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Kenkonken was definitely worth it pre-Rigor. I don't know about it now, but even I was tempted on those on my switch from BST to PUP. And considering I have only Aht Urghan missions done, no kills in any endgame sections... it had to be a hell of a temptation.

Now, not to rain on your parade, but, right now, no Mythic, Relic or Empyrean aside from Shields and Instruments are worth it. Until SE reveals their plans for upgrading beyond stating that they will raise their base damage or allow for weaponskills to be learned and transferred.

If you want to start on it, start on it. I've never seen or heard of any Mythic ranged being made, but I'm sure some have been.

People have not quantified the Snapshot on Gastraphetes. As such, we do not know where it stands in the ranged weapon hierarchy from a pure damage standpoint. If the Snapshot enhancement is substantial, it may be the most damaging ranged weapon especially given the new "Level 120" bolts that will be introduced next update. Strategically, though, it fails due to its lack of a fixed low-enmity WS. Magical WSs do have reduced enmity compared to physical, but not to the extent of Namas Arrow and Coronach, both of which will outdamage Trueflight in every situation that matters for ranger.


Additional problems:
1) Gastra's AM is not worth activating due to the low TP gain of ranged weapons and the relatively short duration of the aftermath. For instance, if you wanted to maintain AM1 then you would have to alternate Trueflight and another WS. That will drop your damage substantially and isn't worth doing. Similarly, sacrificing two WSs so that you can shoot 2-3 times per /ra for 3 minutes is similarly hardly worth it. It may not net positive damage over just using Last Stand instead, which is horrendous compared to other mythics. I mean, I tried to test the OA2-3 proc rate on ranger and got something like 40 shots in over the duration of 2 AM3s. It just wasn't worth it.

2) Trueflight as a magic WS isn't *terrible* but it also isn't that good. Comparison including elemental belt assuming 100TP /WAR with Fencer and Moonshade Earring on Trueflight:
Trueflight: 5.48 fTP, 30% AGI, 2*(AGI-INT) for dSTAT
Wildfire: 5.6 fTP, 60% AGI, 2*(AGI-INT) for dSTAT
So it's a bit worse than Wildfire at 100TP and also lacks its Enmity Down properties and has a somewhat less-desirable element. If you go up to 300 TP, they are approximately equal but Trueflight gives more Enmity. It is important to note that neither WS gives as much enmity as you'd expect from the damage that they do because elemental WSs assign enmity based on the damage before multipliers like day/weather and MAB.



tl;dr: Ranged Mythics currently do not work, but this is at least partially due to how terribly designed ranged jobs are at the moment. If ranged damage is patched and the mythics are updated, they might be good. That's a long-shot, though.

Edited, May 29th 2013 3:11pm by Byrthnoth

A certain polearm comes to mind with this statement...
Vlor knows the one!

but whatfi the new bolts were holy bolts +2...

I see your point though its just a shame that Xbow's have no place in the world anymore

Really? That's surprising since (for other mythics) the ODD will proc on WS. I guess I just naturally assumed it would work on JAs too.

Having made a Yagrush myself this year, I agree that it really increases a WHM's quality of life. Against a mob with frequent AoE status ailments, you actually want them to spam them because they're so easy to take care of.

I'm not certain it's the best mythic, but it will very likely retain its value for the remainder of the game's lifetime. That kind of certainty makes it an excellent investment.

Yeah but there's much less of a guarantee that it'll be the best for all time. All existing DD weapons run the risk of being beaten by higher damage weapons that could be introduced in the future.