lvling Scythe skill post 70...

[Hisdon]

I know there's alternative lvling areas to King Ranpeer's Tomb, like Romeave for example, but if what my LS tells me is true, no matter where you exp, they are almost always going to want a light skillchain...but this leaves me in a sticky situation, my Scythe skill...I do not want this skill to slip, and if what my LS tells me is fact, dragging pts like this to Romeave works pretty well for it

DRK/PLD/BLM/BLM/BRD/WHM

This pt could do darkness skillchain quiet nicely (I could trick off...I dun no, the WHM lol...) but I also thought about other jobs that can do darkness skillchains...DRG's hate Wheeling Thrust but Impulse Drive is pretty good from what I hear, and then I noticed MNK's skill Asuran Fist also works, which was a suprise! So pts like this in Romeave could also work

PLD/MNK/DRK/BLM/WHM/BRD
PLD/DRG/DRK/BLM/WHM/BRD

however, both these can actually pull off light chains...so...well, basically when I think about it, the melee players would understand that I don't want to have my skill in my beloved scyth slip and they could tolerate it...it's the mages that I think would have an issue with it, and that could lead to breakings of the pt >.<'

[kumaeru]

To my knowledge Asuran is Distortion based WS. Thus cannot renkei with Cross Reaper. Maybe Spiral Hell, not sure.. have to find the 250 chart I had.

If you are taking another melee get one that has a Fusion WS. reason is to create a 3 chain lvl 3 renkei. Darkness in your case.

example. Mistral Axe > Swift Blade (Gravitation) > Cross Reaper (Darkness). Doing 3 chain renkei will get very very good Darkness at times. My personal best 3 chain darkness bonus was around 1800, with the WS doing 1100.


And Hisdon, I've PT'ed with people who were so sure in wanting me to use Greatsword that they told me to forget about scythe >:@. So it can be hard at times... however once you can get to sky, especially in Avail LS you can go skill up there on elementals.

[Entwain]

Like i told ya bud, make your own parties once in a while that consists of only PLD, DRK, WHM, BRD, BLM, BLM. every 2 levels would work well since you have A. the bard there to help you since you'll need that acc on a lower skilled weapon, and B. 2 blm's + a skilled bard is a force to be reckoned with.. have the bard talk with the blm's about what burst and such and stick the right threnody on and bam! dead mob in very few casts.

Do darkness with the pld and you'll keep it capped (least thats what i did..)

(sorry bout the long winded first paragraph)

[AkumuX]

The only thing I can think is to have your party suffer through some Distortion, while scythe is capping. Dragon Kick > Cross Reaper = Distortion.

Could do darkness too...it's what my party just got done doing after the JP NIN decided he didn't want to do SCs any more. Asuran Fists > Cross Reaper = Darkness

(Asuran Fists is Gravitation, with secondary Liquefaction)

[Mikasa]

yea i know what you mean original poster.

My great sword is maxed now, buy my scythe is only 263.

No matter where you go, a light renkei is always wanted, because its better.

[Kyo_SR]

Asuran fist > Cross reaper/Spiral hell = Dark.

[Hisdon]

Originally posted by kumaeru
To my knowledge Asuran is Distortion based WS. Thus cannot renkei with Cross Reaper. Maybe Spiral Hell, not sure.. have to find the 250 chart I had.

If you are taking another melee get one that has a Fusion WS. reason is to create a 3 chain lvl 3 renkei. Darkness in your case.

example. Mistral Axe > Swift Blade (Gravitation) > Cross Reaper (Darkness). Doing 3 chain renkei will get very very good Darkness at times. My personal best 3 chain darkness bonus was around 1800, with the WS doing 1100.


And Hisdon, I've PT'ed with people who were so sure in wanting me to use Greatsword that they told me to forget about scythe >:@. So it can be hard at times... however once you can get to sky, especially in Avail LS you can go skill up there on elementals.

1, yes it works, Asuran is gravitation based

2, I have no clue when my LS will decide to drag me on ZM4-12....

[tfung]

I skillup my scythe now in dynamis... it's great... 273 and counting.. nearly to cap.. ><

[Hisdon]

Originally posted by tfung
I skillup my scythe now in dynamis... it's great... 273 and counting.. nearly to cap.. ><

I didn't think of that idea O.o

[kumaeru]

Hey.. thats also one way to clear Latent Effects on trial weapons o.o.

Thanks for bringing that up heh.


Thanks to those for correcting me about Asuran Fists ^^.

[FattMusiek]

Originally posted by kumaeru
Hey.. thats also one way to clear Latent Effects on trial weapons o.o.

Thanks for bringing that up heh.

Unfortunately, you can only clear the latent effects on trial weapons on monsters that give EXP, so you can't clear them in Dynamis. :-/