Gold Musketeer's Uchigatana  

Just thought I'd add my experiences for anyone curious about what weapon to use at this level.

I used the GMU for roughly three levels of experience before a friend suggested the level 56 Great Katana; the Raikiri(DMG 69, Acc+3, 437 Delay, Thunderstorms: Attack +10, and the dreaded Decreases Movement Speed), may be better. The Raikiri, on my server (Leviathan) went for 80k as opposed to the GMU's 200k, so I figured it was worth a shot. So I took it with me to my next exp parties(Level 63ish, Diremites in Aydeewha Subteranne, and later on Processionaires in Boyahda Tree)

Using both weapons equally throughout parties, and then testing it out on various mobs of ranging difficulty for a few hours solo, I can tell you that the Raikiri is actually better. The delay is the selling point of the GMU, usually. You will not even notice the difference in delay between this and the Raikiri; it seems almost exactly the same. Next, damage. I was hitting for an average 15-20 more damage per hit using the Raikiri. My accuracy seemed roughly the same as well, with +38 accuracy in gear and Madrigal from a Bard(this is nothing different from usual as I static with a Bard). Given that the added Earth damage almost never procs anyway, I have say that hands down, the Raikiri is better than this, especially if on your server, the price is lower than the GMU. Not to mention the potiential +10 extra attack you can get in Thunder weather, which kicked in a few times for me in Tree and I got numbers even higher; roughly +30 more damage in place of the 15-20. Besides... it's a sexy blue and gold color. ^^

The only drawback is, of course, the decreased movement speed. This is an annoyance for those of us who like to Meditate as we enter an area and have TP ready when we begin, but it's not -that- big a hinderance to just take it off while you're running.

Hope this helps out; the 60 range gives a variety of choices in weaponry for SAM. ^^

I have a GMU, which I upgraded for Koryukagemitsu(sp?). Belive it or not this GK has a better Attk, but not by much (I like the look and damge this does anyways ^^ . Taking this into consideration with the shorter delay over the +3 str on the Daihannya with the higher delay, I assume this will do better with more hits for more dot, but take more swings to get 100tp. However, the +3 str for the weaponskill would be nice, but without the +4 acc for Yukikaze, I wonder how often you will hit.


Edited, Sep 26th 2007 4:59pm by Acidbyrn

Now if I have all kinds of acc+ gear and acc+ food, it seems that Daihannya > GMU.... any thoughts on this?

Checked today on this...this is 100k on Kujata.

And wouldnt you know it, none in stock. Although there where 2 sold in Jueno today...can wait to get one.

This great katana may be better than zanbato due to the low delay and the accuracy up... I prefer Zanbato though, just because ive been using Uchigatanas and Tachis for all my SAM job @_@;