Taru DRK hate?

[tdh]

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Ya it was gamefaq. guess i wont look there anymore O_O. Ya i see all the remarks about galkas and a new friend of mine (taru drk 75!) said he can match dmg on galka with mp rather than attack if not exceed it. Im lvl 5 and freakin loving it so far. First job i can solo {Tough.} in west ronafaure (sp?). 100 tp + slice + 2 stones + a crit...thats just pure fun.

I found that DRK was one of the fastest jobs I got to Lv.10. I could chain EM and T's to a Chain #3 or 4 just flying through EXP with no problems at all. (The other job I found that got to Lv.10 insanely fast was DRG. Every time I missed a hit, it seemed my Wyvern landed a hit.) Then of course once you get Drain, it helps solo even more.

Same reason why I love farming as a DRK/THF. I never have to rest at all. I usually farm in a zone that has a mob somewhere that has MP for me to Aspir, Drain anything that actually hits me, and then Guillotine for 800~1200dmg does the rest! ^^

[Lambeaus]

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I'm a tarutaru specializing in BLM. However I unlocked DRK and played with it for fun. He is up to level 23, and is surprisingly doing very well in parties!

[Mini Neruto]

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Awsome! Yes leveling is EXTREMELY fast from lvls 1-10. Chaining mobs, throwing nukes, down time only about every 15 monsters...its realy nice.

[Aeni]

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Awsome! Yes leveling is EXTREMELY fast from lvls 1-10. Chaining mobs, throwing nukes, down time only about every 15 monsters...its realy nice.

Tarutaru DRK from 1-10 gets an added advantage because of their beefy mp. When subbing WHM for this purpose (soloing) expect ZERO down time. Your defense is your offense and you got plenty (Don't forget XBow!)

[Mini Neruto]

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Tarutaru DRK from 1-10 gets an added advantage because of their beefy mp. When subbing WHM for this purpose (soloing) expect ZERO down time. Your defense is your offense and you got plenty (Don't forget XBow!)

Xbow? something im not using?

[tdh]

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Good call Aeni!

That's one thing I really regret, I wish I had a means to keep my Marksmanship skill cap'd. It's a horrible rating (Rated E for DRKs) but it can be very helpful for pulling and later soloing. If you can land a Xbow bolt for 20dmg on the pull, or land one later for TP, it will help you out more than you would think. Later when you gain access to the status bolts, you will love that Skill.

Bloody Bolts - I've seen 1dmg and then 70HP Drained. Very nice
Sleep Bolts - These can be used to solo mobs
Acid Bolts - I love a puller that can land these!
Holy Bolts - Lands for pretty decent damage, and than the Light damage usually does pretty decent damage on top of it as well.

So start early, and do what you can to keep your skill up, you will be happy you did.

[Aeni]

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It's a horrible rating (Rated E for DRKs) but it can be very helpful for pulling and later soloing.

At low levels, the rating doesn't mean anything other than 3-5% additional whiffing. XBow has 2 unique properties as a range attack weapon in the hands of a DRK:

-Can use the same ammo RNGs use (Compare this to THF, who can't use all the bolts)
-Has low delay between shots
-Can be spammed point blank with a small loss of accuracy and power (Versus a Bow or Gun - I think XBow's deadzone is shorter, but conversely so is the range)

So the whiffing is more than made up with the advantage of spamming. Going after things like Bees, Birds and Pugils helps to keep the exp flow fast.

BTW Tdh, thanks for the listing on the bolts. This will definitely show all new DRKs just what they can bring to their party if they're able to maintain their range skill and are actively using their abilities to their fullest.

[Raydeus]

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That's one thing I really regret, I wish I had a means to keep my Marksmanship skill cap'd. It's a horrible rating (Rated E for DRKs) but it can be very helpful for pulling and later soloing.

Maybe it's just me, but up to lvl 37 even with E rating skill you can land bolts easily on XP mobs (using meat most of the time since I didn't have acc troubles). I soloed most of the way to 37 because it's way too easy to solo as a DRK, but I didn't have any troubles landing bolts on xp mobs while I was in xp parties.

Maybe up to lvl 50 (126 E rating, 153 A rating) with sushi and some r. acc gear you could still land bolts on xp mobs, but later on they start getting those scary evasion boosts, so I dunno how high can you go with Marksmanship as a DRK.


(I just leveled DRK as a sub, although I plan to get it all the way to 75 later on )

[Nataka]

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Hmm, but if souleater..eats 10% of your HP every tick, doesnt that mean it consumes similiar HP to the galka? Like if a galka has 100 health and uses it, it'd absorb 10 hp each hit, but with a taru that perhaps has 70 HP it'd steal 7 health each time, each resulting in 10 ticks?

Or do I misunderstand?

[tdh]

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Maybe it's just me, but up to lvl 37 even with E rating skill you can land bolts easily on XP mobs (using meat most of the time since I didn't have acc troubles). I soloed most of the way to 37 because it's way too easy to solo as a DRK, but I didn't have any troubles landing bolts on xp mobs while I was in xp parties.

Maybe up to lvl 50 (126 E rating, 153 A rating) with sushi and some r. acc gear you could still land bolts on xp mobs, but later on they start getting those scary evasion boosts, so I dunno how high can you go with Marksmanship as a DRK.
(I just leveled DRK as a sub, although I plan to get it all the way to 75 later on )

This is true, however the problem is that Odude didn't really start working on Marksmanship until he was Lv.42. /cry I think my Marksmanship skill is currently Lv.101 at Lv.61. So it's been useless for me for quite a while, and I'm almost to the Bomb Core days as it is.

Let's not forget that I already carry two different types of foods (Acc & Atk food), multiple weapons (Great Sword & Scythe - maybe Great Axe), Acc/TP gear, and then STR build for WS. Sometimes I don't have room for RngAcc gear to help me land those bolts. (I used to bring RngAcc gear for SAM and THF, and just said forget that! Too much stuff to lug around all the time.) But one of those days I'll have a LS mate crank out some Sleep Bolts for me, and I'll just go and skill up on some Worms some place. Probably once I hit Lv.70. Borrow a friend's Peacock Charm, some RngAcc+10 rings, O. Hat, and a decent Xbow and cap it out.

[Thrasher]

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Yes no matter how much Hp you have its always takes 10% of your current hp per hit, and 12% with soul eater enhancing gear.

[Icemage]

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Hmm, but if souleater..eats 10% of your HP every tick, doesnt that mean it consumes similiar HP to the galka? Like if a galka has 100 health and uses it, it'd absorb 10 hp each hit, but with a taru that perhaps has 70 HP it'd steal 7 health each time, each resulting in 10 ticks?
Or do I misunderstand?

Souleater gives you 10% of your current HP in damage and in exchange adds that same amount to the damage you inflict (ignoring defense) to any hit you land while under its effects.

Blood Weapon lets you steal back as much damage as you deal.

Kraken Club "occasionally attacks 2-8 times".

Combine the three and you're hitting many, many times in 30 seconds for 10% of your max HP in bonus damage on every hit. If you trigger, say, 20 hits during that period, and a Galka has 1400HP while a Tarutaru has 1000HP, that's 40 points more damage per hit, or a 800 damage difference at the end (more if you have gear that boosts it to 12%)


Icemage

[Nataka]

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Ooh, I see. Okay, thanks

This whole job choosing thing would be a lot easier if I was a hume, lol. <<

[Mini Neruto]

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/panic

Ill get a bow right away! Didnt even know bout the bolt thing. Sounds like an awsome addition to dmg. Thanks

[Mini Neruto]

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One more question, what about the great sword/sythe thing? Do i switch weapon every battle? >< what should i do at lower levels (btw lvl 8 now)