Marauder's Knife  

should i use this dagger or the federation kukri?

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Edited, Aug 13th 2006 at 12:52am EDT by Umby

Sorry but I had to post this, I had read that at level 40 I could start the THF AF1, so I decided to read up on it.Did not sound like it was to difficult so I had a few hours to kill last night and did it. I was on my way to Sandy to OP to Valkurm and talk the to Galka, but then I remembered that he was gonna ask fo rthe damn stew, might as well get that first, so I warped off the airship back to jeuno and switched to THF40/NIN20, grabbed a bird and headed to Beaudeu. When I got there I pulled one with a bloody bolt, Missed, it cast Firega on me taking out my shadows, tried sleep bolts, missed every single shot I tried, lol my cross bow is like 30 so Not worth the 60K I dropped on 3 sets of bloody and sleep bolts, ( I was planning on being there a while and wanted to be prepared) So after about 3 failed attempts, on the forth attempt, it linked about 4 other quadaves, then is Binded me >.<. Luckely it did ot stick and wore before the gang could get a hit in. I slapped flee and began to hall ass to the zone, but why waste a good chance to Jack this Zircon Quadav I think it was, so I ran straight into the Group of Quadavs, (MAn my Evasion kicks ass ^^) ran upto the Zircon and hit Steal, then I saw the beautiful text, Duel obtains Quadav Strew. so I am 1/4. I tried the {Flee} then running upto them as they were csating but I had no success, maybe cause I did not get straight behind them. I STOLE IT WHILE FACE TO FACE BTW ^^ Yessser I am to lucky

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>>>>>> Run like hell up to it Use steal then run back to the zone.

Easy quest 1/5 steals ^^

THF FTW

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V-got it 2 seconds after i made previous post XXDD

I got my stew at lvl38 with the help of a lvl39 thf he pulled one down I went behind 1/2 np.
The 39thf on the other hand was 0/16.

This knife... is the best knife a thf can have until about lvl 50-55

Edited, Mon Oct 17 01:14:21 2005

grr... I hate you all. Currently 0/25+ that's including sleeping them and stealing from behind. Been here for over 2 hours /cry

*edit*

thanks haniblecter read your post after posting mine, walked in, seen a Bronze in range on the ledge, walked over, used steal and got it on the first attempt.

So the moral is DO NOT PULL FROM THE LEDGE
your probably better off waiting until one walks onto the metal steps


Edited, Wed Oct 12 18:14:49 2005

Hey its me yay.

I was lvl 37 with nin subbed i Ranged a Zircon Quadav from the upper Tier. Slept him then stole from behind. 1/1

Aight..hot 40 thf today.
So gonna solo this tomorrow as 60 mnk/30 thf. I'll farm some helms in the meantime prolly..lol. Until I get the friggin stew ^^ The beginning of a new set of AF has begun..yay.

Peace out

Scrolling through the responses here, I have seen a number of people asking if there is anything better to use at level 40. I cannot speak from experience, as my THF is still only level 37, but I would think that the Federation Kukri might be better than this knife when you are in areas outside your own nations control. The Fed. Kukri has the same DMG of 15, and a lower Delay of 182. It also has Accuracy +3. When in an area outside your nations control, you get Attack +7 from the Fed Kukri. I would say that Accuracy +3 and Attack +7 with same DMG and lower Delay outweigh 2 DEX and 2 AGI, especially when you consider all the other available bonuses to DEX and AGI out there (+21 and +16 respectively at level 37). That being said, this is a still a very good knife, and likely the better choice of the two when in an area your nation currently controls. Also, this one is free, whereas the Fed. Kukri is 50k at least on my server.

Edited, Wed Feb 16 14:48:52 2005

1st attempt: went to beadaux. tried the pulling method 5-6 times to no avail. I got nothing from any steal. tried engaging and not engaging. got pt invite so stopped.

2nd attempt: with a friend in rolanberry. he voked, i got behind and stole a beastcoin. Tried engaged and disengaged. silver beastcoin every time!

3rd attempt: beadaux. after 6 unsuccessful solo attempts with nothing stolen at all. i got too close to the edge and a silver agro'd me. I had heard that silver were the best to get from as they are thfs too. (why that matters idk). i didn't engage, but locked on to it and held the 6 on the key pad to run around it. it stopped to swing and i was behind it. I podged the steal macro and "voila" one stew!.

Key tips from my experience and advice i recieved while trying:
1) Beadaux, not rolanberry
2) take a friend, as it's easier to get behind if they take the aggro.
3) silvers are more likely to drop?

yup just got it 20 minutes ago pretty easy only took 6 tries to get it from a garnet quadav.

How long should a THF use this dagger (assuming they are single wield THF/WAR)

I am level 50 and the dagger isn't "cutting" it anymore for DMG

would this work if i went in as 64rdm/thf and just used steal so i wouldn't have to worry about agro and could even farm a bit???

Yep...... just missed for the 13th time, silver quadav unaggroed from behind. most of the time I steal it's like that, I dont know what it is. The only thing i coudl think of would be that i dont have quest yet, but yall all say yall have gotten it long before..... Feel for me?

I did this last night as a 34THF/17NIN, it was too damn easy, i stoled it from a bronze quadav, in my 2nd attempt, just range attk any bronze, zircon, silver and garnet quadavs, go near zone then steal from them, i recommend this cuase they are T at lvl 34, and magic hits very hard, i prefer bronze quadavs cause they are weaker, zircon casted on me thundaga 2 times, leaving me in red ><, while bronze only casted banish II doing little damage to me, forget about being behind, i already ranged attk him and then used steal only for a 2nd time :P, maybe i was just lucky

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HELLO.

Need to get your attn. Do not pull the quadav's off the ramp in beadaux. Just wait for them to come into steal range when you're one level bellow them. Your success rate will be ALOT higher than the saps who think you have to pull them off the ramp.

...alot higher.

Got super lucky on this one. My LS was working on rank 5 for a bunch of people, myself included. A couple of us were just hanging out near the entrance cause we had fallen off higher level or just came late and hung out there. Anyway, me and a RDM are just killing stuff at random when he pulls a Silver Quadav. I steal from it, completely forgetting that it drops this item I need for AF1, and abracadabra there it is. Now I just need to get level 40. Not gloating or anything, just trying to reassure those who may be having difficulties with it. Good luck.

i would dual wield this and the Theif's knfie. but i'm a Lv15 THF/ Lv7 WAR =(

sorry for double post BTW.
anyway, I didn't find it as easy as the others that posted before. I was in the beadeax area for about 2 hours. I was stealing from Silver, Garnet and Zircon as they were casting. for one fight I waited until the Zircon was a little lower on health, and he (she?) casted Ore Toss. it has the same charge time as the Goblin Bomb. my steal was succesful. Just thought I'd let everyone know in case you were having trouble as I was. I hope this was helpful.

First you go talk to Nanhaa Mingo in Windhurts Woods I think J-3. She gives you a letter then you go to Jueno and head to the Tenshodo you will need an ivite that can be purchased for the AH in Lower Jueno for about 2k. Once you use it you get it back so you can sell again or just give it to a friend. Tenshodo or whatever it is is located at Neptunes Spire to the left of the AH in Lower Jueno as you face it. Talk to the lady in front there and give her the Tenshodo invite once you gain access talk to the man that you see first once you enter Tenshodo. He will tell you to go to Selbina and Talk to a man. Enter Slebina and go up to the left to Shepard's Muster and talk to the Blonde gal behind the counter. She will say something and Sneaking Tiger will appear behind you. This big ugly Galka will then say he will sign the envelope if you get him some Qudav Stew. You can steal this on your way from Jueno just head out through Pashow in the lower SE corner of the Pashow Map. Steal a stew from any Qudav on the upper level you will know what I am talking about when you get there use a ranged and run to the zone then steal and zone. Just keep trying It took me 3 times. (This will save you a step if you are heading this way) Beadeux is the place to steal the stew. So take the stew back to the Sneaking Galka guy and he will give you the signed envelope to take back to Jueno (Tenshodo). Give it to the same guy through the Tenshodo doors and DING!! Free Marauder Knife. I hope this helps and I didn't leave anything out. If I did feel free to add to it. or ask me anything on Quetzacoatl.

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