Random Question Thread XVIII: Just an Ordinary Sword of Legend

[Koyangi]

Is Cascade Belt the Blue drop from Rencounter Chariot, if not, which item is? Thanks.

[Byrthnoth]

Epona's, Stormsoul, Auster's, Strigoi, in order of best to worst.

Out of Abyssea, Airy Ring (5 DEX, 5 AGI) and Rajas (5 STR, 5 DEX) deserve at least honorable mentions. You still have to get your dDEX to 50 from somewhere unless you like a 9-14% crit rate.

[Kyata]

Is Cascade Belt the Blue drop from Rencounter Chariot, if not, which item is? Thanks.

Blue drop is definitely the Sylvan Earring. I killed the chariot several times with TH and no blue and never saw the earring, then went a couple of times during piercing and duo'd it RNG+WHM with archery/marks blue proc and got drop 1/2.

[Koyangi]

Did you see Belt pretty often then?

[Gun-it]

WoE/Pole?/_/Thew
Varagian/Gorget/Kemas?/Brutal
Byrnie+1/Alky (haven't gone after Heafoc yet)/Rajas/Str
Atheling/<Element>Belt (I forget)/AF3+2/Perle, don't quite remember

I'm recalling this since I helped him try to build it, and have been drinking a bit during the Super Bowl. Atma are lackluster and we're aware that's part of the problem in Abyssea, but we're not sure why Fudo isn't breaking 1k on Farruca Fly.

this is not much better then what i had when i first got Fudo and i had no problem out doing my Gekko's and other SAMs outside of abyssea. /war even w/o buff tbh.

[Guild43]

I see a lot of comments being thrown around about gear sets to be used specifically when attack or accuracy capped, how exactly does one go about determining if they are accuracy or attack capped against a given target?

[Kamil]

Does INT affect how much magic damage you take? If so, by how much?

[Tsuko_Asura]

Magic damage is, for both players and enemies, a function of the caster's INT versus the target's INT at a step in the damage formula. When a player adds INT to push their damage further, its virtually the same as if they were to remove the same amount of INT from their target instead.

How much is a different story, but stacking INT is largely inferior to capping your MDT and MDB, so you can just stuff it in slots that you can't put the former in.

[Kamil]

Yeah, I'm just trying to stack INT on slots that I don't get Mdb/Mdt on, since NIN doesn't get many slots with mdt/mbd.

[Nightfyre]

Out of Abyssea, Airy Ring (5 DEX, 5 AGI) and Rajas (5 STR, 5 DEX) deserve at least honorable mentions. You still have to get your dDEX to 50 from somewhere unless you like a 9-14% crit rate.

Iga Ningi +2 aside, the optimal outside-Abyssea Hi set has next to no DEX in it. It takes a lot of sacrifices to get to 40+ dDEX with it and the gains just aren't worth what you're giving up in the process unless the mob has very low AGI.

EDIT: Also Airy ring is DEX+5 CHR+5.

[Francisco]

Do the Latent Effect: Relic WS weapons give really shitty versions of the relic weapon skills?

PUP in my LS was doing 1k + Backhand Blows, but then reported Final Heaven as doing 44 damage.

[Yugl]

Do the Latent Effect: Relic WS weapons give really shitty versions of the relic weapon skills?

PUP in my LS was doing 1k + Backhand Blows, but then reported Final Heaven as doing 44 damage.

I don't see anything on Wiki suggesting that Final Heaven does critical damage. If he's only doing 1k DMG with a critical hit WS, I'm not surprised at the relic WS damage.

[Scrooge]

Why would you assume 70? 1024*.07=71.68

Same reason Rune Chopper's 90/1024 when it should be 92. And Walahra Turban is 50/1024 instead of 51.

I don't know, just assuming; it's why I asked.

[Kyata]

Did you see Belt pretty often then?

Ya, a fair amount dropped, everyone in the group got one at some point, no blue !! involved.

[Nightfyre]

Do the Latent Effect: Relic WS weapons give really shitty versions of the relic weapon skills?

PUP in my LS was doing 1k + Backhand Blows, but then reported Final Heaven as doing 44 damage.

Sounds pretty normal for Final Heaven tbh.

[xIndustrialxAngelx]

WotG earring augments, for a Gandiva rng?

[Mazmaz]

I've noticed people don't use Cavaros for Ukko's. Is WAR capped crit damage + with AF3 boots and RR at 90?

[Yugl]

I've noticed people don't use Cavaros for Ukko's. Is WAR capped crit damage + with AF3 boots and RR at 90?

I'm not keen on WAR stuff, but I recall someone saying WAR might have received Critical damage trait II, so they have 9% increase in critical damage. If this is true, then you roll with 30+10+9=49% critical hit damage by doing nothing extra as is the usual case with WAR. 50% is the cap.

[Mojo]

Ideal victory smite gear?

[blitzmx]

I currently use this for TP set:

input /equip legs "Tantra Hose +2";
input /equip waist "Black Belt";
input /equip back "Atheling Mantle";
input /equip body "Tantra Cyclas +2";
input /equip ring1 "Rajas Ring";
input /equip head "Tantra Crown +2";
input /equip ring2 "Epona's Ring";
input /equip ear1 "Brutal Earring";
input /equip ear2 "Ethereal Earring";
input /equip neck "Agasaya's Collar";
input /equip hands "Tantra Gloves +2";
input /equip ammo "Tantra Tathlum";
input /equip main "Revenant Fists +2";
input /equip feet "Tantra Gaiters +2";

I have Tantra Earring and will be able to get Tantra Necklace. Will Tantra Necklace outdo Agasaya's Collar in this case? At least in in abyssea and when attack is capped (berserk, stalwarts).

I'm trying to get my mule Sea access so I can start farming Faith Torque, but for now these are the options that I have for ear/neck.