What's Better?

[Thunder]

Byrnie +1

[Xno Kappa]

Won't get Heca Mittens for awhile and DRK AF item doesn't exist in Temenos. Black Gadlings next best thing?

[Byrthnoth]

That or Alkys, depending how much Accuracy you have in your WS set.

[Khajit]

Ares gauntlets!

[ringthree]

Eh... are you kidding me? I mean the 117 dex for bird obviously. And anything higher lvl you go with a str + att build. Where did I say you use the 117 dex build on stuff other than bird? It is pretty obvious the OP was trying to hit that 117 mark for bird only, hence why he asked if for anything harder he should do a str + att build... duh~

I was lamenting the question, not your answer. Sorry about the confusion.

[Wolfknight]

Ares gauntlets!

This.

That or Alkys, depending how much Accuracy you have in your WS set.

If acc is needed wouldn't E hands, or even fourth gauntlets beat both of them?

[Byrthnoth]

Yeah, that's why I said "depending how much accuracy you have in your WS set." Excess Acc, might as well use Alkys over Black hands. I suggested it because I figured if he was considering wearing Black gear he already had enough Acc.

Ares is a nice option because it might let you drop Acc pieces elsewhere for a larger gain in Atk/Str/etc, but I'd have to see a complete gearset and get a target monster before those calculations could be done.

[Slynkee]

Fire Bomblet or Hume RSE Satchel (1str and 1int) for spinnins slash? Dont know how 6attk compares to 1str + 1int when the ws has str and int mods.

[Raen Ryong]

Bomb Core!

[Tonberrry]

aurum body vs zahaks mail for drakesbane

and number 2
whats the ideal drake setup?

im using:
head-heca hat
neck-<3 torque
body-askar (about to buy zahaks)
back-foragers
belt-warwolf
legs-barone augmented with 2 dex(no heca atm)
feet- heca
hands-heca
ring1-Thunder
ring2-rajas
Ear1-brutal
Ear2-Supremacy (using skystrider)

thanks in advance

[thetruepandagod]

Quick question but has anyone parsed Anwig Salade with STR+4 WS Acc+15
AGI+4 WS damage +2% against Gnadbhod's Helm? Just curious to know the actual difference between the two.

[Jeherrit]

Just from the math 2 str 4 dex wont increase your damage by 2% on any WS where the added acc from salade is irrelevant (but the 8att could maybe make up the rest sometimes? not sure there). any other WS where the acc is relevant the salade salade blows gnad's out of the water.

[lolwut]

Can you show the actual math? I was wondering the same thing about Galea.

[DrkGenjiKing]

my cor is 67 right now and i plan on bringing it to 75 rather quickly. i stumbled upon an issue and there is little to no info anywhere, so i must use my BG button to answer it.

i melee for tp and i m looking for some good bodys to use. currently i m in SH. i m looking to use the cobra unit harness at 68. my question~ is this body worth it and can i use it even at 75? i dont have the assualt points for the pwalblah body.i dont have intrest or time for salvage. also not willing to pay for anarates harness or w/e its called. i m also 5/5 af and relic, so my ranged tp and WS set is perfect. what other TP bodys is there for Cor? thanks for any insight ^_^

[Nitrous24]

my cor is 67 right now and i plan on bringing it to 75 rather quickly. i stumbled upon an issue and there is little to no info anywhere, so i must use my BG button to answer it.

i melee for tp and i m looking for some good bodys to use. currently i m in SH. i m looking to use the cobra unit harness at 68. my question~ is this body worth it and can i use it even at 75? i dont have the assualt points for the pwalblah body.i dont have intrest or time for salvage. also not willing to pay for anarates harness or w/e its called. i m also 5/5 af and relic, so my ranged tp and WS set is perfect. what other TP bodys is there for Cor? thanks for any insight ^_^

I'm planning to use Enkidu's harness. Which is basically just a scorp harness with attack+5 str+5 agi+5 and evasion -5. If you're willing to look like a fruitcake could probably melee in af2 body. only 2 less accuracy than what you're using right now. Cobra body (by itself as the only store tp piece) would cut down your #hits -> 100tp to 16 instead of 17. But if you use rajas already that's pointless. Rajas + Brutal + cobra body = 15hits. So it depends on if you're willing to campaign for 75k notes to shave 1 more hit off your tp build.

edit: everything above is assuming joyeuse only btw. Which i'm understanding as the only way to melee for tp on cor.

[smafdi]

Shadow Legs vs Mahatma vs Morgs which is better for straight up nuking assuming no set bonus from Morgs.

[Omnipotent]

aurum body vs zahaks mail for drakesbane

and number 2
whats the ideal drake setup?

im using:
head-heca hat
neck-<3 torque
body-askar (about to buy zahaks)
back-foragers
belt-warwolf
legs-barone augmented with 2 dex(no heca atm)
feet- heca
hands-heca
ring1-Thunder
ring2-rajas
Ear1-brutal
Ear2-Supremacy (using skystrider)

thanks in advance

http://www.ffxiah.com/members/?q=ite...&set_id=114298

Is what I use, I average a good 1.7kishishishishih, with a high of 3.2k atm on Drakes. JUST started working on DRG hardcore, so that's what I use and am satisfied. Once I get B tathlum I will be @ 117 DEX, which is cap w/o food.

[Yugl]

aurum body vs zahaks mail for drakesbane

and number 2
whats the ideal drake setup?

im using:
head-heca hat
neck-<3 torque
body-askar (about to buy zahaks)
back-foragers
belt-warwolf
legs-barone augmented with 2 dex(no heca atm)
feet- heca
hands-heca
ring1-Thunder
ring2-rajas
Ear1-brutal
Ear2-Supremacy (using skystrider)

thanks in advance

This is currently being worked on in the Critical hits thread. They're nearly done check the critical hit rate at dDEX values, but still need information on WSs (Cannot test this using their current mechanism since WSs will do DMG). Masamune PMed me about parsers of Drakesbane, but I was unable to oblige since I'm on PS3. I referred him to Wolfknight, but if anyone has parse data of Drakesbane against a consistent mob (i.e. Not of varying levels so we can get a precise dDEX value), feel free to PM him so he can solve the mystery of WS critical hit values at 100TP.

However, depending on your race, I'm almost certain Aurum body will triumph (And this has been backed up by various posters in past posts regarding this question).

[Tonberrry]

ahh kk thanks for the info

im a taru btw

brd main; blm smn thf were my other jobs capped int for blm since i spend most of my time lowmanning/soloing stuff with it


my whole deal with drakes is sometimes its damage is laughable to penta, but when its good, its really good

Edit:~

[Karbuncle]

I think i've asked this before not sure.

Is there any situation where DEX+6 Attack+10 will outperform STR+5 DEX+5 for SA / WS's, or any combination of the two?

for reference.

Cuch Belt vs. Warwolf Belt.