[Mirrinus]

K, the next job I'm leveling solely for the purpose of doing Ballista is THF. I've got a few questions on gear and general strategy, and was hoping you guys could help me out. Currently working on getting THF to 30, so I can test it out.

Should I be subbing NIN? Just making sure . . . I've got almost every other job available as well.

I've got capped marksmanship and can HQ my own status bolts, so that's not a problem. But how much Ranged acc should I be loading on? Should I get archer's knife for offhand, instead of Federation Knife (which has great stats for an offhand for melee). I'll already have a few rng'd acc from the pieces of HQ Noct gear I'll be wearing. And I'm willing to go kill Stroper Chymes for Shikaree Rings if that's necessary.

How easy is it to land SA in ballista for you guys? I usually don't worry about it when I play as my RNG/NIN, I think I've only been hit by a solid SA like twice. How would you deal with people who keep shadows up? And I'm assuming you should combine this with Sleep Bolts, right?

STR vs. DEX. What should I be going for? I guess this ties into how easy it is to land SA. DEX isn't as valuable if I can't reliably hit SA.

Mainhand. What should I use? Mithran Scimitar or Nadrs? How strong is the poison damage on Nadrs anyway? I can always go THF/MNK with Republic Knuckles . . .

Here's my basic plan so far:

Main Weapon - Mithran Scimitar or Nadrs?
Sub Weapon - Federation Knife or Archer's Knife?
Ranged Weapon - Zamburak +1
Ammo - Acid / Bloody / Sleep bolts
Head - Empress Hairpin
Neck - Spike Necklace
Ear1 - Beetle Earring +1
Ear2 - Beetle Earring +1
Body - Noct Doublet +1
Hand - Custom M Gloves
Ring1 - Courage or Balance or Shikaree Rings?
Ring2 - Courage or Balance or Shikaree Rings?
Back - Nomad's Cape
Waist - Mercenary Captain's Belt
Legs - Noct Brais +1
Feet - Noct Gaiters +1

K, thanks a lot in advance for your help!!!

[ryolen]

http://killingifrit.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=104465

I started this thread for a reason=O But lemme give you some tips on the gear you posted

Mithran Scimitar/Archers Knife
Add Blind Blots, you're a THF, your Evasion is your main strong point.
Trade the Beetle earrings for Dodge earrings.
Balance rings
Read the thread i posted, mabe it helps.

[Alyth]

Landing SA isnt hard, most people don't pay attention and its just easy. use Dodge earrings as preveosly stated, DEX rings would suit well, or i guess shikaree would be good. And defenetly off hand archer's knife