2008-09-18, 11:57 AM
Axes are not superior to swords, ever. The damage you lose out on due to stabs won't be made up by scrolling, especially since nobody scrolls axes in second job, and they're completely worthless in third.
The trek from 43 to 64 is so short that the 43 maple weapons might as well be worthless as well, with the Rohan existing, and past that you get into the levels where you use Coma. Stabbing with a Coma or a Panic is a no-no, even moreso than usual.
The only time axes could really be useful is the pre-second-job levels, where your damage is so unstable that the stabs hardly make any difference anyway.
To sum it up, axes are god-awful and no amount of scrolling will ever make them anything but, especially with Brandish.
The trek from 43 to 64 is so short that the 43 maple weapons might as well be worthless as well, with the Rohan existing, and past that you get into the levels where you use Coma. Stabbing with a Coma or a Panic is a no-no, even moreso than usual.
The only time axes could really be useful is the pre-second-job levels, where your damage is so unstable that the stabs hardly make any difference anyway.
To sum it up, axes are god-awful and no amount of scrolling will ever make them anything but, especially with Brandish.