WAR group 1 merits

[Darwinion]

I just recently got WAR to 75 and am busy meriting it up. I'm torn between going 5/5 Bergrssor or 3/3 Bergressor with 4 in DA.

I'm thinking that with 5/5 Bergressor I can use any weapon combo without too much problems. I would like to use Axes when necessary (got full merits in Axe from my BST I levelled ages ago) and also play around with Maneater/Joytoy combo. I know that Great Axe is gonna be used mush more often now since the two-handed update... so that's where I'm also considering 3/3 Bergressor with 4 in DA.

Currently I have no merits in GA or in Sword. Just wondering how much use I would get from Axes and Axe/Sword over GA to warrant going 5/5 Bergressor.

I haven't used my WAR in HNM stuffs as yet as I'm WHM main. So my WAR is basically for meriting right now and just a diversion from WHM duties. Though I still wanna get it right.

[shinoniken]

Dual wielding go 3/3/4, GA go 5/5 zerk DA.

[Wulfgang]

Would do the opposite of the guy above me if you prefer ME / Joy, 5B/5A. I prefer 3B/3A/4DA for GAXE; nonetheless, the difference is marginal.

[Darwinion]

nonetheless, the difference is marginal.

Is the difference that marginal? If so I will go 3/3/4 because I'm bound to use GA more often than ME/Joy. I was just concerned that going 5/5 might hurt my GA more than I would like. Not having any experience of endgame WAR myself I just don't know how much I will play about with Axe/Sword combo.

[Ulysses]

SE sure are handing Warrior lots of options these days.Long trem we are going to be adding in that extra Acc Dex and Atk into slots blending out a bit of haste,like Underscore there.Warrior in future will, I believe have decent DA build option,to compete with the Plain haste option("plain" ie: Turban,dusk hands and feet (aurum also) and swift belt,).
I'm curently 5/5 DA and I wont lower it for anything.

Ref. sword merits, remember supa has sword skill + , allowing you to put guilt free merits into into GA.

[Redshift]

Unless they nerf haste, a DA build will never be as good as haste build.

[Bregor]

I've seen questions like this before, typical answer was 3/3/4 Zerk/Aggressor/DA, unless you use Ridill/Joy and then it's 5/5 Zerk/Aggressor. Also, unless you have Ridill/Joy I would recommend Perdu Voulge and leave the axes for BST.

[Marcicus]

4/3/3 DA Berserk/Aggressor becauase staggered timers annoy the living shit out of me.

edit: That's with Great Axe.

[Arthars]

agreeing with 3 3 4 dual wield
5 5 GA

[Aragon of Odin]

I don't see why some people would go 5/5 with GA and 3/3/4 with Dual Wield, seems like a waste to me.

If you're Dual Weilding chances are pretty damn good you have a weapon that Double or Tripple attacks already and because you're using a weapon with lower skill you're gonna want Bergressor up as often as you can to help with the ACC loss.

When using a GA you have less worry about your ACC seeing as how it's an A+ weapon for WAR, so you're gonna want more DA to help your DoT more.

Could one of you please explain your reasoning behind wanting 3/3/4 for Dual Weild and 5/5 with GA?

Edit: Sorry just re-read and noticed you were doing 5/5 DA/Berserk, not 5/5 Bergressor, makes sense now.

[Kaylia]

I've seen questions like this before, typical answer was 3/3/4 Zerk/Aggressor/DA, unless you use Ridill/Joy and then it's 5/5 Zerk/Aggressor. Also, unless you have Ridill/Joy I would recommend Perdu Voulge and leave the axes for BST.

3/3/4 with ridill
3/3/4 with g.axe

Can't change your merit with different weapon, and 3/3/4 is the best in overall imo >_>

[Arthars]

yes 3/3/4 is the best overall, if u mix and match

our example on 5/5 specially for GA is because there are folks out there w/o joy/ridill and went all out on GA(and they are better now anyways with king's justice, 2k damasge to T3 bats in einherjar ftw)

going a little further, if your a GA onry war 5/5 is definately (and slightly) better. dont need to explain why 5 berserk here, but 5 DA for 2H is win since not really having acc issue there.

3/3/4 dual wield is the average mix, good rate of DA on ur normal attack(main hand since most people have ridill/joy if they play dual wield nowadays) and WS. 3/3 bergressor so theres no staggered timers as mentioned above.

even 4/4/2 is good too but i still think 3/3/4 is the good mix.

[Bregor]

I'm pretty much GA onry since I got Perdu, and I agree with that in theory, but having Bergressor timers mismatched is annoying as balls. OCD, etc.

[Zane]

I'm pretty much GA onry since I got Perdu, and I agree with that in theory, but having Bergressor timers mismatched is annoying as balls. OCD, etc.

I agree. I couldn't stand having Berserk/Aggressor on a different timer so I went 1/2/2/5 For Warcry/Berserk/Aggressor/Double Attack.

[Damane]

I only use GAX so I went 5 DA 1 Warcry 2/2 Zerk/gressor

[Valyana]

3 Zerk 2 Aggr 5 DA. Sometimes the timers get off, but downtime often resyncs them. I thought about putting the last one in Cry to avoid out of sync timers, but decided against it.

[Max™]

4 DA, 4 Zerk 2 Agg cause I was gonna do 5/5/0, and just figured I'd put 2 in Agg in case I decided to swap to 4/3/3, which is arguably the best well rounded setup.

I don't mind the timers being off sync really.

[Vegetatheprince]

5/5 b/a was my choice, feel naked w/out b/a. I use perdu.

[Byrthnoth]

5/5 DA and Berserk. Aggressor is for Lurkers! :D

[Ferien]

For all you people who are confused, the 5/5 everyone is talking about with GA is 5 Zerk and 5 DA, not 5/5 bergressor.

I'm currently 3/3/4 and going to leave it that way, because i can't stand staggered timers. I haven't picked up my axes or joyeuse since the update (actually sold the axes a few months ago, too), but having a 50 second difference between the two abilities just bothers me.