SethElite Wrote:FA isn't worth it.
Brandish only gets like 2% more DPS or something but its not worth the lack of control.
You do what you want but I'm just getting it for the animation and dumping the rest in 1st job crap.
I don't notice any lack of control when I use brandish+FA. It is much faster than power strike+FA.
modular Wrote:[rant]
instead of powerstrike, i did iron body for 30 less damage from low level monsters. it made my hp pots last ~1.5x as long because i have equips without def anyways. call it dumb but if you used powerstrike without special circumstances (ie... 1 monster between you and the rope to a platform with a mob) you did it wrong. i only maxed it after thinking about goby training. 10ks will be nice against houses. and if fa is useful at gobies, youre doing it wrong.
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It would make more sense to skip slash blast instead of power strike. 30def is also completely useless at higher levels. I maxed FA since I think a 3.04% increase in damage is better than an microscopic increase in def that becomes useless after level 30.