I know I'm commenting on an old vid, but Shining One WAR is also awesome. Warcry with savagery, and also blood rage make critting with impulse drive even easier. I love it in Odyssey (or anywhere) on piercing weak mobs.
One thing to keep in mind with all ranking videos: It's just one person's opinion on how each stacks up to the rest and their own situation. Your mileage may vary.
I find it crazy that masa is considered bis now, when I played my ag koga was a monster and the 3000 tp requirement for am3 was not an issue due to meditate. Other rme weapons required meditate after getting am but with koga you used meditate before pull and opened with Rana and instant am3. I remember it shining most in 6 man pt with 2 nukers 3 buffers and myself doing 6 step sc. Masa can't do that. Or at least it couldnt when I played (2014 ish) Has the game turned into a melee zerg style nowadays? I can see why white dmg is highly regarded if so. Makes me wish I had my verethragna monk still.
Yeah and it's a pretty different playstyle vs just spamming at 1K like what's normal nowadays. Having to anticipate and efficiently WS at the right %s can be harder than it seems!
How do you figure a couple hours to finish an amano? At my most focused, I pull about 400 coins a run in dyna-valkurm JA weakness proccing on thf/dnc. You need 10,000 singles for stage 4 alone and unless theres a faster method i'm ignorant of, that stage would take 25 runs at least.
I split the time to obtain and gil. If you have to gil all ready to go, a relic will take about a day to finish. If you need to also farm the gil it'll take significantly longer.
I have both R15 and prefer Masa (right now). Considering equally geared (max non-DM augments) DRK and SAM, DRK may win for a Zerg by a few % but SCing is far superior on SAM. I think the clincher for me is MEVA accessibility between SAM and DRK, unless you have 5/5 volte already
Odd, while I”m only an R15 Doji/Shining/Su5 SAM at the moment, I’ve been told that R15 Doji is far superior to R15 Masa for SSC situations like zerde or kei. I totally get that a strong Fudo to step2,6 in a 6 step boosts the damage but wouldn’t the 10% SC dmg for all SCs outweigh the Distortion and 2nd light? I agree with the ratings you’ve listed though.
well if I return I guess I can be happy that I already have half the heavy metal plates to get my masa from 90-95. So it would mainly just be gil and not time.
Yeah.Technically the entire Masa upgrade process can be done solo, even R15 via the Job Point path option. Granted it's expensive and time consuming but def realistically possible.
Hey ejin great guide as per usual. Do you have an updated impulse drive set for sam or is it still similar to your fudo set. Also what kind of numbers can you get from R15 kaiten, amano was my 1st rmea so i still have a soft spot for it and would like to finish it in the future. Thx
Impulse Drive set is exactly the same as a perfect Fudo set. If you don't have great augments on your valorous hands, you can use Ryuo +1 hands instead.
@@EjinCaitsith Thanks Ejin, could you kindly advise what your opinion is on augmenting Impulse Drive cape with DA or Crit? many thanks! A Japanese friend of mine is currently using DA, he would 1 shot the bats in outer ra'kaznar closing 2nd darkness 99999, WS dmg between 60k-99k. Buffs were idris GEO fury/malaise. Much appreciated.
I'm glad that you put R0s and other weapons that makes it seem like you had returning players in mind. Hope this format continues if you plan to make vids for other jobs. I gotta say though it's a little bit demotivating to play when a pretty easily obtained weapon can destroy weapons with a lot of history. This is FFXI, even if a non REMA option is 2%~ ahead of a REMA, I'd still prefer to use the vanity item I've cherished for years. To be blown out of the water is a bit depressing.
Great video very informative! I just have one pretty big gripe: Speech Annunciation is a Very HUGE thing with more people than you might imagine so hearing you call.. Kaiten (Kī-Ten) as “Kay-Ten” for example... Makes me want to drown a fish. Outside of that, great content. Thumbs Up 👍
Ejin Caitsith lol nah you’re fine. I would just recommend a quick google search “How to pronounce this thing here” Followed by a short rehearsal and you’re golden. It’s an easy fix. Love the channel though, keep it up
I know I'm commenting on an old vid, but Shining One WAR is also awesome. Warcry with savagery, and also blood rage make critting with impulse drive even easier. I love it in Odyssey (or anywhere) on piercing weak mobs.
One thing to keep in mind with all ranking videos: It's just one person's opinion on how each stacks up to the rest and their own situation. Your mileage may vary.
Hagun FTW
They brought pluse weapons back. Hagun next!
What about the Torigashiranotachi?
I find it crazy that masa is considered bis now, when I played my ag koga was a monster and the 3000 tp requirement for am3 was not an issue due to meditate. Other rme weapons required meditate after getting am but with koga you used meditate before pull and opened with Rana and instant am3. I remember it shining most in 6 man pt with 2 nukers 3 buffers and myself doing 6 step sc. Masa can't do that. Or at least it couldnt when I played (2014 ish) Has the game turned into a melee zerg style nowadays? I can see why white dmg is highly regarded if so. Makes me wish I had my verethragna monk still.
A lot has factually changed since 2014. You're missing out on roughly nine years of the game's changes.
Just a few hundred million gil…… right now I have 8mil, which is the most I have ever held lol
I enjoyed the video, please do more like this!
Very tempted to make shining one. I don't currently play Sam or drg but I might take them up for that thing!
Yeah and it's a pretty different playstyle vs just spamming at 1K like what's normal nowadays. Having to anticipate and efficiently WS at the right %s can be harder than it seems!
How do you figure a couple hours to finish an amano? At my most focused, I pull about 400 coins a run in dyna-valkurm JA weakness proccing on thf/dnc. You need 10,000 singles for stage 4 alone and unless theres a faster method i'm ignorant of, that stage would take 25 runs at least.
He said 24 hours, not a couple hours
I split the time to obtain and gil. If you have to gil all ready to go, a relic will take about a day to finish. If you need to also farm the gil it'll take significantly longer.
@@EjinCaitsith I meant actually farming the dyna currency, or is that not the best way anymore?
@@Mortechai Yeah, farming dyna currency isn't time efficient anymore. It's better to farm Gain XP or Salvage these days.
@@Mortechai you can farm a relic in 3 days
I just can't decide if I want a Masamune Sam or a Caladbolg Drk. Both share the same empyrean items.
Make both!
I have both R15 and prefer Masa (right now). Considering equally geared (max non-DM augments) DRK and SAM, DRK may win for a Zerg by a few % but SCing is far superior on SAM. I think the clincher for me is MEVA accessibility between SAM and DRK, unless you have 5/5 volte already
I think about returning often. But when I watched this vid and heard the millions of gil I would need to make any one of the weapons... :(
True but on the flip side gil is VERY easy to make now. Game is still lots of fun would recommend.
So glad I was all in on Masa before it was cool.
Masa has always been cool, aside from that short era where SE forgot about REMs, lol.
@@DubKings I remember when Koga's were the thing everyone swore by.
Odd, while I”m only an R15 Doji/Shining/Su5 SAM at the moment, I’ve been told that R15 Doji is far superior to R15 Masa for SSC situations like zerde or kei. I totally get that a strong Fudo to step2,6 in a 6 step boosts the damage but wouldn’t the 10% SC dmg for all SCs outweigh the Distortion and 2nd light? I agree with the ratings you’ve listed though.
R15 Masa is gonna do 99K lights just the same as Doji on stuff like Zerde, plus you get incredibly stronger fudos and AM3.
Thanks, I’ve since R15d Masa and do enjoy it. On another note, it might be interesting to revisit sub jobs.
Can you go into what kogas third eye enhancement does?
Just ups the counter and activation rate for third eye.
well if I return I guess I can be happy that I already have half the heavy metal plates to get my masa from 90-95. So it would mainly just be gil and not time.
Yeah.Technically the entire Masa upgrade process can be done solo, even R15 via the Job Point path option. Granted it's expensive and time consuming but def realistically possible.
Hey ejin great guide as per usual. Do you have an updated impulse drive set for sam or is it still similar to your fudo set. Also what kind of numbers can you get from R15 kaiten, amano was my 1st rmea so i still have a soft spot for it and would like to finish it in the future. Thx
Impulse Drive set is exactly the same as a perfect Fudo set. If you don't have great augments on your valorous hands, you can use Ryuo +1 hands instead.
@@EjinCaitsith Thanks Ejin, could you kindly advise what your opinion is on augmenting Impulse Drive cape with DA or Crit? many thanks! A Japanese friend of mine is currently using DA, he would 1 shot the bats in outer ra'kaznar closing 2nd darkness 99999, WS dmg between 60k-99k. Buffs were idris GEO fury/malaise. Much appreciated.
@@Mogulkahn Impulse set is exactly the same as your Fudo set. For Ambu cape you should augment it with STR and WSDMG.
Guess I better get to CPing and knock my R15 Masa out ASAP. Im about 1/5 the way. Thanks for the info. GREAT VIDEO! ~Ralech
You should make more weapon ranking videos for other jobs, if you haven’t noticed, this is one of the very best guides on youtube for ffxi
I prefer relic and use the element wheel. Spamming fudo doesn't make a good player....
I'm glad that you put R0s and other weapons that makes it seem like you had returning players in mind. Hope this format continues if you plan to make vids for other jobs. I gotta say though it's a little bit demotivating to play when a pretty easily obtained weapon can destroy weapons with a lot of history. This is FFXI, even if a non REMA option is 2%~ ahead of a REMA, I'd still prefer to use the vanity item I've cherished for years. To be blown out of the water is a bit depressing.
ide say su4-5 are also decent weapons
Yeah, but they are just so expensive to buy and upgrade that I would never suggest making those to anyone. Better off just farming a R0 Masa.
@@EjinCaitsith su4 was reasonable
paid 7 mil for 1 and upgraded it for free, ide say better option than Aeonic, while you build a masa
W00t w00t
#12 Yoichi bow XD
it is the year 2022. coming back to ff from 2010 and stuff is just silly easy to get
Impressed/disappointed by Shinning One being above Doji 15...
At least you aren't a DRG thinking "why the hell is SAM better with Polearm than me" XD
Great video very informative!
I just have one pretty big gripe:
Speech Annunciation is a Very HUGE thing with more people than you might imagine so hearing you call..
Kaiten (Kī-Ten) as “Kay-Ten” for example...
Makes me want to drown a fish.
Outside of that, great content. Thumbs Up 👍
I need to just accept I can't pronounce anything correctly in XI and stick to extremely general terms haha =(
Ejin Caitsith lol nah you’re fine. I would just recommend a quick google search
“How to pronounce this thing here”
Followed by a short rehearsal and you’re golden.
It’s an easy fix. Love the channel though, keep it up