[sefaen]

Say I want to use TA with Dancing Edge on my group's tank/off-tank. Can I equip AGI gear use TA and then swap to DEX gear for my WS and still benefit from the AGI gear I previously equipped?

Does the TA buff remember what gear you wore when you used that ability, and keep it even when you're no longer wearing that same gear?

And I know this really doesn't matter but does this work with SA too? Why I would ever need to switch from DEX gear to something else when using SA+WS I don't know... but just curious.

Thanks!

This post has been edited by sefaen: 08 February 2010 - 06:52 PM

[Velhart]

No, gear will only affect the WS.

There is a Thief forum to answer your question next time.

[octoberasian]

Moving this to THF Forum ^^

[Shamaya]

If you use something like TA+WS, it only calculates damage based on your gear/stats one time. When you pop TA, ffxi calculates nothing. When your WS then fires and (I suppose when) you see the message "xxx readies weapon skill," at that time is when the calculation occurs.

http://wiki.ffxiclop...on_Skill_Damage

WD = ( D + fSTR + WSC) * fTP + AGI

Any AGI that you have on at the time will be calculated where it shows 'agi' in red. Any WS mods will be calculated in the formula at 'wsc', in blue (these are your weaponskill mods. IE for Dancing Edge, the mods are dex and chr, so that's calculated here). Any Str you have on can give you a boost, and this is calculated at 'fStr' shown in green. 'D' is the base damage of your weapon. fTP is a type of WS mod based on your TP. 'WD' means Weaponskill Damage. After 'WD' is calculated based on these stats, the WD is then multiplied against (a function of) your attack, and accuracy.

So long story short, no, you can't swap multiple times to increase your damage further.

[sefaen]

Thanks for the answer and sorry for posting this in the wrong area ><.

[Banggugyangu]

The Wiki said:

The AGI-based damage increase for Thief is determined when the hit connects, not when the job ability is used.

You should check the given resources before posting questions that have most likely already been answered. Wiki is probably the largest of all of the resources available.