Random Question Thread XVII: Toy Surprise Inside!

[Cairthenn]

Sorry brainfart but does dual wield reduction count towards the haste cap of sorts?

DW is a straight delay reduction (affects TP gain) whereas Haste makes you attack your modified delay * (1-.Haste Total).

So no, it technically doesn't.

[Gabai]

DW still accounts for the global maximum of 80% reduction cap, not sure if that was the original question or not.

[Kirschy]

DW is a straight delay reduction (affects TP gain) whereas Haste makes you attack your modified delay * (1-.Haste Total).

So no, it technically doesn't.

With the new information, it's found there isn't a Haste cap, there's just an Attack Delay cap. Similar to the spell recast cap. The attack delay cap is 80% and can be reached by just sources of haste, or sources of Haste + Delay Reduction abilities/traits/eq such as Blitzers, Martial Arts/Dual Wield, Sword Strap, etc... In theory it could be reached by just Martial Arts or Dual Wield, but there is not enough sources for it atm for that to occur. To make the analogy, it works the same with the recast cap at 50%. It can reached by just sources of haste, or sources of Recast Reduction such as Song Recast-, Fast Cast traits, and rolls. I'm fairly sure as most people are, that there is Spell Casting cap which is around ~30% and is affected by sources of fast cast and spell casting time-.

[Ryolen13]

Anyone know what the DRG BST and PUP +2 set bonus does? And how does the pets HP factor into it?

[Dakana]

I had to leave before my LS killed Raja last night so I afked at the entrance. I got the Atma but no title. I called a GM this morning and they sent me some canned GM response about filing a bug via the pol site and didn't even talk to me. I assume I'm fucked other than to make them all kill it again?

[Massimo]

Atma is zone wide, title is EXP-range wide. You were too far away. GM's can't fix what's not broken.

[Rionel]

Is /MNK at Lv.90 with Counterstance the same potency of 50%~ counter rate?

Was thinking it might be a worthwhile sub in Abyssea if you're low-manning EXP or something with a good healer (considering MP is never an issue).

[Shenrien]

can mnk, brd, whm, whm being duo box'd take on Myrmecoleon?

[Nemesio]

can mnk, brd, whm, whm being duo box'd take on Myrmecoleon?

Yes.

[Kirschy]

Atma is zone wide, title is EXP-range wide. You were too far away.

This. Also applies to getting zone-boss kills too. If you're not in XP range you won't get title, and consequently no CS when exiting the maw~

[Motenten]

Whats the absolute best WS gear for Ascentic's Fury and Victory Smite.

I can get any gear possible except for AV rings and Moogle fail-addon head.

For Victory Smite only:

Solely for weaponskill damage rather than overall DPS (which can be influenced by Store TP):

Assuming 395 target evasion, lvl 97 mob.
Assuming RR+GH+AoA atma.

Verethragna // ammo
Tantra+2/Gorget/Brutal/earring
body/Heafoc/Strigoi/Epona
back/Beir+1/Hachi/Tantra+2


If attack is not capped:
ammo: Thew Bomblet
earring: aesir or vulcan, depending on rounding for WSC; aesir should always beat kemas if acc is capped
body: Tantra+2 (well ahead of Loki's)
back = Cerb +1 or Forager with favorable WSC rounding (Cerb more likely to reach), otherwise Aethling
waist: Black Belt beats Anguinus, Beir beats both as long as it doesn't start dropping you below capped acc; all are well ahead of the elemental belts

If attack is capped (eg: Stalwarts + Boost):
ammo: Tantra
earring: Kemas (or Vulcan if you can get favorable rounding)
body: Loki's (barely ahead without Impetus, notably ahead with Impetus; however since Augmented Impetus should be hitting the +crit damage cap fairly regularly, Tantra +2 should actually pull ahead in general)
back: Atheling (barely ahead of Cerb+1)

[Motenten]

Non-Brew setup for Shin?

We just beat it (after a few fails) with mnk/war, nin, whm, whm, rdm, blm (I think last one was blm; may have been rdm). Found it much easier to have only one DD on at a time to reduce its TP usage and not have both taking damage. Final fight: no brew, no 2hrs (timers reset, no revitalizer), no red/blue/grellow procs (gave up on that as a means of getting breathing room, went for pure damage), and I got doomed 5 or 6 times after doom screen wore off (was getting re-doomed almost as soon as the previous was cured) and was on about the 5 count with no holy waters left when it died (but we would have still been fine since the nin was still on sidelines ready to move in). On doom: bring a stack of holy waters and pray; in a previous fight, 5 waters plus a few cursnas didn't remove doom; for the winning fight, most removed doom in one use.

[Marcicus]

For anyone that's done Salvage recently, how's the drop rate on 35 bodies?

[Francisco]

can mnk, brd, whm, whm being duo box'd take on Myrmecoleon?

Yes.

Summoned helpers wouldn't overwhelm?

[Rehn]

Summoned helpers wouldn't overwhelm?

Did myrm on a whim as mnk/war thf/rng whm/sch. I died on mnk at 20%, thf perfect dodge, I raised and we just continued slapping it. Not a hard fight by any means, but it just 1 shotted me out of no where on gravitic something something for 3.5k with shell V on. Never saw pit ambush exceed 1k with berserk/counterstance on, so just make sure healer aren't watching TV while the fight is going on. Never had more than 2 helpers pop at any point, and this is with both mnk and thf TPing on myrm.

[cassiraa]

Where does Atma of Ingenuity come from?

Related theory: Atma of Ingenuity / Atma of Alpha and Omega / ?? [probably RR] and no +HP/MP Cruor buff could put a -HP built nin under 900 HP easily. Capping haste, could have Migawari up 100% of the time, making anything that hits over that much damage nullified. Dangerous? Stupid? Maybe, but on certain mobs, could this make you invulnerable?

Dumb Idea or Brilliant Strategy for some of the newer Chariots / Curatae / NMs?

[grover]

How are the levels of Ephemeral Murex determined (specifically talking about Misareux). I know that mobs in Abyssea respawn based on kill speed, but do Ephemeral Murex follow this same pattern? Is their "Kill Speed" area wide?

[Francisco]

How much Counter is Roaring Laughter, which quests/ops need to be done to get it, and can the whole thing be done solo? Does it take a terribly long time to get the necessary quests/ops done?

If the ops are all the same idea as killing 5x buffalo, that's fine... but are any NMs involved?

[cdgreg]

How exactly did you do the fight? I went in as rdm and my friend monk and it did gravity horn for 4k+ T_T

I assume you're talking about Myrmecoleon? I went in with thf (mule), nin, rdm (me). Popped on THF, pulled back out of the agro area and nin voked. No enfeebs stuck on myrm so in hindsight whm would be a much better choice than rdm. Nothing tricky really, nin used magwari (sp) but it didn't help. He'd still occasionally eat a 2.5k+ horn. The one thing I noticed is tp feed is a major point of contention. The only time shit went south was when I'd engage my TH mule to try and raise Treasure Hunter. WHM + MNK should be an easy duo, I'd say give it another try sounds like maybe you just got unlucky.

[Jackle]

Can I buy the vanadiel collection on steam for 5 bucks and use that for the add on scenarios only? And is there an updated altana viewer??