLM and going white, our ls claimed, somehow we or the other LS made FF Flail a bit after we had started killing, but yet I was alive with 46 HP, with DE I would have hit the floor like all the BLMs and some Mithras did.
I recognize the fact that DE will help a DRK put better numbers, maybe for those w/o Adaberk, Ace, Homam or 7 acc rings, but I don't find myself in a situation where having 2-4% (might be less from 20acc?) is better than having those 225+ HP.
Even for normal meritting, Mamools north camp, I'm usually sitting in yellow HP there after a Firespit or a ws I didn't have the chance to TE or w/e. I just don't like it.