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Best dagger for thief
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By Bahamut.Raenryong 2012-03-24 20:44:11
Not that I disagree with Mandau > Twashtar, but how does Rudra's need 300 TP to be efficient and how does Mercy have better mods? DEX is more readily available on the majority of THF gear.
By Fupafighters 2012-03-24 20:48:31
because rudra gets beat by exent in most situations. And the other situations, evisceration wins.
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By Quetzalcoatl.Mitosis 2012-03-24 20:51:21
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By Bahamut.Raenryong 2012-03-24 20:56:28
I don't own a Twashtar myself yet, but I would imagine it's worthwhile taking the damage loss for sake of maintaining aftermath? Is Mercy Stroke stronger than the other two all of the time (I haven't mathed this out yet)?
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By Bahamut.Raenryong 2012-03-24 20:59:01
Valefor.Prothescar said: »Terran > Both of you. MARINES, MARAUDERS, GHOSTS, AND RAVENS ALL I NEED

You need some Medivacs too!!
.. and SCVs arguably
By Fupafighters 2012-03-24 21:03:22
Bahamut.Raenryong said: »I don't own a Twashtar myself yet, but I would imagine it's worthwhile taking the damage loss for sake of maintaining aftermath? Is Mercy Stroke stronger than the other two all of the time (I haven't mathed this out yet)? It's only good to SC with rly. Like say your doing duo dyna with another friend. Rudra anyway.
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By Bahamut.Raenryong 2012-03-24 21:06:06
So sacrificing whatever damage difference there is isn't worth it to maintain aftermath? Without performing any formal math, I would be surprised at this result.
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By Valefor.Prothescar 2012-03-24 21:10:27
Bahamut.Raenryong said: »Valefor.Prothescar said: »Terran > Both of you. MARINES, MARAUDERS, GHOSTS, AND RAVENS ALL I NEED

You need some Medivacs too!!
.. and SCVs arguably
Medivacs sure but *** the rest.
Admittedly my APM isn't high enough to handle Ravens and Ghosts at the same time.
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By Siren.Mcclane 2012-03-24 21:12:41
Bahamut.Raenryong said: »Not that I disagree with Mandau > Twashtar, but how does Rudra's need 300 TP to be efficient and how does Mercy have better mods? DEX is more readily available on the majority of THF gear.
Might want to check out how much STR gear THF gets. They get *a lot*.
By Fupafighters 2012-03-24 21:24:17
Bahamut.Raenryong said: »So sacrificing whatever damage difference there is isn't worth it to maintain aftermath? Without performing any formal math, I would be surprised at this result. Only worth it in VW really. I have twash, and it's not all that great. It opens up some cool SC's, but it's not really that great. Mandau seems excellent for thf's over rudra(and yes i have mandau friends). Similar gear.
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By Shiva.Falseliberty 2012-03-24 21:32:55
"And STR actually does more than DEX when stacking with SA" err idk man think we gonna need an other motenten explanation on this.. seems kinda close soo many variables. Only thing that im going with is the att on mandau, thf is such an att starved job
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By Bismarck.Ihina 2012-03-24 22:16:34
On LV0 enemies, Mercy Stroke, using a lv99 Mandau, does about the same damage as a 200%TP Rudra's Storm, using a lv99 Twashtar.
Other than missing 1str on my augmented heca feet+1, my gear is perfect for both WSs.
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By Valefor.Prothescar 2012-03-24 22:18:51
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By Phoenix.Suji 2012-03-25 15:13:35
Other than missing 1str on my augmented heca feet+1, my gear is perfect for both WSs. If you don't mind, would you please update/create item sets for what you're using these days? Augment descriptions would be sweet too.
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By Sylph.Etoilemourante 2012-03-25 15:23:33
Mandau wins 100% !
Have both , for comparaison.
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By Fenrir.Nightfyre 2012-03-25 15:32:37
Bahamut.Raenryong said: »So sacrificing whatever damage difference there is isn't worth it to maintain aftermath? Without performing any formal math, I would be surprised at this result. Check the previous couple pages.
Shiva.Falseliberty said: »"And STR actually does more than DEX when stacking with SA" err idk man think we gonna need an other motenten explanation on this.. seems kinda close soo many variables. Only thing that im going with is the att on mandau, thf is such an att starved job I believe they were talking about Mercy, for which this fact is well known. Base damage from DEX/AGI with SA/TA is added outside fTP (and is obviously only applied to the first hit), so Mercy's 60% STR mod is about twice as powerful as 1 point of DEX before considering gains in attack or fSTR.
Sylph.Etoilemourante said: »Mandau wins 100% ! , i have both Thank you for that incredibly informative post.
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By Bismarck.Sylow 2012-03-25 15:34:40
I think my favorite part about Etoilemourante's post is the placement of the exclamation point.
"Mandau wins 100%!" seems so excited, and "i have both" is just some lightly spoken, breathy afterthought.
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By Sylph.Kimble 2012-03-25 15:39:15
Etoilemourante isn't exactly right in the head.
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By Sylph.Etoilemourante 2012-03-25 15:40:41
Was busy for give more explain and my english low..
but Mandau wins sure , i dont use more Twashtar cause this...
If ppl can choice , choice relic ! if cant raise relic, Empyrean stay decent and occassionalely make nice WS but never constant and only Stacked. Its good to post Twashar WS screenshot 10K... its happens all 1000 WS... Mandau constant DMG and triple dmg proc alot.
At level 85-90 both was close, but at level 95-99 Mandau wins only for all.
Main THF for 8 year.
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By Bismarck.Sylow 2012-03-25 15:42:51
I remember farming subligars in Phomiuna aqueducts with Etoilemourante back when I was a little nooblet RDM.
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By Sylph.Etoilemourante 2012-03-25 16:26:33
I remember farming subligars in Phomiuna aqueducts with Etoilemourante back when I was a little nooblet RDM.
Fairy Server?
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By Bismarck.Sylow 2012-03-25 16:34:14
Sylph.Etoilemourante said: »I remember farming subligars in Phomiuna aqueducts with Etoilemourante back when I was a little nooblet RDM.
Fairy Server?
Yeah, aggges ago.
JFC I'M OLD D:
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By Sylph.Etoilemourante 2012-03-25 17:18:59
Sylph.Etoilemourante said: »I remember farming subligars in Phomiuna aqueducts with Etoilemourante back when I was a little nooblet RDM.
Fairy Server?
Yeah, aggges ago.
JFC I'M OLD D:
lol yes 8 more years from this ...
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By Valefor.Smush 2012-03-26 06:45:13
Does the Twashstars Aftermath apply on the spreadsheet? I don't say anything about it on there.
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By Bahamut.Raenryong 2012-03-26 07:13:24
Quote: "And STR actually does more than DEX when stacking with SA" err idk man think we gonna need an other motenten explanation on this.. seems kinda close soo many variables. Only thing that im going with is the att on mandau, thf is such an att starved job
This is true of SAMercy. Not true of SA-anything else.
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By Sylph.Etoilemourante 2012-03-26 08:15:44
Does the Twashstars Aftermath apply on the spreadsheet? I don't say anything about it on there.
yes with both aftermath, Mandau wins only and not close... diff are big. Twashtar say good for DNC.
By Rieekil 2012-03-26 08:49:46
A quick question I have 2 Eva daggers r8 now nd working on double atk+11 dagger
How good r those two dagger sets also maybe maybe if I mange to lvl my whm mule i'll work on the cake cutter
P.s. Using phone so sry for any mistakes lol
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By Bismarck.Sylow 2012-03-26 08:52:45
The short answer is not particularly fantastic.
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By Sylph.Decimus 2012-03-26 09:06:13
If you want to stick with magian go with the fire path. It'll be your best off-hand going forward anyway.
By Rieekil 2012-03-26 09:39:27
A quick question I have 2 Eva daggers r8 now nd working on double atk+11 dagger
How good r those two dagger sets also maybe maybe if I mange to lvl my whm mule i'll work on the cake cutter
P.s. Using phone so sry for any mistakes lol
Also the reason I got 2 Eva daggers is that I only use thief for solo nd sometimes duo. So not for group fight
Again how good is the double atk dagger for off hand outside abbysea
since if now whta my nesxt couple of step its gonan be for my thief from this threa http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/29304/my-thf-killing-to-slow-what-daggers-should-i-use/
Im now looking into my end goal with daggers.
after 2 emps wit hthrogny path. i really wanna avoid that aread again so twatwasher is something i wont to aovid unless its absolut the best dagger out there.
so far im lookign at getting mandau. but i dont know if ishoud lbe working for towards a mythic dagger isnted /also
what would be the best combo of relic/mythic/str/qilin daggers atm ?
im guessing some mandau +qilin HQ but i might be wrong as i havent done any in depth math's on it
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