Drk/Sam good idea

[exile2k3]

These are simple facts, not opinions. The only time cross reaper / spinning slash will do 1k+ damage is on things that are much lower level than you. Same thing with sidewinder (I've seen a 2k damage sidewinder outside of exp party...at the same time, only 1 NA ranger I've ever partied with has managed to *consistently* hit 1k damage inside an exp party, and he does so at considerable cost (e bow, amemit mantle +1, etc.)), and all the other highly overrated weaponskills in the game.

Bullshit, I don't think you have ever seen a decent DRK OR a RNG. My RNG friend Mcclane(He's an average RNG, decent equip, nothin to call home about though) almost always hits sidewinder 1k+ in a PT. And I usually do like 800-1k in my groups with cross

Oh, and in most groups, there are 3 parts to the lv3 renkei...so it looks more like this:

Paladin readies red lotus blade
Paladin uses red lotus blade
Warrior readies Keen Edge
Warrior uses keen edge
Skillchain: Gravitation
Atrapos casts Stonega III
Magic Burst! The processionaire takes 850 points of damage!
Xile uses Sneak Attack!
Xile readies Trick Attack!
Xile readies Cross Reaper!
Xile uses Cross Reaper!
The Processionaire takes 725 points of damage!
Skillchain: Darkness: 725 damage
Atrapos Casts Waterga III
Magic Burst! The Processionaire takes 960 points of damage!
Atrapos defeats the Processionaire.

In all my level 3 renkei groups, it has been Swift Blade>Cross Reaper.

I take logs of all my PTs, I'm usually the highest damage dealer(unless there is a RNG in the group, but I beat them sometimes). Never is the BLM the highest damage dealer. And I usually do 800+ damage on IT Processionaires with Cross Reaper and Sneak/Trick. Even if your thing was right and i managed to do that damage, I still would have Magic Bursted with drain for 250+, I win.

Oh, and keep in mind, I cast spells for 560 and 550 damage. If not for limiting factors (pld only...mp is not an issue with +mp recovery from dark staff and +1 pies, even less so when fighting steel shell), I would chain cast those. When was the last time you pulled aggro off a paladin that used invincible (without doing anything beyond normal attacking?)?

You aren't doing 'normal attacking'. Normal Attacking would be you hitting the monster with your staff, so your 'advantage' is void I have pulled it off by doing my 2 hour+darkness, which is usually what i do when my PT is in deep shit

*Edit* Who's your blm anyways? My Blizzard III hits for 725 damage most times...

No it doesn't, My level 73 BLM friend can't even hit a Guardian Crawler with Bliz 3 for that much.

i hit Processionaires for 170-190, 260ish with criticals(which are enhanced by DEX).
Maybe with soul eater, last resort, and blood weapon on...
But if you really want to talk about that...then I could just manafont and chain nuke the thing dead (manafont = no interrupts). The aforementioned ranger (the one with Euryptos bow, amemit mantle +1 (aka the best gear for a ranger)) doesn't do that much with his regular attacks (somewhere in the 115-125 range), and it is agreed by all that rng's are the best melee damage dealers by a clear margin.

My numbers were a bit off, I was using my farming numbers, but I do know for a fact I hit better than 125 on a processionaire, RNGs do outdamage me, and I have said that earlier in this post, but that isn't what this is about. BTW, Blood Weapon doesn't increase attacks. I'd love to see you do 2 high level spells in the time that manafont gives you.