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[Argonic]

Originally posted by Thorrion
Well for me I was finding that scythe maxed when I was around 1-1.5k to next level. Switching to greatsword only got me about 0.5 skill gain before I levelled up... so I sold my greatsword and stuck with scythe.

On a less relevant note, I've given up with Drk for now after realising that galka are purely useless, so my input probably isn't worth much =p

O_o

Galka is the best race for drk...

and race should not make much difference for everything but mage jobs.

[Thorrion]

I disagree.

I grouped with a hume drk and that hammered it home for me. He was absorbing Vit and Agi every fight and only needed to rest every 2-3 fights... while I had a whopping max of 66mp. He also equalled me on dex and wasn't far behind in str. Galka simply lack the mp to perform that kind of role.

Heck even a taru is better... they can just buy a bunch of Mp>Hp convert gear and stick /equip in their Souleater macro to make up for the lack of hp lol. (Plus I notice Souleater isn't as good as its hyped to be, too much hate gained etc, most drks I've seen up to 36 very rarely used it, myself included after several near death experiences).

[Eyke]

well i have always been a fan of a huge powerful scythe

should i really level my GS also, or whats up, because its kinda bad x.x (compared to my scythe anyway) :dead:

[kazthegun]

thanks for the info on spiral hell/cross reaper, awntawn.

i've just reached lvl 48 and scythe is at 143, while gs is at 133. it's a pain in the ass using gs because the dmg is much worse (back at lvl 18-20, capping both was easy with braveheart and cruel scythe), but sometimes i'll get PTs asking me to use it for power slash, so that helps. most PTs don't expect me to switch from whatever weapon i have equipped when i join them, but i had one PT where the leader was disappointed that i didn't have g.axe skilled-up (;´д⊂).

as for the great race debate, i think that drks of any race should follow the accuracy -> attack -> dex/str line, but failing that, anyone can get mp<->hp gear. with mithra 48drk, my mp pool is just over 200 and if i'm fighting mobs with mp, i can usually use two absorbs, drain, and a lvl1 MB for fun, and still not have to rest. aspir'ing twice a battle for 30-60 MP is incredibly useful. otherwise, ask for refresh, or run to the backline for ballad between pulls, or bring pineapple juice.

[dworkin]

in this great debate about the 2 weapons you have left out the lvling of the magics. what do most of you drk's do? past mage experience? nuke an zone? i can usually cap elemental, an dark magic. an can never seem to lvl enfeebs cause nothing sticks, an ends up wasting the mp. plus the low number of spells really doesnt help. in the process i lvl up scythe, but just as im about to cap great sword i lvl an go right back to my previous weapon.
awtawn any help for a 40drk/20thf? any an all input would be great........

[gix]

I have dark capped from drain/aspir/abs-X. enfeebling is lacking ~10 lvls or so I usually use poison for pulling. elemental is at 0 i'm a galka and my mp pool is pretty limited so i decided not to do elemental. my mp pool is around ~80 and all i can really do is abs-agi, abs-vit, then aspir, maybe mb poison in a distortion skillchain.

weapons wise, scythe capped, gs 60 lv's behind after i got vorpal scythe i pretty much stopped using GS and it just got too weak after that. i plan to do some skillups eventually to get it up to lv

[Ednoon]

when you get vorpal scythe, you'll be using that alot with THF in PT or Penta thrust (sam&drg, alot of drg i met love to use this alot) lv1 light or dark renkie depents on order. with THF lv2 water/ice. try to tell the party you need to skill up GS too and use Power Slash. its same type of WS. you do need to have enough GS skill to use that in xp party or you'll xp the whole PT slow and not get invited next time people looking for dps.

[Dragonbro]

Lol dont' diss Galka Drk, i'm a lvl 75 Galka Dark Knight my self. The damage is great, and i dont' usually fail on absorb and i dont' use a lot of magic as Drk, if u use a lot of absord in party, then your party is really crappy.

[tfung]

I use absorb vit and agi a lot every battle in XP PT's regardless if the PT is good or not... and absorb str when I get str down... just feel that if we do more damage and hit more often, it'll be faster to chain.... so my dark magic caps pretty quickly each lvl.. as for enfeebling and elemental.. I think after lvl40ish, we always have a blm in the PT.. and even when nuking with II spells, my MB damage has always been lacking compared to blm's and rdms.. so I tend to just save my MP for dark magic spells...

I agree on the fact that sometimes it's very painful to change to lvl G-sword in an XP PT, because scythe just does so much more damage.... but then I've found that the PLDs are quite happy when I change to g-sword... =P

But now after 60, with thf subbed.. I'm not sure how I can do hate management while trying to keep G-sword capped...

[dworkin]

well o.k i guess i can base this question off of the same topic. since im a lvl 44 drk, an my g sword is at about 91 skill. where can i go to lvl it up so that my pt wont suffer when i pull it out to lvl it up. cause i will always have an hour or 2 too kill before i have to leave. so a place to lvl my g sword would be great...

[Awntawn]

actually lemme change my opinion. spiral hell is better when you have higher TP. groundstrike = always absolute horse shit >.>

[albert lee]

Originally posted by Awntawn
actually lemme change my opinion. spiral hell is better when you have higher TP. groundstrike = always absolute horse shit >.>

:confused: did u mention groundstrike?

[Heavyswordz]

No.. soul eater is absolutely godsend for drk...

Ever fought Adamantoise?... We had a full alliance and the only melee that could even do damage to it was drk+SE.
Granted the BLM did the most dmg do it and the melee were just clearning mob adds... It doesnt hurt to get ur tp up and use Sneak+trick+se+cross reaper on Mr.Turtle.