AA battles and DD mode

Recent new content AA battle, COR is a viable alternative(but not a must have) in the BC. Most people including myself, just /WHM due to laziness. But I've been playing with the idea of using it as a DD in normal~difficult fights.

In order to do AA as a melee, it is required to have a very good DT- gears and /NIN to survive. The hard part is, if you turtle with DT- gears, it'd ended up suffering from acc issue even with sushi, especially if you don't have 4 song BRD. And COR doesn't have very good melee weapon already.

One advantage of going /ra mode is that COR can have full prelude+ min buff and full acc TP set without worrying about PDT- and march. Resulting higher accuracy and less cures. But another advantage melee COR has is, COR can get 10% PDT- in gun slot, basically a bit easier to cap PDT- compare with MNKs.

Super turtle melee mode:
Gun: 10%
Dring: 10%
Skirmish x5 perfect aug: 20%
Back: shadow
Neck: 5%
Waist: 4%
Ring2: Tojil HP ring

Total: Around 49%, but can't WS with gun and have to use req. Can probably reach cap with wiglen or something.

Another advantage of using gun slot for PDT- is, it is possible to use high HP Tojil ring to add more survive-ability. It's just that I'd have to stuck with req WS instead of last stand.


According to spreadsheet, on Tojil lv of target, I have around 152 DPS /NIN without chaos and SV, using sushi and turtle in my gimp PDT-.

Same target/debuff but full DD buff chaos+hunter+ prelude x2 and min, 142 DPS if I /ra /WAR in highest racc set if zerk up, zerk down has 118. /RNG is 115 DPS although I may* need to /RNG if doing VD anyways.

If using Exen build instead of req build and full of melee turtle rolls/gears, it's only 146 DPS.

Conclusion: Melee build is still a bit stronger than /ra with a BRD even in turtle like hell situation. Although I don't think it's possible to melee at all in VD. But ranged build requires less healing and less death.

Melee 4life for me, personally ._. What kind of pirate can't use a sword? :X