What's your playstyle/gear setup?

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I'd like to see legitimate parsing done with your claim as I've not seen anything (in our tests) that correlates with that statement. Iron Swallowtail with 30Atk, even with 30% slashing is still less damage than Silver at 4 more Atk and 6 more Acc. The only way I can see Red Coral being better than Silver on Uraeus is because he is Earth based and Water > Earth in XIV. Water < Fire in XIV so I don't see how you can say Red Coral for Haughtplox.

Not all mobs are weak to piercing right.

Some arrows simply do more dmg on specific mobs. Sure it's not mind blowly dfferent so sticking to a single type isn't the end of the world.

Hell even the guild tells you about the benifits of specific arrows.

Bah formating problems.


Remember this pic?

Iron arrows, for regular battles
Silver arrows, for undead
Obsidian arrows, to pierce magic barriers
Swallowtail arrows, for giant beasts
Poison arrows, for long battles
Triple arrow, for battles against multiple foes

(yeah I know there not all in the game and alot of what SE says is BS) but it's hard not to notice the difference of Iron swallowtail on GB.