Quote Originally Posted by Itoshira View Post
If you can put in a Defender L, then go for Ascalon.
Do you mean sacrificing a single-assault SSR for Defender L, then throwing in Ascalon? Because if what you meant was, to throwing in an Assault+Defender L weapon into grid then FLBing Ascalon, then it's likely I already have all available Assault+Defender dual skill SSRs on the grid by that point.

Quote Originally Posted by Itoshira View Post
What exactly do you mean with burst gains?
I meant burst gains as in
★ (FBL) Increases to Fire DMG (+++++) and adds Rage down Mode Gauge reduction
★ (FBL) Increases to Fire DMG (+++++)
Since iirc those gains are only in the main(soul) weapon slot, by which I'd probably should be aiming to use soul weapons for end game.

As for optimal exceed value to aim for, that is something I only need to worry about after hitting at least 100% in assault with SL20s right?