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Heavy Swing     10        Bonus Damage                  B
Rock Crusher    40        Bonus Damage                  B
Earth Crusher*  70        Bonus Damage                  A ,B
Star Burst      100       Bonus Damage                  D, C
Sun Burst*      150       Bonus Damage                  D, C
Shell Crusher   175       Def down Duration             A, B?
Full Swing      200       Bonus Damage                  F, B
Spirit Taker    215       Bonus Damage                  B, F?
Retribution     230       Bonus Damage                  Ult- Grav , C
Gate of Tartarus---       ???                           ???
* Must be PLD/MNK/WAR/WHM in main or subjob

Special thanks to Celestia for her continuing help on Staff skills

Heavy Swing- 1 hit, 1.5x damage @ 100 TP, 2x @ 300TP

Rock Crusher- 1 hit, 2x Earth Damage @ 100TP

Earth Crusher- 1 front Area hit for 2x Earth Damage @ 100 TP, 3x @ 200, 4x @
300 TP.  This is a really strong technique.

Star Burst- 1 hit, 1x damage.  Randomly chosen Light or Dark element damage.

Sun Burst- 1 hit, 1.5x Damage. Randomly chosen Light or Dark element damage.

Shell Crusher- 1 hit, 1.5x? Damage, Lowers enemy Defense

Full Swing- 1 hit, x? Damage

Spirit Taker- 1 hit, 3x? damage, Regain MP proportional to damage

Retribution- 1 hit, x? Damage

Gate of Tartarus- Special Limit Break that can only be used by equipping
Thyrus (in Dynamis) or Claustrum (anywhere) (BLM SUM).

Comment: Staves are mainly used by mages for magic boosts, Poles are the more melee oriented versions, which mages can use for farming and some monks try using as well (I understand 100 fists + Pole = hilarious battle).  Never the less, Staves have some strong Limit Breaks, Earth Crusher being the Earliest
Area of Effect Attack in the game.  Spirit Taker also seems very useful to mages with its MP regain.

Sword.  Dominant Group- Slice(Earth)
Name            Skill Lvl TP Effect                     Attributes
Fast Blade      10        Bonus Damage                  S
Burning Blade   30        Bonus Damage                  F
Red Lotus Blade*50        Bonus Damage                  F, A
Flat Blade      75        Stun Duration                 B
Shining Blade   100       Bonus Damage                  S
Seraph Blade*   125       Bonus Damage                  S
Circle Blade    150       AOE Range                     C, B
Spirit Within   175       Bonus Damage                  - Doesn't Chain
Vorpal Blade*   200       Critical Chance               S, B
Swift Blade+    225       Hit Accuracy                  Ult- Grav
Savage Blade    240       Bonus Damage                  Utl- Frag, S
KnightsoftheRound---      ???                           ???
* Must be PLD/WAR/DRK in main or subjob
+ Must be PLD in main

Special thanks to GOdchain for all his help with Sword techs

Fast Blade- 2 hits, 1x damage @100TP, I could have sworn it used to be one.
Stacks with Sneak/Trick as is non-elemental.

Burning Blade- 1 hit 1.5x Fire element damage.  Good for Melee Resistant enemies.

Red Lotus Blade- 1 hit 2x Fire element damage.  Better than Burning Blade.

Flat Blade- 1 hit 1x damage causes Stun.  Cancels enemies techniques, a little late coming compared to Axe, H2h, and G Katana.

Shining Blade- 1 hit 1.5x Light element damage

Seraph Blade- 1 hit 2x Light element damage

Circle Blade- Area attack for 2x? damage

Spirit Within- Damage based on your current HP.  Someone suggested the following effect range:
100% TP = 1/8 current HP in damage
200% TP = 1/4 current HP in damage
300% TP = 1/2 current HP in damage
Making this one of the few techniques that is better to save to 300%

Vorpal Blade- Unlike other Vorpals, 4 hits, 1x damage. Can critical for more per hit damage.

Swift Blade- 3 hit attack for 1x damage.  Does badly at 300TP?

Savage Blade- 2 hit, 2x damage

Knights of the Round- Special Limit Break that can only be used by equipping
Caliburn(in Dynamis) or Excalibur (anywhere) (RDM PLD).

Comments: the sword is a very popular weapon starting out for many jobs (that can't equip axes). Decent Damage/Delay for a one handed weapon, and very chainable Limit Breaks early on.  Like Greatsword, there are often some stat bonuses in swords and Paladins use them with High Proficency (especially for
Spirits Within).

Note on effect descriptions:  As you can tell, I am more familiar with some weapon skills than others.  My sources have been helping me fill in gaps, but there are still some effects I'm not sure about.  As the damage equation in
FFXI is currently unknown to the public, it is hard to say how exactly the damage multiplier works, so I just made them on average hit damage.  In general though, I tried to give any multipliers relative strength: I know for a fact
Red Lotus does more damage than Burning Blade, and I can assume a risky critical hit technique like Vorpal Blade should do more damage than the reliable Fast Blade, especially as some techniques are learned much later on, so you would expect it to be more powerful. For "critical hit" techniques, there seem to be two models: an "All or Nothing" attack like Power Slash and
Vorpal Techs, or a multihit technique that has it hits sometimes critical for even MORE impressive damage.
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X-2: Unlocking the Quested Techniques
The following information I found on FFXI Mysterytour. I'm writing my interpretations of the "Engrish", so if a detail is off let me know. http://mysterytour.web.infoseek.co.jp/ffxi/us/index.html

All quests share the feature that you must get both level 71 and the required skilllevel for the weapon before getting the quest.  Then you talk to the NPC who gives you a "trial weapon" with some kind of latent effect on it.
Your mission is to remove the latent effect by collecting 300 points with the weapon; the points are gathered by performing Limit Breaks and renkei on enemies that are either higher that Easy Prey or just Easy Prey and up.

Normal WS       1 point
Lv1 skillchain  2 points
Lv2 skillchain  3 points
Lv3 skillchain  5 points

After the effect is cleared, you return it to the NPC, then you must go to a high level dungeon and find a ??? spot which will summon an NM.  Defeat the NM and return to the quest giver to get the technique.

Axe WeaponSkills Quest

Go to Upper Jeuno and talk to Brutus (Choco License giver) and he will give you the Trial Pick and a "writing of practice."  Once you have cleared the weapon, return it to Brutus and he will give you the "map of trial".
Go to Temple of Uggalepih and find a ??? at G-9 (enter from Yhoator J-9? north side?) Fight an NM called Yallery Brown, then reinvestigate the spot and you will get the "writing of a trial". Talk to Brutus to finish the quest.
Reward Decimation


Bow WeaponSkills Quest

Go to Windurst Woods and talk to Perih Vashai(Chieftain?) and she will give you the Bow of Trials and a "writing of practice."  Once you have cleared the weapon, return it to Perih Vashai and she will give you the "map of trial".
Go to Cape Teriggan and find a ??? at G-7. Fight an NM called Stolas, then reinvestigate the spot and you will get the "writing of a trial". Talk to
Perih Vashai to finish the quest.
Reward Empyreal Arrow


Club WeaponSkills Quest

Go to Port Windurst and talk to Kuriodo-Moido (Orastery) and he will give you the Club of Trials and a "writing of practice."  Once you have cleared the weapon, return it to Kuriodo-Moido and he will give you the "map of trial".
Go to Ro'Maeve and find a ??? at M-8. Fight an NM called Eldhrimnir, then reinvestigate the spot and you will get the "writing of a trial".
Talk to Kuriodo-Moido to finish the quest.
Reward Black Halo


Dagger WeaponSkills Quest

Go to Khazam and talk to Jakoh Wahcondalo and she will give you the Dagger of
Trials and a "writing of practice."  Once you have cleared the weapon, return it to Jakoh Wahcondalo and she will give you the "map of trial".
Go to Gustav Tunnel and find a ??? at J-8 on second map. Fight an NM called
Baronial Bat (I think it's a bat type ^_- Propably Giant Bat), then reinvestigate the spot and you will get the "writing of a trial". Talk to
Jakoh Wahcondalo to finish the quest.
Reward Evisceration


Great Axe WeaponSkills Quest

Go to Bastok Metalworks and talk to Iron Eater(President office guard) and he will give you the Axe of Trials and a "writing of practice."  Once you have cleared the weapon, return it to Iron Eater and he will give you the "map of trial".
Go to The Sanctuary of ZiTah and find a ??? at F-6. Fight an NM called
Greenman (Goobbue?), then reinvestigate the spot and you will get the "writing of a trial". Talk to Iron Eater to finish the quest.
Reward Steel Cyclone


Great Katana WeaponSkills Quest

Go to Norg and talk to Jaucribaix (Samurai quest giver) and he will give you the Tachi of Trials and a "writing of practice."  Once you have cleared the weapon, return it to Jaucribaix and he will give you the "map of trial".
Go to Kuftal Tunnel and find a ??? at L-7. Fight an NM called
Kettenkaefer (beetle?), then reinvestigate the spot and you will get the "writing of a trial". Talk to Jaucribaix to finish the quest.
Reward Tachi: Kasha


Great Sword WeaponSkills Quest

Go to Bastok Mines and talk to Gumbah (Dark Knight quest giver) and he will give you the Sword of Trials and a "writing of practice."  Once you have cleared the weapon, return it to Gumbah and he will give you the "map of trial".
Go to Western Altepa Desert and find a ??? at E-9. Fight an NM called
Maharajah (Scorpion? Cactuar?), then reinvestigate the spot and you will get the "writing of a trial". Talk to Gumbah to finish the quest.
Reward Ground Strike


Hand-to-Hand WeaponSkills Quest

Talk to Oggbi in Port Bastok (Steaming Sheep Bar) and he will give you the
Trial Knuckles and a "writing of practice."  Once you have cleared the weapon, return it to Oggbi and he will give you the "map of trial".
Go to Bostaunieux Oubliette and find a ??? at I-8 by the Groundwater Way.
Fight an NM called Bodach, then reinvestigate the spot and you will get the "writing of a trial". Talk to Oggbi to finish the quest.
Reward Asuran Fists.
Other info: from Breal777
"The trial weapon doesn't have any great stats really, has D+16 Delay+96
Latent: 20HP +10 earth +10 water"


Katana WeaponSkills Quest

Go to Norg and talk to Ryoma (Ninja quest guy) and he will give you the Kodachi of Trials and a "writing of practice."  Once you have cleared the weapon, return it to Ryoma and he will give you the "map of trial".
Go to Labyrinth of Onzozo and find a ??? at I-5. Fight an NM called Megapod
Megalops (Crab?), then reinvestigate the spot and you will get the "writing of a trial". Talk to Ryoma to finish the quest.
Reward Blade: Ku


Marksmanship WeaponSkills Quest

Go to Bastok Metalworks and talk to Cid (in his lab, duh) and he will give you the Gun of Trials and a "writing of practice."  Once you have cleared the weapon, return it to Cid and he will give you the "map of trial".
Go to The Boyahda Tree and find a ??? at J-8 (get there from G-10 second map).
Fight an NM called Beet Leafhopper(Mandragora? Bunny?), then reinvestigate the