@ViolaCrossfire said in UQs only for elitists.:

I have a theory that they made us fight Deus like this to parse the skill level of the Global community so they can better balance the later encounters. Change my mind

Also solo PD harder than Deus by a long shot.

A little optimistic to think that SEGA team will balance contents for a minority of the EN playerbase that struggles with these contents. You will continue to get contents that are scaled to what JP already have and you'll have to either learn/adapt/think or suffer forever as resident floor gang. The gears you currently have in EN right now are EP5/6 tier stats, which are suffice to give enough leverage to clear current EN contents.

But player skills are still accounted for so, it just seems like some of the complaints here are due to unfortunate luck with pugs that are resident floor gang.

@TEN-SQUARE-3 Wasn't directed at you but good that you got what you want I guess.

Seems like someone had a bad roll with SG gacha.

wew.

Seems like OP will have fun when EP5 contents comes out, because if you thought UQ was difficult, my dear sweet summer child, I have grave news for you.

If you want to use techs, Te should be the sub you'd use as a Br. The subclass currently best for you would be Su if you want access to techs and still maintaining the a decent multiplier to get more damage in. BrTe isn't the most optimal class combo because Te doesn't have much to offer for Br's kits (either for bow or katana), so you trade off a decent amount of multipliers for being able to use techs which just lowers your overall/potential dps.

@Rafahil893 When it comes to penetrating arrow, it depends on whether or not charging it is needed. For instance, in the case that you're kiting mobs and they're at a straight line towards you, you can charge to wipe the whole group with head shots (highly recommend to z-aim). When it comes to bossing, you tend to not charge your penetrating arrow and shoot it uncharged because you will be doing your banishing combos to get those big numbers going.

It's something people should need to know when starting bow:

• It's a very PP reliant weapon (mainly because your banishing combos), so it's an expensive weapon to play with.
• It's difficult to use because you need to understand your PA, and weapon first. Not to mention being able to position yourself when against different bosses to make use of weak stance.
• High skill ceiling, the learning curve for bow is quite high compared to other weapons as it forces you to understand the game mechanics to play efficiently.

@octalpegasus778 Who actually says bow has weak aoes though? Bow's always been quite strong when it comes to cc-ing and aoes. The only issue that comes with it is that it relies heavily on PP management and also positioning. It's still quite powerful even in JP if you know what you're doing.

Bow have enough aoes and cc capabilities that enables it to kite continuously and/or burst down trash mobs at a safe distance. While classes like Ra, Su, Te, Fo rarely needs to set up for burst damage, it's not to say bow isn't up to par to those classes when it comes to strong aoes.

@ZeeHero9271 If it's fun for you then that's good, though doesn't change what you stated is subjective and not objective. Sure, if you don't care about actual weapon results/potentials, but it's always good to at least acknowledge capabilities from both weapons and also what potential each can get to.

Katana can be simple to use and easier to learn because you're stuck to one single combo for effective dps, which is why it's also more popular since it's so beginner friendly (other than the fact that you get the weeb status). In contrast to Bow. which requires you to learn more nuances/maintenance and also put more effort into learning the weapon and its PA, not to mention it's gear dependent.

@MiyenHalo It's always the case if you're not locking on to a mob, especially if they have multiple target-able parts like Luda Sorceror. You will have to manual aim or lock-on to have better chance at hitting weakspots. If you're not locking on and the target cursor focuses on another part, then that's just on you. You have to get used to locking on a part and also being at the right angle or you'll just get suffer from not hitting weakspots.

For things like Rockbears or enemies that tend to move around a lot will just have you to telegraph your attacks so they can hit weakspots and also placement is the most important. There's also enemies like Ringhada who requires you to manual aim to hit his weakspots too.

Hu sub is the go-to because it has the most consistent damage multipliers on top of survivability. It is a general/basic build until successors are release. This sub only requires you to JA to gain all the possible multipliers you can get from it (if you have the skills learned).

Su is another option, mainly used for bossing due to point assist (which can be cancerous because you have to keep reapplying it). The sub provides raw stats like more PP, ATK, and DEF which is good. More pp = more combo sustain. This sub has passive dmg but your biggest gain comes from point assist.

Ra sub is also for bossing for the most part, but for other contents Hu serves a better purpose for general use and there's also Su that's also a safer bossing sub option since Ra offers no defensive support. This sub requires you to be able to get weak point hits otherwise you're better off using Su.

Fi as sub for Br may seem nice at first but you're sacrificing too much for conditional multipliers, you're also very prone to dying due to HP conditionals as one mistake and you're apart of floor gang. This sub is more for those who are experienced with the weapon and also know how to avoid getting hit because you're a glass cannon. The multipliers are all conditional, which means you will constantly have to keep watch of your status at all times to get the most out of it.