A look at Soul Driver

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thread starter AdroxNight Sep 23 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Now that Adventurers can obtain a form of Soul Driver, I thought I'd take a look at whether it might be useful or not. Soul Driver: 1000% damage v5 with a delay of 1601ms. First, I will say that it outdamages every 1st/2nd job skill. Now to compare it to Brandish: 480% damage v3 with a delay of 840ms. Interestingly enough, Soul Driver ourdamages Brandish, even though SD is half as fast. Now to compare it to Charged Blow: 360% Damage v4 with a delay of 600ms. In this case, SD outdamages Charged blow by about 24% damage per second. Now Fury: 360% damage v6 with a delay of 800ms. SD pretty much blows this attack out of the water, even on 6 targets. Then finally, Fury with Judgement Dragon: Same as above, except a 35% critical rate and 135%-150% critical range. Soul Driver is still stronger, even on 6 targets, but by a much smaller margin. Thats all for the 3rd job skills that need to be compared to SD. Now for a few 4th job ones. Brave Slash: 630% v3 with a delay of 840ms. For this attack, BS is stronger on 1-3 targets, and SD is stronger on 5. Charged Blow: 480% v7 with a delay of 600ms. No question, Charged Blow just blows SD out of the water. No other 4th job skills are worth comparing to SD. Looking at this, I'd say a Hero and DrK might want to consider looking at Soul Driver. However, one thing DPM calculations do not show, is the attack's range. Post BB, SD still retains a very good range, and even a paladin might consider using it on a few things like Zakum.

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Eursurshkigal 09/23/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

When did this "Soul Driver" come out? And how do I get it? 0.0

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AdroxNight 09/23/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

It isnt out in GMS. Only KMST: http://spadow.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/the-quest-for-empress-strengthening/

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Eursurshkigal 09/23/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] AdroxNight : It isnt out in GMS. Only KMST: http://spadow.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/the-quest-for-empress-strengthening/ [/quote] Oh wow, that's pretty amazing. I guess I won't be getting it anything soon, or ever ;p

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vict3r 09/23/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

That is actually really amazing, make's 3rd job skills useless? D= Though you need a level 120 Dawn warrior? (Or any Cygnus?)

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PraisedAura 09/23/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Impressive

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Elliotastico 09/23/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Every adventurer can get it as long as they do a quest at level 70.

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AdroxNight + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] vict3r : That is actually really amazing, make's 3rd job skills useless? D= Though you need a level 120 Dawn warrior? (Or any Cygnus?) [/quote] No, its speed can occationally be an issue, you cant jump and attack efficiently like with many other skills, DPM is a terrible measure for training (but it helps in comparing the skills), and you cant max it out untill level 110. Or simply put, you will want to alternate between what skills you use to fit the situtation you are in.

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ThatBowman 09/23/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Makes me feel like I wasted time making my wk...

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Kojo 09/23/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Wow, didn't know Soul Driver would be that good. Thankfully I'm a Paladin, so it won't make that much of a difference, but it'd still be pretty damn useful to have at Zak arms with ACB's short range.

Aquadoku4 09/23/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

What about comparing to blast? O_o

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TheShinji 09/23/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Kojo : Wow, didn't know Soul Driver would be that good. Thankfully I'm a Paladin, so it won't make that much of a difference, but it'd still be pretty damn useful to have at Zak arms with ACB's short range. [/quote] IKR? Between it and current hammer, if we'd kept the low cooldown on the latter our DPM on the arms would have been beastly.

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AdroxNight 09/23/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Aquadoku4 : What about comparing to blast? O_o [/quote] Why bother? Blast is clearly superior to ACB and SD on one target. And I also did not want to bother factoring in the 21% chance to ignore the PDR and the higher critical rate.

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TehFrancis 09/23/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] ThatBowman : Makes me feel like I wasted time making my wk... [/quote] No. You will also be able to obtain those skills on pre-existing adventurers, if you do the quests. Basically, we don't lose much compared to those UA's, lol.

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AdroxNight 09/23/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] TehFrancis : No. You will also be able to obtain those skills on pre-existing adventurers, if you do the quests. Basically, we don't lose much compared to those UA's, lol. [/quote] Aside from a few pieces of equipment, we are not missing out on anything when it comes to a normal adventurer vs an ultimate one. They just have an easier time getting those skills.

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