Tarus? SAM?

[Beecroft]

do tarus make good sams? i was just wondering and i am going to be a taru. i havent been able to play yet cuz we need a better graphic card. so yeah...i was just wondering if tarus did or not. i know they are better magic guys but i was just wondering

[Loc]

Well of course you can be a little short baby-type thing that looks like something out of a small child's cartoon if you want, but it will not be as good as a elvaan, hume, or galka SAM as far as stats, and in my opinion, looks.

[Kensai]

theres no reason why not. The low hp won't be that bad since you're not supposed to take the hits... but yeah you would be technically the worst race for it. If you have mad skillaz though you can prove yourself worthy to everyone else.

[Khaunshar]

every race/class combo can work out in the end, but dont expect to ever match the hume sam, mithra sam or elvaan sam in damage output, tanking ability, or basically anything else. It CAN work, but its the lower end of the spectrum.

The only jobs where I'd simply say a taru taru CANNOT work is paladin and warrior in a main tanking role. Reason being that in the late 40s, some monsters begin to use 530+ damage moves, which is virtually an instant kill for a taru paladin, whereas the galka has a comfort zone of 200 or more hps.

[Talisien]

Bah misinformation. Tarus have around 700 HP at level 50 (with 0 equipment) and Galka have around 1,000 (also, with 0 equipment). Monsters (exorays for instance) begin doing hits that can crit for up to around 700, so yes a Taru PLD (with no gear) is in danger of being 1-shot-killed by a max hit WS from something like an Exo-ray. A Galka really could never be 1shotted, unless he was really far too low level for the area. Even so with the right equipment, a Taru can survive with luck and solid healing (from both himself and his PT), as proven by the myriad of 70+ Taru PLDs across the servers.

Anyways as for Sam. The problem is Strength. A sam tank is a wet paper towel (sorry boys, it's true ;p), so don't worry about your HP. Also, as an added bonus none of your Job skills work off your total HP (like Dark Knights), so you're actually less hindered than usual. Your Agi is very high (2nd highest to Mithra) while your dex is ho hum, but certainly not bad. Your Str however, is gimp, so you'll have to focus your equipment on that stat the most. Also keep in mind, the difference between a Galka PLD's Vitality and a Taru PLD's Vitality is 12 at level 50. That's about a 20% difference. The diffference between Taru and Elvaan's Str will be about the same (I didn't look at the stat calc for this assumption, but it makes sense (Taru's worst are Str/Vit and Galka/Elvaan's best is Str/Vit so the difference should be about the same)), which means you're suffering from a mighty (at most let's say) 15 points of Str when naked from an Elvaan. Hold on while I sob over the loss of 15 points of Str

Remember, race difference in this game (in terms of in game impact) is primarily about the HP/MP differences -- galka mages and Taru tanks are at the largest disadvantage, while Taru damage dealers are at much less of a disadvantage. While a Taru PLD has 400% the MP of a Galka at level 50, and the Galka has 50% more HP, the Taru has 20% less VIT (that's a raw difference of about 300mp, 300hp, and 12 vit, give or take). Look at those numbers and tell me the difference in vit is really *that* bad. And remember those are naked stats. Now compare that you HP and MP don't matter as a Sam, and tell me that you wuoldn't want to play Sam because of 15 Str.

Play what you want, you'll be effective. You won't be the "uberest bestest most amazing Elvaan ever" but you'll certainly hit a lot more than him :angel: (ohhh it's a cheap shot *hides*)

-Talisaen
totetote Taru^2
23 RDM, 10 Blm, 13 War, 10 Mnk, 1 Whm, 1 Thf

[Arany]

I will play sam with my taru for fun, and I dont care about how much hp and str will I have.

[Loc]

I don't think the str and hp will make THAT much of a diff. You can have a character that looks like a 2 year old girl with a giant head and still be at least half as strong as an elvaan or galka, so no worries.

[tonka]

Virtually all of the high level taru melees represent the 4th or 5th class for the player. They use many millions of gil worth in equipment to overcompensate for any racial deficiencies.

I also see plenty of level 60+ galka mages. A galka with a couple of rings +50 mana (cost 1 million gil each) will be a damn fine mage. But try making a galka BLM or WHM out of the box. Watch your PT kick you because you run out of mana fighting evens & toughs.

Once you have money, almost anything is possible. Don't focus on your race, focus on gil.