Question lvling drg 12-175?

[blazeofglory]

I know most peoples advice would be not to lvl drg @ all however before I make a choice of lvling drg i am looking to gain a little more knowledge. To begin with I wont have to worry about a pt because I will be in a static.

I ended up reading the thread titled advice from wise players and found many of icemage's posts to be rather informative esepcially the point he makes about the whms shelling out more mp to have to cure a drg who has to consistently spirt link with his/her wyvern. In the static thus far there is a nin, smn, mnk.

My question: because we have a nin tanking will the smn have the extra mps to toss me that extra cure seeing as how they did not have to spend it to heal the tank or will the fact that they are a smn and only get up to cure III mean that I will still be too much of a drain on the parties effectiveness?

My other question is how many blunt type polearms weapons are there and what are they?

Thank you in advance for any input

[TheFerin]

Re: Question lvling drg 12-175?

all this has probably been said before, but I dont post much so I'll throw some information your way.

Spirit Link will be a bother for the first little bit of your time, until the wyvern gets enough HP to withstand more constant attacks. Goblins, however, will always be your bane. Eventually though, your DRG AF Helm will provide wyvern Regen, but even then goblins and all other AoE mobs will be a problem.

When you do Spirit Link, your hp drops considerably, so try to do it at the end of a battle or sometime when the mages are about to rest or don't need to use their MP for the more important part of their job, "keeping the party alive." I'm sure someone will have to use the bathroom after a large fight or a long chain, so Spirit Link then.

Concerning you being a drain on the pt when it comes to heals....well you shouldn't be taking too much damage as a DRG, you have hate shedding abilities and such. High Jump here and there to keep the mob turned towards the tank, and a Super Jump when you really need it (and when you're a high enough level) to keep the hate off ya. The heals you do need can be easily remedied with a REGEN and a CURE every now and then.

that's all i got, just realized you've probably heard all this stuff before on other threads....so hope it helps and happy hunting!

[DakAttack]

Re: Question lvling drg 12-175?

Drachen Mail provides the HP regen for the wyvern, but it's minimal.

Spirit Link is a great abilitiy and I've never had a problem with mages not wanting to heal me. You get it at level 25, and it takes about 1/3 of your total health and restores it to the wyvern. Nobody's telling you, you can't sit and heal as well. If I'm not in a skillchain I try to blast off my WS at the end so I can rest without wasting TP. Ask for Regen instead of a Cure unless you're really low on health.

Super Jump will become a vital asset at 50 when you recieve it. It allows you and your wyvern to completely dodge attacks, area attacks, and it allows you to clear all your hate. You'll mostly use it to dodge bomb tosses, -ga magic, and to clear hate after you spike a lot of damage.

There's only one blunt polearm, Bourdonasse, which will do blunt damage on normal hits but all weapon skills will be considered piercing. You can always skill up your staff weapon because it can do some pretty good damage as well.

[Tsikuro]

Re: Question lvling drg 12-175?

Yeah, just solo Dynamis Lord @ lv150 and get a Dynamis Lord lance, then you're pretty much set till 175 in the weapons department. That's all I know, though.

[amnclown]

Re: Question lvling drg 12-175?

thanks for the info sorry about the 175 thing fat fingered it, thank you for the infot though

[dranix]

Re: Question lvling drg 12-175?

sorry i just gotta say it DRAGOONS RULE!!

[DakAttack]

Re: Question lvling drg 12-175?

That's a good start, but can you back up that statement?