2008-11-22, 11:06 PM
okay, I'll go over my reasons to max gaviota instead of fire burner again.
1. usability. gaviota is usable in ANY situation at any location for an extra burst of damage. fire burner can only be used effectively in a few situations that wouldn't even provide the maximum training efficiency. fire burner is most useful at kappas and blue centaurs. how often do you plan to train on those? sure there's other fire-weak monsters, but I can't think of one other that's a decent training location. any time you train somewhere with fire burner you could be getting better EXP elsewhere without it. in that place, you could use gaviota to help you even more.
2. fighting style. although gunslingers have mob skills, in third & fourth job they shine the most in single target attacking. the best way you're going to train is if you're attacking one-on-one. because of that, you should get the two skills that will help you the most in those situations, and those skills are cooling effect (for freeze and a slight bit of extra damage) and gaviota (for the damage burst). think about it this way.. how much is fire burner gonna help you at endgame training areas like jr. newties and skelegons?
3. where's my freeze?! in a fire burner and cooling effect combo, the monster WILL "thaw out" the second you use fire burner on it. and it will hit you. sure sounds great taking a pomegranateload of hits from those good ol' endgame monsters huh?
just wait to get torpedo in fourth job to start mobbing. you'll be better off with one-on-one attacking until then.
1. usability. gaviota is usable in ANY situation at any location for an extra burst of damage. fire burner can only be used effectively in a few situations that wouldn't even provide the maximum training efficiency. fire burner is most useful at kappas and blue centaurs. how often do you plan to train on those? sure there's other fire-weak monsters, but I can't think of one other that's a decent training location. any time you train somewhere with fire burner you could be getting better EXP elsewhere without it. in that place, you could use gaviota to help you even more.
2. fighting style. although gunslingers have mob skills, in third & fourth job they shine the most in single target attacking. the best way you're going to train is if you're attacking one-on-one. because of that, you should get the two skills that will help you the most in those situations, and those skills are cooling effect (for freeze and a slight bit of extra damage) and gaviota (for the damage burst). think about it this way.. how much is fire burner gonna help you at endgame training areas like jr. newties and skelegons?
3. where's my freeze?! in a fire burner and cooling effect combo, the monster WILL "thaw out" the second you use fire burner on it. and it will hit you. sure sounds great taking a pomegranateload of hits from those good ol' endgame monsters huh?
just wait to get torpedo in fourth job to start mobbing. you'll be better off with one-on-one attacking until then.