Low Level COR food?

[Greatguardian]

I don't know much about jobs using Ranged attack, Cor's my first one going up. So, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good food for it. So far, I've been using Flounder Meuniere, but it's rarely in stock and doesn't stack, so at times like these (staring at the AH now), I'm stuck without food . I have sushi, but that seems to give minimal benefit at my level. At the moment, I'm 33 Cor/Rng, full whitebox etc gear and capped Marksmanship skill. I've looked into Optical/Eyeball soups too, but those haven't even been put on the AH in months.

Anyways, any suggestions from the more experienced Cor/Rngs out there? Much appreciated

[Valyana]

Talk to the crafter who's been selling Meuniere and buy some directly?

[Callisto]

You're getting pretty close to the point where Sushi is worth it. There really isn't a whole lot out there in terms of good ranged food at lower levels, if I remember correctly I just started using Sushi early since it was better than nothing.

[Greatguardian]

I've never actually seen him/her/it online, lol; may be JP. Bah, I guess I'll get some sushi, lol. I just wanted to be sure there wasn't some mystery food out there I was missing, haha. Thanks for the replies guys

[homerun]

Plate Of Crab Sushi - Bahamut - FFXIAH.com

Not verified if it gives r.acc, but i don't see why it woulden't. On my server a stack of this is actually cheaper than meat mithkabobs. Cheap enough for lowbie jobs / spam at bird camp for low acc jobs.

[Valyana]

Also, note that before ~37 tentacle sushi will give more acc than other types.

[Lahina]

You're getting to the point where it's losing usefulness, but Rice Dumplings provide a small amount of accuracy and a very significant RAtt boost; if you're looking for pure damage it's tough to beat. That said, you're cruising quickly into Sushi territory, so calculate out your accuracy and maybe parse a bit with the foods you plan on using.

[Midnightjade]

I used squid sushi for a few levels when leveling a job 30-ish with low Marksmanship skill, and it seemed pretty helpful.

However, I then switched to crab sushi and definitely noticed a drop in RAcc, to the point where I almost threw the crab stuff away, lol. It's better than nothing but not by much at low levels, or at least that was my impression at the time.

[Sanoske]

I use Rice Dumplings/Dhalmel Pies at that level.

[drewbixcube]

pretty sure i melee'd and used fast blade at that level tbh

[Tulun]

Yeah... Fast Blade is, sadly, the best WS cor gets until Slug Shot...

Probably better to melee unless you need to cap Marks.

[Sanoske]

I don't know, I found Split Shot consistently put up higher numbers than Fast Blade very early on, after lvl 17 or so. I always used Split Shot from Qufim on, and by the time I hit the Jungles I was doing btw 100-150 per WS, where FB was doing maybe 50.

I don't know what other people are doing so that Fast Blade is better. That would be like me using Viper Bite on my RNG instead of Flaming/Piercing Arrow.

[Thistle]

Originally Posted by Valyana

Talk to the crafter who's been selling Meuniere and buy some directly?

Cooks are a dime a dozen, just find another over the level and bring them the stuff and ask (pay!) them to make it? That's what I did. I muled a couple dozen Flounder Meuniere and so had them whenever needed.

Originally Posted by Sanoske

I don't know, I found Split Shot consistently put up higher numbers than Fast Blade very early on, after lvl 17 or so. I always used Split Shot from Qufim on, and by the time I hit the Jungles I was doing btw 100-150 per WS, where FB was doing maybe 50.

I had the same experience. Even though I did not need to work on marksmanship (capped and merited on DRK so held me a long way for COR -- merits gotten as a jump start for working on COR), I shot whenever I could.

[Kylen]

Yeah... Fast Blade is, sadly, the best WS cor gets until Slug Shot...

Cyclone is arguably the best melee WS before Slug Shot (just watch the AOE), and you should be wielding an r.acc dagger rather than a sword anyway.

Personally I switched to Squid Sushi in the early 30's and stuck with that all the way to 75. You really need all the r.acc you can get to have a decent hit rate in most low to mid-level exp parties.

[Kilhart]

Originally Posted by Kylen

Cyclone is arguably the best melee WS before Slug Shot (just watch the AOE), and you should be wielding an r.acc dagger rather than a sword anyway.

^This. Fast Blade is an irrelevant topic since there's no reason you should be using a sword before 70. No, not even Phantom Fleuret (and you'll have Slug by that level, regardless).

[Greatguardian]

So far I've been playing rather aggressively on COR, to make up for people gimping it up in the pre-37 levels (and even a nice chunk post-37) >.>. I TP almost exclusively with bullets, and use Split Shot. I tend to parse 40% or higher >.> and tank, half the time. But I don't care much, because it means I'm getting exp that much faster.

Whenever I have issues with Marksmanship skilling and Level Sync, I just whip out my Nin75 and throw on my Pahluwan/AF hands/Amemet+1/Coral Rings/etc, and go skill up. So far, it seems a LOT easier to skill than melee combat skills. I've been getting about 8 full skill ups per stack of bullets, on average. Is this about normal, assuming capped or near-capped RAcc?

[Kilhart]

Originally Posted by Greatguardian

So far I've been playing rather aggressively on COR, to make up for people gimping it up in the pre-37 levels (and even a nice chunk post-37) >.>. I TP almost exclusively with bullets, and use Split Shot. I tend to parse 40% or higher >.> and tank, half the time. But I don't care much, because it means I'm getting exp that much faster.

Whenever I have issues with Marksmanship skilling and Level Sync, I just whip out my Nin75 and throw on my Pahluwan/AF hands/Amemet+1/Coral Rings/etc, and go skill up. So far, it seems a LOT easier to skill than melee combat skills. I've been getting about 8 full skill ups per stack of bullets, on average. Is this about normal, assuming capped or near-capped RAcc?

Yes, marksmanship does tend to skill up faster than melee combat skills. And yes, you're doing it right when you TP on bullets pre-70.