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

[nikia]

Sorry to bother but wondering what is needed to do Sky Gear Synergy Augments. I thought i read that even people with 0 skill could do Sky augments? However wiki is leading me to believe otherwise. Anyone able/willing to shed some light on this for me? Thank you.

[Yugl]

You can synth at any level, but only HQs will let you obtain worthwhile gear. You'll need skill to get decent augments.

[Dooom]

The problem with most of the suggested ideas is that the items are all tagged rare, so you can only hold one (unless you have mules that can carry stuff) so you would have to get a drop, warp out and put on AH, then do it all over again.

If you only do one item, sure. But I'm sure each zone has multiple pop items which are easy to farm and AH quickly for decent money. To take LTP as an example, the three gigas pop items and fly pop are 15k+ each, and not hard to get. Not brilliant, but if you're in a real pinch for gil and no second account or something then at least it'll cover basic costs quite quickly.

[nikia]

You can synth at any level, but only HQs will let you obtain worthwhile gear. You'll need skill to get decent augments.

so what is the best way to start this and how high would i need to take it to get the best results? i know nothing at all about synergy so any guidance would be wonderful.

[Yugl]

so what is the best way to start this and how high would i need to take it to get the best results? i know nothing at all about synergy so any guidance would be wonderful.

Either find someone to augment the item for you or skill it up yourself. If you skill up yourself, find a high level equipment to etch (Recipes on Wiki). The synergy has one or multiple elements. Pick any of those elements and spam fewell. When you run out of fewell, buy fewell stones off the AH and continue until you hit the cap for that piece of gear. You'll want LV80+Synergist for the augment.

[Michelob]

If you only do one item, sure. But I'm sure each zone has multiple pop items which are easy to farm and AH quickly for decent money. To take LTP as an example, the three gigas pop items and fly pop are 15k+ each, and not hard to get. Not brilliant, but if you're in a real pinch for gil and no second account or something then at least it'll cover basic costs quite quickly.

Running around and killing different mob families for those pop items is fail, though. Find a zone that has good gold box NPCables AND good pop item prices and gold box farm for both (don't get enough amber to get big golds, however). You'll end up getting all of the pop items that are worth a damn and loads of NPCable items that go for 6k+ which are nice because you don't have to list them and are instant cash.

[MisterBob]

Just hit 90 on my RDM last night. Is there any specific gear I should be hunting for? I have junky Teal stuff right now, in addition to the pimp hat since the Fast Cast is better. I picked up a DMG + 7 MND + 5 Shining Blade + 25% Firmament for meleeing, but the rest of my gear is pretty bad.

And, as a more specific question, are the Elemental Staves still the best nuking/healing gear, or is there something notably better?

[Fievel]

af3+2, magian staves.

[Michelob]

Just hit 90 on my RDM last night. Is there any specific gear I should be hunting for? I have junky Teal stuff right now, in addition to the pimp hat since the Fast Cast is better. I picked up a DMG + 7 MND + 5 Shining Blade + 25% Firmament for meleeing, but the rest of my gear is pretty bad.

And, as a more specific question, are the Elemental Staves still the best nuking/healing gear, or is there something notably better?

Magian staves are better.

[Egon]

SMN merits order? Should I do macc/matt or acc/att?

[Naratu]

Is the drop rate on Royal Jelly (from bees in nest and wajaom) really as bad as wiki says it is?

[MisterBob]

Very likely. I did some obscene number of levels on the first page in the nest valor tome and probably only saw 3 royal jellies after killing tons of bees.

[Kipling]

From what I remember, it's similar in drop rate to the marble for the Teleport-Yhoat quest from the lizards in the jungle. It can take you a few hours.

[Miroku_Asura]

SMN merits order? Should I do macc/matt or acc/att?

I did Magic Attack and Magic Accuracy, but now that my summoning magic is well over 400, I'm thinking about getting rid of the Macc merits and putting them into Physical Attack or Accuracy (since I still get the random 400 P. Claws -.-).

As far as order goes, I'd say unlock a T2 pact- (they all have the same base damage, so go with whatever avatar you tend to use a lot). After that's unlocked, merit out your Magic Attack first (mostly because you'll be able to see the difference). Finish the rest of your group ones after.

From there, you can really fill the rest out at your leisure-You can put one merit into each Pact and max out whichever is useful for you (what I did), or you can max out 2 pacts etc... Shiva's is the most damaging in Abyssea thanks to Beyond, Garuda is just damn useful, same with Ramuh and Leviathan. Its really about your own taste and making it work for your own playstyle.

[lovehatehero]

Im sure its been asked i just cant find it, is -cure cast time still capped at 50%? so with it capped/near capped in gear no need for merits in it then to correct?

[shaddix]

Goddamn I can't test it! Aceso's choker will not show up on ah.

[Yugl]

Not answered yet: Full sets for MNK and the gear for each set?

[Gun-it]

any free adRadar or the like that let you put spawn alerts for free?

[Rocl]

I don't brew things often so forgive my ignorance, but I assume its normal for elemental weapon skill damage to drop off after the initial couple weapon skills? What with the "BLM nerf" and all that hoopla? Saw damage cut in half on the second WS, and eventually it looked to be down to 1/4.

[cdgreg]

Finally broke down and bought a roundel, now I'm sort of baffled as to what cure set I should use. I literally have all the choices available to me both cure pot and fast cast wise. Seems like eaf+2 body with augurs = 49% cure pot, eaf+2 body with serpentes = 50% cure pot, or use augmented facio and free up a ton of other slots like fast cast neck, loq earring, and various MND pieces.

eaf+2 body no cure pot
surya's +22%
eaf+2 hat +10%
facio augment +12%
orison cape + 3%
augur's gloves + 4%
OR
serpentes set + 5%
fylg torque+1 + 3%
roundel earring + 5%
orison earring + 2%

fast cast/cure casting time
loq earring
orison locket
eaf+2 pants
cure clogs (precast)
Aceso's Choker (precast)


recommendations? HELP!