One million limit points for a sidegrade? What is the Dev Team's logic behind this?

[Alhanelem]

Pushing 270k per hour in a A- ulegurand party. 100 merits is nothing.

[Unaisis]

fully upgrade my Gkatana Ws Already ._. wasn't too bad

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Still got 5/5 in altep in less then 4 hours.

[macross]

100 merits is like 2 hours of xp. Not even hard.

5/5 exenterator didn't seem all that either. Maybe I need more agi gear, but seemed barely better vs evisc when I was using it in dyna farming EP last night.

[Atomic_Skull]

So lets discuss which WSs need fixed, heres a list I put together in a hurry

Great:
Tachi: Shoha

Good:
Blade: Shun
Exenterator
Resolution
Shattersoul
Last Stand

Worthless Crap:
Upheaval
Entropy
Realrazer
Ruinator
Apex Arrow
Requiescat
Stardiver
Shijin Spiral

Let me know if I'm wrong on any of these, but based on what I gathered its the WSs in the last section that SE needs to fix

Last Stand should be in "great" as it's currently the best Marskmanship WS for RNG and outside Abyssea it is the best ranged WS period (both hits on Last Stand are fTP 2~2.25 and both hits are affected by gorget + belt and together add .4 to fTP). Apex Arrow is also good because it's damage is basically the same as Sidewinder but without the ACC penalty and it's better against high level mobs because it ignores defense. Stardiver belongs in "good" because it doesn't have the Attack penalty that Penta Thust and Drakesbane have it better on high level targets.

You have to be trolling about Shijin Spiral, it's almost as good as Victory Smite outside Abyssea. Even inside Abyssea it's still the best H2H WS if you don't have VS.

Upheaval is the best non emp/relic Great Axe WS outside Abyssea.

After the adjustment Resolution is extremely good.

You're asking the wrong person to provide any proof, lol.

I could photoshop anything so "proof" is meaningless. You'll see I'm right soon enough anyway.

[Kimble]

For Cor, id assume wildfire is still better as long as the mob doesnt have mdt or high mdb.

[Atomic_Skull]

For Cor, id assume wildfire is still better as long as the mob doesnt have mdt or high mdb.

Wildfire can out damage Last stand inside Abyssea but you have to gimp all other aspects of your damage by equipping MAB INT and +fire damage atmas to achieve this. Outside Abyssea it's hard to see Wildfire doing more damage than Last Stand unless you're wearing a full MAB/INT set subbing BLM and using MAB rolls. Might make sense for COR but for RNG Last Stand is definitely the better WS.

From now on I see Archery getting pushed aside except for fights with high level mobs where you have to stand far back. The combination of Apex Arrow's ignore DEF and archery having a longer distance sweet spot will make it suited to these fights. For everything else Moros Crossbow + darkling bolts or dark adaman bolts (for things that resist darkness proc) is going to be RNG's highest damage weapon.

[Kimble]

If you are putting on INT gear for Wildfire, you are doing something very wrong.

[Atomic_Skull]

If you are putting on INT gear for Wildfire, you are doing something very wrong.

For some reason I had it in my head that INT affected magic WS but you are correct.

[Kimble]

So if thats the case, you really wouldnt know if wildfire or last stand is better for cor.