Cheapest Adv. Melee?

[Sadeira]

shields get pretty expensive though...

like koenig shield is worth 700k but then again, a pld will use no other shield once they get it

[Reanda]

Cheapest Adv. melee is PLD.
Can use AF1 forever even if doing HNM. just need earth staff which is very cheap.
And cursed gear is also very cheap to make.

[Hisdon]

Originally posted by Sadeira
shields get pretty expensive though...

like koenig shield is worth 700k but then again, a pld will use no other shield once they get it

on my server at least full Adamen armor cost about 3milish, a hauberk alone is about 2mil :/ add the other things melee need that are expensive (almost every good end game GS is least 1.5mil, Juggernaught is over 3mil, ect) and it's still more money in the long run.

[little ninja]

drg is the cheapest. poor gear selection. makes them use it til its way out of date. the lack of spells, an ranged attacks. means no money burnt up there..

but i did team with a 50 brd in lvl 20ish gear who would swing his dagger.. does that count??

[sudo]

cheapest as in what can be most tolerated with still getting pt invites?

brd as an advanced melee

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cheapest as in what you can make vs how much you spend w/o farming ass off?

Bst

You do not need 2 mil harburk to solo lv. You do not NEED 400k monster signa or 600k apollo staff. Light staffs are now just 130k on bismarck. I bought my light staff at 300k months ago but now, bst is completely ok to lv with less than stellar eq or hell, even not fully lv'ed up whm subs. I was pt'ed with at lv 67/31 bst/whm and he did ok so I guess it can be done. But this is mostly solo play so no one will care how gimpy you are. AND you can still effectively lv with just the NQ everything and AF's till 75 if you choose to.

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Cheapest generally accepted "Melee" advanced or not otherwise?

Thf

The only reason I say thf is because they make bank when parties lv up on beastmen via mug and stealing gold coins. Also while snipers are good to have, you can get away with wearing flourites since it does boost dex which directly adds to your damage. To make thf on the lines of "uber" it takes a lot. To just get parties and function more or less effectively without too much hassle, thf wins. Innately better acc due to dex bonus and also sneak attack can't miss. Dagger damage is shotty anyway so boosting str overdose won't make it that much more better.

Scorp harness is not "required" of a thf. It helps a lot of course but you can get away with the cheap merc capt. gear for a long long time.

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Cheapest generally accepted "melee" advance job that ppl won't flame you too bad for not having uber eq?

I don't know. Probably pld or drg. Sam katanas are expensive as hell along with the fact that I know they can wear haubergon etc etc. I don't know much about drg's and neither do a lot of ppl other than they got nerfed badly during the TP thing so I am not familar with their equipment so if you are not 40 lv's behind in gear, I'd probably say you're ok since I don't know what you should have.

Pld's that have at least normal quality eq and AF's are fully tolerated. If you don't have a gluttony sword, it's ok. A lot of pld's don't even bother getting an earth staff for regular exp lv up till maybe the lv 70+ areas and by then, a 200k earth staff is pretty cheap compared to how much you can farm with a lv 70 job.
The only thing extra for pld's is the cost in spells which you can probably say pays for their popularity in getting pt invites.

[Elesirdur]

Originally posted by sudo
Pld's that have at least normal quality eq and AF's are fully tolerated. If you don't have a gluttony sword, it's ok. A lot of pld's don't even bother getting an earth staff for regular exp lv up till maybe the lv 70+ areas and by then, a 200k earth staff is pretty cheap compared to how much you can farm with a lv 70 job.
The only thing extra for pld's is the cost in spells which you can probably say pays for their popularity in getting pt invites.

The Gluttony Sword is a nice extravigance, but you will still be getting invites without one (as long as you have some other good items). I've been running with a Bastard Sword since 60 and havn't received any complaints or a decrease in invites. Iron Musketeer's Gorgets are a little expensive, running in the 140k range on Bahamaut, but again you can make due with other items.

An Earth Staff isn't really necessairy until the high-60s or even into the lvl 70 range, but a Dark Staff is a good investment for the extra MP regen while in a PT or farming.

[Hisdon]

Originally posted by Elesirdur
The Gluttony Sword is a nice extravigance, but you will still be getting invites without one (as long as you have some other good items). I've been running with a Bastard Sword since 60 and havn't received any complaints or a decrease in invites. Iron Musketeer's Gorgets are a little expensive, running in the 140k range on Bahamaut, but again you can make due with other items.

An Earth Staff isn't really necessairy until the high-60s or even into the lvl 70 range, but a Dark Staff is a good investment for the extra MP regen while in a PT or farming.

Dark Stave becomes less useful when you start being in darkness and light skillchains around 65-70 :/

[Fire]

would say pld is the cheapest of all since most plds just use the new set untill iron musketers then leeach off AF untill Koeing~ GG Cheapos

[Laehn]

I think pld is one of the lesser expensive jobs in whole, but i wouldnt call it a melee job. Plds arent intended to do much dmg, merely take it and hold it. They load up on vit, def, +enmity and even sometimes mp before accuracy. Ive spent more on just one of my dozens of instruments than a pld has spent on a self proclaimed extravagance.

Brd is not an advanced melee! A whm can out perform a brd with a weapon. Quit saying it is weirdos. And i hate people saying brd is a cheapo job. Quit inviting crappy brds to parties and encouraging the cheapos and youd be amazed how good a brd can really be with enough motivation to buy good equipment.

[Tokitoki]

Originally posted by sudo
Cheapest generally accepted "Melee" advanced or not otherwise?

Thf

The only reason I say thf is because they make bank when parties lv up on beastmen via mug and stealing gold coins. Also while snipers are good to have, you can get away with wearing flourites since it does boost dex which directly adds to your damage. To make thf on the lines of "uber" it takes a lot. To just get parties and function more or less effectively without too much hassle, thf wins. Innately better acc due to dex bonus and also sneak attack can't miss. Dagger damage is shotty anyway so boosting str overdose won't make it that much more better.

Scorp harness is not "required" of a thf. It helps a lot of course but you can get away with the cheap merc capt. gear for a long long time.

THF isnt really invited past ~55 on my server at least. If you want to get invites you better have Emp (700k on my server) Leaping (~400k on my server) at least a black cotehardie at 59 (400k) Dual Flourite at the least (~130k, not expensive i know :p) Corsairs is great for damage (300k) or maybe Lust dagger (70k) then Hornetneedle (Rare/ex and takes forever to get the item for, if time is money i have spent a good 5M trying to get this and still havent) Accuracy is very noticeable after 60 (especially with me being Elv) and if i wanted to lv it more i would need Snipers (~2M for 2 at this point) Amemit Mantle (~150k) Life Belt (85k) Ryl Knt (77k) drones (~50k for 2) and you should have atk earrings during TP gain (~50k for 2 spike? not sure about that one).

Everything on that list is very basic for THF, including Snipers. Even though we boost DEX and have more DEX naturally, we dont hit all the time. With a 5-fold WS to do damage you need the Snipers i mean why do you think all the other melee want them? TP gain and their multi-hit WS. It is in no way a cheap melee job.


Cheapest adv job id have to say PLD as well. The poorest person in my LS is PLD. He's not poor because he uses all his money for PLD, hes poor because he hasnt farmed more than 10hrs the whole time hes played and he is still very good at his job. Me on my THF and the 63 BLM challenge him to hold hate all the time. And ive seen him on IT mobs, its like the mobs want to tickle him.

[Rupert]

o.O;;;

The cheapest Melee Job prolly is the DRG, shortly followed by WAR (if you think it is a melee)

As a lvl 73 warrior Woodville, Juggernaut, Hauberk, Sniper rings, Masters belt, assualt earing, and such it is far from cheap...
I feel insulted by the "if you think it's even a melee comment" how dare you be so bold to judge my job as lesser or something.

Sorry for the rant but I couldnt believe I read that.

[Quezi]

You all are forgetting one important factor that must be taken into consideration when answering this question.

The 'expensiveness' of an item is going to be relative to the amount of gil you have and are able to produce within a set time.

A DRK/THF is probibly the best farmer in the game. They get aoe pulling ability, ways to help keep their HP and MP up, good damage and AOE WS, and ofcorse TH.

PLDs equipment may cost less, but DRKs are better at making gil.

If you are intending to make most your money in non-farming ways *fishing, other skills* then the lowest cost would be the cheapest, but if instead you plan on farming for your equipment, you would be advised to look into farming ability.