Random Question Thread XIX: Welcome to Flavor Country

[mcb]

was looking for a bit more specific answer, do merged servers generally have a higher NA population or what?

its still any. there is always abyssea groups going if only for crour, and if you can keep a group going 1 party will take you 30-90

[rog]

was looking for a bit more specific answer

I know. And again, i'll say any.

[Latheille]

This is a question for a friend:

Translation: Is there a cure casting time cap and is it capped WITH Fast Cast or will it be added on top of that?

[Pendulum]

Steric factors

First time I've heard someone use this phrase since graduating in July and first time in a non-chemistry context haha

[Fereydoon]

I'm sure this has been asked before, but is there a reason why Cure Clogs went from being less than 100k back in October, to more than 600k now?

More Merit Abyssites -> WHM is more obviously the only healer worth a shit -> More people level WHM -> Cure Clogs are an easy way to cap an important stat.

People also stopped killing buffalo for trials, or switched to bluffalo.

[Yubar]

Add this to StatusData.txt (Windower/plugins/)

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Could you please post the ones for Aftermath for Mythics and Empyreans as well?

[Indalecia]

Ok, this'll prolly get shit on but here goes:

Re-installing game atm, last time I played was about march-ish of 2010. What kinda of things should I be looking for/to get for DRK/PLD? Already know(ish) about af3 and such, so aside from that. Atma aquisition of and recommended ones, quests, magians that I should look at. etc

Any help would be appreciated if just to point me in the right direction, feeling a lil overwhelmed atm.

[Aragon of Odin]

New job selections.

[Skeelo]

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q...1_213920-1.jpg
would this be worth using for mnk over aesir earring? In and out of abyssea?

[Kilorilo]

Atmas for PLD using almace/ochain ? RR/VV/AoA ?

[shen]

I just came back to ffxi after a 6ish month break. Trials had just started and I had heard good things about OAT Gun for RNG so I had started on that, but now there's so many options.

What's a good Magian weapon to work on for RNG atm? I was going to keep working on OAT Gun (or maybe start OAT Bow) and get a pseudo 4-hit with the aid of Regain atmas to fill in the missing TP, but it sounds like critical damage is making and breaking DD's now. Should I start on Gandiva/Harrier to have the ability to crit on Jishnu's? Or are there better options?

Usually I could figure this stuff on my own but there's so much to go through. And I tried searching for similar questions but wasn't very successful >.> so sorry if this was asked recently.

[Ricekid]

im thinking of of brewing raja for a friend. I have rdm blm and blu at 90, what is the best way to do this?

[Guitarman]

Ok, this'll prolly get shit on but here goes:

Re-installing game atm, last time I played was about march-ish of 2010. What kinda of things should I be looking for/to get for DRK/PLD? Already know(ish) about af3 and such, so aside from that. Atma aquisition of and recommended ones, quests, magians that I should look at. etc

Any help would be appreciated if just to point me in the right direction, feeling a lil overwhelmed atm.

Honestly? Level a new job. Both those jobs are horribly underwhelming in abyssea. I LOVED being drk but i havent touched it since abyssea was released. They're THAT bad. But, as far as your question: look up Eccentric Eve and Ironclad Pulverizer. Eve drops voracious violet atma and ironclad raized ruins. Both are absolute must haves for DD. PLD, maybe Kutharei for mounted champion. Work on getting those atmas first and foremost. Then, go after hp/mp bonus abyssites (wiki has a list) and stone recharge abyssites.

[Yugl]

Why would you do Celerity Abyssites last? It takes 1 Tonberry, 1 Quest (Done using items bought off AH), and some cruor (Easily obtained solo or with the help of an XP group).

[mai ikari]

I'm skilling up club on Thalassinons after a cleave party, MNK/SAM (for Cataclysm), and ate a marinara pizza for extra accuracy. Suddenly I started intimidating them. They're Adamantoise, and I made sure I don't have any killer effects on my gear. So I have Demon killer and Undead killer, and the WAR/SAM wasn't getting any intimidate procs the past 2 days, so it's either Undead Killer doing it, or pizza has Lizard Killer? I'm a little confused.


And on the topic of Celerity Abyssites, a LS member came back last week after being gone for a 2 years, we got him the tonberry and quest Celerity abyssites in the length of one stone, and enough cruor in a second stone. Takes a day maximum, and having stones stockpiling while you get other things done is far more preferable to trying to do abyssea on one stone per day while going after "more important" things.

[Aragon of Odin]

Thinking of re-doing Shantotto final fight, I think I remember reading somewhere that it can be cleaved with a War/Sam. Is this true or am I imagining things? Did a search but couldn't find what I remembered reading.

[mcb]

im thinking of of brewing raja for a friend. I have rdm blm and blu at 90, what is the best way to do this?

if your going for the kill only and not ring then i'd say blm sense its very easy to not get absorbed and you'll keep mob tp at a minimum. it shouldn't take more than a few nukes to bring him down but you wont be able to do any proc's.

[mcb]

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q...1_213920-1.jpg
would this be worth using for mnk over aesir earring? In and out of abyssea?

i'm thinking that beats most things in an ear slot for several jobs but if anyone can provide a more definative answer i'd be interested as well.
brutal/supa for 1hand weapons
brutal/crit +1 for 2hand weapons?

[Khajit]

Ok, this'll prolly get shit on but here goes:

Re-installing game atm, last time I played was about march-ish of 2010. What kinda of things should I be looking for/to get for DRK/PLD? Already know(ish) about af3 and such, so aside from that. Atma aquisition of and recommended ones, quests, magians that I should look at. etc

Any help would be appreciated if just to point me in the right direction, feeling a lil overwhelmed atm.

Pld is worthless but you can always find retards that think it actually has a use if the Jueno rage from tonight you can see in the random fail thread is any indication.
DRK is literally the weakest DD job atm in theory given the fact that BRD of all things has more DD potential atm.
It wont stop you from outdding people on account of not being a dipshit but to say you are at a disadvantage is an understatement.
Go in to the highlands first. Get a tonberry killed for celerity abyssite. once you have 2 stones you go make an alliance with a friend who has a better grasp of mechanics to exp and farm time/cruor. Use the time over 120 minutes to farm up every single quest you can get away with for fame/abyssites.
Rinse/repeat that until you have a health stone stock and all the remaining celerity. Then work on hp/stat abyssites. If you have a mule over lv 30 flag abyssea on it too. You can use it to get fish up rusty items for your fame in la theine at least while your stones suck ass.
Try to get boss/cactuarae runs done when you have the chance. Everything in abyssea can be soloed with DD+whm although it will be harder for you since you wont have all the atma/abyssites everyone else has.
As for magians id suggest wasting your spare time being bored working on empyrian.The initial trials are NM hunts outside of abyssea so it gives you plenty of spare time until stones are decent. You're still used to the old ways of ffxi so sitting still hunting a nm for more than 15 minutes wont be as torturous to you as it will once you get used to abyssea. Oh and get a twilight scythe from Shinryu once you beat all the bosses/cacturae if you can. Additional effect death procs on everything and im waiting for the day i see a SS of it proccing on AV for lulz.
Atma to get first is Razed ruins, VV is aight but not as amazing as the guy above me makes it out to be. It used to be amazing but not so much anymore. The regain from it is useful for x-hits. Get some semi okish atma from fabricants to use until you get the good shit. Alpha and omega is a pretty good one for DD thanks to triple attack.
In the end Razed ruins and Apocalypse atma are the two you should never ever remove no matter what.

[Ricekid]

if your going for the kill only and not ring then i'd say blm sense its very easy to not get absorbed and you'll keep mob tp at a minimum. it shouldn't take more than a few nukes to bring him down but you wont be able to do any proc's.

I was talking about raja not rani, should i just spam ele ws on him over vorpal on blu? IIRC he dont absorb any damage?