Snipe vs. Pierce?
Ok so right now, I have been maxing Pierce which is fine and dandy since that's what all the guides say. However, the major problem is that it does almost no damage compared to Snipe. Right now I have a level 1 Snipe. And 12 in PA. Even when I do hit 5 or 6 monsters, I'm feeling like it's not as strong as Snipe. I do around 100-150k per PA while I deal 240k plus for every Snipe. I'm thinking that this is with a 20 second cooldown and if I max it, it would be pretty good with a 5 second cooldown adding US in between. I'm mainly training at LHC which means I would rarely face more than 2 or 3 Crockies at a time since the rest are dealt by party members. So should I max Snipe or Pierce first? I mean, training seems kinda slow and it takes too long to charge each PA and whatnot.
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What @iVege said. I'd use Pierce on even a mob of two monsters.
Yes, you may deal less damage per Pierce, but remember that you're hitting multiple monsters. On mobs, Pierce will forever out-DPS US.
With that said, it's just Pierce vs Snipe. A Snipe with NO SERVER LAG AT ALL would take 750 (booster, no d/si) + 5000 milliseconds for consecutive shots. In this time you could do around a bit over 3 and a half Pierces. That already out-damages your Snipe. And it hits multiple mobs.
There is a reason why Snipe is maxed where it is in the guides. Even if you max Snipe before Pierce, you'll still need a maxed pierce. With that, you effectively delay the maxing of other important skills.