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    Quote Originally Posted by Hyrist View Post
    I've quite a bit of MMO experience, and I've had more than a few experiences to the contrary of your statement Malix.

    But ignoring that, what you are forgetting, simply, is that Power Creep, the circumstance you are describing in which monsters are they are released get progressively stronger to challenge players who get better and better builds, works both ways.

    Just as I have a different set for high-evasion monsters, and intended build progression path, so too would Rail's gear change as more gear becomes available. The previously stated value isn't a static number for eternity. It's not as if she doesn't already have her eyes on the Flame Lt's Spear, which, by the way gives even Garuda's Beak a run for its money. (With me as a Gridanian... hmm. Awell!)

    As far as Accuracy in situations in which you have limited attack windows. I would agree on insuring accuracy. But, to be blunt, the only Primal that gets reliable attendance is Moogle - and that does give a good bit of standing DPS time, and at low Accuracy requirements to boot.

    The point of the matter is, however, you gear for what you do and in a straight standing DPS race, Dragoon doesn't benefit as much from max accuracy. As you move on to challenge higher things as your gear improves.

    That said, there is a bit of a misnomer on Garuda. Her attack Window is only limited in the first and second stages, no where near as problematic movement wise as Ifrit is. Once stage two is done, you're more or less straight DPSing. And her Jumps are more likely to break your chains than a miss is, in these circumstances.

    Anyways, I'm still narrowing down where the exact sweet spot is percentage wise, and of course that changes from target to target so it's quite hard to get a solid sample base.

    But like Mariya, I tend to have spare pieces of gear on hand for adjustments. (I've got adjustments on hand to emphasize crit chance, Accuracy, and - Emnity respectively, though, Rail has a far better - Emnity build than I do. I take soo much hate ; ; )
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    Firstly to Hyrist,
    The only content dragoons are generally accepted by is Garuda, Ifrit extreme and lol moogle. moogle you dont need to gear accuracy but the other 2 you do. dont get me wrong you can use dragoons on any fight you want (however chimera is debateable) but in an purely optimal setting those are the only 2 fights people would even consider using a dragooon.

    Now for MariyaShidou

    didnt think i had to dumb it down because i figured you knew what the definition of "nothing" was. i was in a group switched to drg had nothing on that gave acc and had 341 acc. But wait theres more, didnt you say you got 460+ with accessories alone? i believe you did. read your own posts before you read mines.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Malix View Post
    Firstly to Hyrist,
    The only content dragoons are generally accepted by is Garuda, Ifrit extreme and lol moogle. moogle you dont need to gear accuracy but the other 2 you do. dont get me wrong you can use dragoons on any fight you want (however chimera is debateable) but in an purely optimal setting those are the only 2 fights people would even consider using a dragooon.

    Now for MariyaShidou

    didnt think i had to dumb it down because i figured you knew what the definition of "nothing" was. i was in a group switched to drg had nothing on that gave acc and had 341 acc. But wait theres more, didnt you say you got 460+ with accessories alone? i believe you did. read your own posts before you read mines.
    "If I want I can get easily 460 Acc solo" is what I wrote. I also said that I have 371 Acc without Ring/Choker/Food/Materia for Acc buff. I don't even know why you're nitpicking on me, maybe because I have more Acc than you guys could have or something? Whatever, I'm playing the game casually and I seriously doubt that trying to compare with me would boost your ego much Full DL, triple/quad Grade IV melded gears I have seen them all, maybe you want to compare your stat to them. JP DRG also killed Garuda in full AF, 'nuff said.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MariyaShidou View Post
    "If I want I can get easily 460 Acc solo" is what I wrote. I also said that I have 371 Acc without Ring/Choker/Food/Materia for Acc buff. I don't even know why you're nitpicking on me, maybe because I have more Acc than you guys could have or something? Whatever, I'm playing the game casually and I seriously doubt that trying to compare with me would boost your ego much Full DL, triple/quad Grade IV melded gears I have seen them all, maybe you want to compare your stat to them. JP DRG also killed Garuda in full AF, 'nuff said.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MariyaShidou View Post
    "If I want I can get easily 460 Acc solo" is what I wrote. I also said that I have 371 Acc without Ring/Choker/Food/Materia for Acc buff. I don't even know why you're nitpicking on me, maybe because I have more Acc than you guys could have or something? Whatever, I'm playing the game casually and I seriously doubt that trying to compare with me would boost your ego much Full DL, triple/quad Grade IV melded gears I have seen them all, maybe you want to compare your stat to them. JP DRG also killed Garuda in full AF, 'nuff said.
    Thats all well and good but i hope u do realize that using acc accessories is gearing for accuracy. so basically i just wasted my time argueing with you lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Malix View Post
    Thats all well and good but i hope u do realize that using acc accessories is gearing for accuracy. so basically i just wasted my time argueing with you lol.
    Because there is a rule you can't have different gearing for different situation or something? Or that I can not change my stat around to my liking? "If I need to" is my keyword.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MariyaShidou View Post
    Because there is a rule you can't have different gearing for different situation or something? Or that I can not change my stat around to my liking? "If I need to" is my keyword.
    No, you are wrong.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MariyaShidou View Post
    Because there is a rule you can't have different gearing for different situation or something? Or that I can not change my stat around to my liking? "If I need to" is my keyword.
    Did you even read what i said? could of sworn i was talkin bout garuda
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    Quote Originally Posted by Malix View Post
    Firstly to Hyrist,
    The only content dragoons are generally accepted by is Garuda, Ifrit extreme and lol moogle. moogle you dont need to gear accuracy but the other 2 you do. dont get me wrong you can use dragoons on any fight you want (however chimera is debateable) but in an purely optimal setting those are the only 2 fights people would even consider using a dragooon.
    Ifrit is more important on it than Garuda as Garuda provides more straight DPS time, especially if you're attempting to skip. But you do need more accuracy to hit the sweet spot regardless with Garuda, as she's higher evasion by and large with Ifrit, aside from Extreme which you said is a minority event anyways. I do have to give props that the developers are starting to realize they have to make mechanics that stress the importance of a balanced group.

    Ifrit you want 100% simply because you don't have the time for extended combos. Garuda gives far better tells for her skills.

    A side-note - I did state previously that I am not in a Hardcore shell so 'optimal build mention' is irrelevant to the discussion. The game is currently balanced around a party of the 7 base classes with 1 flex position - and they're getting better at putting emphasis on that. I'm hoping by the time they come out with Battle Regime again the concept of class stacking will seem ineffective by comparison, but that doesn't stop my approach.

    Ultimately the emphasis on loot over people is the reason why I stay away from hardcore groups. They won't hesitate to marry you to a class or job that you don't enjoy because it measures out as a better job for the role. My approach is the inverse, you chose a Class/Job you chose to excel at and you focus on being the best it can - regardless if it's the favorite of the patch or not. Thus, my concern isn't the popularity of the job, but rather what I can do to make it effective. For Chimera, I might just go Lancer to equip Maim - (if I do the run at all, I don't think the shell is interested really. I am though, being told the job is unpopular presents me with a challenge.)

    This means various builds for various fights, and looking for all the little quirks that can eek out a bit more performance.

    You let the person come to their own conclusion of having more than one job available for the group - something that will get easier to do once Classes have more than one Job attached to them.
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    Last edited by Hyrist; 07-13-2012 at 10:47 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hyrist View Post
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    Ifrit is more important on it than Garuda as Garuda provides more straight DPS time, especially if you're attempting to skip. But you do need more accuracy to hit the sweet spot regardless with Garuda, as she's higher evasion by and large with Ifrit, aside from Extreme which you said is a minority event anyways. I do have to give props that the developers are starting to realize they have to make mechanics that stress the importance of a balanced group.

    Ifrit you want 100% simply because you don't have the time for extended combos. Garuda gives far better tells for her skills.

    A side-note - I did state previously that I am not in a Hardcore shell so 'optimal build mention' is irrelevant to the discussion. The game is currently balanced around a party of the 7 base classes with 1 flex position - and they're getting better at putting emphasis on that. I'm hoping by the time they come out with Battle Regime again the concept of class stacking will seem ineffective by comparison, but that doesn't stop my approach.

    Ultimately the emphasis on loot over people is the reason why I stay away from hardcore groups. They won't hesitate to marry you to a class or job that you don't enjoy because it measures out as a better job for the role. My approach is the inverse, you chose a Class/Job you chose to excel at and you focus on being the best it can - regardless if it's the favorite of the patch or not. Thus, my concern isn't the popularity of the job, but rather what I can do to make it effective. For Chimera, I might just go Lancer to equip Maim - (if I do the run at all, I don't think the shell is interested really. I am though, being told the job is unpopular presents me with a challenge.)

    This means various builds for various fights, and looking for all the little quirks that can eek out a bit more performance.

    You let the person come to their own conclusion of having more than one job available for the group - something that will get easier to do once Classes have more than one Job attached to them.
    When you actually kill Ifrit you can come and "try" to give advice again. Stop trying to give OP bad info. Also there is really no reason to carry around tons of different gear on drg, no, there really isn't stop trying to argue that there is for some reason. Specially considering that you can get enough acc while also being at stat caps. Please for the love, just shut up. Kthxbye

    oh and No, you are wrong.
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    Last edited by Eliseus; 07-13-2012 at 11:27 PM.