Random Question Thread XVII: Toy Surprise Inside!

[Samonez]

I heard about some trick for skilling up weapons quickly on something in Castle Zvahl in the past. coudl someone explain this to me?

[Julian]

Get lots of acc, lowest damage weapon possible (as long as you hit for more than 0), hit on the poles, forgot what they're called. In the first map, there's 2 of them, one in each of the areas where you would normally drop down to the lower level. There's also 2 on the 2nd map, after dropping down a hole and coming up the stairs. I believe there's two others somewhere but supposedly have aggro near them.

And @rog: Thanks, gonna hit up Tahrongi in a little bit. What are the easy amber mobs in there? I remember turtles, but not sure what else. (Why doesn't wiki have information on what lights mobs give and don't give? -_-)

[Jado818]

Does magic accuracy gear affect physical blue magic spells?

[Samonez]

it effects the additional effects (stun, poison, etc) not the actual spell hitting

[TheDirtyHobo]

And @rog: Thanks, gonna hit up Tahrongi in a little bit. What are the easy amber mobs in there? I remember turtles, but not sure what else. (Why doesn't wiki have information on what lights mobs give and don't give? -_-)

VNMs and Ephemeral, honestly. Your only amber choices in the zone, iirc, are the mini-HNM mobs (Wyrms, Turtles, Sandworms) which are stupid as fuck.

[Clash Perez]

(Why doesn't wiki have information on what lights mobs give and don't give? -_-)

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Abyssea_Lights

[Rehn]

Mini-fafnirs weren't all that problematic for me. If you get gnarled horn they rarely ever get 1 TP move off before you kill them. VNM are fine and dandy if you have patience, but I didn't. Cuelebre might be troublesome to avoid, but I never aggro'd it for the entire 25 amber kills (with 1 other amber on some NM I forgot).

[ClarkSammich]

A few generic MNK questions:
Is razed ruin/gnarled horn/dark depths the best choice for damage atma? I have pretty much everything else available, just figured this combination would be best.
Also, on pretty much everything (barring stupid shit like melo melo, etc.) my ascetic's fury averages ~1,700, is this in the normal range?
My WS gear is:
savate fists(+5DMG, +2 crit)/ -- / -- / tantra tathlum
shura head / flame gorget / kemas earring / brutal earring
loki's kaftan / alky bracelets / spiral ring / rajas ring
cuchulain / black belt / shura legs / tantra +1 shoes

Generally no buffs aside from food/stalwart.

[Salmijr]

So despite having done several other quests in the zone, Raibaht still refuses to give me his quest in Abyssea-Konschat. I've done hope blooms, rose on the heath, shady business, and soul of the matter, but I just can't get this one. Anyone have any ideas on why?

Are you sure you havent done it? Before this patch, you HAD to do that quest before you could even start the other ones. it was a major roadblock to find a low martello to refil for the refuel and replenish quest that followed this one. If you had hope blooms, rose on the heath, etc done before this patch, you already have this done.

From the patch notes:

The quests in Abyssea - Konschtat offered by the NPC Ayame may be undertaken regardless of the player's current fame.

Now, if you just barely started doing konsch stuffs, and you skipped it, it may be unflagable since you are on further quests. You checked your abyssea cleared quests right? Either way, i dont think this "practice" quest counts for the zone total, but i would have to check.

[Zerk]

group 1 and group 2 merits for WAR?

[solanis]

I heard about some trick for skilling up weapons quickly on something in Castle Zvahl in the past. coudl someone explain this to me?

they're called fortalices. I recommend using them for weapons lv100-200, before then it's wicked slow and after that they die too quick. use the absolute minimum base damage you can, switch to the other side when it dies, and enjoy your tv or movie as you skill up.

[Cairthenn]

group 1 and group 2 merits for WAR?

Group 1: DA and Berserk 5/5
Group 2: None are really spectacular, I did Warrior's Charge and Tomahawk 5/5

[fredjanx]

What is the Crit+ on Atma of the Dark Depths?

[Hookah]

Is there a cap on sTP?

I was messing around with ffxi-calc to see if it would be possible to 4hit the magian stp gkt, but it won't let me do anything over +100 sTP (this is including sTP from JT/merits). Is this just a flaw in the program or is there an actual cap?

[TheDirtyHobo]

Is there a cap on sTP?

I was messing around with ffxi-calc to see if it would be possible to 4hit the magian stp gkt, but it won't let me do anything over +100 sTP (this is including sTP from JT/merits). Is this just a flaw in the program or is there an actual cap?

I haven't seen any actual 'testing' on it myself, but I've seen people reference a cap at 100 several times, so I'm assuming it does cap.

[rog]

I've never heard of a cap, but i guess it's possible.

[Hookah]

I just went out and tested it myself, if there is a cap it's not 100.

Would need 105 sTP with a 464 delay weapon to 4 hit. Went to abyssea with 51 sTP in gear and used atma of dunes which is 20 sTP, so with JT/merits (35) had a total of 106.

Got exactly 25 tp/hit.

[rog]

Where are the registry settings saved for 64bit win7 ?

[Kaelan?]

So I just came back to the game recently after about a year and a half hiatus and I've got a few questions:

- What do WAR GA WS setups go for these days with all the new (well, new to me) Abyssea stuff? Elemental gorget/belt seem obvious, but what about the rest? What's the hierarchy of importance in stats like STR/ATK/ACC/Crit/DA?

- How much attack is needed to cap PDIF on Abyssea EXP mobs?

- Is attack food still the way to go or is it actually worth it to go for something else now?

[MaachaQ]

Can the key item from Hrosshvalur really drop in gold chests in Abyssea - Vunkerl? I'm trying to build some popsets, but keep getting the same key items again and again, not the last few we actually need >.> Right now I'm only missing 1 key item from 3 different sets, but I assume I probably have to kill Dvalinn and Lord Ruthven directly to get those... Hrosshvalur's key item has a note on wiki that it can drop in gold chests, but I have yet to see it out of many hours farming so far...