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[rog]

Doesn't help with VNMs, last I heard.

Correct. You just have to keep killing them until you get it.

[Cream Soda]

usu body as for next best trial OaT h2h (but I have Oa3, so I can't get those)

[ronin sparthos]

ALSO
Anyone else having a problem with the Greater Amphiptere by the conflux in Xarc_S not aggroing at all?

Been a problem for a while now. Seems like the terrain causes it to not drop down in certain spots.

[FailureMidgard]

In that case, I'd take the TP loss and just swap to earth staff tbh. I still see no reason for PDT h2h

I'll accept that, but not entirely sure I agree with it. I think PDT h2h are still a valid option. I don't think the str/attack are that big a deal, and while I don't think we're all perma-attack capped, we are attack capped at times (though, those times we aren't capped are likely the times we want PDT the most, so meh I guess).

Attack isn't perma capped, you're not going to have a stalwart's on you 100% of the time, unless you're just exp'ing (lolexping) or building lights.

I actually agree with this, but Rog seems to use attack cap in his arguments all the time, so I felt like pointing it out...

Drop something else and merit h2h or don't lv mnk. Especially w/ how useless acc/attack is becoming in abyssea, h2h is the only combat skill that gets something extra, which is base damage.

Wait what, you just said we aren't attack capped, thus attack is useful for every other combat skill. :/
As a side note, we aren't perma acc capped, either (and I even bust out Amano here and there!).

[rog]

I actually agree with this, but Rog seems to use attack cap in his arguments all the time, so I felt like pointing it out...

Well, it does need to be considered. If you're getting buffs, using red curry, etc, there's a pretty good chance you will be. For war or /war, you should usually be capped with berserk up.

I won't deny i assume it's capped more often than it probably is. It's hard to get out of the mentality, when for me, it is always capped, hitting over 900 atk even without berserk, which is basically always up, putting me at 1150-1200 atk for tp, especially since i don't care enough about dd jobs to spend much time thinking about them. Which may be worth considering when i talk about finer details of dd jobs. I may be fairly knowledgeable, but I hardly ever play them myself, i don't spend much time reading/thinking about dd jobs, and i rarely bother to do anything more than very simple maths.

[Cream Soda]

Wait what, you just said we aren't attack capped, thus attack is useful for every other combat skill. :/
As a side note, we aren't perma acc capped, either (and I even bust out Amano here and there!).

I'll rephrase
becoming less useful in comparison to before as well as the fact that h2h merits are the only type that add base dmg as well.

[Myrrh_Quetz]

Does anyone know a good RNG friendly pin spot for Lamprey Lord?

[Yugl]

Does anyone know a good RNG friendly pin spot for Lamprey Lord?

Does the southern pin work? See Kaeko's journal for details.

[Cream Soda]

is it just me or do mandies in abyssea tahr have high evasion? >.> Not capping on mah mnk w/ bison steak >.>, especially on thew bomblet nm

[cdgreg]

Odin server down! just popped worm too ftl

[Fiarlia]

Unicorn appears to be down as well.

[Dulek]

Stuck on 'Notifying lobby server of current selection' for character on Phoenix server.

[Motenten]

Someone (Rog, I think) claimed that total delay reduction from all sources (ie: combined Dual Wield and Haste) is capped at the same 80% mark as total haste. (EG: two 200 delay weapons with 50% DW and 60% haste would still be capped at a minimum of 80 delay) Is this definitely the case? It presents a rather significant barrier for gearing nin if so, and has a rather notable impact on my attempts to model a nin gear setup.

[Atoreis]

Someone (Rog, I think) claimed that total delay reduction from all sources (ie: combined Dual Wield and Haste) is capped at the same 80% mark as total haste. (EG: two 200 delay weapons with 50% DW and 60% haste would still be capped at a minimum of 80 delay) Is this definitely the case? It presents a rather significant barrier for gearing nin if so, and has a rather notable impact on my attempts to model a nin gear setup.

Definietly not. I currently has 40% DW and I trio a lot with brd and I see VERY significant difference when I got SV marches over normal marches. 381*0.6*0.4= 91 delay with normal marches and ~50 daley with SV and this is exactly match what I'm eyeballing.

[Cream Soda]

this is exactly match what I'm eyeballing.

Irrelevant post is irrelevant

[Ratatapa]

For someone who quit the game before shantototo assencion and abyssea and wanna return to the game, where can I get a good guide of what changed like what are atma and all that stuff

Thx

[rog]

For someone who quit the game before shantototo assencion and abyssea and wanna return to the game, where can I get a good guide of what changed like what are atma and all that stuff

Thx

Wiki's abyssea page is a good start.

[Darkmagi]

Someone (Rog, I think) claimed that total delay reduction from all sources (ie: combined Dual Wield and Haste) is capped at the same 80% mark as total haste. (EG: two 200 delay weapons with 50% DW and 60% haste would still be capped at a minimum of 80 delay) Is this definitely the case? It presents a rather significant barrier for gearing nin if so, and has a rather notable impact on my attempts to model a nin gear setup.

I hope this isn't the case, kind of sucks if so. :/

[Cream Soda]

Someone, quick. Call Kirschy!

[Plow]

For someone who quit the game before shantototo assencion and abyssea and wanna return to the game, where can I get a good guide of what changed like what are atma and all that stuff

Thx

Search "abyssite" on wiki, then search "atma" on wiki.

Personally I find the main abyssea page to be a giant clusterfuck of wtfness.