Random Question Thread XVII: Toy Surprise Inside!

[Radec]

What are the mob list #'s for Heroes abyssea zones?

[Andradi]

Did Cuch Mantle prices tank on other servers? On Gilgamesh they went from 2.2M to 700k in a couple of days. Is there some new amazing back piece that came out with Heroes that replaces it?

Vigilance Mantle +1 I'd suspect.

[Koyangi]

Blue Mage:

At 90, what's the new optimal DD/(nin?) spell set choices that include like the typical refresh, the (new) big 3(4?)?

Is Vanity Dive a good spell to actually use or is it's set bonus its good trait?

Does the optimal setup give us native DW2 and DA now as well?

[hezzel]

Anyone have a link to a good torrent with FFXI + all expansions? Had to do a full re-installation and my old discs are unreadable.

http://champloo.org/ff11/

get the split archive instead of the 4.3gb one.

vanadiel collection 2009 US edition.

[Neviskio]

Thanks for the answer, now working on club and staff finally, by the way, kinda limited to ragnarok server question coming: anyone knows a linkshell that is giving BB items away?I'm kinda on the poor side so if they have "extra" as I've read on other servers and they are giving them away I'd love to get my lurid gimped hands on a BB.I tried racking up money but I don't think I'll get near millions fast enough to get those...but whatever, we can always talk about that...

inb4 camp your own nms, did that, shitty drop, bots outclaiming, prohibitive hours sometimes. I'd love to not have to rely on asking but that's giving me some issues.Also the ls's I have access too aren't suited for doing HNM work...

Also I was thinking on duoing mnk+whm the ironclad nm for tantra tathlum but my whm friend it's going to slaughter us BADLY, what you'd say would be bare minimum to survive that and get a successfull kill? I have access to a couple of "tankish" atmas but no RR VV GH for now, and I have only tantra hose +1, rest is kinda "mehish".I've read a post on alla which said it's even doable as mnk/war+whm but I'm not really convinced too of that...

[Yugl]

Thanks for the answer, now working on club and staff finally, by the way, kinda limited to ragnarok server question coming: anyone knows a linkshell that is giving BB items away?I'm kinda on the poor side so if they have "extra" as I've read on other servers and they are giving them away I'd love to get my lurid gimped hands on a BB.I tried racking up money but I don't think I'll get near millions fast enough to get those...but whatever, we can always talk about that...

inb4 camp your own nms, did that, shitty drop, bots outclaiming, prohibitive hours sometimes. I'd love to not have to rely on asking but that's giving me some issues.Also the ls's I have access too aren't suited for doing HNM work...

Also I was thinking on duoing mnk+whm the ironclad nm for tantra tathlum but my whm friend it's going to slaughter us BADLY, what you'd say would be bare minimum to survive that and get a successfull kill? I have access to a couple of "tankish" atmas but no RR VV GH for now, and I have only tantra hose +1, rest is kinda "mehish".I've read a post on alla which said it's even doable as mnk/war+whm but I'm not really convinced too of that...

Pin it by 00 and go on nuke+nuke. If not, you can use it as safety clutch if you can use it as a recovery tactic.

[arus2001]

Blue Mage:

At 90, what's the new optimal DD/(nin?) spell set choices that include like the typical refresh, the (new) big 3(4?)?

Is Vanity Dive a good spell to actually use or is it's set bonus its good trait?

Does the optimal setup give us native DW2 and DA now as well?

Here's what I use when not Grellow whoring...

Head Butt
Frenetic Rip
Disseverment
Goblin Rush
Quadratic Continuum
Benthic Typhoon
Animating Wail
Battery Charge
Magic Fruit
Plasma Charge
Empty Thrash
Acrid Stream
Dream Flower
Regurgitation
Winds of Promyvion
Whirl of Rage

This gives me ACC Bonus, Auto Refresh, Double Attack, and Skillchain Bonus. No, you won't get DW2 from this, but I'm typically /NIN anyway. This build probably isn't the most absolutely damaging possible, but I've found it pretty versatile having 2 stuns, a sleep, bind, short timer erasega, cure, self-refresh/haste, and 5 damage spells I can use to zerg down fodder quickly. Atma choices are RR, MM, and VV.

Some have said good things about Vanity Dive, but I've never been impressed by it. Think I could technically swap it for F.Rip to get ACC bonus, but with the TP/AGI adjustments, BLU TP feed isn't as bad as it used to be while my Rips tend to do a more.

[Koyangi]

Thanks for what you posted, what else is a good setup if in a group where I want to DD well, your set looks more like a solo/survivability set.

[Guitarman]

any suggestions for the best WS pieces for monk hands/legs? i'm still using shura legs, and okote, but there has to be better. The only thing i can think of is heafoc mitts, but the negative stats aren't attractive.

[Yugl]

Thanks for what you posted, what else is a good setup if in a group where I want to DD well, your set looks more like a solo/survivability set.

I haven't had time to work with the new spells, but you really need to make specifications when asking for spell sets. For example, it's unnecessary to set DW2 when you're asking for BLU/NIN spell sets since that comes naturally. Simply looking prior to this update, there is a distinct difference between BLU/NIN (PT), BLU/RDM, and BLU/NIN Solo. That's only including melee set ups.

[NynJa]

There are a couple atmas listed as offering "Gain full benefit of XXXday/XXX weather bonuses", where XXX is one of the 8 days of the week/elements. Does that mean with that atma active you no longer need obis since it forces the day/weather proc, or does it mean all spells of said element recieve a full day/weather bonus as if they were active?

Its easy enough to test myself, I know...I just dont have any of those atmas

[Kirschy]

any suggestions for the best WS pieces for monk hands/legs? i'm still using shura legs, and okote, but there has to be better. The only thing i can think of is heafoc mitts, but the negative stats aren't attractive.

I use Heafoc Mitts for Ascetic Fury, which has worked fine for me. The -DEX/Acc rarely comes into play, even on harder NMs in Hero Zones. For pants I've been gimping it up with Usu Pants. 5 STR/Attack+10 vs Shura +1 legs STR+6 alone. The ideal would be Hachiryu @ STR+10/Attack+5, but I'm not sure if that's an option for you. I think those 3 are the top WS pieces for MNK's Fury atm~

[Francisco]

For Victory Smite, currently using:

Rev.Fists+2/-/-/Tantra
Anwig*/WSGorget/Brutal/Kemas
Osode/Heafoc/Rajas/Spiral
Forager's/BB/Usukane/Tantra+1

*Anwig = STR+4 Acc+10 Attack+5 WSAcc+15

I might pass on Hachiryu Haidate since they're absurdly overpriced on my server... That said, would this be the "optimal" setup?

Rev.Fists+2/-/-/Tantra
Tantra+2/Gorget/Brutal/Kemas
Tantra+2/Heafoc/Rajas/Epona
Cerb+1/BB/Usukane/Tantra+2

[darkreign]

Anyone tested how much counter roaring laughter and gnarled horn give?

[TacoTaru]

Going to need to start taking BLU up soon, but what sort of swords should I be looking at getting post 75? It seems like Emp/WoE version are givens for all jobs, but past those two what should I be looking at?

[Yugl]

STR Shamshir primarily. Other goods ones include OAT/DA/MDB/PDT for non-spell damage purposes.

[ronin sparthos]

Thanks for what you posted, what else is a good setup if in a group where I want to DD well, your set looks more like a solo/survivability set.

For pure physical offense?

Head butt
Vanity Dive
Benthic Typhoon
Disseverment
Quadratic Continuum
Goblin Rush
Whirl of Rage
Delta Thrust

Depending on target you may want to toss in Frenetic but typically I have Vanity Dive set instead. Delta Thrust is pretty potent for it's low MP cost and the added plague lands on more things than you'd expect.

Round out the set with:

Animating
Magic Fruit

The rest of your points can go into utility.

[Dominico]

Would it be a good idea to use Varangian Helm for Drakesbane? Don't have access to N Head and I'm tired of using the AMK hat. Is the -20 Acc that painful with capped polearm merits? This includes use outside of Abyssea.

[Absolutely Virtue]

Just came back, trying to catch up, need to get second lunar abyssite.

Easiest NM to farm and beat with a pickup group? From searching the forums and looking at otherwiki, seems like Kukulkan is the least painful. Can pop the 3 predecessor mobs with pops from the AH. Difficulty is hard to gauge because of the hysteria in the talk section of otherwiki. But it seems like a balanced pickup group ought to be able to pull it off without too much trouble, right? Anything particularly nasty to watch out for?

[solanis]

I'm so sorry to ask an obnoxiously simple question - do 0 damage spells and 0 damage WS proc !!s? the issue has never come up before in-game for me so I have no clue