r/DFO • u/AbsurdToastling • 3d ago
Question Oaths
I'm a little confused how they work. Are we supposed to be matching our Epic sets or choosing a different set based on effects? Do we basically get two set effects now?
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u/sweet-winnie2022 2d ago
They don’t have to match the 1st page set. Each 2nd page set has 3 options you can select. If your 1st page and 2nd page sets don’t match, you can only use the option in the middle. If you happen to have both sets matched, you can select one of the 3 options. In this case, each option applies effects on top of the effect of your 1st page set. When you have both sets matched, you get a small bonus Overall damage but that’s an end-game minmax thing we don’t need to worry about right now.
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u/EphidelLulamoon Call me creator, what do i create? truths. 2d ago edited 2d ago
Better to match sets and oaths as they get a very slight increase in damage and also unlock two other modes, but that's late cap min-max, before then just use the oath that ends up dropping the most.
To give you an example of the different modes a set can have, let's use Fairy:
Left Oath progressively makes Titania stronger by sacrificing your other fairies, making you have a single, incredibly strong summon by primeval tier.
Middle Oath adds Oberon to your fairies, bringing the total up to 5. The Elemental Attack skill gets stronger and Oberon adds Damage Reduction to your fairies' QoL stats.
Right Oath progressively adds more fairies to your group, totalling 8 fairies by primeval tier. Each new fairy gives you some sort of QoL (Super Armor, Skill Range, Barrier, Evasion) and the set's Elemental Attack get deactivated.
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u/Tallbagofchips- 2d ago
Matching them unlocks 2 other modes and gives some of those modes bonus stats. If they do not match your only choice is the default mode in the middle. Also, yes you technically could have two set effects now as armor equip options still work alongside oaths.
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u/azurejack 2d ago
Right now i'm trying some stuff.
Current tests:
Launcher, matched magic domain. Nothing can reasonably get close before i hit it and bitchslap ot to the back of the "garlic" area. A repeatable process.
Asura, soul fairy set, overwhelming nature oath. If my calculations are correct it should hit as hard or harder than the nature guardian + all "object damage" fusion stones from 105 cap. (Adjusted for 115 cap)
Berserker, magic domain + ??? Possibly valkyrie for movement.
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u/ShinKaizenVEVO 1d ago
Here's a lil not-so-shameless plug about oaths for ya.
It's a little more detailed than what everyone else here has mentioned. But also, yeah.
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u/HorribleDat 2d ago
They're 'extra set points' that will push your armor's set up to Primeval bonus before counting for oath set itself, though the set specific bonus don't come up until unique tier just like armor set.
Your top 20 chars' oath points (assuming they have at least 1 set piece and not full generic) also tally up for your mercenary group level.
If your base set and oath set are the same, you can choose different oath effect. For example for magic set the default oath bonus is spinning balls around you, with the matching set options being a bigger burst + buff field on the floor or spammable button if you wanna pretend to be chaser battle mage and give yourself nerve damage.
Honestly, at low oath value just run whatever highest oath set you get just to have something to push your fame up (unless you really hate the set effect) then later on you can choose to stick to a set if you want.