agradine posted:

I know the conventional wisdom is that Monk is pretty worthless except as an item slinger or as a secondary utility action command user (like !Mix or !Sing), but I guess conventional wisdom never bothered to give them a weapon? Having a Monk that equip whichever Whip or Axe is most appropriate to the situation has been pretty awesome. Highest strength, highest HP, innate counter, medium armor has a ton of great options, and they're a pretty reliable damage machine.

I mean, there are obviously better classes, but Monk has not been the albatross around my neck that I was worried it was going to be.

Exercu posted:

The issue is that a monk equipping an axe or a whip or whatever gives him a decent !fight command. But very few jobs want to just !fight, even among the physical ones. Each of them would love a force multiplier like !dance, !rapidfire etc etc. If you give Monk a weapon, they don't get to use those force multipliers at the same time.

edit: giving him Equip Swords makes him a Knight who can't two-hand or use shields. Giving him Equip Axes makes him a controllable Berserker who does less damage than a real Berserker, which is nice enough, I guess. But "lower damage than Berserker, and only able to !fight and !Item" is not exactly the benchmark we want to hit. Giving him !Equip Lances makes him a Dragoon who can't jump or use shields.

agradine posted:

I know the conventional wisdom is that Monk is pretty worthless except as an item slinger or as a secondary utility action command user (like !Mix or !Sing), but I guess conventional wisdom never bothered to give them a weapon? Having a Monk that equip whichever Whip or Axe is most appropriate to the situation has been pretty awesome. Highest strength, highest HP, innate counter, medium armor has a ton of great options, and they're a pretty reliable damage machine.

I mean, there are obviously better classes, but Monk has not been the albatross around my neck that I was worried it was going to be.

Poulpe posted:

I'm having a bit of trouble with neo exdeath, my team is dancer, knight, dragoon, time mage.
Is there anything obvious I should be doing?
Quick and meteo are always nice but I've got my dancer using Excalibur for those sweet 9999 procs.
Everyone is wearing flame rings for fire sword healing too.
I just can't seem to keep up when he kills several of my dudes!

Leofish posted:

I think Twitter considers Gilgabot spam so it won't show you the reply from your own account.

CruzerZERO posted:

Thanks for that tidbit, next time I'll stick to checking on the site afterwards.

I know with Black Mage I can pretty much turn the whole party into nukers, but is there anything interesting I can do with Spellblade or Mystic Knight in general in a team of Berserker/Mystic Knight/Black Mage/Red Mage?

OzFactor posted:

Are you making sure to kill the last two pieces at the same time? When one is left alive, it goes nuts on you, and no matter what your party is there's no way to keep up. So either kill the last two at the same time or leave the back part alive until the end and kill it with the Magic Lamp. Mega64's Boss Guide does a better job explaining than me.

Look Sharp! posted:

Another butt to the pile.
Three runs down, and each one has Bartz dead at the end.

Kyrosiris posted:

Okay, so at level 25 both Galuf and Bartz with Equip Axes will have an M of 13 for Knives. The Main Gauche will hit for 468-507 damage, and the Mage Masher will hit for 403-442 damage, so if you roll max damage on either weapon (it's a 1/4 chance), you should be able to do the 800 damage needed to shank one launcher immediately. If you can tolerate uneven levels, leveling Galuf only to level 27 will get you an extra damage multiplier (Bartz to 27 won't because of his higher agility - you'll gain a M based on Strength, but lose one based on Agility, it's complex but just go with it).

Honestly I'd say to go back to the Ship Graveyard and farm elixirs in that room that has three treasure chests in it (every encounter can drop some). You should have the damage output, it's just getting to apply it.

Archenteron posted:

zenguitarman posted:

Yeah I know, it's my first time. Grinding away.

Another questions, what effect does being revived have on your ATB? It seems I always get a free turn after I revive someone.

Bad Seafood posted:

Calling all Captains Courageous!

This year, like every year, I plan on using the Chicken Knife like the dirty little coward I am. But you know what? I think you can do better!

For everyone who completes their run with a fully functioning Brave Blade either equipped or in their inventory (which is to say, a Brave Blade at full power; no running), I will donate $5 to Child's Play, up to a total of $150. For proof, all I ask is a screenshot of your party, standing before Exdeath in the Rift, with another screenshot of your untarnished Brave Blade boasting 150 attack power.

Genocyber posted:

Oh boy, Gilgabot's been kind to me this year. First Chemist, then Bard, then Ninja...what could I possibly pull for Earth?!

*gets Monk*



Little late on that call, aren't ya?

I realize that in light of Chemist it's kind of moot what other jobs I get, but I find it hilarious I got Monk at the least useful place.

Fhqwhgads posted:

With a Regular and a Pure Chaos down, what should I try running next? Popular for a shot at a Chemist? My first run was basically a No750 (Knight/Mystic/Ninja/Dragoon) so maybe a 750?

agradine posted:

Nobody loves good food and song more than a Monk.

!Mix and !Song can boost the Monk's levels, and therefore unarmed damage, ridiculously high

Schwarzwald posted:

Chemist and Bard both work very well with Monk, since Monk barehanded damage is directly based on their level.

Admiral Joeslop posted:

One more for the "a butt" pile.

Bruceski posted:

Does doublehand not work with Goblin Punch? I assumed it would since it changes the sheet damage, but unless I missed some variable in the damage it's not.

Also, the killer bow is weird. No proc effect, the target just dies. I wouldn't even have noticed it was happening if I hadn't one-shot a reflect knight with 250 damage. It even works on non-heavy undead.