a noob DRK story

[Zafron]

call me noob but i just got souleater this weekend and i have to share.

Story:

So i'm level 29 in yhoator in a pretty sweet group(consistantly 240-260xp chains everyone using food etc):

WHM
BLM
RDM
RNG
DRK
PLD

And i have to say i'm a little dissapointed with DRK at this point. I have leaping boots, emp hairpin, Balance rings*2, and spike necklace for DEX+13 and i still am missing 50% of the time(sometimes more). I'm using a cruel scythe which while good is only level 20, and my LR+Slice on peircing arrow for distortion is...well...nothing special.

Normal hits going for mid 40s, criticals going for 70-100(Benchmark on IT) and it has been pissing me off to no end that my criticals routinly do more damage then LR+Slice. Even with 200-300 tp.

On top of this the Rank 5 RNG/NIN is building TP nearly twice as fast as i am even with all my HQ gear. She was pretty pimped out though with +33 in rnged acc, only thing she was really lacking was greatbow+1 i think. BLM is still making me look like a little b*tch just like when i played WAR and SAM.

So i'm kind of depressed. I am praying that at lv30 things will start falling into place when i can equip Merc capt scythe and my 2 archer rings, as well as use berserk and souleater.

ding

ok time to pay the piper. I've saved up 263tp, RNG pulls an IT mand. WHM is rank 5 so i am feeling pretty safe. Playing SAM i saw quite a few DRKs bite it from using SE, but i had to try it for myself. PLD takes the aggro, i wait a few hits, then Berserk+SE, spam tp, RNG hits Piercing arrow as i hit LR, and then Slice.

OMFG

272 dmg, immediatly followed by a 221 critical hit, followed by 3 consecutive 140-150 regular hits, followed by dead mob. Yeah WHM and PLD had to cure me nonstop, but the eva+10 from hairpin helped. The icing on the cake came right after the kill when some RNG from another group spamed:

/sh Barrage did 231 w00t

So now i think i'm in love. I know we still get owned by RNG(saw sidewinder do 2200 on a to weak~ recently and the 55 RNG had thf15 subbed) and BLM, but wow, so satisfying.

anyway i can't wait till higher levels, but i am going to take some time off to try and save up for better gear before i start lving again.

[Monoxcide]

After 30 People start getting more serious about exp and excessive curing. Doing that all the Time will get you killed from mob aggro. And after 50 If you do that not only will you end up dieing they will probably kick you out of the group and find one of the other millions of darks LFG. I only use Soul Eater if were having problems killing the mob and the PLD is willing to cover me and with my 2 hour, when Soul Eater Shines.

Most of the time I use it only with a weapon skill since you'll find out 4 hits with soul eater not only stresses the whm who has to keep the PLD from dieing (monsters hit alot harder than yhoator madragora) but keep you alive from aggro and low HP. Any high level dark can tell you that Soul Eater screws with aggro later on and will slow down the group.

[Zafron]

Originally posted by Monoxcide
After 30 People start getting more serious about exp and excessive curing. Doing that all the Time will get you killed from mob aggro. And after 50 If you do that not only will you end up dieing they will probably kick you out of the group and find one of the other millions of darks LFG. I only use Soul Eater if were having problems killing the mob and the PLD is willing to cover me and with my 2 hour, when Soul Eater Shines.

Most of the time I use it only with a weapon skill since you'll find out 4 hits with soul eater not only stresses the whm who has to keep the PLD from dieing (monsters hit alot harder than yhoator madragora) but keep you alive from aggro and low HP. Any high level dark can tell you that Soul Eater screws with aggro later on and will slow down the group.

I have no doubt you are correct. I have seen it happen playing as SAM, but it was still fun to try once.

[gix]

If you've already hit the mob 4 times with SE, and still have it and the mob turned to hit you, you need to cancel it. Stacked with Berserk + LR you're gonna get 1 shotted by special attacks later on.

[Tidane]

You know, I have yet to be 1-shotted screwing around with crap like this. I usually wait until the PLD has some nice hate, Sneak Attack+Last Resort+Souleater. Yeah, I get some major hate, but I still haven't died from it (atleast on an EXP mob). You just have to know when to use it. Stunning mobs helps too though, when you see them "power-up".

[Kosy]

Originally posted by Tidane
You know, I have yet to be 1-shotted screwing around with crap like this. I usually wait until the PLD has some nice hate, Sneak Attack+Last Resort+Souleater. Yeah, I get some major hate, but I still haven't died from it (atleast on an EXP mob). You just have to know when to use it. Stunning mobs helps too though, when you see them "power-up".

You're just lucky. :o

I nearly died twice last night against Mushussu and it wasn't because of using SE or LR (Although Berserk is worse since I lose 25% of DEF to gain 25% in ATK).

And no, you can't just use "stun" :rolleyes: I dunno about you, but when was the last time a Orcish DRK ever stunned you out of doing a WS? >.>

Mushussu did Death Scissors on me for 684 dmg. If I was a Taru DRK, I would've been so dead. As it were, with 3 other subbed WARs in party, it wasn't that bad.

2nd Mushussu did Wild Rage and Earth Pounder (Like it was trying to pull a renkei with itself >.>) and smacked a critical for 250+ on me. I lived with 33 HP, but if I had SE, I would've died quicker than I could cancel it (That stray hit before you can cancel will go through and it will "eat" HP and if it is a critical - BUHBYE).

[DarkomeN]

IMO, Last Resort is what used to fuck me up at the beginning. It has a built in provoke so the mob almost always turned to me, ALWAYS. After i got SE i started being a little more serious. I only use SE during the skillchain, and i turn it off after i use the weapon skill and one hit after that, sometimes i dont even wait for the hit. Reason being? People will start bitching BAD later on because your HP will be going down like crazy due to the HP consume and hate drawn. However, i am a very happy DRK right now when i use my SE with sneak attack and slice during a skillchain. It does awesome damage followed by decent magic bursts(im taru).

Building TP was never a problem with me however. I only had around +8 dex around that level but i had some +accuracy. I build TP like the others most of the time, well, except the SAM~_^.

[gix]

bark spiders 750 dmg sickle scythe = death :dead: just because it hasn't happened to you yet doesn't mean it can't happen :cool:

[Ednoon]

if you compare your dmg vs a rng you'll never win, and if you want to have best dmg in game play a rng and besure you sub /nin because /war is too much dmg and possible death on pull (or too much aggro slowing down the PT without /nin blink).
only reason drk dmg can be greater than a blm is when drk chain guillotine and souleater at that one fight compare to blm ancient mb cast time and their mp pool.

oh and dont forget the monks too, if you lack of acc. monks will own you.

still feel disappointed?