war = overpowerful

[Zayon]

It could have been infused with Ragain Atmas:

+5 TP/tick > Atma of the Sea Daughter
+3 TP/tick > Atma of the Sundering Slash
+2 TP/tick > Atma of the Voracious Violet

With these set he could have got 10 TP/tick per Hit, but the first Atma gives also a 13.3% Slow (at least seems so) so probably he just used a Monarch's Drink...

[Retsujo]

WAR has equipment available to better defend itself, it's just annoying and almost useless to pursue. AF body +1 is one example.

[kingfury]

WAR has equipment available to better defend itself, it's just annoying and almost useless to pursue. AF body +1 is one example.

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Well I have to disagree with you there friend, since I actually have a completed -50%PDT (includes a Trial -pdt GA) and an high evasion set (includes a Trial evasion GA) that I use for tanking quite effectively. I'm still working on the -50%MDT set, but right now I'm at around -30%MDT. I'm able to tank just about every NM in Abyssea (Tunga is still a pain in the ass for any tank though lol) just fine with the same support as any tank would on WAR.
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In response to Wade's comment, /sam is the only sub you need when it comes to tanking /nin cannot compare to all the wonderful perks you get from /sam in regards to tanking and DD'ing.

[Wade]

In response to Wade's comment, /sam is the only sub you need when it comes to tanking /nin cannot compare to all the wonderful perks you get from /sam in regards to tanking and DD'ing.

This is true, although I would rather tank SAM/NIN then Not sure at 90 but my Sam always outdid my War in Damage. I used to duo with WHM/BLM and SAM/NIN all the time. Third eye made a huge difference and I didn't think I WAR/NIN or even WAR/SAM would work as well.

[kingfury]

I'm not sure if you're talking about dmg in Abyssea or outside Abyssea, but if your speaking of inside Abyssea I have yet to be out damaged by a SAM.
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Not saying they can't put up some very nice dmg numbers, but I haven't seen one do it any where near as fast and as heavy as a WAR could/should.
SAM is a very powerful job, and I'm sure it's just that I haven't met a SAM DD master yet, but once you unlock a WARs speed and TP gain, the rest is just all raw ws dmg that is hard to beat IN/OUT of Abyssea. Not to metion that Sekkanoki forever changed WARs dmg output potential in ways a WAR could only have dreamed lol.
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In the end, I'd say tank in whatever fashion you're comfortable with

[Naturebeckles]

This is true, although I would rather tank SAM/NIN then Not sure at 90 but my Sam always outdid my War in Damage. I used to duo with WHM/BLM and SAM/NIN all the time. Third eye made a huge difference and I didn't think I WAR/NIN or even WAR/SAM would work as well.

War is the first job I took to 75. In the beginning, I was noobish enough to think that Great Sword was an okay weapon to have. Well listening to others cured me of that habit and then I fell in love with dual wielding axes. I still keep a set of axes on me just in case I get in the mood to use them again. For the longest time, I was against going war/sam. Then there came updates... and now with Sekkanoki, I LOVE LOVE LOVE my war/sam combo. Don't get to play it as much right now because my Thf pulls in Dynamis and my little bit of other free time is spent helping others and leveling smn so I can low man some other expansions to get them done before I think about going hard core in abyssea. Yeah, I know. I'm strange.

Funny thing is, when I play on my sam... I always go sam/war. I never /nin. It's pointless to me.

[Zasleen]

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Well I have to disagree with you there friend, since I actually have a completed -50%PDT (includes a Trial -pdt GA) and an high evasion set (includes a Trial evasion GA) that I use for tanking quite effectively. I'm still working on the -50%MDT set, but right now I'm at around -30%MDT. I'm able to tank just about every NM in Abyssea (Tunga is still a pain in the ass for any tank though lol) just fine with the same support as any tank would on WAR.
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In response to Wade's comment, /sam is the only sub you need when it comes to tanking /nin cannot compare to all the wonderful perks you get from /sam in regards to tanking and DD'ing.

Hey King, just wondering if you're the same one on Valefor. I had to start all my stuff over again coming back to FFXI from years ago, just got back in about 9 months ago and WAR was my second job to 90, so I was wondering if I could hit you up sometime to go over some strategies on evasion, -PDT, and ability rotations if thats all right?

[Byrth]

Here is my -DT build:
Atlas+2/Eisen/____/Whatever
Versa+1/Twilight/Merman's/Brutal
Versa+1/Heavy/Dark/Dark (11% PDT/10% MDT)
Metallon/Turul's_thing/DS+1/Askar

52% PDT (caps at 50%, but you need to go over to hit the real cap)
22% MDT (need 1% more, better Dark ring I guess).

The sacrifices we make for 50% PDT allow other more durable jobs (like Monk, Ninja, or SAM outside Abyssea) to catch up to us. If WAR/SAM isn't using Hasso and Retaliation with a full Haste set, they aren't to be the best DD in the game. So situations that require durability bring our damage back in line (and possibly way below the line) with other DDs that start out more durable.

[Laotian_king]

This post saddens me... I came to the Warrior part of the forum to see strategies and talk about how we can make Warriors better, not to see people get Emo because they are not Warriors..

[Leonlionheart]

Warrior is overpowered when you compare it to SAM, DRK, DRG. Especially when you factor in Ukko's Furry.

But rather than lowering the power of WAR, SE should focus on bringing SAM, DRK, and DRG back to glory themselves.