Which Weapon Should I Get I'm Too Stupid To Pick!

would be great to know if Haste Samba duration is increased with it. That's probably the most useful subjob ability for a BST.

would be great to know if Haste Samba duration is increased with it. That's probably the most useful subjob ability for a BST.

Since I am basically retired from FFXI and don't really see myself NEEDING anything here I will take the plunge and get Air Knife to report back whether it works the same way as FT/IB

Supposing it does, how would you use it?
Go /DNC on BST to single wield?
I mean sure but...

Pasting what I sent in a message to someone who asked... This is a more detailed explanation.

Aero 1 IMMEDIATELY upon SC opening: 33600
Aero 1 @ 5 seconds left on skillchain: 38231
Aero 1 @ 1-2 seconds left on skillchain: 34803

Multiple times it was this hump of damage, no weather bonuses. So I've concluded that the start of the window is 0% damage bonus, middle of window is 10%, end of window is 0%. Thus you get more damage casting in the middle of the skillchain window.

That said, here was my gear set...

main="Wizard's Rod",
sub="Bunzi's Rod",
ammo="Ghastly Tathlum +1",
head="Wicce Petasos +3",
body="Spaekona's Coat +3",
hands="Wicce Gloves +3",
legs="Wicce Chausses +3",
feet="Wicce Sabots +3",
neck="Sorcerer's Stole +2",
waist="Acuity belt +1",
left_ear="Regal Earring",
right_ear="Wicce Earring +2",
left_ring="Freke Ring",
right_ring="Metamorph Ring +1",
back=cape.magic_int,

Back gives 5 MB, bunzi rod 10 MB, Wicce Legs 15 MB, BLM Neck 10 MB, for a total of 40 MB cap in gear. So this damage is either separate of the MB 1 and MB 2, but is definitely not MB 1.

Aero 1 IMMEDIATELY upon SC opening: 33600 - No bonus provided
Aero 1 @ 5 seconds left on skillchain: 38231 - 27 Magic burst bonus applied
Aero 1 @ 1-2 seconds left on skillchain: 34803- 7 magic burst bonus applied.

With MBB1 being capped with gear, this seems to apply like the job traits/JP/gifts/mbb2.

After all these years of never giving us anything really cool, why else would they be doing this now??

Yes but swapping shield resets your tp, so that means you need to farm enough TP to use Haste Samba with Single Hand and Diamond Aspis, then use Haste Samba, then swap to two weapons, rinse and repeat in ~113 seconds (instead that 90).

I mean... I dunno, I'm a bit unconvinced.

I am currently four hours deep in to my crippling indecision. Do I get the shield? Do I get an instrument or katana I'll probably never use? Better yet, why don't I look super cool with an Exeter? However, through all this, I narrowed it down to a single answer. SE must be nerfing the hell out of us soon. After all these years of never giving us anything really cool, why else would they be doing this now??

Ok, back to my indecision.

I mean, if your argument for making the shield is to extend sambas, then yeah, it makes absolutely no sense.

But for a career BST, like the was saying, the is no doubt the best option.

What job do you like the most and/or play the most? Does that job have a choice amongst these weapons that would improve it, even incrementally? If yes, pick that thing. If no, do you have a job you don't play as often but still enough that improving it would improve your overall game enjoyment? Pick that one. If no, pick whatever looks cool I guess lol.

EDIT: The cynic in me can't help but notice that all of this testing would be so much easier if the test dummies actually gave useful information.

so 15min songs can't be overwritten by 11min nitro songs right? or they would if +4 and not +3 power?

To answer this seriously, I play DRK THF COR SCH RUN RDM and BST (just got mythic), so the shield seems most appealing to me, but I'm just making sure it's what I really want, lol.