Quote Originally Posted by RAIST View Post
again.. your strategy goes a long way to mitigating the racial differences. Reducing the mobs TP gain, reducing critical damage, stunning, WHM curing to grant SS, or something simple as keeping a regen going with carbuncle can make a big difference in the long run. The little things done by the GROUP have a major affect on the outcome. If someone is not up to par, it can mean disaster.

As for solo....have to pick your targets and your setup more carefully. I've seen Berstuk eat a galka that got caught off-guard by waterja and couldn't stun it in time. I've seen a Taru just flat out rape that NM. It's more about knowing your target and being prepared for what it is capable of and having a plan in place to manage it.
But race has nothing to do with either of those scenarios. Did the Taru win because they had more MP? Or did the Galka lose because they have less INT to "absorb" some of the damage?

Yes, there are stat differences between races, but the differences does not make or break a success. Odds are, if a Taru DNC dies to a NM by a margin of 10 damage overkill, a Galka DNC will die from the same NM in a few short seconds, assuming the same skill level between players. One more hit would be gained and lost from both situations, and in the grand scheme of things, one hit doesn't mean jack. Its like getting pee'd off for closing your umbrella from a rainstorm finally letting up, just to have a bird take a dump on your head. If you kept your umbrella on for one more second, that crap would have been on your umbrella, but you still have to clean it off regardless.