The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

[Lmnop]

Re: The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

If I recall right from the animations, the dagger one was already shown to at least appear to be multihit? I'd like to see a powerful 1-hit WS for THF. One that makes the most of the fact that only the 1st hit of SA/TA WS is crit'ing...

And yeah, Warrior one will probably be Visor Break (-acc) or something.

[Ziero]

Re: The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

Thf looked single hit to me, and nothing can beat Full Break in terms of Break WS, unless they make a stronger version of Full Break. Dropping 4 of a mobs stats with one hit, you bet your sweet ass I use it!

[Lmnop]

Re: The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

Foliaging Brush: 4 hit WS. Each hit inflicts a different Break effect.

[eticket109]

Re: The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

I'm not too worried about the weaponskills. I'm just happy they realized just how insane it was to ask for 50,000 Alexandrites. I've seen them selling anywhere between 5-10k each which worked out to 250-500 mil for 50,000 of them.

[Raydeus]

Re: The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

SE already did enhance Dagger damage And you could always use Vorpal Blade, lol.

They did? All this time using dagger and I didn't notice they increased the dmg rating on higher lvl daggers (even though that's not what I was talking about.) And I also missed the update where RDM could use Vorpal with subs other than WAR/PLD/DRK/BLU.


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/slap Callisto

[Akashimo]

Re: The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

/slap Callisto

Agrees.

[Callisto]

Re: The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

They did? All this time using dagger and I didn't notice they increased the dmg rating on higher lvl daggers (even though that's not what I was talking about.) And I also missed the update where RDM could use Vorpal with subs other than WAR/PLD/DRK/BLU.


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/slap Callisto

It was a long time ago actually, they upped base D on many high level Daggers in an update. And I was inferring that you could use a non-sissy sub to melee sometimes.

[Lmnop]

Re: The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

Blau Dolch (latent active) DPS: 11.12

Perdu Sickle (latent active) DPS: 11.14

You don't need daggers upped again.

[Yellow Mage]

Re: The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

And I was inferring that you could use a non-sissy sub to melee sometimes.

This.

[Callisto]

Re: The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

YM just agreed with me, thread over.

Mods, do your thing.

[Raydeus]

Re: The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

You really think I missed that damage update even though I've been using mainly dagger for a really long time now? <_<;

Raydeus' Stealth Sarcasm skill raises .5 points.


But yeah when I use a Vorpal sub I rarely use daggers (depends on what I'm fighting), but for soloing I'm using Dagger most of the time unless I'm slaughtering TW up to T- mobs, anything higher and I can't use a Vorpal sub unless I want to be casting most of the fight.

What I mean with boost for daggers is just that, for instance I like Aka's idea of giving a higher Acc bonus to single-handed weapons in the same way they gave a better stat bonus to 2-handed weapons, and hopefully the Tier II Enspells (if they are ever added) will compensate for the crappy dagger (except for Blau) selection we get as RDMs.



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Blau Dolch (latent active) DPS: 11.12



Perdu Sickle (latent active) DPS: 11.14



You don't need daggers upped again.

Raydeus' Stealth Sarcasm skill raises .4 points.

[Callisto]

Re: The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

That would negate the entire point of the 2-hand update unless they made it so that the 1h bonus didn't carry over to Dual Wield. RDM gets access to 2-3 'decent' daggers and 2 'wtfpwn' ones, as well as numerous 'decent' to 'above average' swords and 3 'wtfpwn' ones. Keeping in context that RDM is in fact a mage, I don't think they have any valid complaints about weapon selection. The only real gripe I would have is the B ratings and to a lesser extent the long casting times of Refresh/Haste/Stoneskin, and lack of a sword that can do what Murgleis does in regards to a MAcc bonus. If I wanted to be nitpicky I'd say lack of more gear like Ogre Ledlesens +1/Goliard Cuffs/Morrigan's Cuffs as well, which offered a reasonable mix of both mage and melee stats.

[Malacite]

Re: The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

I kinda doubt the new WS will suck like the last batch did (excluding Kasha) given they are tied to the Mythic Weapons and it's been some time since we had new WS.
It's just that they'll be best with their respective weapons.

@.@ at least I hope this is the case. ME WANT 3-hit GKT WS!

[Yellow Mage]

Re: The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

Keeping in context that RDM is in fact a mage,

I loved everything about your post, except for this. While a mage is a part of who we are (and our calling card is, in fact, a Magic Skill), it should not be the sole definition of our identity.

[Callisto]

Re: The Myriad Arms of Balrahn, cont. (07/29/2008)

I kinda doubt the new WS will suck like the last batch did (excluding Kasha) given they are tied to the Mythic Weapons and it's been some time since we had new WS.
It's just that they'll be best with their respective weapons.

@.@ at least I hope this is the case. ME WANT 3-hit GKT WS!

Not all of the previous 'final' WS' were bad, and if nothing else many had nice WS properties. Kasha/Asuran/Detonator/Evisceration/Steel Cyclone/Ground Strike are all relatively decent WS in their own right, just that some like Deto/SC/Ground Strike need more TP to shine. The only real shit ones I can think of are Gimpulse/Ku/Savage, and even Savage has a great value as a SC opener for BLU.

I'm just hoping the new ones don't require 300 TP to be effective.