2008-10-22, 10:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 2008-10-22, 10:55 PM by Takebacker.)
blitzkrieg Wrote:it's fast, but you won't be able to freeze (or stun, if you want to use summons) the mobs you kill with fire burner. first of all, if you want to use fire burner effectively, it'll have to be on a fire-weak monster, obviously. have you ever heard of a freezable fire weak monster? maybe I'm missing something, but I'm fairly certain there aren't any. so you go to one of those fire-weak monsters and all of a sudden your CE damage is terrible and you'll have to either take tons of hits from the monster or use fake shot, which makes you unable to use your summons, thus lowing your DPS and EXP. regardless of where you are or what you do, using a FB / CE combo will always be less effective than a simple freeze + triple fire combo with summons. when playing a valkyrie, you'll just have to stick to freezable monsters.
and what fire weak monster would you be mobbing in fourth job? you & kazoo have given the option of fighting blue centaurs and kappas in third job, but I'm sure no one wants to train at either of those after 120. it's not practical. I don't think it's worth spending all those points on a skill that won't help you much (if at all) in third job and that you'll never use again in later levels. making gaviota stronger is much more important in my opinion.
leaving out fire burner is just more practical overall due to the lack of fire weak monsters and usability past ~10x or 11x. valkyries are not meant to be mobbers; they have the capability, but are always better at one-on-one attacking.
I already said i never meant to disagree, i've already come to that conclusion after all your advice. My build in our guide should have been changed to reflect my single target damage optimizations.
Anyway, you still mob in 4th just not much at all. Lol. That's why we skip torpedo until 16x or so. You have to admit that with amp the damage + speed + DoT would make a decent mobbing combo for when you actually do have to mob if your ship is conveniently down. Sounds too rare to actually happen though. xD
Btw, i'm PRETTY sure you can't freeze something if it's IMMUNE to ice. Resistant on the other hand, you can freeze. I never found 100% confirmation on that yet though, and i'm too lazy to go find a video of a MM/ice mage/ice user at sharks, blue wyverns, etc etc to find out.