What melee job should I pursue as Tarutaru?

[Psychochild]

I'm bored, so naturally only destructive, disturbing things come to mind.

I want to do a melee job with my Taru. Currently, the choices are...

Warrior- I enjoyed Warrior when I played it as a hume, but it would involve me to level Ninja for a sub for around 30-ish. I hate leveling ninja ><

Dark Knight- A good job, however, my low HP seems to be more of an issue here. While I could cover up my poor HP with good gear as a Warrior, I will be pulling hate away from the main tank and taking damage. Also, the low strength kinda seems to be an issue, but hey, the INT will help land my ABSORB spells...

Dragoon- Yeah yeah, "They're gimped!" "DRK>DRG!!!" Whatever. The job just appeals to me, and for some reason, imagining a tarutaru leap fifty feet in the air, it makes me giggle.

Samurai- See lots of samurai tarus around, seems to be popular. Just gotta unlock the job.

Finally, Thief- Probably the best option, but the class just doesn't interest me. Maybe it picks up a lot, but I was always bored to tears when doing it.

These are the options I'm looking into. Also, when dealing with equipment, a question comes to mind. Should I focus on +DEX gear, or +STR? I'll still pick up +Accuracy gear, but I'd imagine that trying to boost our pitiful strength would be an ideal way to go...

[Rougtan]

Have you thought about ranger at all?

[Cali]

Warrior: You can be a WAR/MNK or WAR/THF to be the backup tank/damage dealer, though with WAR/NIN, you will be perfect for any situation, since people will have WAR tank if neither PLD nor NIN are avaliable.

Dark Knight: Then you learn not to steal hate? MNK at later lvl do just as much damage as DRK, and we managed not stealing hate and doing the max damage at the same time. And I am sure the good DRK out there has their trick in doing max damage with no hate.

Dragoon: play it as you wish. Show people that called you sucker your skill, and they will shut up before they can say another word.

Samurai: Samurai doesn't earn as much hate as DRK, MNK or RNG, since it's damage is about the same as a WAR. SAM doesn't spam skills(only 1 skill to spam, namely Meditate), so they earn little hate, from what I see. May be that's why taru players choose it? Or they just like a heavy armored taru?

Thief: If it's boring, don't do it? Get it to 37 for sub or whatnot then drop it for better jobs?

Go for the one you are most interested, since you don't seem like you mind the party waiting, so just do whatever you want with the melee. I can only give you my thoughts on the jobs after what you said, I won't just say "PLAY THIS".

By the way, taru PLD is also good... at a cost

As for equips, go for a balance of either, if you think you are doing low damage, then take some accuracy out and add STR, and vice versa. That's how I played my mnk anyway.

[modnar]

Do you have a mage job already as a Taru?

I would recommend DRK/RDM.
I personaly believe that DRK have an awesome power in the form of absorb spells. Make full use of it and you can become an awesome enfeebler + dark magic user!

DRK has A- in Dark Magic and C in enfeebling magic (same lvl as a white mage). With your INT and MP, you can realy rock the party's damage output!!

I just worry about ppl not seeing the truth of being able to make more damage by increasing their output rather than being U3ER damage as DRK/THF... "DRK/BLM sucks!"

You just have to remember that you are going for 80% of your damage dealing when you sub the RDM. You are going to increase everybody else Damage to make up (and make up more) for the -20% you might be missing...
I hope I made sense.
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Using Stat Calc.
BTW, just so you know how much MP you will be having:

Taru DRK/RDM lvl 59:
HP MP STR DEX VIT AGI INT MND CHR
833 475 56 56 52 55 68 40 42

Hume RDM/BLM lvl 59:
HP MP STR DEX VIT AGI INT MND CHR
893 445 50 53 47 50 59 55 52

Close HP, more MP and INT than a MAGE!! (no equip of couse)

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BTW:
With the DRK you get the following enfeeble spells:
Poison I
Bind
Poisonga I
Sleep
Poison II
Sleep II

With the /RDM, you add to them:
Dia I
Paralyze
Blind
Slow
Diaga I
Silence
Gravity
Dia II
Dispel

Not bad!

[ZQM]

Originally posted by Cali
Samurai: Samurai doesn't earn as much hate as DRK, MNK or RNG, since it's damage is about the same as a WAR.

I guess that means that SAMs deal more damage then DRK since I (WAR) outdamage most DRKs.

[replica]

Originally posted by ZQM
I guess that means that SAMs deal more damage then DRK since I (WAR) outdamage most DRKs.

you can cry when you hit 60 (or 66 in particular) and drks become retarded.

[ZQM]

Originally posted by replica
you can cry when you hit 60 (or 66 in particular) and drks become retarded.

Yes, but I'm going to be damn proud of my job why I still can. :mad:

/em blocks thoughts of the future out of his head.

[Gryff]

any job you find fun!

I'm levelling war for SJ and my nin is 52 already, taru tanking is great fun. I always used steamed crab ( on war - on nin I use meat cheifka ) though, fun being hit less than the galkan pld :-]

[Psychochild]

Have you thought about ranger at all?

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I have. However, spending hours upon hours farming, it just doesn't seem attractive to me. I rather be able to farm for say a week, then be able to afford the gear, and continue on. With ranger, I'll have to constantly farm for gil.

Do you have a mage job already as a Taru?

Of course. Got Bard to 60, White Mage to 38, Black Mage to 28, Red Mage to 17, and Summoner to 14. That's why I want to pursue a melee job. So sick of the same ol' same ol'.

Thief: If it's boring, don't do it? Get it to 37 for sub or whatnot then drop it for better jobs?

Well, at the same time, it's probably the best job to get for farming purposes, along with BST.

Before ya'll ask, I am leveling BST (Currently 10), but I want to get another job that I can play that can join a group.

[Synbios]

Originally posted by Cali
Warrior: You can be a WAR/MNK or WAR/THF to be the backup tank/damage dealer, though with WAR/NIN, you will be perfect for any situation, since people will have WAR tank if neither PLD nor NIN are avaliable.

Dark Knight: Then you learn not to steal hate? MNK at later lvl do just as much damage as DRK, and we managed not stealing hate and doing the max damage at the same time. And I am sure the good DRK out there has their trick in doing max damage with no hate.

Dragoon: play it as you wish. Show people that called you sucker your skill, and they will shut up before they can say another word.

Samurai: Samurai doesn't earn as much hate as DRK, MNK or RNG, since it's damage is about the same as a WAR. SAM doesn't spam skills(only 1 skill to spam, namely Meditate), so they earn little hate, from what I see. May be that's why taru players choose it? Or they just like a heavy armored taru?

Thief: If it's boring, don't do it? Get it to 37 for sub or whatnot then drop it for better jobs?

Go for the one you are most interested, since you don't seem like you mind the party waiting, so just do whatever you want with the melee. I can only give you my thoughts on the jobs after what you said, I won't just say "PLAY THIS".

By the way, taru PLD is also good... at a cost

As for equips, go for a balance of either, if you think you are doing low damage, then take some accuracy out and add STR, and vice versa. That's how I played my mnk anyway.

The line about SAM doing as much dmg as WAR is soooooooooooo wrong.