its alot closer than you think for ukko's man learn what WSC is and the 5 hit with VV will beat a 6hit with SS because like fstr attack is not that hard to cap on most things exp. with drinks and stuff
and i just replied to an Asura lmao trolltastic
I'm serious. VV is pretty crap, I already explained why. WSC is for WS only, and even then 50 STR, when fSTR is already capped, DOESNT beat 20% Critical Damage Bonus. I've tested it all myself, and the builds are not even close. Not to mention the huge damage bonus you get from SS to white damage- that's what makes the 5hit lose so much, since you sacrifice something around 85 attack to do it. It's not worth it, ever.
going from a 6 hit to a 5 hit is about a 20% boost to WS damage itself than 50 STR for WSC should make up for the melee loss because in all honesty your only at about 50% crit rate w/o blood rage up and that makes the melee boost a little smaller than you think. also try and read before you reply most of what you said i answered in the post you replied too.
The math has been done, 5hit loses to 6hit.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B0A...t&num=50&pli=1, thanks to Nightfyre from ffxiah.com I believe.
As for "20% boost to WS damage"... You actually LOSE out on white damage, since every WS is 2 seconds of delay, and your normal delay should be less than that at capped haste.
You can argue against it, but you're wrong. Completely. Like I said, I've played with both setups- RR/SS/Apoc is pretty much a clear winner, considering with apoc you go over 100% TP even with a 6hit.
Also, unless you reply with more substantial proof than personal tests and or math disproving the sample used above, I'm going to ignore you completely and let the thread die.
Edit: This is however about WAR only; Scythe DRK should still try to aim for 5 hit I believe (although you should probably be using /war in abyssea for red procs, or changing jobs.)