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

[Foldypaws]

DD body for RDM?

for nuking? Morrigans. for TP Goliard, for WS, depends on the WS. Morrigan's for magical, others, I don't know.

[Martinius]

DD body for RDM?

*And WS body, assuming Evis.

ws: assault jerkin or morri body, depending on buffs.

[Radec]

<if Buffactive="Burst Affinity" Skill="BlueMagic">
<equip when="precast|midcast|aftercast|afterws|resting|id le|engaged">
<feet lock="yes">Mavi Basmak +2</feet>
</equip>
</if>

EDIT: I don't know why there is a gap between id and le in idle; there isn't in my edit... shouldn't be anyway. And yeah you don't need the aftercast|afterws|resting bit in there but covers all weird and wonderful possibilities.

when="all" is a thing, a thing I love.

[TheDirtyHobo]

Just cast Goblin Rush > Disseverment > Goblin Rush on a mob with blink up, and each spell only took 1 shadow. New thing, old thing, glitch, issue with blue magic? What's going on here, I definitely don't remember it being like that before?

[Draylo]

I think it's been like that for a while due to Ballista.

[TheDirtyHobo]

Well I definitely remember Benthic Typhoon taking 2 shadows on a NIN just a few days ago. Could be something to do with it being aoe?

[17:45:43]Thedirtyhobo casts Benthic Typhoon.
[17:45:43]The Yagudo High Priest takes 513 points of damage.
[17:45:43]2 of the Yagudo Eradicator's shadows absorb the damage and disappear.

[Dooom]

BT is conal (I think? or just a line) AoE though, so perhaps differs from GR and Disseverment in shadow-taking due to that, as they are single-target spells.

[TheDirtyHobo]

BT is conal (I think? or just a line) AoE though, so perhaps differs from GR and Disseverment in shadow-taking due to that, as they are single-target spells.

Just seems odd that a 1-hit AoE would ever take 2 shadows. Seems like it would either take 1 or strip all and do damage.

[Kaisha]

What would be a good Aeolian Edge atma build for RDM solo? I'm after trial 159 for my sword which involves killing clusters, figured I'd do Misareaux, but I don't know what atmas are preferred for that in terms of both dmg and staying alive with multiple bombs beating on me.

[Byrthnoth]

The viability of that is going to depend on what gear you have available to you. If you can't survive clusters beating on you with 50% PDT and Phalanx, you just aren't going to be able to do it.

Atma 1: Gales
Atma 2: Depending on whether you have Martial Knife, Smiting Blow or Ultimate
Atma 3: If you need a little more PDT to cap, and you need the PDT to survive, Atma of the Earth Wyrm. If you're capped on PDT, but need a little more help to survive, Atma of the Mounted Champion. If you're good on surviving, just use whatever the best MAB Atma you have is, or Echos/Hateful Stream if the day is right.

[Haborym]

Whats the best way to skill guard?

[TheDirtyHobo]

Whats the best way to skill guard?

A shitload of mandragoras, someone to cast phalanx (II) on you, and lots of time.

[Michelob]

Play monk a lot. And don't bother anyways, useless skill etc

[Draylo]

Can someone give me a straight answer here please, how long does it take to turn control from full beastmen to your nation in the past for Campaign? I just wonder how these JP were able to take control over all the areas needed for Plucking Wings. Did they just take an alliance and do it all the last day before tally? I just dunno how they are doing it.

[Michelob]

The viability of that is going to depend on what gear you have available to you. If you can't survive clusters beating on you with 50% PDT and Phalanx, you just aren't going to be able to do it.

Atma 1: Gales
Atma 2: Depending on whether you have Martial Knife, Smiting Blow or Ultimate
Atma 3: If you need a little more PDT to cap, and you need the PDT to survive, Atma of the Earth Wyrm. If you're capped on PDT, but need a little more help to survive, Atma of the Mounted Champion. If you're good on surviving, just use whatever the best MAB Atma you have is, or Echos/Hateful Stream if the day is right.

Wouldn't smiting blow be better always or is there a cap on TP bonus? I don't own a Martial Knife and was thinking about getting one.

[Gynin]

Been having some graphical glitches while Dual Boxing since the last update. Shadows and NPCs vanishing on both instances of the game. Any ideas?

[Motenten]

Right above the first post on the Page. "Search Thread v"

Ah, so well hidden by the great big orange search box right above it. Thanks.

[TheDirtyHobo]

Wouldn't smiting blow be better always or is there a cap on TP bonus? I don't own a Martial Knife and was thinking about getting one.

It has a cap of 200 just because you don't get TP bonuses above 300. Aeolian in specific doesn't gain very much going from 200 to 300, only ~14% damage, whereas going from 100 to 200 is a ~27% bonus. I don't know what RDM's ideal Aeolian build is, but I'm guessing it sits somewhere around ~50 MAB from gear, so Ultimate would be a ~28% bonus.

[Kaisha]

I only got -21% PDT with the gear I got, so I may have to nix one atma for Ducal Guard since I can't really afford Drkstl+1 set, nor can I use a -PDT sword since I need my offhand to be the trial weapon.

[home]

Has anyone skilled up Blue Magic against Ul'hpemde in sea? Currently using spellcast to loop pollen but looking for a faster way.