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

[Neisan]

CDC/Hi: ignoring needing accuracy dex/agi ws dmdg/crit dmg, VS what Jornna said for Anwig. Augmented Shura Haidate is better iirc.

[kittycatrag]

Which 2h empyrean weaponskills can be spammed every 2-3 seconds with 100% tp and nearly full delay reduction and not suck against something like arch dynamis lord? Is scythe, great sword, polearm, or great katana as bad as rudra's storm?

[Nitrous24]

I'm thinking of leveling my pld up from 85 to 90 for when i can manage to get ochain (for fun mostly i have a ukon war already and have almace for it from blu) would this be a good set for it? I know oneiros' barbut or w/e would be great but i don't really care to put that much work into a pld cdc set just to use for fun
PLD CDC Set

Also here is my blu's set any changes people can think of i get some pretty decent spikes from it sometimes 5k+ in abyssea (mostly went off nightfyre's cdc build from ffxiah). Also, my soulsaber will end up being str+ shamshir +2... But fire trials are pretty lame..
BLU CDC

[Atoreis]

I'm thinking of leveling my pld up from 85 to 90 for when i can manage to get ochain (for fun mostly i have a ukon war already and have almace for it from blu) would this be a good set for it? I know oneiros' barbut or w/e would be great but i don't really care to put that much work into a pld cdc set just to use for fun
PLD CDC Set

Also here is my blu's set any changes people can think of i get some pretty decent spikes from it sometimes 5k+ in abyssea (mostly went off nightfyre's cdc build from ffxiah). Also, my soulsaber will end up being str+ shamshir +2... But fire trials are pretty lame..
BLU CDC

Your CDC on BLU is good but 5000+ is pretty weak for spikes I tho. I did 5300 on PLD and that's fTP-1 vs BLU.

[Nightfyre]

Pretty sure Twilight Helm craps on Oneiros anyway, what with the negative DA and TA on the latter. AF3 hands or Heca (depending on augments or lack thereof), and augmented NLegs (possibly also good for WAR outside Abyssea?) come to mind. Grim may beat Zahak's at times.

EDIT: Demonry Core

[Nitrous24]

Your CDC on BLU is good but 5000+ is pretty weak for spikes I tho. I did 5300 on PLD and that's fTP-1 vs BLU.

sadly highest i've gotten was 58xx to chione in abyssea uleg(tab). I've only really had completed almace for a few days so haven't really gotten to play around with it much. also it's only the 85 version

Pretty sure Twilight Helm craps on Oneiros anyway, what with the negative DA and TA on the latter. AF3 hands or Heca (depending on augments or lack thereof), and augmented NLegs (possibly also good for WAR outside Abyssea?) come to mind. Grim may beat Zahak's at times.

EDIT: Demonry Core

Yea i have a grim cuirass i could macro in if i wanted. I don't have N Legs. I am hoping the augments for salvage gear turn out well so i can potentially use ares' legs. And the reason i was thinking of using perle hands is because they're 4 dex + 10 attack vs af3 hands' str+11 7 attack. Thought it would be better inside abyssea. I'll have to try them against eachother i guess.

[dasva]

That's still good dmg. Maybe rancor collar especially if only using 1 crit rate atma

[Nightfyre]

Yea i have a grim cuirass i could macro in if i wanted. I don't have N Legs. I am hoping the augments for salvage gear turn out well so i can potentially use ares' legs. And the reason i was thinking of using perle hands is because they're 4 dex + 10 attack vs af3 hands' str+11 7 attack. Thought it would be better inside abyssea. I'll have to try them against eachother i guess.

Perle hands only have 2 DEX, you're thinking of the 4 STR. Would depend on whether or not fSTR is capped.

And yeah, Rancor Collar is good.

[dasva]

btw I hear contradictory amounts on collar. 5 and 10% crit rate. Which is it?

[Nightfyre]

5% critrate, the 10% is the +DT

[pancakesandsex]

Does Fusetto + 2 TP bonus work in the offhand? And if it does, can it be used with a twashtar to give level 2 aftermath with 100tp?

[Byrthnoth]

Yes, then no. TP Bonus doesn't affect aftermath level.

[pancakesandsex]

Yes, then no. TP Bonus doesn't affect aftermath level.

Thanks

[MisterBob]

How bad are the two NMs needed to pop Raja, and Raja himself? It looks like the Ironclad can be soloed by RDM, much like the others of its type, but I'm worried about the Chariot. Additional effect stun and Discoid don't seem pleasant. (Although perhaps Discoid is not much of a problem with low-man). lolotherwiki has the typical "omg this is so hard with 18 people" garbage, so I was hoping for some actual testemonials

Also, probably an insane longshot, but if anyone is doing Raja on Bahamut, I'd love to tag along for the kill (as Glick).

[Pendulum]

When do we not have 95% acc?

If you actually read the augments WSacc+15 comes with STR+4 on the same augment.

Raja stuff: The chariot can be done a) Migawari and turning when needed for recast to absorb discoid, b) manaburned (i know), c) larger group (generally a bad idea). Raja himself is really easy, very predictable pattern of spellcasting. whm+tank kill it fine so long as whm is 20.x yalms from tank to avoid royal decree.

[Phoenyx]

So, I used latent checker to check my spear of trials, I was @244 so I decided I would use it on drg to proc raiden and get points. A week later, I re checked it and I have the same amount of points. Is there something wrong with the latent checker or was I doing something wrong to get points? lol

Make sure you're moving the weapon to your Mog Sack or Satchel before you refresh Latent Checker.

[Francisco]

Just trio'd 4/5ths of the Ark Angels. When we did Elvaan, it used Benediction and immediately followed with Spirits Within. Was this bad luck, or is this part of the AI?

[noodles355]

Does anyone know how much data you download per month by playing FFXI? Obviously depends on how much you play but what if we said like 3-4 hours every day?
Dows anyone know how much data that would download per month? I just moved to New Zealand for the winter, they dont sell internet packages by download speed, they do it by download limit, so I can choose a plan with a 5Gig, 10Gig, 15Gig, etc monthly download allowance. In a house of four people, they will likely only use internet for facebook/email etc and a few youtube vids.

I always figured FFXI didnt download that much data as it was made for a 56kb speed connection, but just wanted to check.

Finally got internet connection, need to ask again. Anyone know?

Also does anyone know how big the steam download is? And also how much data you woudl use updating FFXI from a clean install (either ultimate collection on steam or oldschool individual discs)?

[dasva]

tp bonus dagger offhand would still be a decent idea. Rudra's gains a decent amount of dmg from tp

[Martinius]

How bad are the two NMs needed to pop Raja, and Raja himself? It looks like the Ironclad can be soloed by RDM, much like the others of its type, but I'm worried about the Chariot. Additional effect stun and Discoid don't seem pleasant. (Although perhaps Discoid is not much of a problem with low-man). lolotherwiki has the typical "omg this is so hard with 18 people" garbage, so I was hoping for some actual testemonials

Also, probably an insane longshot, but if anyone is doing Raja on Bahamut, I'd love to tag along for the kill (as Glick).

i honestly don't remember my experience with the giant, just that it wasn't too bad. as to the chariot, the best thing you can do is have nins tanking it w/ migawari, turning when it's not up. makes the fight considerably easier to manage. the less people feeding tp makes it a much easier fight.

edit: dammit michael bolton beat me!