Shiva.Ladyofhonor said:
»A bit late to this, but Idris owners, is it better to go with a /mage or /dnc for your damage? And do you get the +magdmg/MAB from an offhand club? And if so, would you nuke harder with Idris/119 offhand than with a staff?
Nuking and physical DDing are both much stronger /Dnc. The MAB/MDmg from your offhand does work for nukes and magical WSs. The main issue is you lose all semblance of a mage as we use them. You can't backup cure, you can't haste, you can't Dia, you can't enfeeble, you can't grav/bind kite, etc. You're essentially giving up all of your toys to become a stronger DD, but Geo typically isn't brought as a DD. And even going all out, you won't compete with other DDs on a serious level. You can provide a non-negligible amount of additional DDing, but giving up everything that /Rdm brings for it is steep on most content, unless you've got other players that are ready to take up those roles.