ok i need some clairfication here. Is there something wrong?

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thread starter trips486 May 15 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

One of my buddies well not buddy anymore told me that I fail at corsair bc one I didnt max rf after Cannon, that maxing battleship right now with the new updates is wrong to do, and that having a 88 base str means im weak. I know I am not a fail since my equips well make up for the fact I didnt go low str. I was told many times and read many things here as well as other places that rf is pretty useless compared to canon, and that I should either go bullseye after if i intend to boss or torp/airstrike if i intend to train. He states that rf is very useful and every guide out there says that you should max out rf right after you max canon. I just need clarification that I am doing alright with my corsair. I maxed out canon, bullseye, and starting now to max out battleship and get 21 torp in for training purposes. Should I have maxed our rf right after canon or is saving it for one of the last skills to max out. Also is 88 base str that bad? My equips are 23 dex suana 10 dex earring 7att 2 dex pac 95 /3 Drevolver 2 att 3 dex FS 13 att scg and zhelm with stats of 15/16/15/15 oh and 11 att MoN I think that I have enough dex and attack to make up for the fact I didnt go low str here, but should i have gone low str? Am I a "fail" at corsair by setting up my skills and the way i made my char go reg str?

masamunee May 15 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Corsair builds are very flexible. Your ex-bud fails for not realizing that. Personally, I'm not even getting RF at all until much later on because Burst Fire serves as a decent replacement; there are much better alternatives such as Torp and Air Strike. It's up to the person and how they go about it. If you want to choose a bossing build, then sure, RF may hold some more use as opposed to a training build. Also, if you're satisfied with your character, your stats shouldn't matter (as much).

Raikiriii 05/15/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I don't really see THAT big of a problem in having an extra 10 or so STR points than you need. It isn't like it's going to drastically affect your damage, as long as you have decent equips you'll be fine. As for RF, I can't really say much about it's usefulness, I've never used it. But I plan on doing battleship after I max cannon for the HP boost, then probably add some points into RF. I think you should just go with what YOU prefer, if adding points into something else and sticking with BurstFire when your ship breaks seems to be better to you, then just do that. Personally I want to change up my secondary attack skill to RF, kind of sick of BF atm

Efemera 05/15/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Your buddy is completely misinformed and it's a good thing you're not listening to him. Rapid Fire is one of the least important skills for a Corsair. Skills to look into after maxing Cannon but before getting Rapid Fire: Torp, Bullseye, Air Strike, Ship

trips486 May 15 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

alright thx ppl. I just wanted to make sure that not maxing out rf right away is fine. He end up annoying me so much i had to blacklist him and delete him. he kept acting immature and spamming whispers and bl chat with you "fail as a corsair" "you suck cuz you have 88 base str" and much more junk. Idk he was cool guy before then all of sudden starting acting like a child. Ok then Ill continue with my torp and ship then ill probably put in some airstrike. Guys one last question when should i start putting pts in MW. I solo a lot of the time but sometimes I party or boss so would be adding pts in MW after i get 21 torp, or wait till I max out torp/airstrike?

Jazter 05/15/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Something tells me that guy wasn't even a Corsair. If he is, can I have his name?

trips486 05/15/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Can we post names? im not sure if we can thas why i left his name out.

natedoggydog 05/15/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Max ship> Max rapid fire. The extra 36k hp gives you enough of a DPM boost at bossing to compensate completely for the 90 sec downtime. And training, your ship will practically never break, eliminating rapid fire's usefulness. Personally, after I max cannon, I'm taking this road. (Mostly an early bossing build) Max ship Max Bullseye Max torp Max air strike Max MW