2011-01-17, 11:18 PM
Here's your flawless logic: Because a level of speed advantage (Normal 6 versus Slow 7) translates into an approximately 110% damage advantage. Damage from weapons comes from 2 sources:
- WATK: Which, to beat the 110% advantage, is required to be enough to cover the gap between [total WATK with weaker/faster weapon] and [total WATK with stronger/slower weapon]. Total WATK should average around 200 by today's standards, if your slower weapon can afford a 20atk+ advantage, then it's on equal grounds.
- Potentials: VIP spear has an edge on the potential side, if you have NX to fund it.
A minor side advantage of Fast-but-Weak weapons would be the damage cap, which is not at all very far-fetched for Drks.
- WATK: Which, to beat the 110% advantage, is required to be enough to cover the gap between [total WATK with weaker/faster weapon] and [total WATK with stronger/slower weapon]. Total WATK should average around 200 by today's standards, if your slower weapon can afford a 20atk+ advantage, then it's on equal grounds.
- Potentials: VIP spear has an edge on the potential side, if you have NX to fund it.
A minor side advantage of Fast-but-Weak weapons would be the damage cap, which is not at all very far-fetched for Drks.