Random Question Thread XX: The Aforementioned Goddamn Random Question Thread

[Kidnoftle]

Correct.

[Toth]

Okay.....

Of course, you couple that with a competent master and watch the damage pile up.

[Mercilessturtle]

We've been over this. 2k armor piercers are nothing compared to 5k stringing pummels or smites. And since automatons get a whole whopping 15 haste if you spend the JA delay to give it a maneuver, and they are too stupid to WS when they get 100 tp, their WS frequency is shit. The aftermath on vere absolutely beats giving your automaton regain. Burat are good knuckles because they have good damage and delay, the regain is just a nice bonus. It will never come close to competing with aftermath from an empyrean, nevermind the +10 str and +6 damage on vere.

[Syntex]

Capped evasion in abyssea, when is it?

LS buddy says on DNC/NIN he caps it with just GH atma. As a NIN with capped 362 eva plus 4 merits and GH atma am I close to cap or capped? I see a lot of people using Sekka+2 for 9agi/20eva and sometimes 2 of them and I am told its a waste because you cap so easily with cruror buffs and GH but there must be a reason behind having them as its not just 1 or 2 people using them.

Also as far as acc is concerned, how much acc would i need to cap in abyssea? With full katana merits too.

[Kamil]

Capped evasion in abyssea, when is it?

LS buddy says on DNC/NIN he caps it with just GH atma. As a NIN with capped 362 eva plus 4 merits and GH atma am I close to cap or capped? I see a lot of people using Sekka+2 for 9agi/20eva and sometimes 2 of them and I am told its a waste because you cap so easily with cruror buffs and GH but there must be a reason behind having them as its not just 1 or 2 people using them.

Also as far as acc is concerned, how much acc would i need to cap in abyssea? With full katana merits too.

Everything depends on what you're fighting, weak NMs/mobs you'll cap EVA pretty easy. On something that's worth a crap, you won't be capped. EVA Sekka is decent if you have no other Katana to TP in or if you want some hybrid EVA set.

Same goes for ACC, depends on what you're fighting. You'll probably be capped most of the time unless you're fighting something evasive.

[Syntex]

I am wondering more or less about how much evasion I should aim for before stacking DD gear and if its worth the time to go get that evasion katana.

Hocho/kamome seems pretty standard and the OA2-4 seems like something I should invest in outside of kannagi but when I need evasion can I get enough from other pieces/atma?

I don't want to spend the hours it takes to get the katana to have it sit there.

[Raelia]

Counter Rate on Roaring Laughter alone?

Just wondering if I really need Gnarled Horn or not.

"Parse it yourself and tell us" is a mildly acceptable answer.

[Jememy]

I am wondering more or less about how much evasion I should aim for before stacking DD gear and if its worth the time to go get that evasion katana.

Hocho/kamome seems pretty standard and the OA2-4 seems like something I should invest in outside of kannagi but when I need evasion can I get enough from other pieces/atma?

I don't want to spend the hours it takes to get the katana to have it sit there.

I don't have evidence so someone would have to back this up for me but I remember the OA2-4 is trash, barely outparses Twilight Dagger and that (Kannagi outside of abyssea) Sekka +2 is the superior offhand.

[Nattack]

more windower inquiry, is there a way to start with a different init script?

or better yet, what are all of the windower parameters

[Amok]

Counter Rate on Roaring Laughter alone?

Just wondering if I really need Gnarled Horn or not.

"Parse it yourself and tell us" is a mildly acceptable answer.

my own parse with low sample size of ~150 hits showed it to be around 10%. GH parsed at 5% with similar number of samples.

[Norellicus]

Quoting my own post since it was lost to the page rollover

VbV/MCSC bullshit: Is there any way you can get around it given the following caveats?

1) Nobody I know owns a console edition to plug in details
2) I'm violently opposed to giving my CC number in its entirety to another fleshy
3) I'm not going to go get a prepaid card every month just to keep playing a damn game
4) The noscript tricks don't work (either jumps right to an error or sends me to a MCSC signup page)

[Ocara]

my own parse with low sample size of ~150 hits showed it to be around 10%. GH parsed at 5% with similar number of samples.

I got the same for RL when I parsed back when it came out.

[Byrthnoth]

GH is 10%. I have an infinite number of sample sizes to back me up, so don't mess with me brah.

[Pendulum]

I am wondering more or less about how much evasion I should aim for before stacking DD gear and if its worth the time to go get that evasion katana.

Hocho/kamome seems pretty standard and the OA2-4 seems like something I should invest in outside of kannagi but when I need evasion can I get enough from other pieces/atma?

I don't want to spend the hours it takes to get the katana to have it sit there.

Evasion Sekka is a massive amount of evasion in one slot but it isn't a necessity by any means. I (and I'm sure a lot of other posters too) find I get a lot of use from a hybrid TP/Evasion set where I don't sacrifice all my haste for evasion (Ballerines, Ocelot, Eva torque, Boxer's etc.).

I don't parse it but in Vision/Scars zones my evasion with this set is close enough to cap. It works pretty well in Heroes zones too but my full evasion set also sees action there.

[Koyangi]

Wiki says Nursery Nazuna caps at 86, so at level 90BST, 2 merits in Beast Affinity will always mean a 90NN?

[Aureus]

Wiki says Nursery Nazuna caps at 86, so at level 90BST, 2 merits in Beast Affinity will always mean a 90NN?

2 merits will make its max level 90, but it will pop 88-90, or 89-90 with relic hands.

[Bling]

Are there any instances of more than 8 hits in one attack round anywhere? I don't know anything about blue spells or avatar pacts and stuff like that and am wondering if there is any evidence to think that barrage might be able to do 9 hits with the 90 update, AF+1 hands, and ASA pants with +1 augment.

[Koyangi]

2 merits will make its max level 90, but it will pop 88-90, or 89-90 with relic hands.

So, I should have 2 merits in BA, more wont help at all, and I need relic hands to make it 89-90 only?

[Byrthnoth]

There are no examples of a 9-hit attack round, but until recently Barrage was the only example of multiple shots at once. It's not possible for us to know if the 9-hit/round cap is imposed on ranged attacks.

[Aureus]

So, I should have 2 merits in BA, more wont help at all, and I need relic hands to make it 89-90 only?

Bingo. 5/5 BA would let you keep using it at 95 cap, but more than 2 won't help you currently.