Yea, it's all about preference. Do I want longer ship and weaker attack, or do i want stronger attack but shorter ship? I'm already mid 13x so i don't have to worry about that decision. Still gonna stick to my max bullseye then get rapid fire after. Might mix up rapid + ship, maybe 2 rapid + 1 ship so they're both "maxed" together [level 20 rapid since 30 is a peach]. MW is almost always given by a bishop/archmage i train with so no point in getting that for now.
Regarding homing
Will you gunwhack only if the homed monster is in that range, or will any monster close enough trigger a whack like normal?
If there's a minimum range i.e. rapid fire
I use homing on zak
I use rapid fire, it goes through summons
If summons are right on top of me, I start whacking them instead
If I use canon, which has no minimum range, then it can't be blocked.
I think that answers your question.
The only thing that changes when you're homed on a monster is the monster that gets targetted gets priority over all the other monsters. That is, if there is more than one monster in range, you'll hit the homed monster regardless of positioning. You can still thwack monsters up close, or hit some other monster if the homed monster is not in range.
Dumb quick question: What affects summon's damage? Just their skill level?
I remember askin this about barrage, but has anyone found dragon strike 30 at squids. 4th job skills table says it drops there.
I trained there for like 4 hours and nothing.
Last edited by DrRusty; 2009-01-16 at 11:10 AM.
Maybe its your damage rang?Originally Posted by drppnts4food
My Questions:
If energy blast hits 6 monsters and doesnt halve well then isnt it better than LEVEL 1 dragon strike? And does level 1 Speed infusion have a 6, second duration or is it 30, the sources I was loooking at makes it look like its 3,6 and an 8...
If energy Orb didnt halve would you make it first?
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Attack defined in the skill and your stats, but mostly just the attack.
The hell...?
Blast hits 4 monsters. DS level 1 does 275 x 4, but it's range is much longer. It replaces SSK, and isn't really replaced by blast at all.
I have NO clue what the pineapple you're talking about with SI, but i know your question can be answered by looking over this a few times over.
900% x 6 rapes anything in our arsenal, so probably.
Octopus and Gaviota work off "Base attack" much like Hawk and mage summons. I am not 100% sure but I believe they work off your level primarily.
Air Strike technically is not a summon and to further enforce this idea, it works off a % damage, 1200% at max. That is affected by your damage range.
Corsair question- could having 6 octopus out (3 rows of 2 octos each), + spamming cannon, would that be enough to keep up with an SE'd NL?
Alot of the DPS comparisons only compare cannon with TT or SoA or brandish. The octopus turrents are never accounted for.
Because it's a variable that's a pain in the ass to calculate.
Kaasoljoyyx said his boat breaks once per zrun, which means he out damages a pomegranate load of NLs with SE. :P
With Cannon, Corsairs are stronger without Octo. The main reason I haven't included Octo in my calculations is that I have no idea how long it takes to cast it and how fast it attacks, not to mention figuring out exactly how much it would impact DPS would be difficult, since you can summon more than one at a time (and it doesn't cooldown in exactly 10 seconds, or I'd be able to constantly put out 3 Octopi, when in reality the first disappears almost as soon as the third comes out), and it's not always beneficial to Octo as soon as possible.
Even the way I calculate something as simple as Snipe isn't fully accurate. Cooldowns make things very difficult.
Oh thanx for that thread, its cleared up my quetion.
The downside to keeping the ship alive throughout is getting on and off. It is better in the long run to do that though unless you got like a 150k+ hp ship lol. Even so, there difference is not significant. What i'm referring to is like
For 1/1 [lightning and fire pillar do the same]
When 1/1 animation comes, i have to stop while nls can get another attack in usually. But they are forced to stop due to 1mp. But due to canon being so fast, if you're really good, you can demount like 1/2~1 second before the attack causing minimal difference. From dps calculations though, corsairs have a higher bit than NLs anyway so i'd assume even with that extra attack NLs usually can get during 1/1s [even moreso during constant 1/1s repeating], they'll even out.
But the thing to consider is when summons come out. Occasionally NLs will have to hit them while canon will go straight through. This pushes corsairs ahead again for dps at zak.
/rambling
Sorry for double post, but no one's posted in-between and I have a new topic to address.
Pinning Anego as a Corsair, how2do? Looking for tips from NLs/BMs. Right now my rapid can't 100% kb [i think] but canon does. The only successful way I've been able to do it is canon it to the right, then jump on the bar stool. When it gets close and attack, I recoil over it and run. It ddin't hit me 3/3 when i tried it, but it still seems way too risky. The only anego vid i've seen is the one where he KBs it all the way --> [Most people probably know which one i'm talking about].
Got tired after trying for a while, went at 0% and died maybe 10~15 times doing different ideas.
Your RF has to KB, or else you're going to fail. :/ Maybe try apples?
Wouldn't your situation merit more from Marksmen than a bowmaster?
since your main attack hits 4 times and more like strafe.
I think cannon casts faster than strafe though.
Like 0.03 second faster. If a MM could manage, a Corsair definitely can.
Just getting over is the hard part. Almost all bellocan people always pin to the <--, idk about other servers. Unless KBing --> utilizing bullseye is better, i'm looking for tips to get over anego [besides just getting a door from bains].
Once it's in the corner, it's easy do to the because of the "It stays stuck/KBed in the corner for about 2 seconds before coming after you"
Well jobs like Corsiers and bowsmasters wont be bossing until like 14x, so wouldn't their battleship hp be high enough to with stand boss damages so they dont have to mount then unmount?
For instants- If your gonna boss (zak) and your guild's usual run time is 20 minutes, wouldn't your ship last throughout the whole thing without having to (un)mount
Oh last question for this post XD:
if your mounting and unmounting like every 3 or 5 seconds wouldnt that cut into the damage your dealing over time? And who would win in a fight power rangers or chuck norris? (I'm doing this for class)
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