Meat kabobs and range attack

[mikim]

Do meat kabobs actually increase range attack? I've noticed I only do about 3 dmg more when I use meat kabobs and I attribute this to the +5 STR that the kabobs give. I've heard some people that say their dmg went from 80 to 100 after using a meat kabob.

Do meat kabobs increase range attack?

[Foxion]

No.

[greysenn]

Yes, they do.

[poweryoga]

they increase it a bunch. I never level without them.

[Drangor]

Yes they do , they add an extra 2 AGI, and also adds 5 STR which will mak you hit alot harder.

Since using these i have dropped my NIN sub and started using WAR and i dont miss as much, but hit alot harder ^_^

[Cometgreen]

They do raise strength, but I believe that it also raises attack/ranged attack. I think someone says it raises it by 23 or something...but I'm not sure. That's the problem: you can't see the stat change.

How long has it been since you've used one mikim? They should give you at least 10-20 more dmg way before lvl 41.

Cometgreen

[Izual]

Kabobs increase attack by ~22%, you can measure this easily by checking your attack rating before and after you activate one. For ranged attack, I would assume it's the same. But there's no way to check that one for sure.

[Peppara]

Originally posted by poweryoga
they increase it a bunch. I never level without them.

^^^ yeah my dmg is usually something like 15-20 more with them. I would never level without them either

[Peppara]

Originally posted by Izual
Kabobs increase attack by ~22%, you can measure this easily by checking your attack rating before and after you activate one. For ranged attack, I would assume it's the same. But there's no way to check that one for sure.

I don't think it raises ranged attack. The STR affects Ranged Attack though.

[greysenn]

You can't honestly tell me you think you're getting that much more damage from just strength.

[mikim]

Hmmm. I'll look at my damage again.

Although I didn't really need them last night, 2rngs/brd/pld/blm/rdm. It was insane, we were ripping through flies in gustav in under 30secs. Did 801 dmg to an IT with barrage. Can't wait for the barrage upgrades.

But, yea I guess I'll have to check my dmg again. When I was lvling against beetles I swear there was only a 3-5 dmg increase, but maybe i was tired and misreading it :confused: . Seems like they should increase rng attack.

[poweryoga]

it raises r.attack, not just attack and str.... it raises att and str too but those are not real noticable.

The R.attack is noticable though.

[ZQM]

Use Berserk which doesn't raise STR. You'll notice that it raises your damage with ranged attacks. It's descritpion? +ATK -DEF. I'm personally under the believe that ATK raises RNGed ATK too, though the only "proof" I have comes form Berserk and Food.

[PhoR]

do this small experiment:

put on +5 str gear and +2 agi. shoot a mob
take that gear off.
eat a mithkabob. shoot the same mob

your dmg will be higher with just the mithkabob than with the +5 str +2 agi gear on.

and if it didn't affect ranged attack, the dmg would be the same.

ps: the difference in dmg will be greater at higher levels, and also you must not be attacking something that's too weak++ to you, or your dmg will be capped whether you put +stats on or not.

[soki]

You seriously only notice a 3dmg difference?
I'm a RNG42 now (just like you) and the damage jump is about 80 to 100, yeah.

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