Ask a Pirate Thread

A neat trick I found is that Rapid Fire works slightly differently than Hurricane. Arrows cannot be shot in the air, so when you jump Hurricane you see a whole lot of flashy nothing. However, if you jump Rapid Fire you continue to shoot bullets in the air. I've found this great for approaching and getting around. Though I do agree there are a few situations where I wish I could use Bust Fire. Even so, I give a huge endorsement to Rapid Fire, especially if you HT often (it's easy to keep your boat alive at Zak).

You said somewhere else (I think sleepywood) that you solo a lot, right? I was able to 2HKO the monsters in Oblivion 2 fairly consistently around the time Hammers came out. I train with someone that has SE, so that helped a lot; but needless to say I don't think I would have 2hko'd at all without MW. As for "how much" of a boost it is, just take it at face value. It'll be pretty much 10% more damage after everything is accounted for, and that's nothing to sneeze at.

I personally am thinking of doing Air Strike next, then Octo. I'll ask more about it later, but Octo is pretty awesome. So is Air Strike and Boost. So many good skills, so little SP!

I know you can jump-RF, but I mostly use Burst Fire to whittle down enemy HP while recoiling from mob to mob and as a finisher, and Cannon/Torpedo for everything else. BMs usually have 130 to 140 speed and don't have movement skills like Dash, Wings, and Recoil; so they're going to be walking or jumping to move around anyway.

I've never HTed and I don't plan on doing it in the near future (not until I'm level ~180 and I own a computer that doesn't lag even while Zakking on the lowest graphic settings with everything else closed), so that's irrelevant for me.

I don't think I'm even close to 2hkoing at Oblivion 2. My unbuffed max damage range is still 4250. How much damage do you need to 2hko consistently there?