How2LNC the Carraway Way

[carraway]

Doh my bad thought he was BG, but have you tested champions vs hart much?

Tested Champion's +2 (140 base dmg) vs Hart +1 (140 base dmg). With a difference of 8 atk, there was no observable difference.

As for other traits, I load up on: Axemanship, Bowmanship, Transcendence, and Seasoned Veteran (for Second Wind/Blindside). Will to Power II + Fleet of Foot + Prime Conditioning. 23/24 points~

[Epiphany808]

Great guide! Real helpful to my noobness! I was just wondering why you don't suggest Comrade in arms ? I don't do any endgame at all so i have no insight into any of it, I just thought the boosted tp gain for the rest of the party would help damage output.

[carraway]

From the perspective of someone doing Ifrit and strongholds, Comrade in Arms II is unfortunately a waste of a cooldown. Mobs either die too quickly (strongholds) or force you to value every single action (Ifrit). The TP gains from Comrade in Arms, to me, are not enough to justify the animation lock or the slot cost. It might be worth using if you assign the LNC in your party with the lowest DPS to maintain CiA uptime, which I hadn't thought of before you mentioned it, so thanks~

[Belial]

This is one of my favourite points about Lancer, it's good solid dps, but the TP monster within leaves some nice options available for future development. (I must admit... I was totally a SAM back in the day, so anything SAM/TP whore-related is right up my alley.)

[Epiphany808]

From the perspective of someone doing Ifrit and strongholds, Comrade in Arms II is unfortunately a waste of a cooldown. Mobs either die too quickly (strongholds) or force you to value every single action (Ifrit). The TP gains from Comrade in Arms, to me, are not enough to justify the animation lock or the slot cost. It might be worth using if you assign the LNC in your party with the lowest DPS to maintain CiA uptime, which I hadn't thought of before you mentioned it, so thanks~

Yah i was just wondering since I don't get the chance to do any endgame, thanks for the info ^.^v

[carraway]

Has anyone found Sipahi Gloves, Mercenary's Mitts, Mercenary's Slops, and can identify whether they are untradable (non-meldable) or tradable (meldable)?

[Murugan]

May not be worth mentioning for those who already do it. However for other archer converts it is important to note that, unlike Archer, buffs for melee classes can go on well before you Weapon skill. Ideally they should always be on cooldown. I find the biggest difference between people parsing ~20 and ~25+ using NQ Hart Guisarme is a few more buffed weapon skills.

Also even at 2999 TP you will be nearly 100 damage under your maximum I find so I always wait for a full 3k TP.

Though maybe not "required" Line of Fire in Strongholds is just fun when bowling with Doomspike II.

[ShinMetsu]

Damn you Carraway!

I was about to start writing my guide today...
But no point anymore i guess. Just did my testing yesterday..

Pretty much got same results as you.

[Meatdawg]

Has anyone found Sipahi Gloves, Mercenary's Mitts, Mercenary's Slops, and can identify whether they are untradable (non-meldable) or tradable (meldable)?

I can confirm that Sipahi Gloves are unique/untradable

[Krausus]

Has anyone found Sipahi Gloves, Mercenary's Mitts, Mercenary's Slops, and can identify whether they are untradable (non-meldable) or tradable (meldable)?

Sipahi Gloves – U'Ghamaro Copper Coffer
Mercenary's Mitts – Natalan Silver Coffer
Mercenary's Slops – U'Ghamaro Gold Coffer

Sorry can not verify if tradable im assuming by Meatdawgs post that all gloves are untradable and I assume the slops are untradable since they are a gold coffer item