Random Question Thread XIX: Welcome to Flavor Country

[Robbinthehood]

Has anyone else had to wait like two weeks for SE to process a compromised account form? >_<
I chat them on SE support everyday and they say they "have a long queue"

When I came back to the game a few months ago it took three weeks for me to actually get on and start playing. Long story short, they messed up my SquareEnix account/pasword by assuming I would buy FFXIV. This made the recovery process long and difficult. SE messed up so much that I had to send in information dating back to when I originally created my account(PS2 release) and get it notarized by a notary. Even though my problem was just with a account/password, it was addressed as a comprimised account issue. A week later common sense kicked in and they gave me my info and let me play. All I can say is keep bugging them everyday and give them any information they need.

[Ricekid]

THF merits?

G1: 5/5 triple and ???
G2: 1 aura steal ?/5 assassin charge ?/5 feint?

Any suggestions? thanks!!

[Clash Perez]

THF merits?

G1: 5/5 triple and ???
G2: 1 aura steal ?/5 assassin charge ?/5 feint?

Any suggestions? thanks!!

For group 1 I went with Trick Attack since it's easy to line up for it, whereas SA can be difficult to land when hate is shifting quickly. It's a matter of personal preference. For group 2, I went with 5 feint, 1 aura steal, 1 ass charge, and the rest in the last one. None of them are particularly amazing, so it's also really just a matter of preference.

[Gun-it]

6hit ukon somehow better then 5hit?
was getting told the DA you loose some how makes 6hit better.

[Raen Ryong]

How much DA are you losing? Like 10~14%?

[Gun-it]

grip is 2
head is 4
back is 3
so 9

[Aerynlia]

Is there a way to copy my macros from my main to my mule? I've done it before and can't seem to remember how. I tried copying the files in one user folder to the other but that didn't work. Any thoughts?

[Zerk]

Any recommendations where to skill up weapons from ~90-200+?

[Nightfyre]

Any recommendations where to skill up weapons from ~90-200+?

Zvahl Fortalice

[Koyangi]

No clue if this is old news or even if more zones have had this addition, but when doing VNM trials for sword I found some Tough vulture family mobs in Meri mount(s) on the bottom half, and some Tough rabbits at the bottom of West saru(s). If these existed when cap to 80 came out or before that I swear people wouldve mentioned it as a possible exp camp, so I'm leaning towards new addition or changed level of existing mobs.

So add these to additional mobs to skillup on in addition to seaboard vultures and the T crabs in Mt. Z.

[catfat]

Low man setup for Divine Might? Think wiki said SAM +WHM could take it with rr meds, anything else work as well? Kannagi nin can replace sam?

I did it as sch, Masamune sam, and bard. If that helps any

[Seol]

Is Parazonium +2 (With +10Double Attack) any good offhand for THF and DNC? is the +10 DA another way for SE to say 10%? If not, what are good offhands for THF and DNC respectively. Last but not least is DNC body +2 really DW 10% like the other wiki claims?

[Alvein]

Well I found out what the problem was today, finally talked to a useful person at SE support who told me that my account had been banned because of the RMT activity that was done by those who hacked me. So they needed additional info that wasn't on the notary form. Supposedly now that they have that extra info they'll be able to unban me.

[TheDirtyHobo]

grip is 2
head is 4
back is 3
so 9

It may be slightly more feasible outside of abyssea, but between Apoc's TA and VV's DA, and high native DA, the 9 DA you gain does not mean much.

Also, shoot whoever the fuck told you to TP in Emp+2 mask.

[Gun-it]

lol some guy got all mad when i asked why he didn't 5hit so was just checking I was right in thinking it was better.

[Francisco]

From experiences, average drop rate of a second empyrean item (Chloris, Sobek, Briareus, Ulhuadshi, etc) with and without various levels of Treasure Hunter?

I personally want to say ~30-40% without and ~60-80% with... wondering if anyone had more solid numbers.

[xIndustrialxAngelx]

I did it as sch, Masamune sam, and bard. If that helps any

I have a Masa as well, so I can be sam. I won't have the 3rd person though... Any particular way I should set this up for pulling order?

[Innuendo]

TH+ proc stuff. Thief A, meleeing in +0 TH gear, gets two procs on a mob, leading to TH level 5. Thief B joins in, wearing +1 TH in gear. Thief B gets a proc on first swing, leading to TH level 6.

Two possibilities:

1) Thief B's "proc" was not an actual proc, and was only displayed to show the increase from gear

2) Thief B's proc was an actual proc, and the TH from his gear didn't get counted.

Anyone have experience with this?

[Francisco]

TH+ proc stuff. Thief A, meleeing in +0 TH gear, gets two procs on a mob, leading to TH level 5. Thief B joins in, wearing +1 TH in gear. Thief B gets a proc on first swing, leading to TH level 6.

Two possibilities:

1) Thief B's "proc" was not an actual proc, and was only displayed to show the increase from gear

2) Thief B's proc was an actual proc, and the TH from his gear didn't get counted.

Anyone have experience with this?

Treasure Hunter works like a status effect on the enemy.

THF A strikes the mob and immediately inflicts it with TH3 (from traits alone), gets two more procs on the mob leading to TH4 and then TH5.

THF B joins in and strikes the mob, and initially does not change the current TH situation because the TH5 from THF A overrides the TH4 from THF B.

THF B then gets another proc, which sticks +1 onto the mob, bringing it to TH6.

Treasure Hunter from traits/gear mostly serve as a starting point for THFs... the benefit to TH gear is that a THF with Thief's Knife, Assassin's Armlets and Raider's +2 feet starts out at TH6. It would takes a THF with no TH gear three procs to catch up to that THF, while the same THF would achieve TH9 with the same effort.

Edit to add things that may need testing:

- If a TH6 THF gets a proc leading to TH7, then disengages and is replaced with a TH3 THF, would the TH3 THF immediately be able to proc TH8 (I think yes, since Treasure Hunter now seems to work like Dancer steps)?

- If a THF places treasure hunter on an enemy and dies, does the TH effect wear off? Seems illogical it would - but in my experiences with Chloris (small sample size) - we only got one bud if the THF died and didn't attack Chloris again.

- Since treasure hunter now seems to work like Dancer steps, can the effect wear off with time? (Seems unlikely.)

[Innuendo]

Thanks for the explanation, that's much clearer.