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Icemage · 06-15-2006, 02:11 PM

At level 53 you have a cap of 168 Hand-to-Hand, giving you a base attack of somewhere around (guessing) 200-220 after STR and gear bonuses.

Cross Counters are effectively worth +3 STR compared to the TM Hooks +2, are slightly (very slightly) slower, and are more accurate.

If you have a huge amount of +STR gear to hit the STR cap (i.e. your STR + H2H DMG > Monster VIT + 13, keeping in mind that the monsters are usually 4-8 levels above you) then the TM+2s might do more damage*. If not (which is very likely since I don't remember there being all that much STR gear available at 53), the Cross Counters ought to outperform.

EDIT: * That's damage per hit, though - bear in mind that ACC+3 bonus on Cross Counters is going to impact your overall damage, too, especially on multi-hit WS like Raging Fists.

Icemage

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Icemage Digital Wizard Super Moderator FFXI Character Info. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 6,045 Style: My Mood: Thanks: 69 Thanked 475x in 313 Posts Gil: 5,503 Bank: 132,144 Total Gil: 137,648 Donate	Re: The famous weapon question At level 53 you have a cap of 168 Hand-to-Hand, giving you a base attack of somewhere around (guessing) 200-220 after STR and gear bonuses. Cross Counters are effectively worth +3 STR compared to the TM Hooks +2, are slightly (very slightly) slower, and are more accurate. If you have a huge amount of +STR gear to hit the STR cap (i.e. your STR + H2H DMG > Monster VIT + 13, keeping in mind that the monsters are usually 4-8 levels above you) then the TM+2s might do more damage. If not (which is very likely since I don't remember there being all that much STR gear available at 53), the Cross Counters ought to outperform. EDIT: That's damage per hit, though - bear in mind that ACC+3 bonus on Cross Counters is going to impact your overall damage, too, especially on multi-hit WS like Raging Fists. Icemage
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