Random Question Thread XVIII: Just an Ordinary Sword of Legend

[Cream Soda]

Ok, so after cleaving for Chloris and just regular farming, I find cleaving to be faster when I have help of 2-3 others available. I find reg farming to be faster when it's only me and my mule (mainly because lots of wasted repeats when just duo'ing, but also smaller pulls, etc.)

So when it's just me and my mule, is an eva build worth pursuing on war w/ GH and Cloack/Dagger (+ blind from mage)?. I can go in on mnk and just wreck shit solo that my war and whm dual box have trouble with or wipe to. (Chukwa for example, I can solo w/ np on mnk. Mighty strikes? Ohi I got CS, lolu vs Mighty Strikes? Oh hey you just DA'd my ni, oh shit can't get ichi up, 500 500 500 oh hey cure 5, oh hey 500 500 DA cure recast not up dead).

Or any other suggestions to make it easier on my war? Cause damn I feel more confident solo'ing on mnk than I do dual boxing war and whm.

[rog]

You could just run from chukwa if you need a second to get shadows up...

[Cream Soda]

Well that works. Any tips for the other 3? The bat just plain hits hard as hell and DA (or is it TA) often as fuck. HP w/ that one also goes down more quickly than I can cure. Don't rly have much of a prob w/ the scorp except when he 2hrs and hell scissors right after, but I guess that's just bad luck. Hecteyes any tips for? Only one I can't recall fighting as his drop was most common for me in the gold chests.

[Mojo]

Ideal Blade: Hi set? I know it's situational, but you know, some of the better pieces.

[Deftscythe]

I have completed the quest 'Hope Blooms on the Battlefield' in Abyssea - Konschtat and Raibaht will not flag the Martello quest which should logically follow. I even zoned in and out. I even waited a game day. Neither wiki states any other form of prerequisite. If it matters, I even did the quest delivering linkpearls to the 3 camps, subsequently zoned and still nothing. Any help would be appreciated.

Did you have the linkpearl quest flagged before you talked to Raibaht? I have the same problem and I that's the only thing I could come up with that caused it. i did both Ayame's quests before I talked to him.

[Nightfyre]

Ideal Blade: Hi set? I know it's situational, but you know, some of the better pieces.

Maat's Cap (Bersail/AF+1)/Varangian
Hope Torque/Gorget
Brutal/Aesir/Auster's Pearl
Loki's Kaftan
Seiryu's kote
Epona's/Stormsoul
Aethling Mantle
Anguinus/Crudelis/ele belt?
Ambusher's Hose/Tumbler Trunks
Hachiryu Sune-ate

[darkreign]

is there a program out there to calculate or a formula to calculate real life time into vanadiel day?

i want to know what would be 7:22:36pm Est in vanadiel time if 12:03:51AM=darksday 15:37

[Logiks]

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Beneficus

Any word on how that enhances barspells exactly?

[Phoenyx]

is there a program out there to calculate or a formula to calculate real life time into vanadiel day?

http://www.mithrapride.org/vana_time/index.html

One game day is approximately 57 minutes and 36 seconds.

[Argdar]

What does the game check for first, Triple Attack or Double Attack?

[Nemesio]

There was some thread a long time ago that had info on adjusting Nvidia card's, not sure if I saw it on BG, AH, or Alla.. Anyone have a link? Recently reinstalled and my color looks horrid.

[rog]

Double attack.

[TybudX]

Triple Attack.

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.htm...1482981&page=1

[TheDirtyHobo]

Which WoE conflux is generally best for gathering up Coin of Glory? Tried 3 a few times but haven't seen a single one drop from a mob or the top chests. I'm assuming it's just shitty luck.

[Raenil]

Do Tetra Master files have to stay on your PC for POL to work?

[Xera]

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Beneficus

Any word on how that enhances barspells exactly?

+4 Elemental Resist, never bothered to test MDB yet.

Edit: +4 @ cap(100, merit/gear doesn't alter it) resist, less than 4 with uncapped spells. Probably a % value around 4~.

[rog]

Triple Attack.

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.htm...1482981&page=1

Interesting. Thanks for the link. Though i'm not mathologist, are those results even conclusive with such a sample size?

[TybudX]

It's THF/WAR with 5 merits in Triple Attack, so both DA and TA are 10%. If DA took precedence over TA, as was previously believed, there would be a higher occurrence of DA. The numbers would be switched, essentially. It would be nice if the guy had posted the exact number of attacks (not rounds) he made during his test. You can easily determine how many attacks are expected if one or the other goes first, and have another number to back up his findings.

[Avarice]

What mobs in Tahrongi don't give Ruby light aside from Blood Bats and Pachypodiums?

[spider123]

Searched for Victory Smite gear sets, and there have been a couple which helped as a base, but a few questions:
(Assuming VV/RR/Apoc and Red Curry Buns)

1)Is it worth using Loki's and/or Anwig (Str/Dex+4, CritDMG+2%, WsAcc+!5) when impetus is down, or stick to Aias Bonnet & Tantra body +2 the whole time?

2)Vigilance Mantle+1 (Str/Dex+5) worth using at any point? One post suggested Atheling when Atk is capped and Cerb+1 when not.

Attack not capped:
Verethragna // Thew
head/Flame/Brutal/Aesir
body/Heafoc/Rajas/Epona
back/BlackBelt/Usu/Tantra+2

Attack capped (Stalward's)
Verethragna // Tantra
head/Flame/Brutal/kemas
body/Heafoc/Rajas/Epona
back/BlackBelt/Usu/Tantra+2

I'm aware of Beir, but holding out for a +1 though. :S
Thanks for any input.