Which offline melee weapon is better?

[lavosmanx]

I'm playing on extra mode and I was wondering, which melee weapon is the best? Which can effectively do the greatest ammount of damage without being penalized for it. Thanks.

[Mwabwetumba]

Id say spear and/or doublesaber

[hucast21]

The S-Rank Muktrand spear from Tenora.

[DONTOSE]

the s-rank claw is the best offline its a really powerful weapon.

[lavosmanx]

double saber as in paired sabers or the double bladed photon staves?

[Garnet_Moon]

On 2006-11-11 16:17, lavosmanx wrote:
double saber as in paired sabers or the double bladed photon staves?


Double Sabers: Darth Maul
Twin Sabers: Dual weilding Ninjas

[lavosmanx]

Thanks for the input!

[BooChan]

I prefer claws. Very effective to use. Spears are not but your aim has to be accurate to hit the target and you can only hit whats in front of you with basic attacks. The spear PA is ok. I just prefer the claws.

[Gamemako]

Double saber has that silly little Tornado Dance PA. Not good when you're going for a time limit though.

There is no real best. Pick your favorite. A lot of people like the spear because it does damage and doesn't knock things down. Others prefer weapons like the twin sabers that stun strong enemies and keep you alive. Purely a matter of preference.

[Kano-Okami]

I'd say Go with the ANY type of daggars.
Its PA does great range, does multiple hits and clears enemies when your surrounded.
.. The spear, however, always left me open for too long it never cleared enough enemies for my taste.

[PJesus]

Spear, hands down...

[Callous]

Spear seems to tear through things a lot faster than anything else for me. Haven't tried a double saber, though.

[Kano-Okami]

Theres nothing hands down about it, PJesus D:<
Those NPC helpers are good as another hole in the head when taking on swarms. Daggars+PhotonAttack=Sucess
Hands Down

[Kent]

Single claw is my personal favorite for quickly dispatching enemies (especially the big ones with multiple target points). The PA you can buy for it, is obscenely powerful once you get the second attack in the combo.

[BrentGamer]

I love spears, online or not. Being a Ranger, I always carry 3 Elemental lances in addition to my Rifles, and they really do a good job of letting me get in kills and conserve my Rifle ammo at the same time.

[Zorafim]

On 2006-11-11 16:18, Garnet_Moon wrote:

On 2006-11-11 16:17, lavosmanx wrote:
double saber as in paired sabers or the double bladed photon staves?


Double Sabers: Darth Maul
Twin Sabers: Dual weilding Ninjas



I'm nit-picking here out of boredom, but twin sabers seem look more spanish than ninjaish, similar to Soul Calibur's Cervantes' fighting style.


Oh, and I loved single dagger and spear. Spear is easy to use if you lock on to your target first. It becomes really versatile if you get Dus Roberto.
Dual dagger I didn't really care for as much as single, even though I did end up using it more. The harder to obtain PA wasn't really much better than the store bought one.


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[Kent]

...I don't really think that's what was meant. More in line of how Ninja in Final Fantasy games are basically iconic of dual-wielding.

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

I don't know what you mean about penalizing for using it.

It really depends on your spawns.

For the first extra mission you get in story mode you have a 1:50 time limit to get S-Rank.

Switching up weapons on the fly for the different spawns and using PA in the right situation leads to you getting to the target point gate in 1:50 while killing everything in that level.

That was tons of fun and a learning experience for me and none of the other recurring stages were as close to challenging as that one was.

Try out all the different types you want to, then pick your owns bests and favorites, since you have all the time in the world in extra mode and you can always get more money/items.

Not everyone is going to like the spear, for example.