BB Shadow Resistance VS Steal/Booster

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thread starter blackmagex66 Aug 12 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Well for any dits that checked out the BB thread and looked at the 2nd job advancement part you'll notice that a new move known as shadow resistance has been put up, it permanently increases your hp by 10% (i don't understand that so if some one can explain that would be great) and it also gives 20% elemental resistance. So by my personal opinion that move would be greatly valuable and if you were to max that steal would be left at 11, or booster (because all it really does is increase time, correct me if I'm wrong) will be left at 11 and so I'm wondering should i give up steal or booster for that move (now remember after BB steal is a 300% dmg move making it more valuable) or just not max that move at all.

nickicksu 08/12/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

well I know when I get the SP resets, il just put em in SR and remove them from steal, because BoT does 395%.. don't know about people actually working through those levels though D:

My Characters: Derpak - 90 Bera Chief Bandit

WildObi 08/12/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I'd say booster would be the skill left without maxing

My Characters: SirObilion - 108 Windia Chief Bandit

d1m3n510nx + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

You'll definitely want to max Shadow Resistance, but it's not a must until you start bossing in the later levels. My suggestion: max Steal early for faster leveling, and use 3rd job points that would normally be wasted on Chakra to max Shadow Resistance. Then again, those points might also be used to max Flash Jump / Shadow Partner / Dark Flare / whatever the Big Bang gives us, so you should probably plan ahead and see exactly how much SP you'll have to play around with. Leaving booster at a lower level for a while is also feasible, but the frequent recasting will probably get on your nerves.

My Characters: lDimMaK - 140 Broa Shadower

blackmagex66 08/12/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Well i took a look at the 3rd job moves and i calculated that out of the 150 points you get you can max every move except shield mastery. As for chakra it realy does become useless especially since you get dark flare to heal yourself and your party members, how much exactly I'm not to sure but even if it doesn't heal much you can still fight in it and it reflects dmg. But of course theres no point in maxing steal since its very very very rarely used once you get BoT.

StabbinJesus 08/12/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

You may not need to sacrafice any skills, I know a lot of skills are going from max lvl 20/30 to 10/20 and still give the same effects/ dmg % etc.

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Fhyl + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

These are skills and their new max levels after the big bang. Dagger Mastery 20 Shadow Resistance 20 Booster 20 Haste 20 Steal 20 Savage Blow 30 (Endure is removed) 130 points to max them all, and you get 121. If you sacrifice shield mastery and chakra(both arguably worthless) in 3rd job you can easily get the 9 points required to max them all.

My Characters: Fhyl - 130 Bera Shadower

blackmagex66 08/13/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Well steal is virtually useless once you get BoT so going back and maxing steal would be a waste of points. Steal will no doubt be never used were as chakra will be a good meso saver and be used in dojo (given it's slow rate it can still be of some worth).

Biotype 08/13/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Steal isn't useless once you have BoT. It works very nicely with Boomerang Step, considering they have similar hit boxes and they both stun.

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d1m3n510nx + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I've heard Steal is useful for PoT farming. Not sure about that, but I'll probably still divert points from Chakra to max Steal. It hits fairly high after the Big Bang, too.

My Characters: lDimMaK - 140 Broa Shadower

Fhyl + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Oh and if "sacrifice" 9 points from 3rd job you still have 2 left over to put points into chakra, which considering they're lowering the max to 10 should make it still usable in whatever rare circumstance it would have been originally useful (not very often)

My Characters: Fhyl - 130 Bera Shadower