This is one amazing sword for it's lvl. Has a nice INT and MP boost so you can MB for much more. The delay on the sword isn't so bad either. I remember equipping this for exp partys till around lvl 60-ish. I just loved it so much!
So as a RDM, i have equip change macros for a sword and a club (and a staff when high enough level), but should I stick with Centurion's Sword for melee instead of getting this? Attack+4 Accuracy+3 for the Cent. Sword is a nice buff for RDM melee... and Solid Club (+5 Int and Mnd) covers the Int bonus... Whatever, spare gil will equal Crimson Blade I guess.
I bought this, as I started with a sword for RDM right from the lvl 1, and just stuck with it! I meleed until 30 or so anyway, so the swords generally did better damage.
Now with the staffs at this level giving A LOT better stats for magic effects, and the fact that most pts dont want a rdm to melee, means I have gone back to using rose wand +1 - 10mp loss, but 1 Int and 6MND gain. The damage doesnt matter if you aint using it. I kept a hold of the sword anyway, to use for farming.... since I havent used staff for sooooo long I cant hit for sh*t! =P (I was hitting wasps in rolanberry for 6 when I first equipped wand lol)
Prob best idea is to keep this until lvl 52 when u can buy the Tactician Magicians Wand +2.
This sword would be awesome BUT since everyone in carbuncle over prices everything it was ~100k last time i checked which is just rediculous in my opinion! since everyone else posted they got theirs for like 20k! this sucks >.<
I just got this for 20k on Ifrit. I personally hate clubs so when I saw this I decked out in some more mnd gear to make up for the loss and got it. The InT is nice, but I still *miss* my rose wand for the mnd. Still, swords rock, and if we rdm couldn't use them, I'd be a blm.
This is a good replacement for AF1 when you can get it, but only as a farming weapon. Never use it except when I farm. Cast Haste and an En-spell and damage is good.
Maybe i'll picj this one up for my rdm/ninja for a nice +20 mp boost which is always welcomed. check me out on Odin i never see any odins on this deally :(
Price bounded up to 30k on Caitsith- good for me, because I was just about to sell it. 300% money back ain't bad, considering that covers the cost of my Wise Wizard's Anelace.
As for using this as an alternative to a wand, it works for a little while, but I had a fairly difficult time trying to get my white debuffs to stick properly due to the lack of boosted MND- and I'm an Elvaan. Rose Wand +1 alleviated my problems immediately.