Thinking of making an MRD/THM

[JasonMarkle]

This is what I'm doing, and it works quite well. It's heavily dependent on how you lay your stats out. Remember that you're going to want to pump at least about 80-85 points into piety by the time you're rank 50 and you'll be able to stick a lot of debuffs. On top of that you have Siphon MP II, Siphon TP, and Sac III. Also you can buy Transcendence to raise your affinity with Thaumaturge abilities on your MRD which will help you stick your enfeebs more frequently, and make your cure's and siphons more potent as well. Also, remember regardless of class Siphon MP works best on a mob after it's dead and the body is still laying there.

[Zenaku]

for now ya mar/drk but 6month --1year you you can just unlock the job dark knight by the look of the interview i hoping they go with get a class 50 and you can do a quest to unlock job A or B i don't really enjoy the tree thing that much.

[Koga]

I Open (Invigoriate) follow up with abs-acc/atk/def(meanwhile my tp regens) & i will even open with scourge 2 to lower dark resistances , i use 4 darksilver rings & have 80 pie at 36 MRD. highest Maim on a tough mob is about 600~700 dmg~ with certain buffs like fero/RR(1) its important to remember absorb-def also increases your damage as well as abs-attack. Pair all these skills with fast cast and MP resorting abilities (stygian spikes if soloing or siphon MP in PT)Cure2/Sac2 it happens very fast. (3/4 of the time my debuffs land)

[Griss]

I have been having a fair amount of success with absorbs but due to my lowish pie (39) i have to use dark seal to stick them at a decent rate. Guess i could make the jump to 4 darksilver rings and rejigger my stats a bit more. My only real issue with them is there short duration.

[Rentahamster]

My only real issue with them is there short duration.

Yeah, that's a big problem. Why even bother if the buff is only going to last 1 minute?

[Roaran]

The problem is, cross classing is only useful when the class your using to supplement your main is not present in a party. So usually solo or duoing. In addition, they're fairly ineffective as well.

That doesn't mean its still not useful to level a caster class for the attribute traits. But, other than those traits, you won't find many reasons that would justify leveling another class, as your main class's abilities are better suited for your role.

[Radaghast]

I'm confused, are you referring to just leveling a caster class for abilities or all other classes in general? Just off the top of my head raging strike, cadence, invigorate, and ferocity are all abilities you'd want from other classes as a marauder alone.

[Lucilu]

I play duo most of the time and the absorb spells work nice in this setting as well as cure II and sac II. But in a regular party they don't seem to come into play much.

[popdai]

It's not so bad!

As MRD50 I have 122 Piety with Asceticism I and II and 4 Malachite Rings.
85% of the times the Absorbs spells inside BR are working with big NMs.
It's pretty cool and "different" from standards!

[Grundy]

I think you are doing MRD an injustice trying to turn it into a DRK. At level 50, with Hawks Eye, Raging Strike, Ferocity II and Bloodbath II plus Maim I don't need to use Cure II and Sac II much at all. If you are clever and on the ball, Fracture II and Skull Sunder II are all you'll need to wear a mob down, if you HP is getting low pop Comrade in Arms and Invigorate to quickly max your TP and hit the mob with Maim. I've done a 1700+ Maim giving me back 900 HP with Bloodbath II. On occasion I will use Absorb Acc if I find the mob is too evasive.

Marauder is a damage constant with good tanking and some support skills (Skull Sunder and Disorient). It is a great tank or a great (consistent) dps job, it's definitely not a DRK.