Random Question Thread XVIII: Just an Ordinary Sword of Legend

[etelosbo]

Carabosse is easy for a non emp mnk with 0 -mdt + Sch healer.

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How to you unlock new confluxes in WOE? Mainly 6 & 7. After they unlock, can they ever go back to being locked?

[Julian]

As a Taru mnk, I was never really in any danger of being 1 shot with max merits and shell, and only like ~5% -MDT. However, I had 2 mages alternating stuns. I would suggest having your whm sub blm to just stun aeroga3 and tornado 2, anything else you can probably eat as mnk/war without any issues at all.

I only died once to Carabosse (in 75ish gems now) because I was half asleep (doing this for 12+hours a day can really exhaust you :/) and wasn't at full hp, got hit by a big spell, didn't stun, didn't cap hp, and I died. It's easy to kite it around the lake while waiting for weakness though, even when half alseep, although that really should never come up.

edit: You don't need to use the cliff, it's not like Carabosse's stuff has a long range...

[Alkimi]

#6 is unlocked by achieving a certain amount of wins in #3.

#7 I'm not 100% but seems it requires 4/5/6 to be unlocked and then a certain number of wins in any of those 3.

[rog]

Even after the recent adjustment to nerf height difference, it still works. You just have to pull a bit further down the ramp than you used to.

What...?

[Yugl]

I heard you can manaburn Alfard, but about Ningishzida?

[Soho]

What...?

Supposedly they removed the benefit of vertical distance nullifying damage from AoE's. They didn't remove it entirely, you just need more height than you used to.

[Neisan]

SMN cat 1 merits?

From what I've heard Physical Attack either does very little or next to nothing if you have sac Torque or possibly Relic Feet, also with Beyond Shiva is usually used so 5/5 Magical Attack and 5/5 Physical accuracy if you use your avatars for melee. Even with Razed+Af legs+relic hands I've found avatar accuracy to be below cap, although it was with uncapped summoning skill (but still over the actual level cap with gear+merits).

[Xorn]

Can MNK WHM BLM work for Bukhis?

[Mafai]

Tiger King's Hides... after 1/11 last night I was told its easier to box farm these then rely on NM, any truth to this?

Also can it drop from big golds or littles only? If little how many ambers for little consistantly?

[Deader2818]

We actually built most of our pop sets while building time and had a chest drop double tiger king's hides so I think it would be worthwhile to farm from gold and kill the NM as its up.

Ive been told its little boxes only

[Yugl]

Tiger King's Hides... after 1/11 last night I was told its easier to box farm these then rely on NM, any truth to this?

Also can it drop from big golds or littles only? If little how many ambers for little consistantly?

Small boxes are best. I would probably build 1-2 Amber lights off the roaming elementals, 4 Azure, and cap pearl. From there, just magic burn a mob or cleave a non-ruby mob (If they even exist).

[Darkmagi]

Alternatively, cap azure on one character to farm time and only get a few amber + capped pearl on other people. Should work pretty well imo.

[rog]

Supposedly they removed the benefit of vertical distance nullifying damage from AoE's. They didn't remove it entirely, you just need more height than you used to.

Are you sure?

[Soho]

Are you sure?

I'm sure you can avoid AoE damage to the mages from Carabosse by making the tank go further down the ramp if that's what you're asking. We just did this several times.

I'm not sure that SE actually tried to nuke that ability completely, but we used to be able to tank her further up the ramp (less height distance) than we do now.

[Deader2818]

Did the same thing with Khim t2 in the range.

[Uubu]

they just changed the distance calculation to account for Z correction.. before you could be right next to a mob meleeing it with displaced hieight and AE's wouldnt hit you. now you cant anymore but if your height difference is big enough to account for hypotenuse distance > AE distance you wont get hit... They didnt fix this for casting distance though so its still semi-abusable. and in before lolhypotenuse

[Cream Soda]

SE IS READING

[Uubu]

its ok SE failed geometry 101

[Salmijr]

3 carols? BLM/BRD + BLU/NIN can cover all yellow spells. WAR's also only 9/13. You don't get Cyclone or Energy Drain without /NIN and you don't get Raiden Thrust or Jinpu without /SAM (although you probably could with merits and gear /NIN now, really, but who the fuck subs NIN anyway). Disregard. You can get 11/13 with /NIN. I was thinking SAM/NIN can't get Raiden. Oh well.

I was gonna say, i knew I had 11/13 2 days ago, but meh, posted it before i went to sleep. And yea, brainfart, I looked at carols and not threnody, so yea, blm/brd + blu/nin can cover all grelllows.

[Mafai]

I was gonna say, i knew I had 11/13 2 days ago, but meh, posted it before i went to sleep. And yea, brainfart, I looked at carols and not threnody, so yea, blm/brd + blu/nin can cover all grelllows.

Am I missing something? What about Light and Dispel?