Random Question Thread XVIII: Just an Ordinary Sword of Legend

[TheDirtyHobo]

could someone please post the top NIN TP phase sets with and without marches? i'm not sure what to make of full AF+2, hitting the -delay cap, and whatever else. thank you.

I'm probably missing a few horribly obvious things, but I've been looking at NIN gear myself and here's what I've come up with for TP:

katana/kamome//qirmiz
emp+2/emp/suppa/brutal
AF/dusk(+1)/epona/rajas
atheling/twilight/emp+2/emp+2

Puts you well over the gear haste cap (27% with NQ gloves, 28% HQ), so there may be a few better switches that I'm not seeing. With normal marches and no samba, you're getting 61.5% haste and 50% DW for capped swing speed, and can drop 2-3 haste from other slots as needed. Getting any more haste from other sources (SV march or haste samba) means you can drop your AF body for emp+2, and suppa for something else. Don't use emp+2 hands unless you have marches (Normal or SV) AND haste samba, or SV marches and keeping suppa on.

I'm not too sure on the math of Iga neck vs Agasaya's collar and Iga back vs Atheling mantle, but I think the ones I picked are right.

[Byrthnoth]

Ages ago when I cared about Parrying I found a unique way to test it. Using a Lv1 weapon which you have no skill with (Event GKT or event PLM), engage some lv 40-50ishish monster, and then go afk hours. You'll get parries, and barely dent the mob. When I did this I capped out parry at 25%ish. When I tried testing parry using Parry Knives and max parry skill+ to see how high I could get my parry rate, I wasn't breaking 20%. For a while I just assumed 2H got better parry rate than 1H, but knowing what I know now, it might have just been low sample size.

Anyway, to go on what you're saying, I've noticed parry rate stays floor'd at 5%. Pre level cap increases my SAM and my DRK parried at the same rate despite like a 70 skill difference. And on weak mobs it caps out kinda low. It's just one of those things thats nice, but it's not worth trying for =/.

Just realized that a corollary to this is that Boxer's Mantle is worse than Fugacity Mantle.

[Koyangi]

Atma of the Foe Flayer, what exactly does it do? You recieve a permanent Magic accuracy and negative fast cast trait? So at the cost of X MP and X Refresh this atma only really good for SMN then? Also, what's the bonus to the MP and refresh?

[cdgreg]

Someone awhile back said they had the magic damage formula plugged into an excel spreadsheet so they could simply change a modifier to see how it would affect their dmg. I don't remember who said it but I'd love to get my hands on this! If possible e-mail [email protected] or point me in the direction of finding one. Thanks

[Nightfyre]

I'm probably missing a few horribly obvious things, but I've been looking at NIN gear myself and here's what I've come up with for TP:

katana/kamome//qirmiz
emp+2/emp/suppa/brutal
AF/dusk(+1)/epona/rajas
atheling/twilight/emp+2/emp+2

Puts you well over the gear haste cap (27% with NQ gloves, 28% HQ), so there may be a few better switches that I'm not seeing. With normal marches and no samba, you're getting 61.5% haste and 50% DW for capped swing speed, and can drop 2-3 haste from other slots as needed. Getting any more haste from other sources (SV march or haste samba) means you can drop your AF body for emp+2, and suppa for something else. Don't use emp+2 hands unless you have marches (Normal or SV) AND haste samba, or SV marches and keeping suppa on.

I'm not too sure on the math of Iga neck vs Agasaya's collar and Iga back vs Atheling mantle, but I think the ones I picked are right.

Usu feet

[Koyangi]

Does Blunt end at 6:59? I got it to proc on a mob pulled after 6:00.

[Neisan]

It ends at 7:00. Have pulled on 6:53 and still got blunt.

[Jeryhn]

Does anyone know the exact enhancement to critical hit damage on these two pieces?

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Shikkoku_Togi
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Shikkoku_Kote

Still waiting on an answer to this one, if anyone knows.

[Kamil]

How much Stp does it take to get 10tp a round with Sekka/Kamome?

[Uubu]

Does Armegeddon ODD not proc on wildfire since its elemental ws?

[Nightfyre]

How much Stp does it take to get 10tp a round with Sekka/Kamome?

20 with 15% DW gear, less with less DW

[Andradi]

Does Armegeddon ODD not proc on wildfire since its elemental ws?

I don't think any of the ODDs proc on WS, so it wouldn't make any difference.

[Guild43]

What's the fastest way to get a Rose Strap? How long would it take?

[Kyata]

I saw it mentioned somewhere before that high Healing Magic Skill (400+) has a very high chance to remove Doom with Cursna (actually saw 100% mentioned, but I'll go with 95% assuming this claim is correct).

Can anyone confirm this is a valid claim? Years of trying to remove Doom, anyone can attest to the low chance of Cursna succeeding, specially since it's usually spammed by everyone (BRDs, RDMs with uncapped healing, etc).

If this is at all true, it would be very worth capping my mule's Healing skill to avoid blunders at Bukhis (like BRD and RDM Cursna spam + 5-6 Holy waters still failing to remove Doom at some point).

[Kyata]

What's the fastest way to get a Rose Strap? How long would it take?

Ribbon 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 >
Star 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 >
Emblem 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 >
Wings 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 >
Medals 1

Start with your current rank, add 5 days for each rank you need until Medal 1. I don't think there are any shortcuts to getting there, will take you 80 days from the start, so just start on it ASAP and remember to get the evaluation as soon as it's up.

I used to do Streetsweeper (1/2/3) 1 day before each evaluation and do 30min-1hr of Campaign, used to be enough to rank up.

[Kamil]

20 with 15% DW gear, less with less DW

I only have 10% in gear, how much stp would that take?

[Nightfyre]

I only have 10% in gear, how much stp would that take?

This much.

[TacoTaru]

Are there any important tricks/strategies to take note on when fighting T1/T2 Khim/Hydra in Abyssesa? Group setup has been NIN THF BRD WHM BLM BLU. Cerb T1/T2 is lulzy as fuck, but can we expect the same breeze strategies with the other two?

[hexagram23]

How does Curse/Bane/Zombie/whatever effect Primeval Brew? How low would it drop your total HP? Also would be cancel the Refresh/Regen?

[Neisan]

Fairly certain most status ailments work as normal, as you can still be silenced/doomed even with the Brew's effects.