I'd like to stop missing so much... >< (WAR33)

[Arwenne]

Re: I'd like to stop missing so much... &gt;&lt; (WAR33)

Speaking of Shield Break - I just got Full Break last night. Is that just a better version of Shield Break?



(and I'm a girl... only stating that because I'm being called 'him'...lol)

[Murphie]

Re: I'd like to stop missing so much... &gt;&lt; (WAR33)

I think you got Armor Break, not Full Break. That's a much higher level Weaponskill.

Armor Break lowers mob DEF, while Shield Break lowers EVA. I'd stick with Shield Break.

[Arwenne]

Re: I'd like to stop missing so much... &gt;&lt; (WAR33)

Yeah - Armor Break! XD That's what I meant. I got mixed up because right after I got it a LS mate started talking about Full Break. lol

[Aeolus]

Re: I'd like to stop missing so much... &gt;&lt; (WAR33)

Well, that depends on the party setup, and how many other parties there are there. I'd vote for going somewhere else just based on the fact that Garlaige is a ridiculously popular leveling spot alone.

Yea but that applies to every party you have anywhere.

On second thoughts just go with the Custom F Gloves. 1 Acc is little sacrifice for 3 Str

[Murphie]

Re: I'd like to stop missing so much... &gt;&lt; (WAR33)

Which is why I said that it depends. Ideally they'd get 200+ exp per kill and chain #5 every time, but it's unlikely. When in a really good party, I always direct them elsewhere. I've never gotten consistent Chain 5s in Garlaige. At least not upstairs.

[Ziero]

Re: I'd like to stop missing so much... &gt;&lt; (WAR33)

Don't eat sushi at 33. Use Rice Dumplings, best Att%+ AND a solid +5 acc. At 33 GC will be slow and painful for a DD, with bats att down and beetles high Def sushi will only hurt you. Yes you want your RSE hands, they are awesome for wars. I used them all the way to 50 myself. If you haven't lvled thf, you prolly should as War/thf is an awesome DD. War/mnk is best at tanking though.

Generally, you're fine. Your choice in exp mobs is a bit too high, but all your gear is great (save for the rings which were mentioned before).

Though, just a suggestion, nothing you *need* to do or anything but was something I found to be pretty fun. Buy a Twicer >_>

In an emergency situation Twicer+MS = ZOMGWTFPAIN. I got one at that lvl and it saved my, and my pt's hides many times over. Still got it with 5 charges left too. Shame it's 31 though, that thing would be broken in promys =/

[kuu]

Re: I'd like to stop missing so much... &gt;&lt; (WAR33)

Well a DD that fights high eva with eva boast skill monsters and no sushi..is...

Is like a ranger shooting at point blank.

[Armando]

Re: I'd like to stop missing so much... &gt;&lt; (WAR33)

Just Shield Break things in the face. Shield Break gives Evasion -40. Just make sure it's not a mob that has an Evasion up move, because they mutually overwrite each other. The other alternative is to eat Sushi and spam Armor Break (Defense -25%) but Armor Break and Acid Bolts don't stack. Also, Shield Break lowers the mob's evasion far more than Sushi increases your Accuracy. Also, Shield Break's effect is ice-based, Armor Break's is wind-based.

Basically, if the mob doesn't have Evasion Up moves, or isn't strong to Ice, Meat + Shield Break for the win. If it doesn't meet those requirements, and it doesn't have any Defense Up moves, Sushi + Armor Break for the win.

Be sure to notify your other DDs, though. Having a party full of sushi-eating DDs and using Shield Break is kinda redundant. I always carry extra Meat Mithkabobs on me just in case for when I want to spam Shield Break.

[Ziero]

Re: I'd like to stop missing so much... &gt;&lt; (WAR33)

Again, sushi at those lvls is pointless as it will give you very little actual acc while killing your att. If you know you're going to be fighting beetles, bring a Rdm or Brd. Heck I think even Blu gets a dispel around those lvls to use. If you fight High eva beetles(before they buff) without a Rdm then that's a bad pt set up for that camp. The best thing to do would be for your entire pt to find better hunting grounds as anything that checks high eva when you're fully geared at 30ish is too high to kill reliably.

Chaining high VT-Low IT mobs is better then struggling to kill a single IT++ mob. That fact goes for all lvls. Overhunting is never a good idea and should only be done with the right set up at times when you have no other choice.

[Ellipses]

Re: I'd like to stop missing so much... &gt;&lt; (WAR33)

BLU doesn't get Geist Wall (dispel) til 46.

[Raydeus]

Re: I'd like to stop missing so much... &gt;&lt; (WAR33)

At lvl 33 you are barely at an acceptable level to fight there, in this case gear and food will make the big difference between killing without much troubles or struggling till you get a few levels.

(Note that I'm talking about the time when you start playing and dont have most of the good gear most veteran players have, like the pin, boots etc. if you have all the good gear you wont have too many acc problems really.)

I guess the best choice I can think of is to use all the +str gear you can (using +dex in places where you cant boost str) and eating sushi, and then after you gain a few levels you can switch to +dex/acc gear and eat mithkabobs to boost your dmg since your acc on those mobs will get much better as you lvl up.

Also consider leveling marksmanship and using bloody/holy bolts to boost your dmg and TP gain, I used them while leveling DRK (WAR has better skill rating than DRK btw) and it boost my damage by a lot, not to mention I never had troubles with my HP because of Bloody

It's pretty much the same everytime you move to a new camp, you start with bad acc and slow xp and end with fast xp and better acc, but then the xp drops too much and you have to move to the next camp.

Good luck

[nanatsu]

Re: I'd like to stop missing so much... &gt;&lt; (WAR33)

Ziero is right. Sushi is very pointless at that level because it relies on your base acc, which isn't enough at that level to get you more than +2 acc or +3 at the most. a flat out +5 acc from rice dumplings is more than what you'd get from % based increase from sushi, plus you get some atk and str to boot. That completely destroys sushi for melee purposes. Sushi does not come into play until you get close to 50, where the % increase beats out the flat +5 from dumplings. Sushi at low levels is just a waste because as long as you're not overcamping, accuracy shouldn't even be that much of an issue at such a low level.

At 34 you can do a quest for Venerer Ring (+3 acc - http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/6225 ), provided you have CoP. At level 40 get a Tilt Belt. It's a cheap +5 accuracy. Honestly, mufflers + rice dumplings should be all you need to hit consistently with the Venerer Ring as a just in case.

[kuu]

Re: I'd like to stop missing so much... &gt;&lt; (WAR33)

Not exactly. If you want a combination, that's your choice, but acc wise, sushi is way to go.

It's no where as low as 2 or 3 i think it was +10~ or so at 30s. Give or take stat modifiers.

It lowers more then a rank of /check evasion then wearing acc. Even when I dual wield centurians at 30. +6acc doesn't do as much as plain old sole.

Unless you're using lesser sushi. I don't know where you're getting 2-3.

Earily levels there's always tenticle sushi, which has a low cap, but high %.

[Murphie]

Re: I'd like to stop missing so much... &gt;&lt; (WAR33)

I used Tentacle Sushi in the jungles because those mandies are so hard to hit, and quite frankly, it didn't make much of a difference. Plus, my damage kind of sucked. I had the best gear I could possibly have for those levels. I just went back to meat and stopped worrying about whether or not I was hitting every time.

I'd prefer to go the Rice Dumpling route at that level if I wasn't going to eat meat.

[nanatsu]

Re: I'd like to stop missing so much... &gt;&lt; (WAR33)

If you're following the 2 dex = 1 accuracy theory, then yeah it's way less than 10. At around level 33 I had a little more than 40 dex. That means my base accuracy was around 20~. That meant that Sole Sushi would give me around +2 acc. Now as far as I know, the % increase only affects your base accuracy, what you get from your natural dex. Meaning that a mithra will get 2~ accuracy from the % increase of sole sushi at level 33. You can tack on as much extra dex as you want to give you more accuracy, but you're still lacking atk. Which is a no-no. I don't even care about the +dex from sole sushi. If you don't have balanced stats then you're an inbalanced melee.