Quote Originally Posted by Xilk View Post
Do I really want to share my test finding w/ Falcorr here... ?

Falcorr appears to be the best dd pet we have. Fantod makes hits on the next round do 4x damage. Thats right, 4x.
And it IS next TURN. not just next hit. If triple attack procs after using fantod, it will be 4x damage for each of those 3 hits.

so w/ rr, ss, and apoc atma in misareux, I did crits up to 3k using fantod. or I might get 1.2k in a triple attack. IT is possible w/ atma, in abyssea to do 3k x3 hits when using fantod.. if you get all 7's at the slot machine. This was vs a normal mob.. so less damage on something more significant... but I think this alone should give some indicator of falcorr's potency.

Falcorr also makes cerby solo less expensive and tiamat solo possible. (does pretty good w/ the fire damage, falcorr does).
The triple attack rate appears higher than yuly. It is more distinctly noticeable, but I haven't measured it. The base str is slightly higher than yuly too.
yes, its a thf, yes it has treasure hunter, and unlike yuly enhanced movement speed. The only thing I'm not certain of is if the eva rate is as high as yuly. I don't know, I haven't tested it. Its a fair guess that the eva rate is quite good.

Falkirk has a really cool screenshot of using zoo hat between fantod and backheel for a 3.7k hit on a weapon up in sky.

So yes, they gave us one sweet pet in Faithful Falcorr.


(I should also mention that I copied that recipe verbatim from ffxiah.com. Sorry I didn't mention it before (tired late at night, annoyed I was actually responding to the person asking for it, but it was an actual legitimate question... anyway, the annoyed comment about ruszor meat wasn't actually mine.... )
Who cares, I can do 3k dmg on thf every 40 seconds in abyssea and it costs me nothing. I've been the biggest BST proponent I know forever, but the job is officially dying on the vine. Take some time and repeat your tests on actual xp mobs outside abyssea. At 96 fantod it ~400 dmg on EM bats in Bostaunieux Oubliette. Yay. 16k per jug to do 350 dmg with a ready move? But I get TH! ><;

Even when you can use charm, its lack luster compared to ready. Using slime pets in the same zone and waiting 2 minutes for sic (for completely random moves) to be up again just made me want to revert to jug pets, which is clearly what SE wants. Its ridiculous. I can get on my WAR and drool over a dozen or so JA's. I get on my BST and I now have only two useful JA's, Call Beast and Ready. Yay. SE can die in a fire, they have absolutely killed this job aside from a bunch of hacks who now use it to farm dynamis currency. In any actual capacity, the job is useless. 50 dmg regular hits from jug pets on NMs, 250 DMG ready moves, way to go BST!

All the fun I had with BST up to 75 is just a distant memory now. It's been my favorite job for 8 years, and I now have no motivation to level it beyond 96. Thanks for your "balance" SE. Way to balance a job out of any realm of usefulness.