Quote Originally Posted by Aana View Post
Its gone on for a few pages, but if im not mistaken, ALL this comparison motenten is talking about started using abyssea and Apoc. Of course str lance will compete better when you give it a full 15% triple while OAT get a super watered down version.

Without free multi-hit atmas (ie anywhere but abyssea) OAT has a rather huge advantage over a non-multi hit weapon. This is also how drg pulls way ahead vs war and sam. They simply dont have access to the powerful magian weapons, namely OAT lance.

Take the comparisons outside abyssea and there is simply no contest between OAT and anything but Ryu.

Also, Drakes in perfect gear with any of the top 3 damage lances (relic/mythic/empy) will BARELY edge out stardiver with perfect gear for both (notable exception being Ryu with the 15% drakes boost, soon to be 30% at 99 turns that 'edge' into a landslide). However, the lowest damage lances (OAT) stardiver pulls ahead because of the mods making up more of the damage on lower base D weapons.
No, none of the comparisons are in Abyssea; I'm pretty sure that was stated early on. Crit weaponskills rule in Abyssea, so there's no real point in comparing Stardiver builds there other than academic interest (or you're on sam).

Also, feel free to provide the 'perfect' gear sets for the respective builds (including jumps) and I'll look into how they compare.