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

[Kamil]

Best atmas for NIN? Assuming I have Hi

[TheDirtyHobo]

Razed Ruins, Gnarled Horn, Apocalypse.

Apocalypse is droppable for Dark Depths if you're tanking something dangerous where you're not comfortable with your evasion otherwise.

[Kamil]

Would Sanguine Scythe be better than Apoc since the crit cap was raised?

[TheDirtyHobo]

It's in the same boat as Dark Depths. It's not as good as Apoc for pure damage, but it's close enough to the point that if you need the other buffs because you're not comfortable tanking without it (Agi/eva from DD, HP from SS), it's not a huge sacrifice.

[Kaisha]

WHM merit recommendations? I'm thinking of 5/5 Cure cast & Barspell, 5/5 Shellra V....and then not sure what to use the last 5 Cat2 points for. one in Martyr/Devotion for oh-shit moments, and 3 in ProV?

[Apelila]

1 martyr for ohshit, 3 devotion for outside abyssea / ohshit, 1 for lol prot 5. I only keep prot 5 around to be lazy

[Innuendo]

Don't need to do more than one in pro 5, it's a very small defense increase. I don't even have it unlocked, seems pointless with how often defense comes in useful in this game.

[Gun-it]

anyway to get windower to save my SS in jpg?

[Gokulo]

bind sysrq screenshot jpg hide ?

Of course the button is your choice

[Atoreis]

Ok I did this test and results are pretty funny...

60 counters per feeton/feetoff/nofeet from allakhazam is to low because it seems like around 200 is to low unless they changed something:

AF2 on: 330 counters 63.1%
AF2 off after JA: 268 counter 64,89%
NO af2 at all: 184 counters ~62%

Last sample size is smallest because Tunga finally aggro and raped me. It is far from expected 10% lower tho >.>

I'm gonna bump this till some make a similar test.

[Cymmina]

WHM merit recommendations? I'm thinking of 5/5 Cure cast & Barspell, 5/5 Shellra V....and then not sure what to use the last 5 Cat2 points for. one in Martyr/Devotion for oh-shit moments, and 3 in ProV?

Protectra V is a waste of merits. End of story. If you have it because you are lazy, you should feel bad.

I used to have 1 Martyr/4 Devotion, but I never used Martyr. Ever. It's 10' range really limits it, the person you're trying to cure may be dead by the time you run into range. If you can find a use for it, then you may as well take a point. Devotion I do use, even inside of Abyssea.

[Eldelphia]

WHM merit recommendations? I'm thinking of 5/5 Cure cast & Barspell, 5/5 Shellra V....and then not sure what to use the last 5 Cat2 points for. one in Martyr/Devotion for oh-shit moments, and 3 in ProV?

5/5 Barspell
5/5 Shellra V

Then I went with

Protectra V x 1 (you may not always be /SCH and its more MP efficient to cast
Devotion x 3 (less useful inside abyssea but there are always people you can give mp to)
Martyr x 1 (useful OSHIT JA, rarely used but sometimes you're glad its there)

Protectra V is a waste of merits. End of story. If you have it because you are lazy, you should feel bad.

Disagree. You certainly shouldn't stick tons of merits into it but as nothing else really suffers and the MP cost of Protect is doubled /SCH or multiplied by 6 if not /SCH (rarely, but it happens) then its not stupid. I do get your point but I think you're going too far.

[Atoreis]

I'm gonna bump this till some make a similar test.

Test nr 2

AF2 during JA activation then Usu : 631 counters 62,17%
No AF2: 554 counters 56,65%

[Mercilessturtle]

Disagree. You certainly shouldn't stick tons of merits into it but as nothing else really suffers and the MP cost of Protect is doubled /SCH or multiplied by 6 if not /SCH (rarely, but it happens) then its not stupid. I do get your point but I think you're going too far.

Cast protectra 4 if the MP matters. 5 defense isn't worth having, much less wasting a merit on.

[Lyramion]

Cast protectra 4 if the MP matters. 5 defense isn't worth having, much less wasting a merit on.

This - if you insist on Casting Protect V you might as well tank in Phalanx Rings

[chocobo]

what gear is essential for drg soloing? I know tht the wyrm armet and lancers torque are good for increasing healing breath but what other gear will help out?

[dressage]

Can anyone post (or PM) their spellcast for Apocalypse/Catastrophe? I've been working on a user submitted one from the windower site, but I seem to have messed it up beyond my ability to fix.

[LucyGoose]

1. I want to spam Dynamis – Bastok with 3 people for currency. What’s the best 3 jobs to take?

2. The Time Extension in front of the Alchemist Guild. Best way to kill it with those 3 jobs?

3. Good ‘camps’ to use when all T.E.s are dead.

[Byrthnoth]

1) NIN/DNC, THF/DNC, RDM/BLM
2) You kill the TEs by hitting them. Sleepga the nearby monsters if they link and kill them too.
3) Camp kind of behind the AH, I think. Kill the monsters and pull the three nearby timed NMs when they pop.

Singles definitely depend on Proc and TH. 100s may only depend on TH, but you might as well proc anyway.

[Aozora]

for dnc AF3+2, does the force crit on striking flourish need to have the piece on during the WS or just for the ability? checking out some rudra sets, i found that even dnc's have loki's listed. which dosent make any sense to me.