Random Question Thread XX: The Aforementioned Goddamn Random Question Thread

[urat]

Leveled BRD some recently, and while there may be some equipment carry over here and there from other jobs, I'm pretty noob about its needs. In general, I'm thinking I'd want pieces for faster casting of songs, improving their durations, and I guess accuracy for the offensive stuff. While power searching for some of that is easy enough, is there anything on possible augments floating around that I'd wanna look into? I won't be dumping ACP/MKE/ASA rewards into it, so those are out.

Primarily you just want a macc set for sticking threnodies to proc weaknesses, and then a skill/chr+ set up for buffing your party to maximize stat bonuses, other than that as long as you can stick your songs (which at 90 is pretty damn easy) bard gear is pretty lenient. Most of the magian staves arent worth it but I think I might get the earth one for landing Elegy, there's a lot of earth resistant mobs in abyssea and its a bit harder to stick than threnodies from my experience.

[Nattack]

Apologies for the likely stupid question, but does anyone have a simple/quick way of getting enough Grauberg fame to do the quests for Atma of the Ducal Guard? Thanks in advance for any tips/tricks (and thanks even if there are none).

Do the quest "Getting lucky"

should get you enough fame within 2 hours or so

[Obsidian]

Do the quest "Getting lucky"

should get you enough fame within 2 hours or so

Cool beans, thanks.

[Syntex]

Good place to skillup post 200? Tree still good but doesn't it cap out around 250?

Want a place outside abyssea as my stones are limited currently.

It's staff/dagger/sword if anyone was interested.

[Kuishen]

I'm sure that this has been asked multiple times but I checked the last 10 pages or so and didn't find anything. Has the hierarchy for NIN and THF atmas changed with the crit damage cap increase? If so what is the new best combo for both?

I tried out GH/RR/SS on my mule with Kannagi and it looked to be about the same with higher averages on higher NMs. Have no clue for THF though.

hm?

[Ricekid]

If I carry all the misc other AF2 from Xarcabard, and I keep farming will it prevent the same piece I already have from dropping?

[Atoreis]

How much HP has main NM in roundel earring OPs?

[NeoForte]

What would be the weapons to get for a WAR? I'm assuming either TP Bonus or sTP great Axe and Physical Def Down Great Axe for AoEing? Or are there better dropped Great Axes? Should I even bother getting any Magian 1H Axes?

[Palides]

Best THF tp neck assuming capped haste? I have agasaya but was wondering how aug wivre and love compares to it

Love Torque or Crit+2 [or higher] gorget.

edit: inside obviously.

[Wortie]

How is plucking wings campaign Op unlocked?
Does Windy need to control all of the Windy zones and Castle O ?
Is just controlling Castle O enough?

[Palides]

How is plucking wings campaign Op unlocked?
Does Windy need to control all of the Windy zones and Castle O ?
Is just controlling Castle O enough?

All.

[Vinedrai]

If I carry all the misc other AF2 from Xarcabard, and I keep farming will it prevent the same piece I already have from dropping?

no, they will still drop directly to the floor.

[Aleste]

For whitemage barspells:

4/5 AF3+2 + Clerics Pantaloons(+1)

or 5/5 AF+2 for set bonus?

I'd imagine the difference between 4/5 and 5/5 is only a 1% difference, in which case would the extra 20(22) elemental resistance be better off in the long run... has anyone mathed this? (is it even possible to math?)

[SephYuyX]

What is this new buzzword "cleave"?

[Plow]

What is this new buzzword "cleave"?

"originated" with Fell Cleave, which is the aoe ws warrior got at lv 80 and is extremely strong, especially with mighty strikes

to put it simply:

abyssea mobs don't level up if you aren't killing them really fast *from the time they aggro*

so, you keep the mobs fairly low level by aggroing and running around for a long time getting a bunch of links, and it's exceedingly easy for a whm to keep alive basically anybody that can aoe well, and they burn down huge groups of mobs

cataclysm, fell cleave, aeolian edge, blu stuff (charged whisker in particular), all work very well, not sure if there's any others I'm not thinking of atm

[pancakesandsex]

What is this new buzzword "cleave"?

From the GA WS "Fell Cleave". Involves getting a bunch of mobs in close proximity and AoEing them to death very fast.

[Aozora]

"originated" with Fell Cleave, which is the aoe ws warrior got at lv 80 and is extremely strong, especially with mighty strikes

to put it simply:

abyssea mobs don't level up if you aren't killing them really fast *from the time they aggro*

so, you keep the mobs fairly low level by aggroing and running around for a long time getting a bunch of links, and it's exceedingly easy for a whm to keep alive basically anybody that can aoe well, and they burn down huge groups of mobs

cataclysm, fell cleave, aeolian edge, blu stuff (charged whisker in particular), all work very well, not sure if there's any others I'm not thinking of atm

i think this is incorrect, as a fell cleave pt will wipe out an entire camp and not level mobs, but 1 soloer can force the entire camp to cap level. after cleaving (cataclysm, since i hate fell cleave's range) for a while, i think the most accurate explanation is that the "leveling" only occurs when you kill the claimed (red/purple) named mob, the only one you get light from. so where a soloer or a normal party gets a degree of mob leveling per kill, and never letting up; a cleave party gets 1 or 2 degrees of mob leveling for an entire camp, and pulls being long enough to let that dissipate.

[Byrthnoth]

I actually can take a capped level population of monsters and delevel it using Aeolian Edge over enough time. Things in Tahrongi go from EM to EP.

[Chun Liroy]

Edit: and when does adventurer appreciation end?

any idea?

[Lyramion]

How is plucking wings campaign Op unlocked?
Does Windy need to control all of the Windy zones and Castle O ?
Is just controlling Castle O enough?

How much HP has main NM in roundel earring OPs?

Plan on Bahamut/ExRamuh is now to DEFEND Castle Oz (S) and turn all areas to Windy again. You foos better help out and get into your Campaign boots this week !

http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/21...farm-hurray/4/