2008-12-22, 10:32 PM
By the time you get a 6 target Ice Splitter, you'll be training on much stronger monsters. It's essential to have a good form of mob control at places such as Black Kents or Death Teddies. Blank Shot can suffice but it's useless against larger mobs. There's also the accidental gun-whack which can unstun a monster.
Octopus really isn't useful outside of Newties in 3rd job. Getting Octopus early limits your level 8x-9x training spots to just Newties, which can be difficult in a crowded server.
Octopus isn't that helpful in the level 7x training spots because the time spent summoning it can be better spent on using Burst Fire. Like you said, you'd kill faster at those training spots using Invisible Shot or Burst Fire. The same can be said for Octopus over Ice Splitter in those levels. At least Ice Splitter provides great mob control.
Octopus really isn't useful outside of Newties in 3rd job. Getting Octopus early limits your level 8x-9x training spots to just Newties, which can be difficult in a crowded server.
Octopus isn't that helpful in the level 7x training spots because the time spent summoning it can be better spent on using Burst Fire. Like you said, you'd kill faster at those training spots using Invisible Shot or Burst Fire. The same can be said for Octopus over Ice Splitter in those levels. At least Ice Splitter provides great mob control.