Weapon skills worth investing in?

[Aeni]

Re: Weapon skills worth investing in?

Just find a RDM buddy, or form a group of RDMs, and go take down Bune! I can't believe how "easy" it can be to fight Bune with just RDMs. But no one usually has the time and most people want to fight such NMs as alliances for faster kill. And to sell the item for money.

Only works when you don't have multiple gil seller groups and assh*le NA HNMLS crashing camps and causing drama.

[Gobo]

Re: Weapon skills worth investing in?

I vary between sword and dagger on RDM depending on the level of the mob. TW->EP i'll just use Dagger and pentapoke it to death. DC->EM Sword all the way, most daggers just become TP feeders with RDM. T+ Screw melee, nuke it to death XD.

Dagger wise: Garuda works nicely for a long time. Hornetneddle at mid lvls is nice with Haste for fast attacking+Endamage; its also a great skill up PT dagger.

Swords: Joy-toy is a great one. If you're /nin, Disscetor is good once you unlock the latient effect. If you can get one, Justice Sword with Virtue stone in throwing slot is more or less a joy-toy without the piercing damage property. E. Sword is nice, but its something that has become more trouble than its worth to get on most servers. Unless your on a server like Bismarck where Drama is extremely rare and gil sellers lose to KA, it really isnt worth it.

The 2 strongest Weapons in each catagory that RDM can use are Excaliber and Mandau. Being attacking by a RDM with Excaliber, I can say first hand it hurts...a lot. I'll get back to you in a few months when the RDM in my LS finishes her dagger (Dynamis Dagger atm). Stat wise Excaliber has a nice Addtional effect(Damage proportial to HP, 250ish damage to me from a full HP elvaan RDM) and the extra effect from the WS can be usefull (stong Regen for a time) Mandaus additional effect can be risky when soloing (a strong Poison) but its extra effect from the WS is nice (+Crit hit%). It takes ~1-2 years to get these weapons and a lot will say the time/gil vs the reward isn't worth it.

[WishMaster3K]

Re: Weapon skills worth investing in?

Joyeuse is best, imo, in terms of Ease-of availability and obtaining power. 21-24 hour NM that drops 100% and if you have a dialect going with the ppl who camp it in oposition to you, you can get it after a few days of hard work. My LS had monopoly on Charby for 2 weeks and we got everyone who wanted Joyeuse one.

Savage Blade is by and large, better than Fast Blade, and I'd dare to say it's worth the long-ass and stupid-ass quest to get it. I'm working on Evisceration, but now with me being able to bust out SBs faster than ever, the Joyeuse is unparallelled.

One sword that I think is underrated is the Martial Analace, and I'd love to get my hands on that.

[Aeni]

Re: Weapon skills worth investing in?

The 2 strongest Weapons in each catagory that RDM can use are Excaliber and Mandau. Being attacking by a RDM with Excaliber, I can say first hand it hurts...a lot. I'll get back to you in a few months when the RDM in my LS finishes her dagger (Dynamis Dagger atm). Stat wise Excaliber has a nice Addtional effect(Damage proportial to HP, 250ish damage to me from a full HP elvaan RDM) and the extra effect from the WS can be usefull (stong Regen for a time) Mandaus additional effect can be risky when soloing (a strong Poison) but its extra effect from the WS is nice (+Crit hit%). It takes ~1-2 years to get these weapons and a lot will say the time/gil vs the reward isn't worth it.

I think Discordian on Middie (RDM) has his L.5 one hand sword. Someone drag him in here quick to get some feedback and first hand account! Also, I always thought the WSs could only be used in Dynamis. This is the second time someone mentions WS outside of Dynamis, in Ballista no less!?!

[Gobo]

Re: Weapon skills worth investing in?

I think Discordian on Middie (RDM) has his L.5 one hand sword. Someone drag him in here quick to get some feedback and first hand account! Also, I always thought the WSs could only be used in Dynamis. This is the second time someone mentions WS outside of Dynamis, in Ballista no less!?!

Off-Topic:
Actually it was Breener, but thats beside the point. Final Stage Relic weapons let you use the WS anywhere and everywhere. Kikoku was just finished on Bismarck, making that 4 on our server, 3 of which are NA and all in the same LS (Horn, Shield, Katana)

[WishMaster3K]

Re: Weapon skills worth investing in?

L4 is only whilest inside Dynamis. And Discordian has been playing the game since it's damn inception. . .

I think there isnt anything he doesnt know, but he hardly posts on DiV anymore ;; He sticks to those other Forums.

WHY DISCORDIAN!!!?!?!?!? WHYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

POR QUE!!!!!!!!!!

/emo

[Khidir]

Re: Weapon skills worth investing in?

I'm not going to stress over bits of data like the relic weapons i can be effective as it is with easier to obtain items its like the nq and hq items why pay 50-100% more on an slightly increased item than sticking with the default if you have the money more power to you but if you don't well hell why?

Lol Joy toy= nq price is free Exc=hq price is 900m

/end rant