Soulsmasher vs. Returning Squall?

Walpurga - Dreamweaver
Walpurga - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,028 Arc User
edited October 2012 in Archer
What do you think?

DPS is almost the same, both have interval, one has zerk and one has +2 crit

I'm seriously leaning towards TT80 Gold bow though, for the zerk that costs...MP??? b:shocked

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  • Elenacostel - Heavens Tear
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,822 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Neither.

    Other choices:

    - Use Wind and the Clouds until 85, then use Vast Land.

    - Use Wind and the Clouds until 85, then use Broad Land.

    - Use Guardian of the Realm at 80 (can be obtain via Divine Quests).
  • Vindis - Dreamweaver
    Vindis - Dreamweaver Posts: 614 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Broadland is your best option. You are on my server. Go find one for 8-12mil. They cost me 22 back when I got one.
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  • Suizahn - Sanctuary
    Suizahn - Sanctuary Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    I Really like Crimson horn: Soulsmasher, because of the Gloom add-on and the +max phys att, But i don't really like the idea of it being bound, so I would avoid that. Still, a really good bow (I bought one with my sin only because of how much I personally like it :D)


    And yes, Broad Land is better than this one (actually, every golden fcc weapon is better than TT80 and most 90, except for 80 daggers and 90 axes) and the cost is not too high (also can be sold later)

    Guardian of the realm, I don't like it. Only if you don't have any money (but i would rather spend the divine honors on pots). I reccomend you to stay with your current weapon until you are 85 (or get the guardian of the realm) and the use fcc ones :D
  • Walpurga - Dreamweaver
    Walpurga - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,028 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Ah...bound...that's not good

    what of farming for the weapon myself? I'm sure I can get into a slower FC or perhaps a non-pleveling FC and farm mats for the weapon myself (although it might take forever with archer drop rates)
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  • Cotillion - Dreamweaver
    Cotillion - Dreamweaver Posts: 671 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Walpurga - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Ah...bound...that's not good

    what of farming for the weapon myself? I'm sure I can get into a slower FC or perhaps a non-pleveling FC and farm mats for the weapon myself (although it might take forever with archer drop rates)
    FC cannot be farmed. They removed all the mats from FC a long, long time ago.
    Weapons occasionally (rarely) drop from Holeen and that's it for weapons in there.
    You will need to buy it from a catshop/AH or buy the insignia to make one yourself.
  • Decus - Dreamweaver
    Decus - Dreamweaver Posts: 5,033 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Honestly, unless you really care or level really, really slowly, just get yourself a green FC bow. The premium weapon is obviously the gold one, but I got a green FC bow +4 with two sockets for like 2.3m? I just used that b:surrender
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  • truekossy
    truekossy Posts: 7,021 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Cotillion - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    FC cannot be farmed. They removed all the mats from FC a long, long time ago.
    Weapons occasionally (rarely) drop from Holeen and that's it for weapons in there.
    You will need to buy it from a catshop/AH or buy the insignia to make one yourself.

    The entire back half of FC has good stuff for the level as rare drops.

    Guess what half of FC people treat like it doesn't exist and cause already rare things to become even rarer? b:worried
  • Cotillion - Dreamweaver
    Cotillion - Dreamweaver Posts: 671 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    truekossy wrote: »
    The entire back half of FC has good stuff for the level as rare drops.

    Guess what half of FC people treat like it doesn't exist and cause already rare things to become even rarer? b:worried
    This topic was about weapons....and I mentioned Holeen drops them rarely. Good luck finding a squad to do it though and in the the chance you do, good luck having him drop a weapon at all, let alone the one you want. And then....good luck in being the one who gets the weapon upon random pick up.
    It's just more practical where you have absolutely no control over it via farming something like TT for specific mats or that you could run FC all day, every day and have him drop nothing decent let alone anything you want, to just farm/grind something else and just buy the insignia/premade weapon.

    Given the nature of FC weapons now, cheap and temporary solutions until moving onto a Nirvana or rank weapon chain, they may as well just add the drops back in to the current FC and let people farm them out.
  • truekossy
    truekossy Posts: 7,021 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Eh, if you get any you could trade around at least. Problem is getting it in the first place.
  • Walpurga - Dreamweaver
    Walpurga - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,028 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Well, so I managed to get a 110K bid on a Wind and the Clouds mold in AH, have half the mats and clannies with the req. blacksmith to help me make it, so I suppose I can stick with that for a while.

    Sort of sad that FC can't be farmed; on the other hand, I CAN farm Soulsmasher...
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  • Elenacostel - Heavens Tear
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,822 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    It is most likely cheaper to find a pre-made Wind and the Clouds instead of making one yourself through the mold.

    Also, you can get the Guardian of the Realm bow for free. You simply do enough of the Divine Quests to get the right tokens / whatever to "buy" it. Guardian of the Realm is at the same level as Soulsmasher.

    Vast Land is significantly better than Soulsmasher, and is usually cheap on most servers. In fact, I believe the price of Vast Land is actually less than the total price of the materials for Soulsmasher. On Heaven's Tear, Vast Land goes for less than 1m.

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