Garuda Weapons are weaker than Mog!!

[Frein]

I'll repeat: dev team knows more than you do. Do you really think Garuda weapons would be unquestionably inferior to Ifrit weapons? There's more than one way to play. Damage per hit is the not the only way. Try testing first with different setups and then come to that conclusion. Until then its the usual hot air that blows around on forums because players think themselves smarter than the development team.

I'll take this bet any day of the week. The only thing, as far as I can see, that could save the Garuda weapons is if the wind damage proc is insane. You have far too much faith in the dev team always knowing what they're doing. Here's a pro tip: They don't.

[Chinook]

You can't really WS more with a good rotation because of timers on most DoW jobs, so that doesn't make up for lower damage rating despite better DPS that doesn't take weaponskills into account.

[Treach]

arc/brd got shafted hard on garuda weapons lol, dunno why other jobs only lose a little base damage compared to ifrits but they lose 31 base damage.

[Raubahn]

arc/brd got shafted hard on garuda weapons lol, dunno why other jobs only lose a little base damage compared to ifrits but they lose 31 base damage.

Cuz they have arrows

[Treach]

Cuz they have arrows

Ifrits bow 102 base damage, garudas bow 71 base damage.

Arrows work for both bows.

herpaderp.

[Raubahn]

Ifrits bow 102 base damage, garudas bow 71 base damage.

Arrows work for both bows.

herpaderp.

Grrr u got me :P

[Kayokane]

Ifrits bow 102 base damage, garudas bow 71 base damage.

Arrows work for both bows.

herpaderp.

using cobalt arrows (56 Damage) for the DPS calculation, (based on patch notes):

Mischievous Mogbow: (100+56)/4.2=37DPS
156/4.2
37.14
Ifrit's Bow: (102+56)/4.3 = 37DPS
158/4.3
36.74
Guarda's Spine: (71+56)/3.1=41DPS
127/3.1
40.96

[northernsky]

using cobalt arrows (48 Damage) for the DPS calculation, (based on patch notes):

Mischievous Mogbow: (100+48)/4.2=35DPS
148/4.2
35.23
Ifrit's Bow: (102+48)/4.3 = 35DPS
150/4.3
34.88
Guarda's Spine: (71+48)/3.1=38DPS
119/3.1
38.38

Problem is that archer does not have auto-attack so you rarely actually attack at that rate (and it will cost more arrows per unit of damage lol)

Anyway, regardless of stats, the idea behind is also to give a "personality" to those different weapons, which corresponds to the primal we get them from. This includes look, different stats bonus, and different trade-offs.

It totally makes sense that Garuda weapons are quicker and have higher DPS, but the trade-off is lower WS damage. It remains to be seen what the overall damage will be, but the primal weapons were presumably designed to be overall nearly equally strong.

[Phrozen]

garuda better hurrrrrrrr

[Raubahn]

Keep in mind that i dont intend to Disgrace Garuda weapons i only put "Garuda Weapons are weaker than mogs" cuz i want to get ur attention
Have fun and btw
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