which weapon?

[Meatdawg]

I got my DRG to 50 last night and immediately wanted to try it out. So I got a good moogle group together and we had by chance invited a DRG with Garuda's Beak and some PIE an STR Melds. Looking at our gear alone, you would assume that he out DPS'ed me by far.

My Setup was something like:

Hart NQ w/ 16 STR
Grid Over Coat
Grid Cap
Drachen Gaunts
Drachen Breeches
Explorer's Boots
STR 15 Ring ACC15 Ring
Grid Necklace
STR +3 Wrists

W/ Sanction ect.

This player was also JP so he had a less delay then I did I'm sure.


Well anyway we get into the fight and from 2 different parsers, taking from three fights. I did about 2-4% more damage then him everytime. I actually did more damage then the BLMs in the fight.

Maybe the point I'm trying to make is that gear isn't 100% everything, makes me wonder if wasting all that time for a GC weapon would be ideal when I can just get a Hart+1 w/ 20 STR meld until I can pull off a Moogle/ Garuda's weapon

General rule of thumb here, never compare yourself to someone else when looking for the better weapon. Always compare yourself vs yourself.

Who knows if the other player is using PS3, correct food, pulling off his combos, or what... There are way too many factors at play here.