Random Question Thread XXI: You're Not My Random Question Thread Dad

[grevenilvec75]

Oh, okay! Thanks for clearing that up.

1200 HP = 300 MP with no gear = 43 ticks and 86 HP lost, 10 ticks before you can put it back up makes +5.66 MP/tick and -1.62 HP/tick

With 4/4:
1200 HP = 300 MP with no gear = 28 ticks and 168 HP lost, 10 ticks before you can put it back up means and +7.89 MP/tick and -4.42 HP/tick

So you gain 2 MP/tick, but have to use the JA more often and lose the potential benefits of other pieces in those slots. For instance, AF3+2 body, Owleyes, and Refresh Pin would be better in every situation. The only one of those four options that's ideally worth using is the AF3 earring.

Or you could do what I do. Charge it up and then just idle in refresh gear because nothing requires you to ever use sublimation these days anyway.

More often than not sublimation wears off due to me not needing the MP. (I idle in terra staff over owleyes, dunno why anyone would do differently)

[Pendulum]

(I idle in terra staff over owleyes, dunno why anyone would do differently

For when you are in zero danger of being hit?

[jimbobsonofgod]

For when you are in zero danger of being hit?

This plus, even on the off chance you do get hit, if you're sporting owleyes you can sport genbu's shield so for the most part aside from magic damage the 10% is a wash

[dasva]

Always thought enhance BA effect was just like enhance CA and increased the gain from stats from and extra 100% to 166(200) for +1(2).

Anyways what's better kinda depends on your set up and such but baying moon should beat RR by at least a little. As far as the posted gear set expansion peices would be close or beat it probably. And possibly super lucky augments on wyrmal peices

[Sylvrdragon]

Always thought enhance BA effect was just like enhance CA and increased the gain from stats from and extra 100% to 166(200) for +1(2).

Anyways what's better kinda depends on your set up and such but baying moon should beat RR by at least a little. As far as the posted gear set expansion peices would be close or beat it probably. And possibly super lucky augments on wyrmal peices

I think its what you said. I was saying the bonus is roughly equivalent to +X stat, as in if you used a theoretical piece that had all the same stats except for the enhance BA, it would be like giving up X stat.

[dasva]

ah yeah and that would only be correct if you had a specific Y amount of stat. But really even without the enhance BA just the MAB and int is enough to make it the best nuking feet... for any job in the game lol

[Taim Meich]

What is applied first, -Damage Taken or Phalanx?

Also, is there a way to get 25% haste and full Ravager's +2 minus hands, or is the head piece a WS only piece?

Thanks in advance.

[Alkimi]

Anyone had issues with Impact? Doing dark damage staff and short of bribing a MNK or WAR the quickest way for me to do it is to one-shot stuff on SCH with Impact.

However maybe 1/4 of the time I'll get 'Unable to cast spells at this time' even though the spell timer is up and I'm full-timing Twilight Cloak.

[Mojo]

Why not catacleave on WHM/RDM?

[dasva]

Not really

[Cymmina]

Anyone had issues with Impact? Doing dark damage staff and short of bribing a MNK or WAR the quickest way for me to do it is to one-shot stuff on SCH with Impact.

However maybe 1/4 of the time I'll get 'Unable to cast spells at this time' even though the spell timer is up and I'm full-timing Twilight Cloak.

Does the spell display as ready? I don't have a Cloak, so I don't know how that works. I do know that there is a bug involving Celerity/Alacrity and matching weather. The spell will be ready to cast as far as the client is concerned, but when you try to cast it, you can't. I never noticed this problem until I was trying to cast spells while weakened.

[Nightfyre]

What is applied first, -Damage Taken or Phalanx?

Also, is there a way to get 25% haste and full Ravager's +2 minus hands, or is the head piece a WS only piece?

Thanks in advance.

-DT, WS piece only.

[TheDirtyHobo]

Also, is there a way to get 25% haste and full Ravager's +2 minus hands, or is the head piece a WS only piece?

There is a way, but you end up sacrificing a lot more to do it. It involves stupid things like timarli jawshan and bullwhip belt. Use it as a WS only piece.

[Byrthnoth]

There is a way, but you end up sacrificing a lot more to do it. It involves stupid things like timarli jawshan and bullwhip belt. Use it as a WS only piece.

Timarli kind of kills the "full Ravager's +2 minus hands" thing, so the answer is no, I guess.

[TheDirtyHobo]

Fine. Drop Timarli, add Blitz ring and Sentinel Shield. Never specified needing to keep a GAX equipped!

Edit: And if we do need to keep a GAX equipped, we can always get into Rune Chopper shenannigans.

[ikariiiii]

inb4loldrk

b.zagh or regular scythe when zerging now? yes i know there are better options, just curious about this pair

[Taim Meich]

Fine. Drop Timarli, add Blitz ring and Sentinel Shield. Never specified needing to keep a GAX equipped!

Edit: And if we do need to keep a GAX equipped, we can always get into Rune Chopper shenannigans.

Haha, no need to go that far. I was only asking to see if I was passing some obvious setup. Obviously, a good GA, and not a one handed weapon... Until (If) SE decides to change the damage calculations, of course

[Pandorablue]

On the topic of paying for fell cleaves, don't forget about the cruor. Good cleave parties usually pay for themselves if you want to covert the cruor back to gil or can keep it to build up a brew.

That just made me think of a random question I've had for a while...

Has anyone actually found out what the best cruor-to-gil conversion item is?

[Deader2818]

Chocobo Blinkers.

[Suteru]

Brewing: How do mob element alignments affect it? Would it be impossible to brew Caturae or Shin with say, Leaden Salute?