2008-08-13, 10:59 AM
the age old question. what to do first snipe or pierce?
both skills have their uses and their reason to exist. snipe is a small dmg increase on 1 vs 1 and a nice little killing boost for training. pierce is our main mob skill in 4th job and if used correctly it can increase killing speed. (ask kaida, ever since i been able to use it he cant complain about spawn at skeles anymore). before last week i woul dhave said go pierce, go to skeles and have fun. however recently i found that newtys with another person non bishop i better exp than skeles with a non bishop. pierce is completely useless at newtys, while snipe is pretty useful.
it all comes down to what each person likes. if you do mainly bossing, newtys, go for snipe. you like skeles, have a bishop friends and train a lot, do pierce to 21 first. also both skills are pretty lame on low levels, and only shine when they are 20+. in your case PJ since you dont level much and dont expect to max a skill soon id say go snipe for the following reasons. you like your zakum, its nice there, stick to newtys, stop sniping and get in there when you dont snipe it is awesome exp. also you can use lv 1-5-7-10-12 or whatever level snipe, it just keeps getting better every point you add, and if you get tired of leveling and its at 14 it doesnt matter it is still useful. on the meantime pierce MUST be lv 11 or 21 to get better, that is a lot of levels and if you get on pierce be ready to try and perhaps fail a few 30 books. for pierce its lv 21 or not at all. snipe at 20 is 60 seconds, not so bad id say.
in the end you decide, just remember the MM path is an ungrateful little peach and takes a while to achive its full potential. pick one, stick to it and keep it up.
both skills have their uses and their reason to exist. snipe is a small dmg increase on 1 vs 1 and a nice little killing boost for training. pierce is our main mob skill in 4th job and if used correctly it can increase killing speed. (ask kaida, ever since i been able to use it he cant complain about spawn at skeles anymore). before last week i woul dhave said go pierce, go to skeles and have fun. however recently i found that newtys with another person non bishop i better exp than skeles with a non bishop. pierce is completely useless at newtys, while snipe is pretty useful.
it all comes down to what each person likes. if you do mainly bossing, newtys, go for snipe. you like skeles, have a bishop friends and train a lot, do pierce to 21 first. also both skills are pretty lame on low levels, and only shine when they are 20+. in your case PJ since you dont level much and dont expect to max a skill soon id say go snipe for the following reasons. you like your zakum, its nice there, stick to newtys, stop sniping and get in there when you dont snipe it is awesome exp. also you can use lv 1-5-7-10-12 or whatever level snipe, it just keeps getting better every point you add, and if you get tired of leveling and its at 14 it doesnt matter it is still useful. on the meantime pierce MUST be lv 11 or 21 to get better, that is a lot of levels and if you get on pierce be ready to try and perhaps fail a few 30 books. for pierce its lv 21 or not at all. snipe at 20 is 60 seconds, not so bad id say.
in the end you decide, just remember the MM path is an ungrateful little peach and takes a while to achive its full potential. pick one, stick to it and keep it up.