Random Question Thread XIX: Welcome to Flavor Country

[Yugl]

Atheling.

[Lyramion]

Ningishzida: Tail tank it? I know you do for Alfard, but I vaguely recall that someone may have said not to tank this one on the tail, don't remember

Tailtanked today with MNK WHM BLM. His Serpentis Tail seems to dispel only 1 Buff while Alfards tail dispels like 4.

[Andradi]

Is there anyway to find out who owns a mule?

The only thing I can think of is /befriend, that would rely on them accepting a random friend request, though.

[Draylo]

Anyone know rune setup to get fight with Antican Ring reward? I think vermin is involved.

[Clerix]

Atmas for SMN?

MM/VV/RR?

[Tsuko_Asura]

IIRC, attack does next to nothing for avatars. Seems like you'd be better off with Minikin, Ruins, and Apocalypse.

[Koyangi]

I see much better results and higher BP damage with GH vs Apoc, rr,mm,gh for phys BP's. RR and MM are perma on smn, 3rd depends on what you're doing, GH for phys dmg, DG for tanking/long lasting avatar.

[AlexRuzhyo]

Playing with Windower, 1366x768 (Background Resolution 2x this) on a 1600x900 monitor. I load the game and the whole screen's brightness seems to be turned up while XI is running. I'm not referring to in-game bump mapping. I mean everything (Desktop, Taskbar, ect) gets lighter. Is this normal and is there a way to prevent this?

I don't know if Windower is a cause so I'm asking here. I don't have a forum account on their site anyways.

[Byrthnoth]

IIRC, attack does next to nothing for avatars. Seems like you'd be better off with Minikin, Ruins, and Apocalypse.

Attack does something for Avatars, but sources of Avatar Attack are absolutely pitiful (+10 for 5 merits? Seriously SE?). Also, Avatars get 1 base damage per STR so you're almost always better off whoring STR than Attack.

If you want to see what I mean, go around Spinning Diving stuff in Abyssea and keep track of your max damage (it gets an Attack bonus like Gekko). Add STR Atmas and see the increase in percentage of damage. In Abyssea, a good rule to use is that if you increase your STR by a certain percentage, your Avatar's STR (and base damage) also increases by that percentage because you have approximately the same base STR as the celestial avatars (they're BLMs iirc). STR+50 if you have 150 STR from Cruor buffs and normal stats gives your avatar about a 33% damage boost.

[Humblejoe]

I know Apocalypse sucks right now, I know Rag did and still does suck, and DRK sucks altogether. But, how can I prove to someone that Apoc > Rag? Does anyone have parses, math, anything?

[Nightfyre]

Is NW the best Apollyon zone to solo Ebony Lacquer?

SW is a snoozefest and drops Ebony Lacquer more often than not on the third floor. Only thing remotely annoying about it is getting a clean pull on the fomors, even so you'll have more than enough time.

i've seen two different statements about Yurin: Ichi's effect. does it boost subtle blow (by doing something to the enemy so that MY hits give it less tp) or is it subtle blow - for the mob (mob hits get less tp). experiance lately leads me to believe its the 2nd one but i'd like to know for sure.

iirc it's like Penance.

[Thorny]

TBH, there's a pretty good chance rag>apoc in abyssea nowadays but I doubt anyone cares enough to do the math when rampage beats both.

[Draylo]

SW is a snoozefest and drops Ebony Lacquer more often than not on the third floor. Only thing remotely annoying about it is getting a clean pull on the fomors, even so you'll have more than enough time.



iirc it's like Penance.

I just recently did a bunch of limbus runs and honestly if on BLU it's not even a concern with the pull, can kill any of them aside from maybe galka in two shots and dream flower the rest. A lot quicker and easier than soloing on a rdm or blm.

[Byrthnoth]

I'd put money on Ragnarok too. RR (54%) + Scourge Aftermath (15%?) + Ragnarok's Enhanced Critical Hit rate IV (20%?) + AF3+2 body (4%) almost caps Crit hit rate (93%). Just 6-hit it, keep AM3 up, and enjoy the ride. If Enhanced Critical Hit Rate IV is as potent as was reported in the Relic Upgrades thread, Ragnarok may be a pretty serious weapon outside Abyssea too now.

Apoc, on the other hand, basically brings its base damage and Guillotine to the table. I would bet that Catastrophe isn't even worth using at the moment.

[Iremire]

Is velocity shot + delay or + slow?

[Miroku_Asura]

Delay from what I understood.

[Nightfyre]

I just recently did a bunch of limbus runs and honestly if on BLU it's not even a concern with the pull, can kill any of them aside from maybe galka in two shots and dream flower the rest. A lot quicker and easier than soloing on a rdm or blm.

I was assuming NIN/DNC since he was asking about NIN item. BLU definitely doesn't have any issues with SW.

[Whammyns1]

Besides Ambushers Hose, what other legs would be suitable for Hi? Would The Attack from Tumbler Trunks be worth anything?

[Amok]

Best way to farm cruor solo? Was thinking about ops on detectors in Uleg or something involving ephmerals.

[Fereydoon]

Wiki says Geodes cap at 51 skill, friend said they got a skillup in the 54 range, should I just assume wiki was right?

Also any recentish goldsmithing guides? The 100 guide on wiki dates back a bit.

Edit: Clicking on the article for Clear Topaz it lists geodes as 49-64..