2012-09-21, 08:06 PM
The main reason why you can't really go hybrid for SMs is because half of your tree runs off of physical and the other half runs off of magical. The same applies to Sharpshooters. Paladins could probably apply here too, except some of their more offensive skills use both physical and magical attacks at the same time, and their pure physical skills are just more defensive rather than for DPS in function.
Every other class just stacks a single stat, so they have few problems with going hybrid. This might sound unfair at first, until you take into consideration that the pure magical classes then have to balance stacking that single offensive stat, critical, and stacking elemental damage in order to really dish out the pain. The pure physical classes (Mercenary, Acrobat, and Engineer) don't really have to worry about this, though.
EDIT: Oh, I don't know if you guys have seen this yet.
[video=youtube;cxm-3PCc1zM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxm-3PCc1zM[/video]
It's a ways off, but it's a demonstration of the Level 55 EX skills for every class except Alchemist and Mystic. To see the EX skills by themselves:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HagarenGT
(The way to learn these Lv. 55 EX skills is different from the usual. You MUST use skill books in order to learn them, and they can be crafted using special fragments from the Furious Mezzanine. However, their only pre-requisite is that you have the previous EX skill, and know the skill in question. For example, you don't even have to level up Forward Thrust past 1 to get Forward Thrust EX, you just need Triple Slash EX.)
Every other class just stacks a single stat, so they have few problems with going hybrid. This might sound unfair at first, until you take into consideration that the pure magical classes then have to balance stacking that single offensive stat, critical, and stacking elemental damage in order to really dish out the pain. The pure physical classes (Mercenary, Acrobat, and Engineer) don't really have to worry about this, though.
EDIT: Oh, I don't know if you guys have seen this yet.
[video=youtube;cxm-3PCc1zM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxm-3PCc1zM[/video]
It's a ways off, but it's a demonstration of the Level 55 EX skills for every class except Alchemist and Mystic. To see the EX skills by themselves:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HagarenGT
(The way to learn these Lv. 55 EX skills is different from the usual. You MUST use skill books in order to learn them, and they can be crafted using special fragments from the Furious Mezzanine. However, their only pre-requisite is that you have the previous EX skill, and know the skill in question. For example, you don't even have to level up Forward Thrust past 1 to get Forward Thrust EX, you just need Triple Slash EX.)