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

[Diddy Kong]

Wiki has na AN table, but I have no idea how accurate it is:
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Medals

Thanks.

[Chun Liroy]

I know the ideal set for it, but what is the total necessary stp for ukon delay weapon?

[Koyangi]

How is Tristitia now since spikes were "fixed?"
Is this your run of the mill NIN + WHM + Grellow and it's pretty easy? Could THF work in place of NIN?

Is Ketea a joke, or is there something about the encounter I need to be aware of outside of the normal dd + whm + grellow? (All encounters have some minor gimmick, I just want to be sure I'm not blindsided).

[cdgreg]

How is Tristitia now since spikes were "fixed?"
Is this your run of the mill NIN + WHM + Grellow and it's pretty easy? Could THF work in place of NIN?

Is Ketea a joke, or is there something about the encounter I need to be aware of outside of the normal dd + whm + grellow? (All encounters have some minor gimmick, I just want to be sure I'm not blindsided).

Tristia can do some serious DMG to you. 1 healer is definitely possible, especially if you only have 1 DD on it. But once you start adding more DD you're going to need a lot more healing.

Ketea is much easier than trist, just be ready to be paralyzed most of the fight because of undispellable ice spikes. If something goes wrong you can pretty easily hold Ketea with a THF. Trist on the other hand, not gonna be as easy to recover.

[Pendulum]

Ketea is very easy with thf+whm+blm/brd, pretty bad acc, casts blizzard/blizzaga and enfeeblegas. While mouth is shut Ketea has permanent ice spikes (30ish a hit i think) and absorbs magic dmg; be ready to spam paralyna a lot even with a setup that uses divine caress and +2 mitts. You can hit grellow in shut mode.

When it uses rapid molt, the mouth will open, spikes stop and it stops absorbing magic. In my experience, it typically only uses molt once per fight and doesnt stay open for long. I think it has some sort of hate decay upon opening; so just stun/douse after mouth opens and it goes for the blm.

I've not done tristitia in a long time but I'm pretty sure the same set up would work fine.

[Atoreis]

Hmmm... How you calculate avg fTP from TA and DA on multi/h2h/dualwield?

DA 15%
TA 3%

A.

0.15 *1 - chance on +1fTP on first hit
+
0.15 *1 - chance on +1fTP on 2nd hit
+
0.03 *2 - chance on +2fTP on first hit
+
0.03 *2 - chance on +2fTP on 2nd hit
=
0.58

B.

0.15 * 1 - Chance for DA
+
0.15 * 0.15 * 2 - chance for double DA
+
0.15 * 0.03 * 3 - chance for TA + DA
+
0.03 * 2 - chance for TA
+
0.03 * 0.03 * 4 - chance for double TA
=
0.42

C. ???


A. or B. or C.?

[zagex]

First off, I copied my specs down word for word.

Spoiler: show

Specs::
Windows Edition:
-Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium
-Copyright (c) 2007 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved
-Service Pack 2

System:
Manufacturer- Alienware (Don't judge too harshly, it was a gift.)
Rating- 5.0
Processor- Intel(R) Cote(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 2.40 GHz
Memory- 2.00 GB
System Type- 32-bit Operating System

Last thing installed: latest update for FFXIV

Now, my problem is that my main toon is causing FFXI to crash to desktop (Only pol.exe, NOT Windows) at a certain spot around the pools in Rabao and in East Altepa around the OP there. I attempted to install the latest nVidia drivers, but that program ALSO crashed right at about 99%. While I *can* play without going to Rabao, I don't want to have to play the game permanently avoiding certain areas of the game... Any help at all would be lovely. Thanks!

...

Update on this: I tried updating my nVidia drivers and just as it reached 99%, it stops working and the Debug/close error box appears again.

This sounds familiar. At one point I could not go near any maw (even after dat swapping them) and I couldn't install the nvidia driver correctly. What nvidia card and driver do you have? I remember being unable to install an nvidia driver update without editing one of the installation files because it was faulty.

[Lyltia]

How is Tristitia now since spikes were "fixed?"
Is this your run of the mill NIN + WHM + Grellow and it's pretty easy? Could THF work in place of NIN?

Is Ketea a joke, or is there something about the encounter I need to be aware of outside of the normal dd + whm + grellow? (All encounters have some minor gimmick, I just want to be sure I'm not blindsided).

Or, you can sidestep all the Spikes bullshit entirely and manaburn them with the grellow jobs you (should) already have present.

[Foldypaws]

C.

Assuming it's a 4 hit WS or less (including DW) so not running into swing cap.

It'd be +(.03*2 (extra hits from TA on first hit ) + (1-.03)*.15 (chance of DA, since DA can't happen if TA does.) * # of hits).

= +.411 for a 1 hit WS with an offhand.

Edit: also, your A is wrong. If you did that way you end up with .42, same as B.

[Pendulum]

Or, you can sidestep all the Spikes bullshit entirely and manaburn them with the grellow jobs you (should) already have present.

Manaburning with a whm, blm/brd and thf/nin? Do you manaburn iron giants too?

The spikes are not "bullshit", they're a minor annoyance. Get a whm who can use divine caress properly, make a macro of "/ma paralyna tank" and suck less.

[Lyltia]

Manaburning with a whm, blm/brd and thf/nin? Do you manaburn iron giants too?

The spikes are not "bullshit", they're a minor annoyance. Get a whm who can use divine caress properly, make a macro of "/ma paralyna tank" and suck less.

No, you do it with BLM/NIN BLU/NIN BRD/WHM or WHM/BRD, depending on the day; and no, we use our emps on giants, thanks.

Suck less? How is 3man with my setup and 100% yellow procs sucking more than THF BLM WHM with 6/8? Your math seems a little suspect to me, but hey thanks for contributing!

[Mercilessturtle]

It'd be +(.03*2 (extra hits from TA on first hit ) + (1-.03)*.15 (chance of DA, since DA can't happen if TA does.) * # of hits).

Like that except "* 2" rather than "* # of hits". Only the first 2 hits can DA.

How is 3man with my setup and 100% yellow procs sucking more than THF BLM WHM with 6/8?

By not having TH and taking 5 times as long.

[Lyltia]

By not having TH and taking 5 times as long.

If I had to choose between TH and 75% > 100% yellow on a Scars VNM, pretty sure I'm going with yellow. Even if you decide to go with 4 to include a THF, why would you make them tank/DD when the other jobs present can do it faster/better?

Also, explain to me how a BLM nuking for 4~5k+ pretty much nonstop with a BLU stunlocking and adding their own damage is 5 times slower than relying on a THF whose DoT is hindered by paralyze procs (Don't give me that suck less shit; if you're swinging as fast as you should be, even a WHM spamming Paralyna nonstop at the expense of all other spells isn't going to prevent every single one, and those spikes deal damage that need to be cured.) or worse, Stun procs on Tristitia. Seriously, we proc it, and it dies in about a minute, maybe two. >.>

[Lyramion]

Or, you can sidestep all the Spikes bullshit entirely and manaburn them with the grellow jobs you (should) already have present.

... oorr... after you !! have 2 DD eat their fools drink and fuck it up

[Fereydoon]

What would basic QuadCont, Disseverment, Goblin Rush sets look like? Just stack mods?

[Obsidian]

... oorr... after you !! have 2 DD eat their fools drink and fuck it up

Spikes hitting for 0 still paralyze you.

[Mercilessturtle]

When did 6/7 become 75%? I wouldn't waste a t3 vnm pop without blu+blm+thf either, but leaving out the thf and taking longer isn't a better option. I don't know why you are bringing up ice spikes, manaburning ketea is just plain retarded, it absorbs magic damage half the time.

[Lyramion]

Spikes hitting for 0 still paralyze you.

Comment was more towards Tristia than Ketea

[Fievel]

If you're still manaburning anything this far into game you're doing it very, very wrong.

[Yugl]

If you're still manaburning anything this far into game you're doing it very, very wrong.

KS99 Turtle might as well be a manaburn!