Starting warrior, need some advice!

[wish12oz]

Theres a large difference between 90 and 99, which is what we should be talking about. As Upt said, if you can do 95, you can do 99. I think 60 Riftdross is in the neighborhood of like 15 mil now lol, something like 1/10th the cost of the 95 upgrade.

131 Damage > 156 damage 5 STR.

If we assume you have like 270 Damage for Ukkos, and maybe 15 fSTR for TP. It's like an 18%~ increase for TP [(156+16)/(131+15)=1.178~] and a 7%~ increase for WS [(270+16fSTR+2WSC)/270=1.066~]

Normally WS is 60% of total damage and TP 40% for Ukon, so if we determine where 40% of the difference between 7 and 18 is that should give us a basic idea of how much better 99 Ukon is than 90 [(18-7)*.4=4.4 7+4.4=11.4] I.E. its around 11%, but you can't say for sure unless you talk more specifically about what you're fighting and what other gear you have on.

EDIT: And yes, an 11% damage increase is noticeable IMO, more so when around other people using 90 Ukons.

[SpankWustler]

And yes, an 11% damage increase is noticeable IMO, more so when around other people using 90 Ukons.

Going to expound this a little since it might be useful information for the new-ish guy if he's still around.

I'd go even further and say that, in FFXI, any increase of 10% or more is huge. This is a game in which items add stuff in increments of 1% sometimes, and often upgrading a single piece of equipment only affect overall performance by 1-2%. 10% doesn't look like a big number, but be assured, it's huge in the world of FFXI.