Sylph.Kimble said:
Does Dark Shot > Leaden Salute work the same as Fire shot > Wildfire?
I assume even if it did it would be a waste to use it that way since Dark Shot deals no damage.
Not sure if this is answered already(didn't read every page ><), but no, Dark shot won't increase the dmg of Leaden Salute:
http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/18027/leaden-salute-brewable/2/
Leaden salute done after dark shot didnt have dmg increase when I tried, that means you gonna spam other elemental dmg shots and lost staff bonus.
Unless you're kiting with QD and no time to WS, or unless your triple shot is up and focus on /ra DPS, it's hard to imagine DP will beat Arma even outside of abby, and that's not counting the situation that you using physical WS or melee for TP, or situations you're getting a lot of regain from roll/gear. Which favors Arma even more.
Also part of advantage WF has it's the strategic value, it's low enmity, so it may be very useful in certain situation. Arma is generally more versatile and useful in more situations while DP is more situational...even if you get both it's still likely that you'll use empy most of the time.
Leaden salute really need a LOT of WS dmg boost for DP to compete with Arma IMO.