etcetc started playing RO again etcetc

So yea everyone knows. However my return isn't what I want to talk about.

What I want to talk about is 3 SLOTTED CELLOS.

I did some calculations and have concluded: 3 slotted cellos are awesome.

Lets take a +10 violin (4s) and assume we have 2x race 2x element, of course a 196% bonus.


The damage we see for this is 50 (base attack) + 26 (+10 upgrade), so 76.

Let's assume the optimal 160 dex (which of course every minstrel has, except me.)

The damage from 160 dex is 256 (the exponential rule) + 160 which is 416.

We add them together, that's 492. Then we apply the race and element and it ends up having 964 attack power. Okay, everyone knows this. (BTW str bonus and luk bonus not included, nor imp. Str and Luk is insignificant since practically no one gets them anyway, Imp actually IS significant along with other attack bonus boosters, but for the sake of complexity I omitted it.)

Now, I won't go through this all over again, but the THREE SLOTTED cello has 110 ATTACK Power. It's also a level 3 weapon, therefore each upgrade bonus is more than that of a violin. What this all means is, in the end, after all calculations are made, a +8 cello with 2 race/ 1 ele (or vice versa) does about the same damage as the violin. A +9 does more damage, but barely; if the user has Imp or other attack boosters on him, he'll do more damage with a violin than with the same boosts on the cello. With +10, there's a good damn chance the cello will be the best freakin weapon out there.

not only that, if the exponential rule is gone (due to renewal), then ultimately the Cello will OWN.