I find myself sam/dnc alot for camapaigns, and it always nets me the most xp/points.
But here's some questions to help make it better.
Bull necklace > all neck on ws?
Rose strap > double attack grip?
Sonja's Plectrum > all?
What is your pulling method?
hasso/seigan, when do you use or switch?
What other equipment will give me better scores, and more solo potential?
I see alot of SAMs using the hachiman stuff, but I'm not sure it would be better.
Here's mine:
TP:
soboro/pole/x/t.sting
wala/pcc/fowl/brutal
haub+1/dusk/raja/toread
cuch/swift/shinH/fumaS
WS:
- -/- -/- -/- -
wyvern/bull/trium/trium
kirin/alk/- -/flame
- -/warw/forthDS/marine
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#2Jajuzza,
Posted: Feb 10 2010 at 6:47 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) 90% of sam's suck at campaign mostly beacuse they dont have an eva/parry set and dont know how to use ja's.
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Bull necklace > all neck on ws?
Rose strap > double attack grip?
Sonja's Plectrum > all?
Rose strap > double attack grip?
Sonja's Plectrum > all?
yes, for campaign
yes, if it lets you wear more haste (where's the byakkos?)
yes for /DNC always (tied with rosen+1 for non-campaign)
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What is your pulling method?
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hasso/seigan, when do you use or switch?
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What other equipment will give me better scores, and more solo potential?
Making a +VIT macro for cures is important, but I'm assuming you're already doing that?
Edited, Feb 10th 2010 10:08am by shintasama
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jajuzza wrote:
90% of sam's suck at campaign mostly beacuse they dont have an eva/parry set and dont know how to use ja's.
Yeah.... No
Taking a break.
Not having an 'Eva/parry' set isn't going to make you suck at campaign. An Eva/haste set would have more bearing, and only on special occasions.
Taking a break.
#7Jajuzza,
Posted: Feb 11 2010 at 8:44 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Sorry but i see alot of sam's droping like flies using hauby/ochiudo, or...turn their back after 1 ws.
Why do you even consider CN a hard zone? I use some -eva just so I'd take more dmg (gives points) to cure (gives more points) and WS when I get over 100% tp (can't spend it fast enough). For 90%+ of mobs in campaign a defensive set is completely unnecessary.
That being said, I have (and recommend having) a eva/parry/-dmg set that I use for bosses, but I wouldn't really use it for anything else.
That being said, I have (and recommend having) a eva/parry/-dmg set that I use for bosses, but I wouldn't really use it for anything else.
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with haste you can have fun in starter zone
What do you mean by "starter zone"? I've never gotten the impression that any zone was any more difficult than another, barring Northlands maybe. All of the regular mobs and many of the NMs can easily be handled as SAM/DNC in haste build. Do you not use Soboro? Maybe then I could see it being a little rougher since Drain Samba is going to be doing less for you. I still bet you could solo with a haste build.
Did nobody pick up on the soboro/pole grip setup?
get a platinum grip or preferably the +1 for campaign. Stuns 5% of the time ish. Can be a god send for soloing campaign mobs.
Don't use pole grip with soboro. Practically anything is better.
get a platinum grip or preferably the +1 for campaign. Stuns 5% of the time ish. Can be a god send for soloing campaign mobs.
Don't use pole grip with soboro. Practically anything is better.
On that note, why brutal on WS or at all if soboro (Shinta)?
Replace with STR for ws and ACC for tp (dependant on player lvl vs mob).
Replace with STR for ws and ACC for tp (dependant on player lvl vs mob).
75RDM 75MNK 75NIN 75RNG 75WAR 75SAM
55SMN 53DNC 51THF 46WHM 50DRK 40BLM
MNK TP/Asuran Denjin
SAM TP/YGK
55SMN 53DNC 51THF 46WHM 50DRK 40BLM
MNK TP/Asuran Denjin
SAM TP/YGK
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On that note, why brutal on WS or at all if soboro?
Soboro's double or triple attack doesn't proc on WS, so using brutal for WS with soboro is still a good idea.
The only reason to use it in TP would be if you need it for a 6-hit for whatever reason.
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Amasido wrote:
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On that note, why brutal on WS or at all if soboro?
The only reason to use it in TP would be if you need it for a 6-hit for whatever reason.
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#14Jajuzza,
Posted: Feb 13 2010 at 2:55 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I do use soboro and yes brutal only on ws, can get nice 800 gekko :D
Not that i have anything against Taru's, but i'm so glad i'm not one.
If anything, I wish I was a Galka for my job choices, but i'll sort that out for FFXIV.
If anything, I wish I was a Galka for my job choices, but i'll sort that out for FFXIV.
Taking a break.
I love the Rose Strap in Campaign:
Rose, Rajas, AF+1 pants, Brutal, Hachi hands, and +1 STP somewhere else (Ecphoria/Chiv Chain) and you've got a 5-hit with Soboro.
Fun times playing with that set up.
Rose, Rajas, AF+1 pants, Brutal, Hachi hands, and +1 STP somewhere else (Ecphoria/Chiv Chain) and you've got a 5-hit with Soboro.
Fun times playing with that set up.
And we don't ask the Dark Knights to tank just because they have Warrior subbed. That would take their attention away from standing in the front and missing.
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Is there any use with switching any items out for Evasion when soloing on /DNC?
Personally, I haven't used any evasion for campaign and seem to do just fine unless I get in over my head. However, I haven't tried evasion setups to test their merits.
Personally, I haven't used any evasion for campaign and seem to do just fine unless I get in over my head. However, I haven't tried evasion setups to test their merits.
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Is there any use with switching any items out for Evasion when soloing on /DNC?
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Winston Churchill wrote:
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Jajuzza wrote:
90% of sam's suck at campaign mostly beacuse they dont have an eva/parry set and dont know how to use ja's.
Why teh eff would you use an evasion/parry set for campaign battles?
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#20Jajuzza,
Posted: Mar 09 2010 at 7:40 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Do you know another way surviving harder mobs?
Jajuzza wrote:
Campaign
Jajuzza wrote:
harder mobs
At 75, I don't understand. SAM/DNC with body boost...I definitely don't understand.
Edited, Mar 10th 2010 9:23am by ThiefKiller
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Does anyone know if you get exp from HP healed by drain samba? Or by using it are you wasting exp from having less HP to heal using waltz?
Has anyone parsed their acc in campaign? I've recently been doing it a bunch while lfp at lvl 64, and it hasn't seemed all that bad. Being that 75s have 11 lvls and better gear over me, I'm surprised i haven't fought anything that has made me go "wtf I can't hit this sh*t!". Granted, it's just eyeballed, but with that much of a lvl difference you'd think it would be more noticable.
You dont get exp from samba healed hp, but you probably get some when you actually activate samba.
Jajuzza wrote:
Yea some ppl never understand, some do...you dont.
lol. Oh the Irony.
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Jajuzza wrote:
You dont get exp from samba healed hp,
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Doesnt an optimal build differ per person, really?
I for instance dont have any use for a rose strap, because it doesnt add another hit to my setup. It brings me from 20.41% to 23.01%. Where as for someone else, it might just make him get 20%.
Bull Necklace has more STR for your weaponskills, there's no reason why you shouldnt make an additional macro bar for special campaign gear switches.
But outside of that, someone might prefer an evasion setup. Others rely on all out DD with Third Eye. Someone else might, altana forbid, sub /NIN.
It really all depends on what you want to want to use. Someone with a Polearm will want something diffirent from someone who has a 5-hit GK setup, or a multi-hit Soboro for that matter.
In the end, you're in campaign by yourself. Some of us might laugh at you if you decide to use something completely rediculous, but in the long run, it really doesnt matter what you do in campaign. You're not hurting any of us by making campaign last longer.
So why not just do what you think yourself is best?
I for instance dont have any use for a rose strap, because it doesnt add another hit to my setup. It brings me from 20.41% to 23.01%. Where as for someone else, it might just make him get 20%.
Bull Necklace has more STR for your weaponskills, there's no reason why you shouldnt make an additional macro bar for special campaign gear switches.
But outside of that, someone might prefer an evasion setup. Others rely on all out DD with Third Eye. Someone else might, altana forbid, sub /NIN.
It really all depends on what you want to want to use. Someone with a Polearm will want something diffirent from someone who has a 5-hit GK setup, or a multi-hit Soboro for that matter.
In the end, you're in campaign by yourself. Some of us might laugh at you if you decide to use something completely rediculous, but in the long run, it really doesnt matter what you do in campaign. You're not hurting any of us by making campaign last longer.
So why not just do what you think yourself is best?
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Doesnt an optimal build differ per person, really?
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I don't believe in good guys versus bad guys anymore… I only see a plethora of states acting in self interest… with varying ethics and moral standards of course, but self-interest nonetheless
Winston Churchill wrote:
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things
Sir CorLeonisX wrote:
Has anyone parsed their acc in campaign? I've recently been doing it a bunch while lfp at lvl 64, and it hasn't seemed all that bad. Being that 75s have 11 lvls and better gear over me, I'm surprised i haven't fought anything that has made me go "wtf I can't hit this sh*t!". Granted, it's just eyeballed, but with that much of a lvl difference you'd think it would be more noticable.
Most campaign mobs have really low evasion. LVL 75 1 handers can get away with wearing STR rings, etc. As a Thf, I usually full-time my feint build (which is primarily haste, str and attack) and eat meat.
Edited, Mar 16th 2010 1:57pm by ThiefKiller
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