BST Native Dual-Wield~

[Ramaza]

Getting native DW would be incredibly overpowered for the job, even at DW 1 I'd consider it going into the overpowered realm. The only time I could see it being of benefit without making BST over powered is in VW where /WAR would be appealing because BST wouldn't get DD buffs.


The only time Fencer would ever pull ahead for BST (even at WAR's current Tier V) is when you're not /NIN or /DNC and are able to melee. In the current FFXI world I can think of 2 situations where that would apply; "for fun" and if you're soloing Armed Gears as BST/SCH. You just give up too much to make Fencer work over Dual Wield.

As someone who regularly parses I beg to differ. The Ruinator WS is quite literally the only way we can keep up these days. DW1 certainly isn't going to overpower anyone, neither will DW2 or 3 on its own; the delay of one-handed axes will make sure of that. The real strength of being able to have dual wield on our own will come from being able to sub WAR and still Dual wield. In doing this we'll at least have a leg up in trying to compete in damage with other jobs, since outside of Killer Instinct/Traits/Food BST has no native way to boost their own damage.

Not to mention the benefits of being able to dual wield PDT axes and /Mage if you have to. The benefits outweigh any possible negatives.