Axe MeritsFollow

Hi everyone, I've recently started picking my WAR back up, and I'm currently level 47. I've always liked dual axes, and really look forward to getting Rampage, but my question is, is it worth meriting axe beforehand?

My DRK is 75 and I would have no problem meriting axe to get Rampage a bit sooner. How much sooner could I get Rampage with full axe merits? Or would it even be any sooner at all?

Much better off meriting great axe. Even with axe merits, you won't be using meat.

with 5 axe merits you could get rampage at 53 (4 is enough actually but this is also assuming you get to party at 53 and not level sync lower than that the entire level, therefor completely defeating the purpose you originally had). the better question is this, why would you want to put all those merits into axe just to take them off and put them on gaxe?

i can tell you without a doubt, gaxe is better. i had axe merits from my bst when i leveled my war. 1hd axes are great until you hit 60, then they fall off. i already had a tungi at 60 but i only used it for 1 party. i compared it to my gaxe at like 62-63 and never looked back.

my advise: get gaxe merits if you are serious about warrior and not about 1hd axes. it would do you much better getting RR a level or two earlier than it would getting rampage. cap your skills on both weapons beforehand since you already have that option. from 55-59 rampage is greater than everything except for polearm but even that may be debatable.

Sadly, as he's talking about his warrior, this isn't overly relevant, except that A+ and A- weapons are at the same cap until lvl 60? So actually, yeah, I take it back, it is relevant because any "higher base skill" arguments don't work in this case.

But, as others have said, I'd just merit GA. Shield Break is sexy if your pt needs help; Penta and crab sushi will do better than rampage on Lolibri and Puks if it doesn't. And by extention of what I said earlier, the gap between B and A weapons in the 50s isn't really that huge.

Well, for the 50s and low 60s, I used Polearm basically the entire time. Would recommend it. Got way better averages out of penta than I did from RR until about 65/66. Plus when you decide to 2hr for sh*ts you can crank out ~1.8k pentas.

Fun stuff.

Axes are still a very strong option for warrior if you are from 55 to 59 ( IE< Rampage, but no Raging Rush ), and arent doing birds.

If you are doing birds, polearm is your best bet.

Even at these levels, Great Axe and Shield Break will be very strong.

Full axe merits will get you Rampage at 53. Since you will only have 5 merits active, its +10 to skill and 53 is the lowest your skill surpasses 165.

I will however go with everyone else here and say: Your best bet is to keep to great axe. Dual axes are fun, but they are useful for a very short time on your way to 75, and are much harder to make work at 75.

Yeah I am so sad because i have 6 axe merits and have not used them in MONTHS.

I am sitting at 4 dagger, 4 sword, 6 GAX, 6 Axe.

I am now in a big debate about not whether I drop Axe merits but by how much....

I am really thinking of at least 1 from Axe to Gax, (just because then I would have 290, which I need to break 90% acc (no Ber/Agr).

/sigh what to do...

I pray for this in every update; and in every update, I am disapointed :(

If he's not using axes, but he is still using his thief, why should he keep merits for a weapon he isn't using, but drops ones for weapons he does use? Thiefs may not be invited to major fights for their omgwtf DDing, but a weapon you use is doing more damage than one you don't. And on occassions where you do care about DDing, dagger merits is surely doing more for thf than other jobs get from merits, due to their lack of native acc and attack bonuses. I mean, if you're gonna be hitting a mob anyway, might as well do what you can to take it count, right?

This de-rail brought to you by one tired kid who wishes his thf got a little more respect and support, both from players and from SE.

Edited, Jul 7th 2009 12:17am by MithraDooom

Dagger merits for THF are about as useful as katana merits, you'll never swing at something that matters and you'll still be outparsed in merit parties.

I KNOW, I'M HARSH