Your picks for Melee Awards 2005!

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Well, I'm going to take chance on this thread, and hope the job bashing is kept to a minimum.

What are the most powerful melee jobs from lvl 40-60? When I mean powerful I mean DOT, and also side abilities. Like the Drk's ability to absorb, and stun would be taken into effect, as would the Sam's tp madness. Now, I haven't played many melee jobs so I'm not going to bother with a list, but I'm hoping you guys could share your thoughts.

Here is an example of what I'm looking for.

1. mnk/war becuase.....
2. sam/nin becuase.....
3. drk/war becuase they are sexy :wink:
4. etc.....
 
As in rangers excluded, and something outrageous like nin/blm not counting?

I don't see a clear answer from 40 to 60.
 
SAM/WAR... Penta Thrust (Meditate) Penta Thrust (2 hour) Penta Thrust Penta Thrust Penta Thrust

or Tachi: Jinpu
 
Peregrine said:
As in rangers excluded, and something outrageous like nin/blm not counting?

I don't see a clear answer from 40 to 60.
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Considering that rng was never a melee class, yes they're excluded. He's talking about War, Drg, Drk, Mnk, Sam, most likely. Of those choices, I'd have to say MNK/WAR, just because based on my experience, my monk outdamaged every other job during exp.
 
Bajaratt... i must say you win the 2005 Sig away for that "I didnt mean it i am jsut looking for attention" that is awesome!
 
i think war/nin might take this battle. after playing drk sam and war until at least 54, i see them as doing some great damage, while being able to open or close for most other dd's.

close second would be sam because through these lvls replacements are rampant, and you can slide anyy dd into the other spot and still have a sc.
 
Afterhour said:
Bajaratt... i must say you win the 2005 Sig away for that "I didnt mean it i am jsut looking for attention" that is awesome!
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Too bad it's fake.
 
Skaw said:
Afterhour said:
Bajaratt... i must say you win the 2005 Sig away for that "I didnt mean it i am jsut looking for attention" that is awesome!
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Too bad it's fake.
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and i guess you think santa is fake too huh :roll:
 
Where did someone say it was fake?
 
Santa is as real as the Toilet Fairy (Damn tv) lol i am just saying taht is awesome

to stay on topic SAM SAM SAM SAM!
 
Afterhour said:
Bajaratt... i must say you win the 2005 Sig away for that "I didnt mean it i am jsut looking for attention" that is awesome!
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I present to you: the gadfly award. Buzz off, fanboy.
 
Bajaratt said:
Peregrine said:
As in rangers excluded, and something outrageous like nin/blm not counting?

I don't see a clear answer from 40 to 60.
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Considering that rng was never a melee class, yes they're excluded. He's talking about War, Drg, Drk, Mnk, Sam, most likely. Of those choices, I'd have to say MNK/WAR, just because based on my experience, my monk outdamaged every other job during exp.
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I was making a point :roll:
That point was, for the lesser of the group, that from 40-60 "melee" is pretty uniform in merit. It's the things outside "melee" that still stand out. Not that any "melee" is bad in that period. I just don't see talk of hierarchy as having much meaning until you start talking about L3 chains.
 
Peregrine said:
Afterhour said:
Bajaratt... i must say you win the 2005 Sig away for that "I didnt mean it i am jsut looking for attention" that is awesome!
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I present to you: the gadfly award. Buzz off, fanboy.
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For the record I think she is a girl so it would be fangirl, but I don't think you have any fans. I think it comes down to the fact that you are like a freakshow at the circus. We are all amazed at your stupidity and your claims to greatness over the rest of us that we just can't turn our heads. We keep staring and waiting and wondering if this is real or if you are really this ignorant.
 
im going with drk/war. but isnt that tweeked by gear depending on the job? honest question. i only have mages in that range.
 
I doubt this is anything you can justify with a real answer. All jobs have advantages over certain mobs and will therefore surpass other jobs when in the right setting. Like having a MNK in a KRT party(vs skeles of course) is naturally a good idea and a WAR is probably not. I think WAR/NIN and MNK/WAR are the two best choices though. Gear also plays a large part into the choice as well. MNK have those awesome +STR and Haste belts so they might be better early on but then again later on WAR gets hauberk/haubergian(sp?) and MNK only gets SH(great piece but has no +STR and att).

If I was to make a guess though, I'd say MNK/WAR because of the +Haste belts and the shortened delay on attacks(Martial Arts) which come from the main job, MNK, whereas WAR/NIN has the attack delay reduced(Dual Wield) by the subjob, NIN.

Would BST also be included in this category and does the pet count too? Cuz a BST does pretty good damage and an Even pet would be jast as good as a second person. Although this is only a guess tho and I've never actually partied with a BST to make a comparison.
 
Through most of the 50-60s you fight crabs, crabs, and more crabs, and all jobs are pretty piss poor at doing massive amounts of dmg or even decent DoT to crabs, at least not with any consistency. But I'd say hands down MNK/WAR just because I've parsed my own MNK whooping up on other DD's at these levels, and I constantly hear compliments/complaints from nin friends currently at this level saying "Monks are the only damn job that I can't hold hate off of."

51+ MNK/WAR with good gear have incredible DoT and a very strong WS in Raging Fists. They build TP at godly speeds, and can attack 2-5 times a round O.O

In conclusion <3 MNKs.
 
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