 | What possible different approach is there? I'm sure there are, but they're far less effective. Let me explain. Fighter: Getting mastery first is a priority. Not only does it heavily affect your minimum damage, but it also gives accuracy. No one skill is more useful than this in the second job, not Booster, not Rage, nothing. Getting 6 Booster next is optional. I personally feel it makes a difference, others think Rage is more important next as it makes you more CPQ-happy. Final Attack was once believed to level you up faster, but it is now understood it slows down leveling unless you plan on purely bossing to 70 (still worth maxing, just last). Powerguard lowers damage taken by hits, and reflects insignificant damage (not against bosses, but I doubt you'll be going against any who you constantly bump into anytime soon). Although Powerguard does save money, Mastery, Rage, and Booster save more money in the sense you take out enemies even faster. Crusader: Without Combo Attack, Panic and Coma can't be used. Assuming you increase all 3 at once, that's fine, but until you have 5 orbs, Coma and Panic won't be doing much damage (not to mention both need to be at least level 15 while having 5 orbs to even be worth using for training). You can invest 1 point in Panic or Shout before starting Combo Attack if you really want to play around with them, but you'll probably get bored of it after 30 minutes to an hour, and training from 70-80 takes much longer than that. Once you get 5 orbs, you can either max out combo attack, or start adding coma while maxing combo (the first being the one recommended). Panic isn't worth maxing before Coma, as even if you want to boss, by the time you get to the late 80's or 90, Coma would be more useful at the weaker bosses like Papulatus and Pianus in terms of bomb control. Coma makes leveling so much easier for Crusaders as well, so it is the definite 2nd on the list. The next debate is Panic or Shout. Shout is practically useless during training unless you want to slow down exp for a bit more mesos, but I think Panic makes you more mesos ANYWAYS because you'll be invited into more boss parties/be able to take on weaker bosses far faster. This is why there are builds and guides. Guides do have multiple builds, but only if really necessary. There is really no other "effective" other build for this particular class, but as I said its really up to you. |
