Random Question Thread XVII: Toy Surprise Inside!

[Massimo]

Is it still 8 seals to finish AF3+1 Bodies? Someone in LS yesterday said he was 7/10 seals from +1 body.

Hands are 8 + 6
Bodies are 10 + 8

[Allelujah]

Is there a cap on PDT & MDT gear? Been looking around for the answer, but have had no luck. Just wondering so I can downsize some inventory if I am above cap. But recently someone told me w/ Shell5, you only need 25% mdt or something. idk. Thanks everyone.

[Maurauc]

So does Bhumi not count as a Notorious Monster? I noticed in the update notes that it had:
"Abyssite obtained from defeating NMs will be granted to all alliance members."
And I just killed Bhumi to get the Merit Abyssite, but none of my friends did. Just myself. Is that broken, or working as intended?

[Ravant]

Hands are 8 + 6
Bodies are 10 + 8

Thanks!

[Yugl]

Is there a cap on PDT & MDT gear? Been looking around for the answer, but have had no luck. Just wondering so I can downsize some inventory if I am above cap. But recently someone told me w/ Shell5, you only need 25% mdt or something. idk. Thanks everyone.

Both cap at 50%. Shell V gives ~24% MDT, so you need 25-26% in MDT gear if using Shell V. WHM's Shell V goes above that using merits.

[Francisco]

Was Ovni's repop timer lowered along with other NMs?

[Yugl]

Enchainment blows. Especially when you use 50% of your CA with efflux and +300TP bonus.

Convergence 5/5

CA recast or BA recast depends what you use more. I would say most BLU that are there on bosses to proc yellow will have much better use from magical builds and taking ultimate+MM+Baying/beyond/PW/Cosmos atmas. Everyone's grudge + whikser are imo much better option then physical spells on bosses now and macc from ultimate and convergence helps spells like 1000 needles lands a lot. Convergence has also effect of making AoE spell to single target which also helps when you fights in place with mobs around.

I personally has:

Magic and Physical 5/5
Convergence and Assimilation 5/5

CA is usually used once on fast fights and doesnt really matter at all because compare to normal DD it blows anyway. On slow fights magical nukes are better and BLU has much better use for unique debuff, stun etc. not dmg. If you want to make dmg you picked up wrong job.

Sylvdragon's setup is imo good if you use BLU for exp partys not all around use.

EDIT: I should rather say "Sylvdragon's setup is imo good if you use BLU for lol-exp partys not all around use." because good BLU would go duo with blm and kill 20 mobs at once with 2-3 aoe.

The truthfulness of this post will depend on your T1 merits. If, as you stated, you use CA alone 50% of the time, Enchainment will beat convergence. According to Wiki, fTP modifiers for Quadratic Conundrum (The right way to say it) and other spells change at 150% TP. Given all of this, we expect Enchainment merits to beat Convergence merits.

1. Using QC, the DMG boost from the extra 50% TP is (1.5/1.25=20% increase in dmg). If you use CA 50% of the time, within a 10min spam, WITHOUT CA MERITS, that amounts to 5*20%=100% increase in damage within that 10min period. The capitalized portion is important because the more CA merits you have, the less potent it will be to the extent that you combine CA+Effl; however, that can be made up for if you CA+Effl at 150% TP, but with a 16.66% increase in damage (1.75/1.5).

2. Convergence restricts AoEs to single targets, so that "good BLU" won't be using it (i.e. wasted merits).

3. Even if you use magic spells once in a while, you need to account for the amount of times you play melee BLU v magic blue.

[Cream Soda]

Was Ovni's repop timer lowered along with other NMs?

Yes, 15 mins.

Gonna get me a twilight belt though lol

[Kyte]

On that same note, was Turul's repop time lowered?

[Julian]

So does Bhumi not count as a Notorious Monster? I noticed in the update notes that it had:
"Abyssite obtained from defeating NMs will be granted to all alliance members."
And I just killed Bhumi to get the Merit Abyssite, but none of my friends did. Just myself. Is that broken, or working as intended?

At the moment, no, he doesn't count as a NM for that purpose. Neither do the ephemeral mobs. Since you have a party of people, just go kill Manananggal or Mictlantecuhtli, they're both very easy.

[Guitarman]

i just recieved the CS from gilgamesh to kill all the caturae. I never noticed it talked about, but do i have to go back and rekill ones i already have? or do i just have to finish killing the ones i need?

[Byrthnoth]

Dancer dagger combo question: I was using Auric/Unfinished STR Dakini before, but now I just got both Twilight Knife and Phurba(New dagger from Heroes, drops off T3 Khimaira in U. Range, D44, Delay 190, 10acc, Waltz potency +10%), all of this while working on a OAT Parazonium. So my question is, among those daggers that I already have, what's the best combination ? And is it still worth working on my OAT Parazonium/STR Kila trials ?

Not sure if it matters, but TP gearset is the following:
Dagger/Dagger/xx/Charis Feather
Charis Tiara +2/Charis Necklace/Brutal/Suppa
Loki's/Dusk/Rajas/Sniper's(Yeah I know, accepting suggestions!)
Cavaros/Twilight Belt/Charis Tights +2/Ballerines

Atmas I usually go with are RR GH and Apoc.

PS: Accepting gear suggestions for TP set if anyone feels like it =)

Rajas/Epona's ring, +2 DNC feet, the new DA+3%/Atk+20 mantle that drops off the Cerb Tier 3 in Altepa. Phurba/Twilight Knife will be better than any other combination you have available to you, but they likely won't be after the next patch. It's still worth finishing your fire dagger/OAT weapon.

[reaper1228]

previous kills count

[cdgreg]

Is there a cap on PDT & MDT gear? Been looking around for the answer, but have had no luck. Just wondering so I can downsize some inventory if I am above cap. But recently someone told me w/ Shell5, you only need 25% mdt or something. idk. Thanks everyone.

Shell V = Enhances targets magic defense by 24.2%. (62/256). So you need about -26% to cap
pdt caps at -50% but protect does not work like shell, so you need the full -50%

[Francisco]

Yes, 15 mins.

Gonna get me a twilight belt though lol

I was bored and wanted to solo it for the abyssite. Got it to 32% before Counter decided to stop working, it used Invincible (no TP gain for Waltz) and it ended things with Vitriolic Barrage. It was pretty easy aside from getting screwed on TP moves... it picked Vitriolic Barrage almost every time. It's winnable for certain, especially with temp items.

[Cream Soda]

nvm i'm dumb

[Galattea]

Rajas/Epona's ring, +2 DNC feet, the new DA+3%/Atk+20 mantle that drops off the Cerb Tier 3 in Altepa. Phurba/Twilight Knife will be better than any other combination you have available to you, but they likely won't be after the next patch. It's still worth finishing your fire dagger/OAT weapon.

Thanks a lot on the dagger questions, really was in the dark on that aspect. Seems like my TP build is pretty much on track tho, those were the exact upgrades I had in mind, just wasn't so sure about the back piece. Which brings me to another question, WS back piece ? Using Cavaros now, unsure if it is the best option tho.

[Not Kuno]

Can you proc green if your spell heals the mob?

[TheDirtyHobo]

Can you proc green if your spell heals the mob?

You definitely can on WSes that heal mobs, I can't imagine why spells would be any different.

[Cream Soda]

Where does Twilight Dagger sit on Dnc hierarchy and where do the other daggers (non magians) sit? I don't rly care enough about dnc to do magians, so what's the best pair of non magian daggers i can come up w/ at this point in the game?