Warrior primary weapon & possible sub job?

[Excel801]

Hello,
I'm planning on being a PLD/WAR, but in order to level up my warrior, I think I'll be needing another type of weapon, besides the Shield + 1H sword combo. Are 2H Axes better than 1H Axes in the long run? I'm thinking 2H, but I'm also an Elvaan, so my DEX isn't exactly the best. Also, what would be a decent Subjob for a Warrior, before and after you get the PLD subjob? I'm thinking Monk for the extra HP, and then later (Much.), Samurai.

What do you guys think? Suggestions are welcome.

[Avenger02]

Hehe I am gonna be a Pld/War also... But Pld are also good at 2 handed swords so you might wanna look into that instead of going the 2h Axe for war...

As for a decent subjob for warrior, monk gives you more hp and counter so its decent... you just gotta level up monk as main as well in order to take advantage...

As for subbing Samurai, I heard you should use spears as your weapon for the Weapon Skill PentaThrust... (with sam your gonna get TP like madman and parties really dig that ws)

[Excel801]

Would a Great Sword Warrior be more preferred over a Great Axe weilding one?

Eh, I think it would take a while until I get the Samurai class, so I guess Monk will do fine for a while, so that's done.

Still contemplating about secondary weapon though.

Thanks.

[Aldo]

Would a Great Sword Warrior be more preferred over a Great Axe weilding one?

I say 2h axe cuz warrior is most versitle with it, but it depends on how far your taking warrior. To around lv20-30 since you need to be 30 to earn paladin, you should use a 2h axe and/or a 1h axe/sword. This covers most all the main weapon skill chains, and war is practically C in every weapon other than axes, so you won't feel so crippled at lower levels.

[Mathias Wynter]

The WARs best weapons are axes and great axes... it is equal in everything else that it can use except hand-to-hand.

Hand-to-Hand: D
Sword: B
Great Sword: B
Axe: A
Great Axe: A
Polearm: B
Staff: B
Club: B

A PALs best weapon is a one-handed sword.

Sword: A
Great Sword: B

[mlwolfinger]

Would it make sense to try and level up 1-Handed Sword as a Warrior if you intend to be a Paladin? That would give you a head start on your 1-Handed Sword skills right? Why waste your time mastering an axe? Someone tell me if I'm way off here....

[Avenger02]

yes you can get a head start but if your gonna be a warrior for a long time it doesn't hurt to do axe skills... plus once you start leveling up paladin your gonna have a ll teh time you need to raise those sword skills..

[Excel801]

Thanks guys. But the question still remains; are 2H Axes better than 1H Axes later on? Will their skills and damage be able to out perform a decent Shield and the 1H Axe?

I'm leaning towards 1H Axes, since I will also be able to train my Shield skill at the same time, which is quite hard to level.

Thanks.

[Frarinalga]

Warrior's NEED great axe skills in later levels. Axe skills aren't good and don't chain well. The great axe ones break armor/weapon/evasion etc, great for higher levels.

[Beltram]

Im a Warrior myself and plan to switch to PAL/WAR at 30.
Im currently leveling 2H Axe and 1H Sword. I have both maxed, and the cap for 2H Axe seems to be higher (about 5 points more at Level 18).
When i use the Sword many mobs con "...tough, high defense". When i equip the 2H Axe and check the same mob its only "...tough." On High Defense mob my damage is greatly reduced, so thats reason one why i use the axe. Shield Break is a really nice special that lowers the mobs evasion. 3rd reason is that i seem to keep aggro better with the "big" hits of the axe.
Once i switch to Paladin i will train 2H Sword while keeping 1H Sword maxed too.

Beltram

[dworkin]

so what you guys are saying is that we get different skills for the different weapons? i still perfer the 1 handed sword over anything else, my parry skill went sky high when i equipped it, as well as with the sheild, then when i had the 2 handed axe, an 1 handed axe..

[Chanchai]

just go with whatever weapon you like best.
The Warrior is pretty versatile whem it comes to weapons you know..

BUT, dont level 1hand sword for the sole purpose of getting a head start for Paladin because it will only be capped and if you dont level it, it's still gonna be capped when the PAL use it later on. So just go with what you like best! (I use 1h-Sword/1h-Axe)

[Killroy]

How do these theories translate to a Mithra - i cant imagine that a 2h ax would be a good choice for this little lady and with all her agi -n- dex wouldnt a 1h s be the best choice till 30?

[sactothrash]

If you are planning on going 1hd sword + Shield as a paladin I would definetly go 1hd axe + shield as a warrior. Shield skill goes up ALOT slower than weapon skills. You will almost never have it capped because you will level faster than it improves.

If you start out using it you can get a much needed head start on your shield for when you get paladin. You can always go back and raise weapon abilities later if needed.

[Tnekmeister]

Have yet to decided (and some lvls too to go) with what sub-job my war shall have, not thinking of it that much since I've got all other things about the game to think of

Lvl 9 war, I've uped both my 1h axe and sword... I've been in a party once (well, more like duo) but I'm starting to get a hang of things I think It seems that the axe is currently doing a bit more dmg than the sword at equal skill lvl, both weapons are bronze type thingie...

Will probably try out numerous kinds of weapons, 2h axe/swords.

Just having a fun time!