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

[Pendulum]

fTP

Tachi: Gekko has fTP=1.5625 at 100% TP.
Add a (relevant) gorget or belt and it is 1.6625.
Add a (relevant) gorget and belt and it is 1.7625.

WS with a low fTP (gekko, ascetic's fury) benefit strongly from +fTP items because it is a large relative increase.

WS with a high fTP (hi, fudo, most empyrean ws) benefit less so from +fTP items because is a smaller relative increase. That said, the neck slot is generally pretty weak for WS gear so gorget can still be best of a bad bunch for high-fTP WS (Ire torque +1 can come close iirc). This is less true for the belt slot (ie: HQ/NQ Beir belt).

[Fereydoon]

We had a HD go down early this morning, shit will get fixed, keep your panties in the "on" position.

Oh, I was wondering what exploded around 5-6EST, site back-up usually isn't that long.

[Chocobunnies]

Ah ok, thanks.

[Gokulo]

Was starting to think I will have to learn to live w/o my daily BG dose ;<

[Michelob]

Could NIN and WHM duo Myrmecoleon?

Yes. Voke the adds when they pop and you can kill them in a couple melee swings. Gravitic Horn is the only scary move as it can (but doesn't always) one-shot you if you have debuffs on yourself. Aside from that its a breeze.

[Ticktick]

i wish gamerescape search had an auto-complete. imean ffxi wiki search sucked, but at least i only needed to know the first 4 letters of somethin to search it

it does, just wait a second.

[Esvedium]

keep your panties in the "on" position.

Where's the fun in that?

[Mojo]

Asked in the last RQT, but no answer.

Does anybody know how hybrid weaponskills work? (Tachi: Jinpu, Blade: Tekki, etc.)

[urat]

Is there any really good target for brewing to profit, or is it better to just use it either A: MErcing it to others who want drops, which you brew for like 500K or B: Your own shit.

On that note, how is the drop rate on iron plates when you dont proc yellow; And how many of them can I consecutively kill with 1 brew using the NPC lock trick? Thinking of just doing a 6 hour crour farming run and plowing a bunch of money into popsets and brewing down a bunch of ironclads, 1 popset is like 30~50K on AH so itd cost me like 1.5 mil to straight up buy pops if I average 1 plate per ironclad.

However, if drop rate is shit on iron plates then I need to find people to proc, I guess I can sit and stall out on NPC hold at conflux 8 in grauberg while members proc yellow, then drag it to me to solo down, rinse and repeat. How well would this work? I almost have the tp bonus dagger for my dancer and can rock full Aeolian Edge build for brewing mobs down.

[Pendulum]

You can't trigger iron plates with a stagger.

[Deader2818]

Best main hand katana not empy or woe?

[Michelob]

Is there any really good target for brewing to profit, or is it better to just use it either A: MErcing it to others who want drops, which you brew for like 500K or B: Your own shit.

I sold a Twilight Mail for 10m last weekend with my brew. Epona's Rings and Zelus Tiaras fetch 5-6m pretty easily. Brews make me a lot of money.

[Nishida]

Asked in the last RQT, but no answer.

Does anybody know how hybrid weaponskills work? (Tachi: Jinpu, Blade: Tekki, etc.)

What do you need to know? Jinpu deals half phys half ele, heals puks. Teki deals water ele damage, most ele ws get boosts from int (as well as str)

[grevenilvec75]

Well, I can limit that down for you. I think everything that has been reported is currently on the BG wiki Dynamis pages. I think they just haven't been reported, but I'd assume they drop off the three main city "Arch" bosses. Weird!

I am used to bg wiki sucking ass, didn't bother to check.

EDIT: anyone found a drop from Spellspear Djokvukk in dyna-sandy?

[Aihree]

On that note, how is the drop rate on iron plates when you dont proc yellow

My group was farming the altepa ironclad for both plates and seals. Proc'd nearly every one green. I would say it was -still- 90% single drop, with the unusual 10% of the time where it dropped 2. Green does nothing for iron plates, and iron plate drop rate sucks no matter what.

[Nattack]

Best main hand katana not empy or woe?

I don't actually know the answer, but I'd wager Oirandori is a good contender. 44 damage, 190 delay kunai.

DEX+5 and lowers enemy crit rate as an added effect. plus ninja tool expertise as an added bonus.

[Ocara]

ws damage +10% uruza+2 I think would be good too, depending on the proc rate/potency of the add effect on Oirandori.

Edit: Or maybe str katana? Not sure how to compare the two.

[Nattack]

Honestly, I rarely see a ninja in anything but moogle eva katanas or the like. I keep hearing ninja is bandwagon now but I rarely see any 'new' ones on valefor :\

[Haborym]

That is because the eva Sekka is by far the easiest to make.

[urat]

Wait so Ive only done 16 so far but, is iron plate damn near 100% drop then? with about 10% of dropping 2? If so fuck yeah Im gonna brew the ironclads!