Random Question Thread XVIII: Just an Ordinary Sword of Legend

[Galattea]

Is there a viable/efficient strategy for getting Tunga's KI with 2 people ? Thinking Itzpapalotl pop, other 2 NM's are easy enough, but I just can't come up with something reliable and efficient to farm up Tunga. Viable job combos would be NIN + RDM, trying our hand at Red !! and hoping for kill, rather unconsistant method of killing though, from my previous experiences. Or BLM + RDM and praying for KI would be quicker/safer/easier ? Is there something else I'm overlooking ? Might have more people available, but most of the times would be just the 2 of us, so counting on that. Please keep in mind neither of us have MNK or WHM.

Thanks in advance.

[Koyangi]

With ducal guard changes, what's pdt % for avatar now?
Does the same amount of pdt last regardless of the avatar's HP %?
Does magic dmg nullify or otherwise screw with how this effect works on an avatar?
Any other info would be nice to know, thanks.

[Salmijr]

Smn + nin, and hope you get lucky on red. Even with the Ducal fix, avatars still have 87% pdt.

[Galattea]

Smn + nin, and hope you get lucky on red. Even with the Ducal fix, avatars still have 87% pdt.

Assuming this was regarding my question, SMN is not available. Job options would be as following:

Player 1: WAR RDM BLU SCH DNC
Player 2: THF BLM BRD DRG NIN

Both have 3 Lunar's, most good atmas and etc. Not sure if it matters, but neither of us do have Atma of the Earth Wyrm, from Dragua. A choice we considering pairing with Horned Beast for Earth resist + Superior and Resist Petrify Superior to try and live through break-ga's. Didn't work quite well without Earth Wyrm though, not sure if having it would change anything.

[Alistaire]

Is it possible to yellow proc a mob claiming it? ie: see NM up unclaimed, cast the right spell first off to claim it and get !! ?

[Salmijr]

never seen it, tho i've seen the exact same spell proc later in the fight. So weakness is set after claim.

[Massimo]

Assuming this was regarding my question, SMN is not available. Job options would be as following:

Player 1: WAR RDM BLU SCH DNC
Player 2: THF BLM BRD DRG NIN

Both have 3 Lunar's, most good atmas and etc. Not sure if it matters, but neither of us do have Atma of the Earth Wyrm, from Dragua. A choice we considering pairing with Horned Beast for Earth resist + Superior and Resist Petrify Superior to try and live through break-ga's. Didn't work quite well without Earth Wyrm though, not sure if having it would change anything.

WAR/SAM (or /NIN, I guess?) + BLM/WHM might have a shot at doing it. Your job selections honestly sucks for it, but give it some tries and see if you can pull it through. Proc it before 75%, as that's when it chainspells. Can use Fools Powder at 75% if you're just doing the one, and zerg it down during the chainspell. Stun slowga outside chainspell and erase it off the WAR asap if it does get off. Oh and keep it paralyzed.

Is it possible to yellow proc a mob claiming it? ie: see NM up unclaimed, cast the right spell first off to claim it and get !! ?

I'm fairly sure I've seen this happen. I could be wrong though.

[Pozcat]

What is the proc rate on the Ravager's set, "Augments Double Attack." Also does the rate vary depending on number of pieces +2?

edit: spelling

[Eldelphia]

How tough is fistule to kill? I have most mage things covered, including SMN. If I was stupid enough to want to upgrade the club, what's the best way to kill it repeatedly?

[Xerlic]

I'm assuming a standard MNK + WHM Abyssea duo can take down Fistule without any problem. Me on NIN, a MNK and a WHM were farming Dark Rings one night and they got bored and started roaming around the zone killing random NMs. They just randomly killed Fistule without any sort of plan for the adds or difficulty since I didn't notice any massive drops in HP or talking on party chat. I only knew they killed it when the discharges appeared in the treasure pool. I'm sure others can offer more in-depth advice tho.

For farming NQ Empyrean feet, is it best to get enough amber light to make gold boxes appear somewhat frequently but not enough to cap it out and make them big? I'm going on the assumption that feet appear more frequently when boxes are small since they can only have items/temp items/powerful item instead of items/temp items/powerful items/key items, but looking for confirmation that feet don't appear more often in item boxes when the gold box is big.

[Devinry]

Purely anecdotal, but a friend and I went to farm feet the other day, capped out amber so we were seeing only large gold chests, and only saw one set of feet in 3ish hours. I think they increased the rate of feet in small gold chests to make them easier to obtain, but it seems like they also reduced the rate in large chests.

[Neisan]

Pre update where it was noted they changed the chances of drop rate for empyrean feet I had never seen them in large gold chests. From what I've been told emp feet will appaear in chests before KI, that is with amber uncapped. It's still pretty random, I've farmed for 5 hours with below uncapped amber/capped amber and seen 0 feet.

[Innuendo]

How tough is fistule to kill? I have most mage things covered, including SMN. If I was stupid enough to want to upgrade the club, what's the best way to kill it repeatedly?

You can get rid of the babies by kiting them far enough away; they'll just disappear at a certain point if you're far enough ahead of them. Aside from that there's nothing special about the fight, he's just a big slime.

[Esvedium]

Looking to build this dagger for THF mule:
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__.../Trial2292.png

If anyone has kept track of where/what they killed for each trial that'd be great. 250 golem at first glance looks terrible...

All this was done before the 5/weather update:
Uleg > Vunk > Boyahda > Boyahda > Level Sync'd in Qufim > Reef/Mire (worst trial, imo) > Uleg

At that point, I did ~30 kills in Sky on golems while farming diorites before the weather update and gave up on the DEX dagger since my STR dagger was finished.

5/Weather update came around and I finished it like this:
Golems: LevelSync'd in ZiTah > Boyahda Rabbits > Geodes

The golems in ZiTah was cake using my wife's character as a ~62 Syncee. Fast kills, no aggro to really worry about that I can remember, just scout out the pop spots for golems before day/weather pops so you know where to go to get them. I got the last ~220 golems done in a very short time. Zap weather is up a lot in ZiTah.

[fallenleaf]

Purely anecdotal, but a friend and I went to farm feet the other day, capped out amber so we were seeing only large gold chests, and only saw one set of feet in 3ish hours. I think they increased the rate of feet in small gold chests to make them easier to obtain, but it seems like they also reduced the rate in large chests.

I've had great luck getting feet to drop, while not trying in vunk lately with 0 amber light. Just farming +2 items with the usual pearl/azure capped, and literally 0 amber every gold chest that manages to spawn has a set of feet in it. Take that for what you will, but i've /shouted away a decent few. Perhaps capping pearl and minimal, minimal amber might work? Just an idea.

[Iremire]

what's the respawn on Myrmecoleon?

[Yugl]

When working on augmented items and AF, it is not a good idea to cap out amber lights such that you only receive big gold boxes. For some reason, big gold boxes tend to procude KI and Temp items more often than not.

[noodles355]

Has the shitty noob shout spam on anyone elses server grown as much as Asura's upon the move of everyone from Whitegate to Port Jeuno? Seriously, it's getting out of hand.

[cdgreg]

what's the respawn on Myrmecoleon?

Should be the standard 10-15.

[Salmijr]

How tough is fistule to kill? I have most mage things covered, including SMN. If I was stupid enough to want to upgrade the club, what's the best way to kill it repeatedly?

Mnk + healer makes this retarded easy. Mnk just counterstance tanks all 3, with back to the wall so that spread doesnt throw you out of range of the healers. With meele gaiters and Gnarled horn, your counter rate will be silly. None of this kiting stuff , or killing a baby only to have it split into 2 more.