57 PLD on Midg. great sword ^^ in the past i have seen it sell for 280k(i was lvl 45PLD at the time...and couldnt afford it anyway..) By the time i could afford it >.> price went back to its norm of 350k+...i ended up farming cause i couldnt XP during the week cause of school. and after 2months could finally afford it ><; cost 380k and the price has not gone down since.
(uhm also to the person who said earth staff sucks....you are just stupid. you use earth staff as PLD POST lvl65. far after your defense is capped and NEED the less phys dmg >.> /slap /slap /slap! oh and as far as your whm getting pissed off...maybe you shouldn't be a sucky PLD...uhm also....this is not a +enmity item....so your whm has no say in wether you use this or your earth staff. infact they wouldnt either way!/slap <==last time just for the sake of it)
p.s.(im not a great(if even good) pld myself but geez dont blame your items for your suckness!)
Earth staff sucks man w/e u think, its only good for BCNM and such sure as hell not EXP parties...but i got pee'd and dicided not to buy gluttony so i lvld my thf to have some extra gils and i saw Leaping liz as a lvl 10thf killed it, got drop and sold boots now i am going to buy gluttony, but im 1060 tnl 57 ; ;
This sword sells for 250-330K on Garuda and is absolutely the best thing a PLD can have. Ive tried the Earth Staff in Valley of Sorrows and I was taking more damage from Raptors than my Gluttony Sword and Shield Combo. So any PLD that says the Earth Staff is better...Kick them...It sucks...and its terrible in XP Party settings unless your goal is to **** off your WHM.
Gavilrain of Windurst Garuda Server Rank 5 63 PLD, 36 WHM, 32 WAR, 28 DRG, 17 BLM, 16 THF, 10 SMN, 8 BRD, 4 BST
I got this sword about lvl 50, and for the love of god, I'm sick of waiting to use it!! I'm 15k tnl. Then when I hit lvl 57, all will be glorious!! Besides the +7 VIT, it looks badass to. Kinda like a one-handed Great Sword or something.
Well this used to go for 350k on Kujata a while before I even started PLD but once I hit 56 I raised the gil to get it and, got it for 200k... so I'm happy. ^_^
I'm a 53PLD on Caitsith and given the rate at which I'm lvling, it'll be a while before I can use this.
But... seeing it in my inventory is bliss :D. Bought it for 235k yesterday.
On the whole earth staff issue, I have one of those as well. Let me tell you that the reduced physical damage/vit+4 is nice, but its significantly harder to hold hate. You lose the nice dmg from the Tactician Magician's Espadon (one-handed sowrd of choice at my lvl) and the ability to shield bash.
Though, I remember hearing about a staff WS you get around skill 225 or so that restores a large amount of MP (based on cumulative dmg you inflict) which sounds very useful.
But...then again, one-handed sword gets Spirit Taker at about lv 56 which I hear at 300% TP does a guaranteed 800 dmg.. o.O
Sure many PLDs might be tempted w/ the glory that an earth staff has to offer, but It does not in any way compare to a PLD w/ Gluttony and Shield, no matter what u say to backup your comment, at least in my server PLDs have more sense than xping w/ an earth staff~
I just bought this sword today, got the Emps drop, immediately sold it then went to buy the sword... Can't use it for one more lvl, but man am I happy! Edit: it came to 320k on Midgard
About this sword compared to the Earth Staff... My pld friend I lvl with were trying to compare the two weapons. We decided it's more of a toss up because yes you are getting -20% pysical damage with the Earth Staff, but you arent going to be blocking any attacks that you would w/ a shield. The pld i know blocks 5-8 times a battle, so i would imagine that would be pretty comprable to what the Earth Staff would do.
I spent a whole week of non-stop farming and utilized my cooking abilities to raise the gil to buy this baby, the price of this sword is 350k-450k in my server. My bidding results: 376k : ) I am one happy PLD.
The price of this sword recently went from 100k to 120k on Bahamut. I ended up getting one for 110k 5 levels before I could use it (figuring the price was on the rise). Guess I can't complain too much when looking at the price on other servers.
THis is one of the best swords a paladin can get. It sells for about 1 mil on my server and even lvl 70 paladins use it. As u can see it gives vitality plus 7, and vitality is defense, which is perfect for paladain's cus they are tanks
A) It's rare, IIRC you can only have one equipped, you can't have the same rare twice.
B) Nin is a weird sub for DRKs which excel at high damage 2-handed weapon.
C) A comparable lvl scythe does 84 DMG/528 delay, and has accuracy +5. Better to do more damage per swing to cut through high-vitality ennemies.
Bonus) The vitality +7 there makes that sword extremely enviable to a meatshield paladin. It would reduce the damage taken greatly, and it's one of the only sword that boosts vitality, and +7 is huge for any slot. A bloodsword(lvl 55), Greed Scimitar (lvl 60) or nightmare sword(lvl 70) would be much better for a damage dealer using 1H swords. Enhancing sword for sure if he's a Red Mage.