The Last Dance: Gearing Paradigms For A New Age
The Last Dance: Gearing Paradigms for a New Age
I dunno, I have never liked the black jambiyas.
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Haha, wow. My server sucks then. Ours are 500k -> 1mil -> 2mil with 3 up.
Sounds like TToF needs to join KampKweh instead of the other way around!
Just beasted Aht Urghan T1s. They were pathetic.
Take home lesson: Fealty blocks Wisecrack.
Take home lesson: Fealty blocks Wisecrack.
Was working with Verus +1s and Oyonos for so long. Grabbed on on Fen for 700(800?)k which isn't too bad. Even for crit dmg +3 that's not that expansive, I've paid a lot more for a lot less. Overall I'll probably do that and str knife once I get to that. Probably over spring break get it done. Any idea if that/str would be 90 twash/str(or new knife)? Planning on getting 99 twash but for the long painful time it's stuck at 90, what would be better?
Edit: Also, what about the full Thaumas set for Exen? All but body have agi on them, around 10 each I think, and the 5/5 set bonus would give 15 more..
Edit: Also, what about the full Thaumas set for Exen? All but body have agi on them, around 10 each I think, and the 5/5 set bonus would give 15 more..
mortontony1 said: »
Was working with Verus +1s and Oyonos for so long. Grabbed on on Fen for 700(800?)k which isn't too bad. Even for crit dmg +3 that's not that expansive, I've paid a lot more for a lot less. Overall I'll probably do that and str knife once I get to that. Probably over spring break get it done. Any idea if that/str would be 90 twash/str(or new knife)? Planning on getting 99 twash but for the long painful time it's stuck at 90, what would be better?
Edit: Also, what about the full Thaumas set for Exen? All but body have agi on them, around 10 each I think, and the 5/5 set bonus would give 15 more..
Edit: Also, what about the full Thaumas set for Exen? All but body have agi on them, around 10 each I think, and the 5/5 set bonus would give 15 more..
5/5 Thaumas for Exenterator.
Ignoring any new gear, that is. I haven't really looked at it much.
Ignoring any new gear, that is. I haven't really looked at it much.
Kudzu Aketon and Tessera Saio are both worth looking at.
Tessera > Kudzu > Thaumas if 4/5 in other slots just looking at the gear.
I did the Qutrub NM that drops the dagger today, I would bet nearly half of the alliance had the dagger by the end of just those 4 pops. I mediocre parsed it to have around 5,100,000 HP but mule might have been out of range and missed some damage, so it can be a lengthy fight but over all he isn't very damaging at all. One fight we went around 5-7 minutes solely on Grellow procs and had maybe 1 mage death. Basically, don't be paying out the *** for this dagger, it's definitely a very common drop.
Ramuh.Austar said: »
Tessera > Kudzu > Thaumas if 4/5 in other slots just looking at the gear.
why do people think "consistency" matters?
Because it does.
Lets say you're WSing a monster that has 1500 HP left and you have two weapon skills. One is like Rudra's, high fTP on the first hit and an offhand. The other is like Exenterator, flat fTP and lots of hits. They both average 2000 damage. Which one do you use?
Lets say you're WSing a monster that has 1500 HP left and you have two weapon skills. One is like Rudra's, high fTP on the first hit and an offhand. The other is like Exenterator, flat fTP and lots of hits. They both average 2000 damage. Which one do you use?
Ramuh.Austar said: »
why do people think "consistency" matters?
I didn't answer this because I think he isn't serious, or if he is, it's a trap question!
XD
So, what is the general consensus of STR-Thokcha vs Aluh Jambiya as an off-hand to Twashtar?
For the Jambiya:
Pros:
High damage
DPS is greater than Thokcha
Crit Dmg+3%
Jambiya models are my favorite (mostly irrelevant)
Cons:
Slightly less STR/ATK
Higher delay
VIT-10 if you really want to get technical
Without considering the DMG/delay, STR Thokcha has better stats for Exent spam, but Aluh I would think would be better for stacking Rudra (or Mercy Stroke for those THF that might check this thread).
For the Jambiya:
Pros:
High damage
DPS is greater than Thokcha
Crit Dmg+3%
Jambiya models are my favorite (mostly irrelevant)
Cons:
Slightly less STR/ATK
Higher delay
VIT-10 if you really want to get technical
Without considering the DMG/delay, STR Thokcha has better stats for Exent spam, but Aluh I would think would be better for stacking Rudra (or Mercy Stroke for those THF that might check this thread).
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Lakshmi.Byrth said: »
Because it does.
Lets say you're WSing a monster that has 1500 HP left and you have two weapon skills. One is like Rudra's, high fTP on the first hit and an offhand. The other is like Exenterator, flat fTP and lots of hits. They both average 2000 damage. Which one do you use?
Lets say you're WSing a monster that has 1500 HP left and you have two weapon skills. One is like Rudra's, high fTP on the first hit and an offhand. The other is like Exenterator, flat fTP and lots of hits. They both average 2000 damage. Which one do you use?
Even in that specific scenario there's almost always other considerations that come into play. I'd still use Rudra's if I was going to immediately engage a new mob and could thus benefit from aftermath. If I'm not reengaging then Exenterator has a second factor going for it: less JA delay as a byproduct of not needing to activate Climactic beforehand.
If it was actually Rudra's Storm that I was talking about, it would be different. The point of the example was that consistency matters. You have 100TP and can choose between killing the monster 99.9% of the time or 95% of the time based purely on the consistency of your weaponskills.
As another example, lets say you're doing Dynamis - Sandy and have an Orc NM at 50% HP with 100TP and 5 FMs. Do you use Climactic Rudra's -> Rudra's or Climatic Rudra's -> Evisceration? It will die either way, but if it doesn't die then it will TP (<25% HP remaining) and potentially charmga you.
Smart money isn't always on the option that overkills the most.
As another example, lets say you're doing Dynamis - Sandy and have an Orc NM at 50% HP with 100TP and 5 FMs. Do you use Climactic Rudra's -> Rudra's or Climatic Rudra's -> Evisceration? It will die either way, but if it doesn't die then it will TP (<25% HP remaining) and potentially charmga you.
Smart money isn't always on the option that overkills the most.
About to use my last free voidstone QQ;
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Lakshmi.Byrth said: »
If it was actually Rudra's Storm that I was talking about, it would be different.
If you're talking gear, as was the intent of the original discussion, you're still netting a loss by using a "consistency" choice with weaker average damage unless you've got multiple sets constructed for this very purpose and you're using them accurately.
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Smart money isn't always on the option that overkills the most.
Still wasn't what I was talking about. I don't understand why people would use a piece of gear for "consistency" when it would average less than something else.
There is no point for it. A higher average across a range of several weaponskills will always be superior to more consistent weaponskills except for in very few rare situations.
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I usually go for consistency because I have shitty luck with spikey damage averages. I would say that on average my average averages are lower than the average averages of the average player.
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Phoenix.Lillicarnage said: »
I usually go for consistency
So how's that 3% TA on Epona's?
Phoenix.Lillicarnage said: »
I usually go for consistency because I have shitty luck with spikey damage averages. I would say that on average my average averages are lower than the average averages of the average player.
You don't seem to know what an average is. Over time it will equal more damage. It isn't something that you can eyeball.
I just go for highest average. *shrug*
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