DawnWarrior help! Soul Blade?

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thread starter RisingAngel Mar 14 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Ayo! So, i need to make a hard decision... Should i max Soul Blade? Basically, i want final attack maxed for sure(It's my favourite skill and it helps brandish)...so with that sp allocation i have to choose between soul blade and booster. My choices are: 1: Max Soul Blade and 11 Booster 2: 20 Soul Blade and 18 Booster 3: 21 Soul Blade and 17 Booster At level 20 Soul Blade: MP -20, Damage 160%, attack max 4 monsters. At level 21 Soul Blade: MP -25, Damage 135%, attack max 5 monsters. At level 30 Soul Blade: MP -25, Damage 180%, attack max 5 monsters. Reason why it's such a hard decision is that...i think that soul blade is completely replaced by Soul Driver later on right? And if i maxed it then i would have crappy booster time until level 117(extra sp for booster, i'll have about 6 spare)...And choosing between level 20 and level 21 Soul Blade is also hard, it's such a big gap in damage but hits 1 extra/less...What am i to do? Can anyone give some good advice please?

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itshank 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

i would max sould blade and have 11 on booster

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Mythicknight 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

If you are funded, you can drop points out of rage for final attack. Soul Blade will help during lv 70-75ish where Soul Driver isn't that great yet. Warrior Elixer = 5k, 12att Or, Choice 1 sounds ideal.

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RisingAngel 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Mythicknight : If you are funded, you can drop points out of rage for final attack. Soul Blade will help during lv 70-75ish where Soul Driver isn't that great yet. Warrior Elixer = 5k, 12att Or, Choice 1 sounds ideal. [/quote] There's no way i'm not maxing rage, i need it for parties(i dont solo often)...Won't 11 booster really screw me up badly?

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Mythicknight 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] RisingAngel : There's no way i'm not maxing rage, i need it for parties(i dont solo often)...Won't 11 booster really screw me up badly? [/quote] 19 rage <--- short 6 seconds 19 mastery <--- loss of one acc 30 soul blade 30 final attack 10 soul rush 13 booster <--- 2 dropped sp points from rage/mastery in here Recasting booster is your only flaw. It's not a big deal.

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xWheezerx 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Honestly I recommend to just ditch final attack. All it does is interrupt brandish, i hate it. But if you must have it, take points from booster to max SB.

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RisingAngel 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] xWheezerx : Honestly I recommend to just ditch final attack. All it does is interrupt brandish, i hate it. But if you must have it, take points from booster to max SB. [/quote] Final attack is like, my preference, i like it, it makes everything unborring, if it really does screw up brandish that bad, i'll probably not use it to grind/boss. Thanks for the update though.

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geoduty + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

EDIT: Uhhh choice 1 is best o.o

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RisingAngel 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Wait! Is final attack for brandish the same as it would be for powerstrike?

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eswarrr + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] xWheezerx : Honestly I recommend to just ditch final attack. All it does is interrupt brandish, i hate it. But if you must have it, take points from booster to max SB. [/quote] Nope it doesn't. When I maxed brandish at 100, the extra hit from FA helped alot. I was doing 15K*2 with brandish and with FA activated, the extra 19K always helped me 1hko(1 brandish strike with FA) galloperas. So unless until you are using FA with brandish against mobs, FA is always advantageous and it improves your dpm by a significant number. My advice, activate FA only against bosses and single targets. [quote] RisingAngel : Wait! Is final attack for brandish the same as it would be for powerstrike? [/quote] Yes, it's. Personally I did, 19 rage, 12 booster and maxed everything else in the second job. Maxed soul blade is vital for faster levelling 2nd job and Im still using it, just because it helps me lure mobs hella faster.

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ninjagouk 03/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

what arcticglaive said

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BanditHelper 03/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I doubt you'll be putting points into Coma or Panic, that saves you 40 points right there. Use those to max out your other skill later :O

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guppiesxdd 03/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

FA does not help if you really want it take points from coma and panic

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