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Old 05-16-2007, 09:35 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: Can PLD/DRK work in exp parties?
with a decent amount of haste, it seems like /drk would net you higher enmity gain than /nin, but less damage negated (though plausibly more than /war). Basically, just try to time your Stuns to right before the mob's next attack, so it resets it far enough that you get hit like once before Flash is up again. Flash seems to last close to 15 seconds unresisted. Paladins always say 2-3 swings. Well, 3 swings would be at least 12 seconds on a normal mob. Carnage Elegy is +50% slow. Since you'll have a Bard guaranteed, you're looking at 2 swings/flash (assuming they last that long and assuming you evade), with 25% haste (spell + a single march), you'd be at what? 34 second recasts for stun/flash? By swing number 3 -- around 2 seconds before the 3rd swing (that's 16 seconds after Flash), you Stun. You would end up getting hit 2-3 more times. Hopefully one of those would be a shield block.

Not only would Souleater -> Weapon skill be a crap-ton of hate, you just lost so much health that you'll probably double your enmity just curing yourself back up. I would not suggest using Souleater except for right after using Flash.

Last Resort could be nice - particularly if you're eating defense food. mainly because case a) paladins pretty much always cancel Berserk while you could let LR run it's course or at least not feel as bad about turning it off and case b) LR generates significantly more enmity just by activating it than Berserk ever will. In fact, I believe it's activation spike is much larger than Souleater's.

EDIT: I'd like to toss in that @50% haste (2x march, spell, 3/5 homam, wal turban, swift belt would be 48% - close enough), you would get hit once/routine (when Flash decides to be reliable). And if you're lucky/good/have plain ol' Slow stuck on as well as Elegy, you could sneak in your Flash right before that swing comes in too.

That would be 50 mp/22 seconds. 150 MP/minute isn't exactly sustainable. You will have 80, 100, or 120 mp/minute coming your way. Likely 100 (exping in Sky), but you'll have Signet for resting to get an extra 10-20/minute (if you can find the time to kneel).



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