Club or Staff?

[Kirstie]

I dunno which to use, i'm an elven whm, lvl 5 and I didn't now which to keep lvlin. Club is at 9 and staff at 7. Staff looks cooler lol and attack is greater, but the delay. And then club with sheild that gives def and quicker smaller attacks. Which is best do you think?

[Feenicks]

You'll have use for both Club and Staff at higher levels, but the combat skill on Club is much more important. You only use Staves when in XP parties, and you never have to actually fight with them, so there's not much point with levelling up their combat skill. Club, however, you'll use for soloing, and when you hit Club 220 you get the all important Hexa Strike, the best Weaponskill available to a WHM.

[Aelith]

Use clubs until level 50ish, when you can take light/dark staves. And after level 10, when you start joining xp parties, make sure those clubs are wands that give stat bonuses (If you really want to use a staff for the first few soloed levels though, go ahead. No one will stop you).

In parties, the attack power of your club or staff is completely irrelevant, as you will barely ever be using it as anything more than a stat bonus. So, whatever you're buying, you're buying for the bonuses, not the delay or attack power. Wands give the best stat raises up until you get the incredibly wonderful light staff (cure potency +10%) and Dark Staff (MP Recovered by resting rockets up). So, thats why you should use wands until then (generally speaking). The Little bit of extra defense from a shield is always nice to.

[Kirstie]

aw i just got staff to 20 too, *sighs* oh well back to s.gust and lvl my wand.

Oh yeah can you tell me about any of the other tips for gear I should get as whm? Rings, earrings, clothes ect?

[Akiro]

Saintly Rings are the best way to go unless you can get your hands on some astral rings,and energy earrings are helpful as well, but personally about the staff and club i wish i kept them both up to par cause Soul Taker is the best WS for staff there is and you can get it up fairly easy at a higher lvl just join some coffer run parties or skill up ones and most time towards the end of the party breaking up i asked the leader if i can melee as well just to skill up a bit and its not hard to heal while your meleeing your just auto attacking while curing, just dont forget to rest as well at the end ^^ and for club you get Hexa Strike and Black Halo and what skill up party or coffer run party cant do without a whm

[Ellatrix]

Astrals are death when you can first equip them... my poor SMN has like 65hp (but 200+mp)