Magian GunsFollow

MAB (ice path) Mayhem +3. Thankfully, one of the easiest Magian weapons to make due to near constant Ule. Range ice weather. The big chunk of MAB is a nice boost to QD (which you're probably able to fire off frequently) plus it's a strong ranged weapon just due to good DMG. 6 more DMG is FAR more useful than R.Acc+6 on Miramar, you can easily make up the R.Acc with the copious amounts of huge R.Acc gear these days (Navarch hat/body/hands, Mirador trousers, Praeda Sabatons, etc.)

If you wanted a purely WS or /ra focused gun, you could also do a fire path Mayhem (R.Atk) or a pure WS focused gun (Anarchy with TP bonus, aka Martial Gun v.2.0). But in my eyes, the QD focused gun is overall more useful these days AND is easier to make, making it your first priority if you're not going for WOE/Empy guns.

Miramar (Coffinmaker v.2.0) is just a cheap AH hold-over until you get a better magian weapon. It's decent, but only until you make a better weapon.

Edited, Oct 6th 2011 5:29am by Anza

Would WS dmg+10% or TP+100 anarchy actually beat MAB mayhem for Leaden salute in Abyssea? If average LS dmg is 3k+ in Abyssea, WS dmg+10% adds another 300+ dmg, which is quite a lot, although I'm not sure if it beats MAB+10. Also note that TP+100 gun can also boost Leaden Salute dmg considerably, I was able to hit 3.3k in Abby with martial gun(TP bonus gun) without weather bonus/temp/roll. Although I'm not sure if TP+100 or dmg+10% is better or worse than MAB+10.


Personally I don't see much point in STR/rattk path. COR has very high WS frequency with save TP+regain roll, so it gains very little benefit from rattk+ during TP phrase. It really only benefits you when you use slug shot, then you may as well do Anarchy for Slug shot. Either 1) TP+100 Anarchy, which IMO better for harder content like Voidwatch if you're using slug since you gain TP so fast without shooting any bullets that high delay doesn't matter, and racc bonus when you WS is always important for higher lv content. Or 2) WS dmg+10% Anarchy, which is better in easier content like limbus/einherjar/nyzul etc.

And quite possibly use MAB mayhem for LS if you're doing Voidwatch outside of Abyssea, or when you do Dyna with elemental Obi equipped.



Edited, Oct 7th 2011 9:05pm by Afania

Don't use the WS damage 10% gun in Aby. Use it outside of Aby for now. Use the MAB gun in Aby since the MAB boosts QD and LS.
Outside of Aby the TP +100 suffers due to the fact that missing the mob with slugshot is unlikely these days due to high enough marksmanship skill. Given slugs can average 1.5-2.5k, there's little you can do gear wise that will get you 150-250 extra damage on a WS.

Voidwatch might be an exception where the bosses are high enough level to miss slugshot on. Since I don't plan on doing VWNM until I've completed my armageddon, it's not really an issue for me.

Doubt any of the magian guns will beat armageddon due to the aftermath (if you are actually shooting which you might be doing in a slugshot setting). Either the WS 10% dmg gun or the Fire elemental magian gun would come closest but have significant lower damage rating and no aftermath.

Of course if the question is Bedlam +2 vs. fire Mayhem +3 for slugshot, that's pretty legitimate.