O deary-weary. Can't decidearu

[Unholy Prince]

Well, i'm a 61 taru blm/whm who has now become interested in melee jobs on the side while waiting for static. Originally in my newbish state i made a mithran mule and proclaimed I'd lvl melees on her since "taru suck at melee"

now i realize its not really the case. I figure if i'm gonna lvl melee, i want to look cool. ^^ So i plan on definately doing taru pld(for the challenge) and taru nin(for the awesome AF). However, i recently became very interested in thf and war. My mithran already has a 18 thf, and quite frankly, it was hell. Now i can't decide whether to lvl taru as a war up past 37 or just go back on my mule and do kazham keys, genkai, rank 5, and all those other headaches over again. I'm not sure i really like the look of taru War, and mithran i think is the only race that looks good in war AF. Also stats is a problem, because I freak i can't tank well as a taru, which i know has been rehashed 1000 times on these boards. Taru thf i know is possible bcuz of high dex, but again i don't know if like the look of taru thf yet.

Need some advice on what you would all do. also if i did take taru war up, would this plan be ok:

1-55 Tank: /mnk with GAxe to hold hate
55-75 /mnk with Axe for Rampage

1-20 DD /mnk with GAxe
20-30 DD /nin for Dual wield 1
30-55 DD /thf with GAxe for Sturmwind
55-60 DD /nin for Rampage
60-66 DD /thf for Raging Rush
66-75 DD /nin for Mistral Axe

Thx for help in advance. ^^

[ZQM]

71-75 use /THF for Steel Cyclone. One of best WS in games. :spin:

A tarutaru friend of mine took war to 52 and had no problems, and he plans to take it to 75 when he's done with WHM. Russta is a Taru WAR on this forum, and his gear is something every WAR dreams of.

Player Skill > Equipment > Race

And you won't have to worry about wearing AF for too long :p

[Tokitoki]

All i ahve to say is dont let people convince you that a particular race cant do something, im an Elv THF and my Mithra friend is jealous of some of the damage i do.

[retrosolid]

Re: O deary-weary. Can't decidearu

Originally posted by Unholy Prince
Taru thf i know is possible bcuz of high dex

DEX is exactlly the same on Taru,Hume, and Galka :p

as far as your plan I think its fine, but you wont use it
I think you'll change your preferances a lot during the course to 75.

If your seriously going to stick to that plan hardcore I reccomend that you keep with Gaxe for DD 20-30. Shield Break is really really good...much better than what you will do with Dual wield 1 and Raging Axe. :spin:

[Armando]

The only thing that bothers me about your plan is the 20-30 /NIN DD part. Personally, I'd use a Great Axe. Sturmwind is all that even without SA, and if Dual Weild I just gives you the sum of both your weapon's delays, you're better off with a Great Axe. Of course, it can vary with skillchain and the like, this is just a general guideline. Shield Break is an invaluable WS to have, too. Also, from 20-30 the best sub is RNG in my opinion. If you stock up on a lot of +Ranged Accuracy items to swap to, you might be able to use Piercing Arrow/Split Shot to set up distortion without sacrificing your Great Axe, and the +10 Accuracy/Ranged Accuracy job trait probably works wonders. Being able to stick Acid/Sleep/Venom/Bloody/Blind bolts on your opponent is always a plus. Also, I hear post-60 WAR/NIN is the best tank, there's currently a thread on that, you might want to read it and draw your own conclusions on that subject.