Does Boost count towards normal attacks?

[steveyos666]

Or is it just for special attacks?


I used it for a normal, did 7/10, also did 7/10 without it.

[Tirrock]

Re: Does Boost count towards normal attacks?

It does, but it only effects the first hit if I remember it right... It's generally not worth doing it in the middle of battle (except right before a WS) since you stop punching while doing the boost animation.

[Armando]

Re: Does Boost count towards normal attacks?

It does, but it only effects the first hit if I remember it right... It's generally not worth doing it in the middle of battle (except right before a WS) since you stop punching while doing the boost animation.

I'm not sure how it applies, but I'd be inclined to think it works on both hits, seeing as 1) they're part of the same attack round, 2) they occur simultaneously, and 3) H2H counts as a single weapon. Testing would have to be done, though. Anyways, the great majority of JAs have an instant (i.e. nonexistent) "casting time," and therefore don't interrupt your attack cycles. The problem with mid-battle boosting is that it gets hate when done constantly.

[Aeolus]

Re: Does Boost count towards normal attacks?

It works on your first physical attack so if thats just going to be a hit it will increase that hits only dmg. Ive seen it go from a fully boosted hit 100 first hit then just the standard 40-50 afterwards. Never that I noticed it hit harder with both. I dont think its worth boosting every 10secs in a fight either seens as the delay will add up to 2 missed hits you could have done instead. Dont kno exact math, someone here did I think. Best just to use it before a ws for the most impact.

[Macht]

Re: Does Boost count towards normal attacks?

It works on your first physical attack so if thats just going to be a hit it will increase that hits only dmg. Ive seen it go from a fully boosted hit 100 first hit then just the standard 40-50 afterwards. Never that I noticed it hit harder with both. I dont think its worth boosting every 10secs in a fight either seens as the delay will add up to 2 missed hits you could have done instead. Dont kno exact math, someone here did I think. Best just to use it before a ws for the most impact.

Unless you are WAR/MNK and tanking then boosting every 10 sec. in the fight doesn't help much. At least with WAR/MNK the constant boosting helps to keep hate on you if you are tanking. Yes WAR/MNK is a tank option, it was one of the originals before WAR/NIN may not work as well as /NIN but it has it's own playstyle.

[Armando]

Re: Does Boost count towards normal attacks?

It works on your first physical attack so if thats just going to be a hit it will increase that hits only dmg. Ive seen it go from a fully boosted hit 100 first hit then just the standard 40-50 afterwards. Never that I noticed it hit harder with both. I dont think its worth boosting every 10secs in a fight either seens as the delay will add up to 2 missed hits you could have done instead. Dont kno exact math, someone here did I think. Best just to use it before a ws for the most impact.

Again, I would like to point out that it does NOT delay you. JAs do NOT delay you unless the JA's activation isn't instant. But, like it's been said before, it's not a good idea to do it constantly either way, because it'll get you hate.

[steveyos666]

Re: Does Boost count towards normal attacks?

So I'll just boost before the fight, then boost when I'm about to bust out Combo.


Thanks for the insight guys, you're all mega totally awesome.

[Caspian]

Re: Does Boost count towards normal attacks?

Is boost a static atk increase, or does it scale with your current base atk?
And someone said it only affects physical attacks, but I thought MNK's in some HNM battles would boost a lot, then Chi Blast for big numbers.

[Aeolus]

Re: Does Boost count towards normal attacks?

Yea it affects your next chi blast as well. Forgot about that heh. Your current atk is boosted by 15-20 I think the first boost then the second does like 40 then back to 15-20 then 40. Im not sure of the numbers but I did noticed its almost double every second boost. (Your current atk I mean)

[Tirrock]

Re: Does Boost count towards normal attacks?

The amount of attack you gain seems to be based off of base attack. +ATK and berserk on while boosting doesn't make your boosts more powerful really. If you berserk half-way through boosting a ton, you'll have the same attack as if you used berserk from the start.

Edit:
I don't really see my boost doing ##, then ##/2 the next boost.
62MNK/31BLM, wearing pretty much no gear (goblin coif/carpenter's apron/baron slops):
247 base > 277 > 308 > 339 > 370 > 401 > 432 > 463 > 494
The only time it didn't do +31 was on the first boost.

[Ellipses]

Re: Does Boost count towards normal attacks?

Each Boost is 12.5% of your base ATK. Do 8 in a row and your ATK will double (before modifications). You lose the .5% on odd-numbered Boosts, but gain it back on even ones, because of rounding.

[steveyos666]

Re: Does Boost count towards normal attacks?

So if I just sit there and boost 2000 times, I could one-hit a Tough?

Oh man I'm so confused you guys with your nerd talk and stupid gaming lingo you're all nerds for playing this gam..... wait a second....

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also thanks again

[Tirrock]

Re: Does Boost count towards normal attacks?

You can only boost for about 3 minutes before it wears off. 12 boosts is the "max". (There's a way to get more, but it's an exploit...) Even if you could boost 2000 times, attack caps at 999, and attack isn't incredibly useful after a certain point. (Diminishing returns.)

[Ellipses]

Re: Does Boost count towards normal attacks?

Except that Boost only lasts 3 minutes, and with a recast of 15 seconds, you can get at most 12 boosts in, which would add 1.5 times your base ATK. (If your base ATK is 100 and you boost 12 times, your ATK will be 250 + other modifiers.)

[steveyos666]

Re: Does Boost count towards normal attacks?

And this would only be useful for the first attack, or a weapon skill?


I figure the best bet would be to get to 300% off easy prey, then charge up and bust a combo all over a cyber demon lord or something.

Yup.