[dev1049] New weapon skills

[Zhronne]

3k Damage on PA outside of Aby...

Welcome back PA Samurai!

[SpankWustler]

I can say from what I saw that a lot of them will at least be competitive with emps. I saw Scythe GS Polearm GK and GA all do 3k+ outside of abyssea. Some of them don't even need to be competitive because they are different types of damage. Gun Club and Staff for example.

Also, the ones that seem really disappointing right now may just use weird formulas that call for odd weaponskill sets. I wouldn't be surprised if Rustythecat has a Tachi: Jinpu thing going on given it's multiple hits along with a mention of magic damage, for example.

Not that the oddballs will ever perform on par with the weaponskills designed to crush skulls into stucco and break boners in twain, but I'm guessing the ideal numbers will be much higher than the random numbers popping up now.

[Insaniac]

That one may have been a fluke admittedly. I only saw him do it once and then he left.

[Aleste]

Courtesy of Spira
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/106...=1#post4915012

All the new level 96 WS's shown on Hume F model.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nOtdsGbjsU

[Detoxy]

Courtesy of Spira
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/106...=1#post4915012

All the new level 96 WS's shown on Hume F model.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nOtdsGbjsU

To bad us english players/na players cant use em yet way to go se

[Aleste]

Except some clever people figured out how to~

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/106...=1#post4915028

[Detoxy]

Except some clever people figured out how to~

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/106...=1#post4915028

thats cool and all but SE should have it workin some what the first time around

[Kristal]

What is the effect of the merit upgrades? Are we talking about [100% + (y * x)] or [22.5% * (y * x)]?
They did that last one with the RDM G2 merits (ONLY RDM), and it sucks to high heavens.

[Brolic]

"You have SAM?"
"Yes."
"Did you spend months getting perfect gear for it?"
"Yes."
"You have the new WS 5/5?"
"No I maxed HtH Polearm and Bow"
"Please come on another job"

Something like this would only happen on viodwatch and only if these new ws are potential procs.

[Sparthos]

I dont actually mind the specialization since it makes individual characters unique this way. These WS might make way for classes that previously had a sub weapon but couldn't use it effectively because the available weaponskills sucked.

Scythe BST, Club BLU, Marksman THF, Archery SAM etc.

Part of what made Emps bleh is the fact just about everyone has the weaponskills and thus there is no exclusivity to having one thanks to infinite brews and piss-easy mobs. With merit-based WS you get to now choose how you spec your character for 99 and it isn't supposed to be an easy decision - here's where you weed out the leechjobs from the stuff you care about.