The value of Carve and Spit.

[Kietsu]

To be fair, 60 skills don't seem to be intended to be *special* skills at all. Just look at Dissipation or Celestial Opposition or friggin' Royal Authority.

[TheMax1087]

Whats your problem with royal authority? Out of the 13 lvl 60 skills I'd probably put it 5th in overall usefulness

[Nyghtmarerobu]

I was under the impression it was a much higher dps increase to use 2x DA-Souleaters v 1x DA-C&S. 2x 400pot v 1x450pot. Any math to back up that you should be using DA C&S at all, and not for the MP to get another DA-Souleater?

[shao32]

I was under the impression it was a much higher dps increase to use 2x DA-Souleaters v 1x DA-C&S. 2x 400pot v 1x450pot. Any math to back up that you should be using DA C&S at all, and not for the MP to get another DA-Souleater?

mmm lets test:

150 +250+ 400 da se+ 100 c&s + 150 +250 + 400 da se= 1700 using c&s alone and 2 da+se
150 +250+ 280delirium + 450 da c&s+ 150 +250 + 400 da se= 1930 using c&s+da and delirium combo 1º

is a dps win in 2 combos at least and in paper.

[Syzygian]

I was under the impression it was a much higher dps increase to use 2x DA-Souleaters v 1x DA-C&S. 2x 400pot v 1x450pot. Any math to back up that you should be using DA C&S at all, and not for the MP to get another DA-Souleater?

Its not about potency its about MP to potency ratio.

Two DA SE's is 140x2 280 increase per 2 DAs, 1 C&S is +350 per DA.

C&S is your DPS priority every single time in a single-target scenario, over everything.

[Kietsu]

Whats your problem with royal authority? Out of the 13 lvl 60 skills I'd probably put it 5th in overall usefulness

It's a great skill, it's just not particularly impressive and doesn't hugely change gameplay (despite how often you end up pressing it)

[Ninster]

On a side note, why is this described as a "three-fold attack"? Ninjas get Dream Within A Dream and the two skills are apparently VERY different in the way damage is calculated.

[Kietsu]

Because of the (really neat) animation.
It's a bit weird because FFXIV tooltips are usually absolutely devoid of flavour text.

[Confidence_Trick]

I'm not a fan of the Carve and Spit animation; it all looks rather weak. It's not like Fell Cleave, Inner Beast or Goring Blade where you really feel like you're slicing through your enemy's defences.

[Syzygian]

I'm not a fan of the Carve and Spit animation; it all looks rather weak. It's not like Fell Cleave, Inner Beast or Goring Blade where you really feel like you're slicing through your enemy's defences.

I dunno, looks rather epic to me. Sounds like a personal problem.