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KazzySoJaz · 12-03-2006, 05:39 PM

For those who missed my post in another thread, regarding this same matter (three of them up recently with same question don't people use search?)

To add to what I said below, katar of the four wind blows... highest dmg TC and Bonetooth Skewer before EoF were only a tiny tiny bit better and not consistantly (@ most 30 dps better, and at times a hundred or so worse). I used Str line for months and months before EoF, until I got my 63 (now 60.5) dmg rating TC. Str 4-4-8, Int 4-4-8, and Sta 4-4-8 are now the best DPS setup IMO. The only thing you lose is some str, which is almost meaningless with the curve and adornments.

And now my reply fromt his thread... http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=6&message.id=38959

Raidi Sovin'faile wrote:

It's closer to ~57 DR now, after the reduction from the big combat update.

Maybe 55 DR if you have level appropriate damage adornments. That's still fairly high... I don't think there's a Legendary drop out there that high on a dual wield, so we are looking at at least fabled.

I don't know where you got the 57 dmg rating thing from, but I am hitting the same as I was pre-EoF with bare fists. Seems like it is the way to go unless you are in a guild that kills princes, and have the better TC. I also noticed when I switched from 4-4-8 str/int/sta to int/sta/wis that my dps didn't change much, and sometimes it was lower (This is because you get to spam, or time, more CA's between hits, allowing you to be more efficient on auto attack).

The only down side to bare fists is the loss of stats, which really doesn't matter unless you are tanking imo. If you are tanking though, you can pull out the weapons to get the +sta +agl +deflection/parry/etc...

12-03-2006, 05:39 PM
KazzySoJaz General Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Taxachusetts Posts: 213	For those who missed my post in another thread, regarding this same matter (three of them up recently with same question don't people use search?) To add to what I said below, katar of the four wind blows... highest dmg TC and Bonetooth Skewer before EoF were only a tiny tiny bit better and not consistantly (@ most 30 dps better, and at times a hundred or so worse). I used Str line for months and months before EoF, until I got my 63 (now 60.5) dmg rating TC. Str 4-4-8, Int 4-4-8, and Sta 4-4-8 are now the best DPS setup IMO. The only thing you lose is some str, which is almost meaningless with the curve and adornments. And now my reply fromt his thread... http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=6&message.id=38959 Raidi Sovin'faile wrote: It's closer to ~57 DR now, after the reduction from the big combat update. Maybe 55 DR if you have level appropriate damage adornments. That's still fairly high... I don't think there's a Legendary drop out there that high on a dual wield, so we are looking at at least fabled. I don't know where you got the 57 dmg rating thing from, but I am hitting the same as I was pre-EoF with bare fists. Seems like it is the way to go unless you are in a guild that kills princes, and have the better TC. I also noticed when I switched from 4-4-8 str/int/sta to int/sta/wis that my dps didn't change much, and sometimes it was lower (This is because you get to spam, or time, more CA's between hits, allowing you to be more efficient on auto attack). The only down side to bare fists is the loss of stats, which really doesn't matter unless you are tanking imo. If you are tanking though, you can pull out the weapons to get the +sta +agl +deflection/parry/etc...