Random Question Thread XX: The Aforementioned Goddamn Random Question Thread

[Ramzii]

are there any worthwhile trophy items for rdm/mnk/nin/sam?

[jimbobsonofgod]

are there any worthwhile trophy items for rdm/mnk/nin/sam?

uhh i guess you could get Ninja expert + 10 evasion(legs).

as for the blu question, do more spell then melee because of your sword choices,
and dont cast physical spells in +2 hands.

[Darkdoom]

Anyone able to tell me why my Spellcast and statustimer aren't working on Windows 7 64 bit? :/

[TheDirtyHobo]

I tried duoing him for fun the other night and it was easy at first but my damage quickly went to shit when it got to about 40% and worse as I went along. I'm sure someone who did a lot of cerb would know what causes it though, it could just be lower hp = stronger or could be def boost with spikes up or something, since I didn't have dispel. I'm curious as to what's up with cerb as well. Wasn't rage since it was only ~20 mins in and I was hitting for 14 per fist with zerk up.

Went through the log, both SAMs were only doing about 20-25 damage per non-crit/non-ODD swing, again, right from the start when we engaged it. We were gathering waiting on a last person and watched it up and idle walking around for a few minutes before we even touched it, so unless it's glitched, it just shouldn't have been raged.

Also, I don't know if Cerb gets an accuracy/attack bonus when raged, and I never did him back at 75 to use as a reference, but he had relatively low (not capped, at least; probably around 75-80%) accuracy against my 90 BRD, and hit for about 250-300 non-crit. I'm wondering if this is something like pre-patch Ovni where its gain of -DT doesn't reset properly.

[Hitoseijuro]

Does Cerberus rage from not being touched, or does his rage not reset, or something?

Went to go kill him earlier today for the synthetic atma, and he just wasn't taking damage. Had an Emp SAM that was only doing 150ish damage gekkos and fudos, right from the start, and another SAM doing just a little less on Gekkos. And this was eating YCB and /war riding zerk, so it wasn't a lack of attack.

Cerb does not rage. If ppl are reporting cerb taking less damage than normal after sometime or from the beginning, something tells me SE either ninja'd something in and didnt inform the public on it, or its not working as intented and SE has not realized it yet(esp since a majority dont kill it anymore other than for fun).

[Colenzo]

why is the dude in your sig doing fudo in twilight helmet?

[Nattack]

hrm, according to wiki almost all of them are slashing, which makes this really convenient if it's accurate because I can just pull out merle on floor 2


edit, went and tested

didn't bother with any others but:
nazuna is slashing, although sheep charge is blunt
merle is blunt (and kicks some crab ass I might add)
dipper is also slashing

Should help anyone that was also wondering.

perhaps i have it backwards then, It's been 6 years since i did celery!

[Logiks]

Masamune atma?

VV/RR/Apoc
VV/Smiting/Apoc
VV/SA/Smiting?


S***s situational, etc, but generally the best combos are what?

[Hitoseijuro]

why is the dude in your sig doing fudo in twilight helmet?

I wanted to capture the GK draw stance that samurai's are depicted in doing, Fudo happen to have the look so I went with that. Personally, sigs are made to fit your personal taste in art of the game or misc. We spend hours looking at horrible gear combos half the time because theyre efficient, that is not the case for a sig...

The better question is how are you calling out twilight helmet before usukane hands....(considering v.helm vs twilight helm is less than .5% of a difference at best) '-'?

Masamune atma?

VV/RR/Apoc
VV/Smiting/Apoc
VV/SA/Smiting?


S***s situational, etc, but generally the best combos are what?

Apoc/RR/A&O
Apoc/RR/VV
Apoc/RR/Smiting

If you were asking out of the bunch, then it would have to be Apoc/VV/A&O, out of your bunch, it would probably be Apoc/RR/VV but swapping to smiting could pull ahead, would depend on your buffs and gear.

[Cream Soda]

Nvm, answered my own question

[Dooom]

reward recast
Call beast recast
beast affinity
beast healer
all 5

Others all make sense, but why 5 Beast Affinity? Of the 76+ pets, only the sheep caps pre-90 (at 86, so I only need two merits to bring her up to 90). Is there something I'm over-looking?

[Atoreis]

Cerberus is definitely broken. My friend tried it several times on Veret MNK and it's taking some pathetic damage. He killed about 60 Cerb at 75 and he is more then sure that 200 damage Vsmite means something is broken.

[Plow]

Others all make sense, but why 5 Beast Affinity? Of the 76+ pets, only the sheep caps pre-90 (at 86, so I only need two merits to bring her up to 90). Is there something I'm over-looking?

atm you can still get chucky to 90 if you give a shit

other than that it's a. nazuna is your cheapest, highest hp pet, you want her 90, and b. just in case for the future, every other option sucks anyway

[Dooom]

Aha, yes, I'd overlooked Chucky and Amigo.

[Buffy]

What is the current skill cap on synergy? Are the crafting stalls the only way to reach it?

[GImpers]

How do I cancel "Brygid the Stylist Strikes Back" in Abyssea-Altepa?

[Kirschy]

What is the current skill cap on synergy? Are the crafting stalls the only way to reach it?

Lv80 is cap. I used Crafting Stall from 70->80, but Wiki has a list of things up to 80 if you wanted to use something else.

[Taint]

Masamune atma?

VV/RR/Apoc
VV/Smiting/Apoc
VV/SA/Smiting?


S***s situational, etc, but generally the best combos are what?

Those are the 3 combos above. VV/RR/Apoc for everyday farming. VV/SA/SB works very well on high def mobs like Alfard.

I also Fudo in a Twilight Helm. If the -acc from Viking takes Wacc to 94% then Twilight pulls ahead. On anything that Wacc is perma capped the STR difference wont matter.

[Taint]

How do I cancel "Brygid the Stylist Strikes Back" in Abyssea-Altepa?

Just talk to the NPC again, you then have to zone to start the quest over, I did this whenever I didn't have the correct gear.

[Neviskio]

Excluding fortalices for skilling up there's a GOOD guide?I tried the ones on the wiki but going on the suggested mob (lvl 58 skill around lvl 57-59 mobs) I couldn't get more than a couple 0.1 skillups on more than 30-40 mobs.That's kinda f.up if that's the idea of "revamped skills up"

I'd love to not go to fortalices due to competition, and the road to get there which annoys me to no end.Believe it or not too when I went there I had troubles claiming the fortalices since there were many people around <.<!