Barrage with Boomerang/Chakram?

[Armando]

Quick question. I'm assuming Barrage only works with the ammo slot, but I want to know anyways. Is it possible to Barrage with a Boomerang or Chakram? I'm wondering about the applications of Barrage for THF/RNG.

[aegina]

Re: Barrage with Boomerang/Chakram?

don't try subbing thief for your ranger. /ranger doesn't give much to a thief that's really useful. /ninja is a much better subjob.

to answer your question, i do believe barrage does work with a boomerang, but i haven't landed more than 2 boomerang shots since level 22 on my thief. the few times my boomerang has landed, i've done, like, 4 damage, so barrage won't be of much use to you.

if you do insist on subbing ranger, use an xbow instead.

[Aeolus]

Re: Barrage with Boomerang/Chakram?

lmao.. no. no no.

[Armando]

Re: Barrage with Boomerang/Chakram?

The reason I was considering /RNG is because I'm in the process of getting my girlfriend a Mercurial Kris. At 60 she'll get Assasin, and /RNG will give Accuracy +22. That would allow for some crazy TP gain (possibly 100 TP in 30 seconds), and Barrage can help with TP. Dual-weilding the kris would technically slow down TP gain since it can't swing as often, and since the great majority of WS DMG would be coming from stat modifiers and DEX/AGI, the increase in TP would probably offset the DMG difference. Hopefully she'll be able to spam SA Dancing Edge/TA Dancing Edge around every 30 seconds. Of course, this is all theory, but I figured it'd be worth trying. She usually uses Crossbow for Acid Bolts anyways, but it's good to know what options are available. /RNG would also help in sticking those Acid Bolts, and landing all hits on Dancing Edge.

Anyways, thanks for your reply ^^ That's good to know, even though its application is really limited.

EDIT: Tipsy posted while I was typing the above. So, it doesn't work with Boomerang/Chakram, or are you just saying how bad an idea it is?

[Aeolus]

Re: Barrage with Boomerang/Chakram?

Doesnt work

[Armando]

Re: Barrage with Boomerang/Chakram?

Lol, ok, thanks. I had a hard time imagining 5 consecutive boomerang throws anyways XD

[aegina]

Re: Barrage with Boomerang/Chakram?

go /nin and equip with low delay daggers. you'll gain tp way, waaay faster than you ever will with /rng. dual wield 2 with the tp floor pwns! i gain tp as fast as a sam, before meditate.

squid sushi (which you should be eating anyways, for the +dex and +agi) solves enough of your accuracy problems that /rng's acc trait is no big deal.

[Last_Viper]

Re: Barrage with Boomerang/Chakram?

little maths...
rng acc + 22 (sushi at lev 60 acc + ~ 40)
TP gain 5%
delay 150
(what i know, delay/60 = sec delay)
delay 2,5 sec
you need 20 hits * 2,5sec = 50 seconds
you would need triple attack kick in 4 times in 12 hits to get 100 tp in 30 seconds.

dual wield II lower`s delay = more possible hits
you will need off-hand Ridill
and low delay main hand
full merit in triple attack would help too

then it`s possible, saw it by a friend of mine gain tp in like 30 seconds

but thats for fun only, not really doable in exp PT

some more info, go here
http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49394