Random Question Thread XVIII: Just an Ordinary Sword of Legend

[Khidir]

This will sound like a silly question but I'll ask but does anyone know of people that have been perma banned (no prior infractions) and actually done nothing they can figure out wrong?

Yes, SE reserves the right to for any reason without notice, but I've been banned just waiting to reach them when they open up. But I've been thinking pretty hard about this but I can't think of anything that would get me banned i only use windower and kparser.

I really only have 3 half ass'd guesses why I'd get banned but they dont seem likely

1. I lag horribly in dynamis/limbus or random times due to my ISP (building issue). When I run to catch up with people I see myself running with the red dot and start to R0 then "catch up" People said that it looks like I'm teleporting but can tell I lag bad. It sounds like classic pos hacking(right?) but I'm guessing a GM saw that and went {Hmmm}

2. My windower is slightly outdated but works, picked up on that? Not that I expect SE to start caring about windower

3. Kparser? Probrably still not detectable nor a reason SE would likely care about


I'm thinking pretty hard but I cant think of anything honestly

[Andradi]

Point 1 sounds most likely, I've heard of people being autojailed for that sort of thing.

A bunch of people got hit a while back for gardening, mislabelled as RMT or whatever. Nothing else comes to mind, windower and K-parser are not it unless you went shouting about them or something.

[Fox the Sly]

I can't remember what the program was called but I recall its main use was to avoid clipping with PCs and NPCs.

Wardrober?

Edit #2:
ok, found it. What I was looking for was LGM Flag from Wiccan.

[stianzz]

if he pops on lighsday/darksday there's a good chance the whm can cover it, if a blm coming isn't an option (he did say lowman). But i'll just rephrase and say 1 dd + grellow and you're golden. it's a joke of a fight.

thanks for the reply. i mentioned no pets since i was afraid someone would just say petburn it.. Seems easy enough then. I will prob go with nin whm brd blm.

[TacoTaru]

Can a NIN/DNC reliably stun Turul? Would make lowmanning him a tad easier if it is.

[Esvedium]

Can a NIN/DNC reliably stun Turul? Would make lowmanning him a tad easier if it is.

On dnc/nin my stun rate wasn't nearly as high as it is on most other mobs, I'm not sure nin/dnc would be a very reliable stun.

[Marcicus]

Gonna try solo edge burning some stuff in tahrongi for glavoid pops. Any idea how many t1 vnms i need to kill with each type of light to cap each? Gonna cap amber azure and pearl before i start. thanks in advance.

idk about 7 being correct. Everytime I've gone into Tahrongi and azure kill 8+ t1 vnms and I know I'm not capped at at all, or anywhere near it.

[Nightfyre]

Definitely not 7. I'm fairly sure T1 VNMs don't actually give enhanced lights in Tahrongi, we've always had much better results building lights on NQ mobs.

[Cream Soda]

Definitely not 7. I'm fairly sure T1 VNMs don't actually give enhanced lights in Tahrongi, we've always had much better results building lights on NQ mobs.

going to go w/ this. Def isn't 7 to cap, cause was killing those things forever before we'd start seeing gold chests.

Cata cleave sandworms.

[Odin'sLaw]

i know its an odd question to ask following most belts are 100% drop but

are Shadow belts 100% drop from Azdaja wiki doesn't say and most people i've asked can't remember or wasn't sure, want to get Shadow belt for my Blade Hi

[Tortalius]

I imagine it's 100%, 2/2 on them, but that doesn't tell you that much.

[Iremire]

I need help with WHM merits first category, already have 5/5 cure cast time, what else should I be going for? :s

I just did regen effect since you don't really need to cap barspells.

[Yugl]

I just did regen effect since you don't really need to cap barspells.

Why not?

[Tsuko_Asura]

Both regen and barspell(which are already pretty useful) merits have the potential to have their usefulness revitalized in the near future, while cure casting speed merits will always be absolute crap that saves you a single inventory slot.

[Yugl]

Is it a good idea to use weapon as PDT for melees if not capping PDT without it?

[Aihree]

Definitely not 7. I'm fairly sure T1 VNMs don't actually give enhanced lights in Tahrongi, we've always had much better results building lights on NQ mobs.

Noticed something similar in Attohwa. Killed 13 T1 VNM's by azure while farming a new colorful (curse you upgrade rate!) and was getting lowest-tier blue chests throughout the process. Not even what I would expect after 13 normal mobs.

I strongly suspect that T1 vnm does not enhance azure rate at all. They're great for pearl but not much else.

[Darkmagi]

Both regen and barspell(which are already pretty useful) merits have the potential to have their usefulness revitalized in the near future, while cure casting speed merits will always be absolute crap that saves you a single inventory slot.

How does one cap cure cast time without /sch or /rdm and without merits? Also, lag happens, which would make those cure cast merits more useful than trivial merits like regen/barspell. Neither is going to make much of a difference even without the mp limitlessness of abyssea, but having a cure go off too slowly could potentially get someone killed.

[Niiro]

Is it a good idea to use weapon as PDT for melees if not capping PDT without it?

Considering most melees won't cap PDT with gear alone without anything short of a defending ring and half their inv full of nickle and dime 1-2% pieces I'd say yes and no.

They would obviously be worth using in situations where the extra PDT means the difference between life and death. But beyond the obvious, if you're fighting something that forces you to melee in PDT frequently, using the PDT weapon and keeping more haste gear on might be better than using a regular weapon and having to swap out a significant amount of haste gear for PDT. It all depends on how much haste you're sacrificing for PDT and how often and for how long you'll be meleeing in it.

Unless you have an express purpose for making them I don't think it's worth the trouble (especially for multiple jobs). If you need to melee in PDT so often that these weapons would be crucial you might just be better off reviewing your strategy, and for the most crucial of the "oshi-" situations Earth staff is all jobs and requires no effort, and if you're only using it in rare life-saving moments the cost of losing your TP is a low one for what it does compared to many hours spent upgrading PDT weapon(s) that are still 8% behind.

[Gun-it]

Can Iratham be taken down by samx2 +whm, one of the sam's has fudo.

[Vincento]

Cure cast time, Barspells for Whm merits. Regen isn't useful now and merits are super hard to get. There is no excuse for meriting Regen right now.

Sam, Whm should be fine on Iratham assuming appropriate atmas/abyssites/gear.