[Kirschy]

Finished feet tonite. Hopefully will complete legs next time we do Misar.

Anyways, to start off it seems the set bonus is quite literal. I used signet staff on mobs outside Bastok hoping to see an occasional damage boost, but after ~100 attack rounds with normal damage, I gave up. It probably gives an occasional +attack based on a % of my HP, which means in capped conditions the bonus is useless. When I get the time, I plan to try a similar test on crabs or something with high defense to see if I can get any data on the bonus potency or proc rate.

The Enhance "Occult Acumen" effect brings the modifier from 1.15 (+1 version) to 1.25.

EDIT: Bonus is ~1-2% chance to boost damage by your HP%

This post has been edited by Kirschy: 17 November 2010 - 01:57 AM

[UNCTGTG]

Kirschy, on 11 October 2010 - 10:50 PM, said:

Finished feet tonite. Hopefully will complete legs next time we do Misar.

Anyways, to start off it seems the set bonus is quite literal. I used signet staff on mobs outside Bastok hoping to see an occasional damage boost, but after ~100 attack rounds with normal damage, I gave up. It probably gives an occasional +attack based on a % of my HP, which means in capped conditions the bonus is useless. When I get the time, I plan to try a similar test on crabs or something with high defense to see if I can get any data on the bonus potency or proc rate.

The Enhance "Occult Acumen" effect brings the modifier from 1.15 (+1 version) to 1.25.

Do you think its the entire set that will give the bonus, aka when we have body and hands?

[Taint]

No because other sets get the bonus. And I had a bad feeling it was just more attack which of all jobs isn't that good of a buff for us

So the head is boss and the legs and feet for WS only...DRK gets the shaft yet again...

This post has been edited by Taint: 12 October 2010 - 09:23 AM

[saberwulf_]

didnt have my hopes up to begin with not surprised
also found jp drk with Penitence +1 only got these shots since he logged off soon after in campaign

This post has been edited by saberwulf_: 12 October 2010 - 12:35 PM

[wigglestyx]

UNCTGTG, on 12 October 2010 - 04:44 AM, said:

Do you think its the entire set that will give the bonus, aka when we have body and hands?

Its like the Allied Notes gear where you get a partial set bonus for equipping two or more pieces.
Having more gear could either be potency or percent.

[Taint]

saberwulf_, on 12 October 2010 - 12:19 PM, said:

didnt have my hopes up to begin with not surprised
also found jp drk with Penitence +1 only got these shots since he logged off soon after in campaign

Well that's stupid...we have a Masamune in my LS and he's pumping out 2-3k WS consistently.

[Pobyedobyedo]

...............................
Only 1k quietus highest on squishy mobs like that?
/sigh had such high hopes for quietus after I heard of other job's weaponskills on BG.
Hopefully the right atma's make guillotine half as good as they made crit weaponskills for other jobs.

[firefeng]

Taint, on 12 October 2010 - 01:14 PM, said:

Well that's stupid...we have a Masamune in my LS and he's pumping out 2-3k WS consistently.

Fudo's numbers aren't nearly so good with the high damage g.katana, so maybe the Empyreal weapons get a hidden bonus on the WS?

Either way, heavily disappointed in those numbers. (Then again, I just got out of an abyssea party where we had a WAR/DNC using a gleaming zaghnal and spamming vorpal scythe...I can only hope that, with gimps like that in the world, the person in those screens has no idea what they're doing.)

[hexagram23]

I would reserve judgment on the WS until we get more info. We have no idea what he WSed in for Guillotine or Quietus. I wish we had more shots of his Guillotine damage to at least eye ball and compare the two.

Whoever is on his server, track him and check his WS. You should know whether or not he's gimp, and whether or not the WS sucks, within 10-15 minutes.

[firefeng]

Kirschy, on 11 October 2010 - 10:50 PM, said:

Finished feet tonite. Hopefully will complete legs next time we do Misar.

Anyways, to start off it seems the set bonus is quite literal. I used signet staff on mobs outside Bastok hoping to see an occasional damage boost, but after ~100 attack rounds with normal damage, I gave up. It probably gives an occasional +attack based on a % of my HP, which means in capped conditions the bonus is useless. When I get the time, I plan to try a similar test on crabs or something with high defense to see if I can get any data on the bonus potency or proc rate.

The Enhance "Occult Acumen" effect brings the modifier from 1.15 (+1 version) to 1.25.

Stupid question. Did you try the test at red HP? Maybe it means attack increases the lower your HP gets...

[Taint]

firefeng, on 13 October 2010 - 04:16 PM, said:

Stupid question. Did you try the test at red HP? Maybe it means attack increases the lower your HP gets...

I can see it now HPup/down macros to trigger the latent lol!

[hexagram23]

Man you guys are disappointing the hell out of me....new DRK WS was found 2 days ago and no more info on it? Nobody asked this guy anything? I realize he's Japanese but out of his whole server you'd think 1 person would check this guy when he WSs to see what gear he uses, check his gear in general, or at the very least post more WS numbers from him.

I'm now 29/30 on Coins of Birth so I guess I'll do all this myself.

[Chriscoffey]

Kicked on Carby has the weapon for doing Quietus the 2nd rated emp weapon. I don't have any parse data but he said it was a bit more powerful than guilotine but considering the other weaponskills it's not looking hopeful. I won't comment on the matter myself other than to say I still think SE hates Dark Knights.

This post has been edited by Chriscoffey: 14 October 2010 - 08:59 PM

[hexagram23]

Thanks for the info. "A bit more powerful than Guillotine" is good enough for me.

Any idea what WS gear he has? Could you ask him what he used, how much +STR he had, etc? Also what sea gorget he used. I'm still 29/30 on Coins of Birth unfortunately.

[hexagram23]

Just got the WS....it's nice as hell. Easily better than Guillotine, with the same WS properties as Cross Reaper. Was doing 1.1k-2.1k in WoE, Antlions. No buffs aside from Yellow Curry Buns. I had STR+68 in WS gear, with Snow Gorget. Went to Abyssea real quick, WS'ed a Very Tough Rocky Murex for 1.4k, unbuffed at 100 TP. All these numbers are at 100 TP, the 2.1k had a DA proc on it.

I don't know about all those crazy 4k numbers and stuff other WS can do, but with COR Rolls and/or BRD songs this will be a beastly WS. It's already easily the best WS DRK has, with zero buffs.

This is the first one I did after I got it:

This post has been edited by hexagram23: 15 October 2010 - 01:49 AM

[hexagram23]

saberwulf_, on 12 October 2010 - 12:19 PM, said:

didnt have my hopes up to begin with not surprised
also found jp drk with Penitence +1 only got these shots since he logged off soon after in campaign

I gotta comment on this. I didn't take any pics but this DRK had to be actively trying NOT to do damage. I didn't hit a Quietus lower than 1.3k in Campaign, on any mob except the boss, 2 for 800-900 then back up to 1.3k. The highest was 2k. Most of the mobs were getting hit for 1.5k and up.

[hexagram23]

As I said before same SC properties as Cross Reaper. Snow Gorget for this WS. Also, Quietus + Quietus = Darkness, and it can continue Darkness also. I'll do the level 0 WS stuff outside of Sandy either tomorrow or the next day.

[tacquon]

congrats hex and yea post some more numbers plzzz im actually thinking i might work towards that scythe now

also is there any specific mob that drops the bale feet more than the non lolbri birds? spent 8hrs there and no drk>< got the other two pieces +1'd

is lord varney best route to farm the seals or the djinn? the tauri looks rough but i havnt seen strats on any of the mobs yet or job combos to farm efficiently

[Arkanethered]

I dual boxed the djinn nm for a few hours with apoc whm thf brd for my bale feet. Easy to just set up north of the ??? and farm pops / pop the nm. Find people that want sam/blu/whm seals.

[firefeng]

hexagram23, on 16 October 2010 - 09:46 PM, said:

As I said before same SC properties as Cross Reaper. Snow Gorget for this WS. Also, Quietus + Quietus = Darkness, and it can continue Darkness also. I'll do the level 0 WS stuff outside of Sandy either tomorrow or the next day.

Same SC properties as CR is a bit weird, since I could have sworn some of these could be used to make double light/dark...