2010-12-31, 11:30 PM
I'm finding dark shock to be about the most useless skill on the job D:
I'm regretting not maxing reaper instead... or putting more points into blood drain. Lower level dark shock would really suffice if you had to use it at lower levels due its strength.
The five second cool down makes the skill awkward to use while training... The job already is strong, even with fair equips. Chain or your normal attack get the job done just as fast as dark shock. Plus the small frame of time you have to be frozen while the animation casts is annoying considering you can attack and fly through the map with jump/tele using normal attacks with yellow aura.
I've found reaper nice if you cant kill off the enemy in a usual amount of hits. It can work as a finisher as you move along to new mobs without having to go back to finish off one or two enemies with a small amount of HP left. Seeing the boost that reaper gets in the chaos update makes me even more positive that i'll max it when we get another SP reset event.
If you aren't very funded or without magic attack items i can see dark shock being SOMEWHAT useful. Still... finisher works just as well at bosses vs dark shock. The range for dark shock isn't good enough for zakum arms. It takes time away from DPS you could be doing at a boss. I've tried to implement it into my training regime on a map and found it actually slowed exp gain (i test with speed pills every 10 mins).
Finding all of this has surprised me that everyone recommends it/loves it. @____@ outside of seeing some pretty numbers early on, it just seems so useless.
I'm regretting not maxing reaper instead... or putting more points into blood drain. Lower level dark shock would really suffice if you had to use it at lower levels due its strength.
The five second cool down makes the skill awkward to use while training... The job already is strong, even with fair equips. Chain or your normal attack get the job done just as fast as dark shock. Plus the small frame of time you have to be frozen while the animation casts is annoying considering you can attack and fly through the map with jump/tele using normal attacks with yellow aura.
I've found reaper nice if you cant kill off the enemy in a usual amount of hits. It can work as a finisher as you move along to new mobs without having to go back to finish off one or two enemies with a small amount of HP left. Seeing the boost that reaper gets in the chaos update makes me even more positive that i'll max it when we get another SP reset event.
If you aren't very funded or without magic attack items i can see dark shock being SOMEWHAT useful. Still... finisher works just as well at bosses vs dark shock. The range for dark shock isn't good enough for zakum arms. It takes time away from DPS you could be doing at a boss. I've tried to implement it into my training regime on a map and found it actually slowed exp gain (i test with speed pills every 10 mins).
Finding all of this has surprised me that everyone recommends it/loves it. @____@ outside of seeing some pretty numbers early on, it just seems so useless.