So I’ve gotten some great feedback from friends/guildmates, but wanted to get a general consensus. I’m not worried as much about funding (can fund over time if needed). I will still main my NL until 200 and boss daily. I am looking to make a second bossing character to fill up more of my time each day after my daily NL bossing/apq, etc. Would be helpful to solo stuff to level faster instead of just krex/zak daily (NL shao is annoying for me in most cases). I will still do party content with this character (friends, smegas, guild) but soloing may be nice. I am also interesting in faster leveling (does shad level faster since it can solo content better (I think it can??)). Finally, I can leech myself in any areas so hp washing is not an issue. One aspect that worries me about shadowers is that with ME you burn through more mesos on top of them already being somewhat pricey to fund (I have the basics already (FS, Cape, Gloves, etc.)). But do they need to use apples as much as buccs (potentially may offset that cost)?? sorry for the rant, just trying to finally decide haha!
Bucc even without great gearsets will destroy auf easily, definitely one of the best class for that content! They are strong overall in every content, not as strong as your Night lord sure, but in return they are self sufficient. Even before we head over to the washing department. Shadowers requires x2 amount of funding since there's a Dagger & Dkhanjar for you to worry about, that class is reaally pricey. Yes they use the same amount of apples. if you are using less apples as a shad compared to a bucc in example a horntail run
Thank you for the quick reply! I tend to overthink things sometimes and i’ve literally spent most of the day reading endless threads trying to compare. I initially was set on bucc, but then saw how shads can hit more in zak and their surviveability. But funding and party usefulness (besides SS), along with a few other reasons kept pushing me back to bucc. Most things are single target anyways.
Especially Pink Bean soontm, which is heavily single target. I strongly recommend a 30k HP Bucc! i hope you won't regret your choice
bucc is currently no.1 overall class (in my opinion). good damage, great utility, item&wash cost efficient. popular in cwk (pirate sign), HT (TL for echo, ress), neo tokyo (pin, TL for echo, ress)
After playing both jobs, i would go with bucc personally. I think what they bring to a party utility-wise is better than shad (si,TL) and their damage is now significantly higher since they got the better buffs imo. Not to mention how easy they are to fund as opposed to shad with 3 stats, 2 weapons, top and bot, and going broke bombing meso lol.
This was the hardest part about the decision. How am I going to admire my bacon/pig nx with transform active...
I played both of them and the transformation mode and not be able to see my nx while fighting was a real deal breaker for me. So now I'm playing shadower and it's so fun! He has a great dmg, easy levels 70-135 and great avoid!
