hello guys. i am new to ffxi and am currently a drk50/nin25 i was wondering if anyone would like to help me get the AF please whwn i hit lvl 60 just send me a /tell i am in odin and my chars name is verdakis please help me and thank you very much
Well, I'm currently a lvl 47 DRK Elvaan... I am not rich however so I do not have snipers or luisant or anything worth more then maybe 100k >.>
Once I hit 50, I will have Life Belt, ACC+10, Royal Knights Mufflers, ACC+3, another ACC+3 ring, and about +5DEX... Should I use this scythe or will I simply miss every hit?
ok i've heard alot of ppl bashing this scythe because the -5 accuracy. well i'm here to tell you that unless your elvann this is the best sycthe to use till u hit lvl59 and get a vassago's. seriously the +25 attack teamed up with alot of str gear, and squid sushi will have u doing more damage than anyone else in your pt. don't bother with a demonslicer either, its garbage in comparison to the regular attack damage u will do with this weapon. your weapon skills might not be all that great but keep your dark magic capped and absorb spells can make up for the lack of dex, str ect.
Hehehe I definitly reccomend this weapon, I have had it since 49 and now I am 55 and still using it. My accuracy is crazy now, and yes my scythe is higher but I am a few points from capping it. Problem is I level to fast so my skillz never catch up.
lol, @ level 48 your scythe skill is supposed to be 147 capped, GS 147 as well... Seriously underlevelled, can't believe you haven't noticed this before =/
I am a level 43 DRK. At 49 my accuracy will be with Life Belt, Snipers ring x1, Luisant moufles, and Luisant Solerets, for a total of ACC +13. This and about 15 DEX with Sole sushi on. Do you think i will miss a lot with this? Thanks for your advice
i'm a 51 DRK and ive been useing Antilion Sickle since lvl 46. I've been tempted to use barbarian scythe, seeing i have life belt and other acc+ gear, that i shouldnt miss any less than i was. The most i've done with antilion sickle is 785 dmg on a Gobbie Tinker with Vorpal Scythe, Last Resort, Beserk, and Souleater, and from watching other darks, i should be doing atleast a lil more dmg than that at my level especially on too weak and easy. Ill post another one when i get it and do a lil experimentation... and possibly some tarus in Ballista >.>;
At first the 5 acc lost seems to make this weapon not worth it. But at that lvl i will have a life belt and snipers giving me 20 acc so i end up netting 15 acc and 25 att. definitely gonna pick it up for the 30k it goes for on pandy when i get my drk up to that lvl.
I use this weapon, its decent but you really will miss an IT mob a lot unless you use sole or squid sushi. Kinda got ninja tank a bit angry though when my ws pulled hate for the rest of the battle from about 1/3 of its hp remaining
I would have to dissagree because of the base dmg of the scythe is a lot higher than anything else around its lvl. On top of that the attack will help make yout attacks be more consistent. I mean what else could you use for around this lvl +3 acc hands? Your AF? Naw this is a good combo until your bone/bone+1 scythe. +1 acc is small very small but if you use snipers woods and sushi with capped scythe you should be attacking for at least 70% and with a very good damaging scythe too.
This scythe is THE scythe to use for any DRK from 49 until 58. I have +7 Acc *factoring in the -5 acc from the scythe* and +10 Dex and I hit IT mobs around 85% of the time. I've never had ANY trouble keeping up in the TP department and I really don't have that much of an Acc and Dex boost. The only drawback I can think of is that you have to hold back using Last Resort and Soul Eater because it's so easy to pull hate with this beast equipped. I've outdamaged most rangers I've partied with, with this weapon. ^^
so full of crap drk will never be able to out damage a ranger.
Hmmm. i think you never pleyed with a good DRK. I outdamaged the last 5 Rangers i was playing with. Crawlers Nest: I: 70-120DMG on IT Flys or Beetles (att food+Berserk) Ranger: 50-80
I never played with a Ranger who did more damaged at ONE hit as me. (a normal hit) And dont misunderstand me. RNG realy are better, but not that much better IMO.
btw IMO is the Raven Scythe extremly overrated. At Level 40 u get the Multilator. A bit quicker attack and +3 acc At Level 47 u get Falcastra. Same Damage +a lot faster+ DEX Bonus!
The ONLY way that you could even come close to being able to out damage a ranger is if the ranger has the worst equip but you have to remember that rangers attack a lot faster than drks especially with the delay on this weapon.
It is hard for a drk to out damage a ranger if both of them have decent equip. Unless the ranger is still using wooden arrows or using a throwing weapon at lvl 50.
I was able to keep up with damage with the BLM in Crawler's Nest on Rumbles at 49 I believe it was with this weapon. The party was having fun because we beat those things easy. BLM told me to hit it as hard as I could so I stacked Souleater, Last Resort, and Sneak Attack with Slice. Hit the Rumble Crawler for up to 800+ damage. I'm glad the weaponskill and magic burst finished off the mob or I would have been dead. ><;; A good DRK can outdamage anything but I have seem some pretty bad ones around.
In my CN parties around 35 as DRK/NIN (hume), my gf was RNG/NIN(mithra) with really good equips (a lot of them mine[RNG59, kept for BCNM]), and I managed to outdamage everyone by far with weapon skills, close to 400 damage on IT++ vs around 120 on IT++ by my gf. Fun fights, I definitely must admit, though, that /NIN saved my life more often than not lol. So, whoever thinks a DRK can't outdamage a RNG, even with DoT, is mistaken if the DRK is good and goes for damage above most else. Even my normal hits on the mobs, when I connected (fairly often), was between 20-40 each hit with dual axes. With a scythe, I believe DRKs can do more damage per hit, but personally, I prefer 2 axes and about the same damage per turn with more attack turns. Just my 2 cents and some experience.
this is a good scythe, just got to compensate for the -5 acc and I kept this scythe till 58. i had lot of dex to compensate at the time till i was able to afford th snip ring's <overated> with a drk/war sub till lvl 58 <new scythe> this is a vry deadly scythe.
is the drop rate on this hight it only cost 10-15k in or does the -5 acc just make it so cheap. am 48 right now getting mine next time am in jeuno, was out of them last time i was there. i have +15 acc +14dex hope this is enouth.
I have +19 accuracy with this scthe equipped including the -5 and it gives me +52 attack. This scthye rocks with a lot of accuracy i wouldnt let this scthye go for anything. If I end up getting haubergeon i MIGHT stick with this and forget about vassagos scthye. I do crazy damage with this tho, i am in the 80s to 110 on a regular hit(with beserk) If you have excellent accuracy this weapon rules all. With beserk last resort and food on i get my attack up too 515, not that you would want to do that lol. Oh btw i was doing this damage at 56 to crabs in cape terrigan
I plan on using this in conjunction with the Raven Scythe. Raven scythe for mobs with high evasion, Barbarian's scythe for mobs that pose no problems with accuracy. I'll have 2x sniper's and a lifebelt, of course
i use it, its works for me, then agian i have a total of +17 acc(including my +8 dex)...i miss no more with this than any other scythe so far, so if you got the +acc/dex, go for it, if not, avoid it and stick with Mr. Raven Scythe till bone.
If you can counter the -5 ACC i suggest you do it by finding +DEX gear instead of +acc gear or use a combination of both. That way you have a better chance in the dex vs agi and acc vs eva checks and the added dex ups your chance to have criticals which the acc boosts dont.
Any half decent DRK need to pick this up at 49. Yes, it has -5 Acc, but +25 Att make a very noticable difference. Use another piece of equipment to compensate for the acc loss.
Some might be tempted be bone scythe at 53. Don't! Keep this until you get your hands on vassago's scythe at 58.
Bone scythe is a reaper class scythe. Returns 12 TP per hit instead of 12.5% from the Dark class scythe (which this is). This translate into, dark class sycthe needs 1 less hit before having enough TP to do a WS. It might not sound like much, but it matters.
My experience is that drk that use this lag behind greatly in the ammount of tp they get. Drk already have horrible accuracy, and half of them have str rings and other silly gear on. I would say this weapon is bad, and should be avoided.
Last drk i was pted with that had this missed more weapon skills than i did. I'm a rng. No excuse to have this past lvl 53 (bone scyth), and limited excuse to have this before then.
um if someone is using str rings ect and cant hit maybe you shouldnt party them. you cant say that just because one person is bad with it everyone has to be. once i hit 49 i will definatly use it. lifebelt/sniper rings or dex rings always helps it shouldnt be that bigof a deal if they know what they're doing
I'm a mithra Drk 60 and I use this scythe but I have to tell you, this scythe is just good if you have haubergeon, venerer ring, life belt and the +3 acc glove xD if you dont have this, the vassago is a lot better...