[dev1029] Warrior

[Leonlionheart]

@GG

I found it nearly impossible to find a decent anything (job) on Asura.

There were around 5~9 players that I played with more than once that I could honestly say were very good. Maybe at most 10. The rest, even those who had 4~5 emps and 2~3 relics did less damage than my DRG that still uses Ares body.

So no, I've never played with a SAM that has out parsed any WAR. Took 3 WAR's to zerg VW for wins, on WAR I did 28% damage, the other two did 18/22%, (Hverg w/ dusty wing says hi)SMN did 12, (Masa)SAM did 10, the rest was BLM's and procs. This was a reoccurring thing too, not just one fight that favored WAR's high accuracy or anything.

SAM gains a lot of ground outside abyssea, but even on a Salvage boss I've out parsed masa sam using 2 hour (On a short fight ~6 WS's should make up most of the damage quickly) though only by a small percentage. We were both Paralyzed, but Retaliation made it so my DPS was higher than his even with all that WS damage.

If you're good enough at WAR that you can take the hits with retaliation up, there's no job conceivable that can out do you.

[Chriscoffey]

@GG

I found it nearly impossible to find a decent anything (job) on Asura.

There were around 5~9 players that I played with more than once that I could honestly say were very good. Maybe at most 10. The rest, even those who had 4~5 emps and 2~3 relics did less damage than my DRG that still uses Ares body.

So no, I've never played with a SAM that has out parsed any WAR. Took 3 WAR's to zerg VW for wins, on WAR I did 28% damage, the other two did 18/22%, (Hverg w/ dusty wing says hi)SMN did 12, (Masa)SAM did 10, the rest was BLM's and procs. This was a reoccurring thing too, not just one fight that favored WAR's high accuracy or anything.

SAM gains a lot of ground outside abyssea, but even on a Salvage boss I've out parsed masa sam using 2 hour (On a short fight ~6 WS's should make up most of the damage quickly) though only by a small percentage. We were both Paralyzed, but Retaliation made it so my DPS was higher than his even with all that WS damage.

If you're good enough at WAR that you can take the hits with retaliation up, there's no job conceivable that can out do you.

Something that is a recurring theme in any melee vs melee discussion is people play differently. Some take the game seriously enough to research and develop a tedious gear selection fine tuned to their playing. There are the others that just play for fun that don't care either way. This leads to discussion such as this that players compare people to each other and have no fundamental basis for a comparison.

The warrior job itself involves figuring out your weapon skill properties and adjusting your gear selection for it. A person then brings in another factor like a critical hit rate inside and outside abyssea which changes drastically according to that said selection. I have tried to explain why people with Uko. seem to suck outside abyssea where they are not geared accordingly but it falls on def ears. I just wish people would research and actually TRY the damn gear sets instead of always being sheep.