Hi. New to Phantasy Star.

[Torlog]

I have a question about my RAmar:

He's level 19, and I'm doing the fourth stage (I can't remember the name. It´s the one right after the Valley, the Snowlands and the Wetlands). The problem is that my hits do very little damage, just arround 15-20. Actually I think my FOmar dealt more damage when hitting with a rod.

I have been feeding my mag only with ranger weapons, so that I rise my ATA (I hate missing so much. Now I never miss any hit).

But I've been wondering... Should I feed my mag with melee weapons so that I rise my ATP? I'm not sure if that would work with ranged weapons or only it does with melees.

I need to increase the damage my RAmar deals. What should I do?

Thanks in advance.

[zeital]

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[Cynara]

But I've been wondering... Should I feed my mag with melee weapons so that I rise my ATP? I'm not sure if that would work with ranged weapons or only it does with melees.

I need to increase the damage my RAmar deals. What should I do?

Well, it is a matter of taste I think. With ATA alone you'll probably never miss, but killing enemys still takes forever. I could imagine that an ATP mag is very useful especially for RAmars (though I never played one myself), but you could also combine or raise multiple mags. By the way, there is a Thread named "The unofficial build thread" with a nice build for RAmarls and RAmars by GalaxTheWanderer I think.
Ranged weapons doesn't increase power though.

[steaIth]

for rangers, just feed your mag melee weapons. you have enough ata already.

[Galax]

for rangers, just feed your mag melee weapons. you have enough ata already.

You overestimate RAmar ATA at lower levels.

[icbat]

On my RAmar, I raised my first mag with all Hit as I read here on PSOW that you'll get more from Power/Mind material than from Hit material. Power/mind material gets modified by Shifta where your mag's stats won't (source).

However, from what I understand, even on Super Hard, most of your ATA/Hit will come from your leveling up or from your weapon. If you're looking for efficiency, some Hit would probably be nice (pure speculation there), but you'll spend most of your time killing tiny monsters that you can hit most of the time, so Power/Mind are generally more effective (speculation mixed with something I was reading yesterday on the GameFaqs forum, something from Chaos00 I believe). I got a new mag, and raise it with only melee weapons (all Power), and I like this much better; I feel I can kill more quickly now. Whether or not I would've preferred this from the start, I don't know. I switched about level 30 or so.

As the actual chance-to-hit equation is unknown (to my knowledge), there's no real concrete (known) number of ATA you should be aiming for, although I hear estimates of around 520-540 for Super Hard, something achievable entirely by a good weapon and a high character level. That being said, a lot of this game (as long as we don't know the formulas) is reacting to how you feel. You clearly feel like you're not hitting hard enough, so start raising your Power stat (pun intended)! Get power materials and slots if you need to, it's often quicker/cheaper than raising your mag, at least in the short-term.

TL;DR: I prefer an all Power route on my RAmar, and after some digging into the numbers see no reason not to.

[steaIth]

You overestimate RAmar ATA at lower levels.

on my racast, the only trouble i had was the first time on hard mode, although racast gets more ata then ramar, so i guess you should have maybe about 10-15 hit on your mag. then again, i was more for dealing more damage, and less for always hitting it.

[pkrockin]

If you have the Zalure technique, use it. It will lower your targets' dodge chance.