Fighter Discussion

[gigawuts]

There's also this:
http://ameblo.jp/sega-psblog/entry-11481289033.html

●ハンターの戦闘バランス調整について
こちらも、前回の調整の際、「第1歩」であると言っていた通り、第2弾となります。

ハンターのスキルに関する上方修正として下記の変更を行います。
・ガードスタンスおよびフューリースタンスの効果に、割合を適用します。
・エネミーがウォークライの使用者を優先的にターゲットするように変更します。

google translated

● For the balance of combat hunter
Again, the time of the last calibration, as has been said to be a "first step", the 2nd.

Make the following changes as upward revision on the skill of the hunter.
• The effect of guard stance and Fury stance, apply a percentage.
· We will change so that the enemy target priority to the user of the War Cry.

That, having a friend interpret it, and even my own basic understanding of japanese indicates it will be converted to a percentage of some kind. NOT increased by some percentage. They also would have worded it differently if they were just raising the atk gains.

[NoiseHERO]

Told you my uncle worked at SEGA.

[Primobol]

It will probably be percentage of base stats like most stuff in the game, if not all. There is anything that is a percentage of total atk? I can't remember right now.

[gigawuts]

Oh by the way I tested stances on machine factories with megiverse, as suggested by Syklo.

Yeah they actually work.

edit: they weren't actually tested repeatedly or in a perfectly controlled environment, so I'll be testing more later. The gain between stance changes was close to what I'd expect, but...too far off for comfort. I'll be testing more later.

[Syklo]

Oh by the way I tested stances on machine factories with megiverse, as suggested by Syklo.

Yeah they actually work.

edit: they weren't actually tested repeatedly or in a perfectly controlled environment, so I'll be testing more later. The gain between stance changes was close to what I'd expect, but...too far off for comfort. I'll be testing more later.

Judging by this it should also work on darchymes, baizes and MAYBE FUNJIS?
(I'm not sure about funjis since they seem to be hit-based rather than damage-based)

Speaking of which I haven't seen any of those for a long time (probably since I haven't been into free fields for a LONG TIME)

[gigawuts]

I've already tested and confirmed both darchymes and beizes.

[Syklo]

Interesting.

Anyway, there's something I'm somewhat concerned with right now.
Is it really worth it to max the Stances (not ups)?
I would be in need of some S-atk boosts (as a FI/TE) if I'm ever going to reach 650 S-atk, so would it be better to spend that 5 or 10 sp in s-atk boosts rather than brave/wise stance (between lv6-10)?

that extra S-atk for better weapons seems better than a 5% boost + penalty.

[Alisha]

Give assault buster a try.

i've got assault buster and slide end but at thier current levels do about the same damage as the last hit of slide shaker.

[God of Awesome]

Do you guys think it's better to go Fi/Hu and get a decent all class sword or go Hu/Fi and get a decent all class DS?

[gigawuts]

The former, because there is no such thing as a decent allclass DS.