Imponderable Imponderables

[rant]What I wanna know is why DNC has so few choices as far as weapons go. Jesus Christ SE, moar DNC weapons please!

DNC really does get the shaft on gear, wtf...[/rant]

Carry on...

Wow, I never thought about that being all types of damage -%... Now I know what I need to keep with me on SAM and PLD when I see any ancient magic coming my way if I can't run away! xD Oh the possibilities..

[EDIT: I was trying to add in links, and I accidentally hit delete instead of edit. Reposted with the changes I originally wanted to add]

I concur with Dizzmal, a good PLD knows that fighting certain mobs may require an occasional change in gear and tactics. Sword and Shield will always be our bread and butter, as such a good PLD will always keep them close at hand. However if you're endeavoring to kite or super tank, using the E/Terra Staff or the I.R. Lance is the way to go.

While on the subject of Ultima, this is setup that I used and I was only taking 900-1000 from Citadel Buster. Granted I also had a fully merited Shell V on me, but the gear helped out alot. One last point to make that when using the above gear set, I didn't FT tank in it. I only swapped into it once I saw the TP move being readied in the log.

One last thing... I trust people understand when they see a piece of gear (like the I.R. Lance) has damage mitigation as a trait, IF it only says -X% damage THEN all sources are covered (including physical, magical, breath, non-elemental).

I moved my MDB inquiry/ discussion to this thread.

[rant]What I wanna know is why DNC has so few choices as far as weapons go. Jesus Christ SE, moar DNC weapons please!

DNC really does get the shaft on gear, wtf...[/rant]

Agreed, our only options are a weapon that's really expensive (Azoth) really, really hard to get (Ermine's Tail) or doesn't exist(Khimaira/Amir/Adder Jambiya) And why are there decent daggers (Zareehkl Jambiya/Paladium Dagger) that BLM and SCH can use but DNC can't?!

Why can't people realize that PLDs = DDs, BLMs = tanks, THFs = puller and PUP = the best?

Hey man, I gotta agree on the PLD being a decent DD who can tank in a pinch in small-group endgame situations. Think Nyzul Boss runs. That being said, tanking gear with a different weapon =/= DD setup. Think RDMs in campaign wearing full errant's and trying to melee *facepalm*

THF, you know really exists for SATA. I'm tired of THFs who stand there plunking off 5-6 bolts at the start of a fight while all the other DDs are gimping themselves so they don't mess up the SATA alignment, while the first voke is getting their *** handed to them (woo~)
And, hey. Whether BLM is meant to tank or not, they do it all the time anyway cuz they don't know how to pepper a few small nukes rather than using their biggest and flashiest ones, wearing their MP pool down to nothing casting spells the mobs are strong against. Then they /heal for a fight or two and ruin the xp chain @.@

But I gotta agree PUP is freakin' awesome. Had a party the other day with WHM pup, BLM pup, RNG pup and WAR pup, and then me as DNC and a PLD. Yeah we kicked serious butt. It was fun as heck, too. You just gotta remember that 2/3 of the job's power is in that cute little thing going clink-clink and clipping the mob while bonking it in the face with a trashcan lid. I <3 my Comedie.

Am I going anywhere with this? Not really. Just felt like replying ^^

I believe the +56 is without any additions, ie no Cornette +1 or merits.

Only Physical damage -20% not Pure Damage :p
Earth staff would be epic win if it were -20% damage period lol. D.ring x2 for 20k? hell yeah...

if that was the case, earth staff would be 20 million instead of 20k.

I'm sure as hell not one of those THF's lol

I only try one shot, an Acid Bolt, try to lower some Def at the start. Hit or miss, I don't shoot again.
Can't say I've seen a Thf do that above example though.

No, it wouldn't lol. Earth ores are entirely too common for Estaff price to ever even if it had dmg down -40%, ever be worth much more than it currently is.

Supply > Demand = Low priced item. no matter what it is/does.

they'd probably gimp the success rate of the earth ores if that were true though lol... :<

if Earth Staff went from physical to total damage -20%, the demand for them will skyrocket (imagine all the poor PLDs, NINs, and DNCs, not to mention the lolrdm/blm/schs who didn't buy one cause they didn't think that it would be worth a damn). Demand > Supply = higher price