2010-12-18, 07:12 AM
Berzerk Wrote:I'd like to thank you guys for the great advice. I got my Final plum and Triple Stab and the build I'm working on right now it a hell of a lot better than the previous. I didn't even realize that the damage boost from FC was so beast. Now it just makes me hate that is gets uber nerfed in the Chaos update. :/
edit: really, plum...?
From what I've heard, Dual Blades do damage based on their actual displayed range in Chaos, instead of one Dagger hit and one Blade it, so Katara are glorified attack shields. There may be a changed modifier with it, but if there isn't, there is an exceptional boost to a lot of skills. For example, Flying Assaulter currently does 420% Dagger and Blade; since the Blade's multiplier is lower than the Dagger, you are effectively doing less than 420% (525% with Final Cut maxed)of your damage range, which is calculated as if the Blade were an attack shield. This effectiveness is further decreased by the off-weapon attack being split between Blades and Daggers. After Chaos, Flying Assaulter will do 280% of your damage range, per hit, thus a total of 560%. If the multiplier were decreased, there should still be some marginal increase in damage, especially for pre-4th job Dual Blades.
Also, Advanced Dark Sight adds damage too. If you're in Dark Sight while attacking with maxed ADS, you do 50% more damage, and have a 20% chance of entering Dark Sight after each attack if you're not in Dark Sight, a bonus in damage that Big Bang Dual Blades do not have.
Given that, I believe every skill has their overall damage output increased in Chaos, despite their %s lowered. I could be wrong, however, about this assumption, but from the Chaos Dual Blade videos I have seen, there does not appear to be a difference between alternating hits.