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[Francisco]

Does two failed steal attempts on Maat = Auto-Fail?

I was trying to break 70 cap on a 2nd character as 70 THF. Went in with RR up, stole from Maat - attempt failed.

Reraised, waited for the Steal timer to cool down, popped SA, TA and Perfect Dodge, then Hide (in case any of that makes a difference in stealing). I attempted Steal a second time and failed again. Immediately, I got the "you lose, go home, wash your face" message and he used Asuran Fists. But he missed, because I had Perfect Dodge up. Maat took another swing at me, then used Asuran Fists again. Then did another swing followed by Asuran Fists. He kept repeating this until Perfect Dodge wore off and he finally killed me.

Was this triggered by a 2nd failed steal, a time limit passing, me initially dying or something else?

[xIndustrialxAngelx]

Is there any new app that acts like AP radar which can find VNM's? going with APradar is killing me D:

[Fitch.]

Optimal Inside Abyssea Blade: Hi set? Any people with outside sets too would help. Trying to decided what I should get, making a list, haha.

[Churchill]

I got club/staff to ~265/270 on Steelshells just afk'ing. Used really low damage weapons and such, I think in the first hour I went 200ish-225ish, second hour 225-245ish, and third hour it slowed a bit but I was only there four hours total.

[zagex]

Is there a way I can make equipment swap macros that only cover one line? A basic spellcast, or do I have to use spellcast?

You don't have to use spellcast, you can use basic windower macros. Text files with a bunch of: input /equip <slot> "<item>" and then /console exec "<text file name>" in the macro line.

[Plow]

Optimal Inside Abyssea Blade: Hi set? Any people with outside sets too would help. Trying to decided what I should get, making a list, haha.

inside should look something like this http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/219171

maybe some changes if you want to worry about stalwart's up/down

What's the ideal TP gear setup for Ninja in Abby?

http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/219173

Swap head for tiara and hands for iga if you don't need the dual wield.

[arshesney]

Does two failed steal attempts on Maat = Auto-Fail?

I was trying to break 70 cap on a 2nd character as 70 THF. Went in with RR up, stole from Maat - attempt failed.

Reraised, waited for the Steal timer to cool down, popped SA, TA and Perfect Dodge, then Hide (in case any of that makes a difference in stealing). I attempted Steal a second time and failed again. Immediately, I got the "you lose, go home, wash your face" message and he used Asuran Fists. But he missed, because I had Perfect Dodge up. Maat took another swing at me, then used Asuran Fists again. Then did another swing followed by Asuran Fists. He kept repeating this until Perfect Dodge wore off and he finally killed me.

Was this triggered by a 2nd failed steal, a time limit passing, me initially dying or something else?

Possibly timed out? IIRC Maat's BC has a 10 minutes limit, I lost the very same way at 66 back in the day. I just waited 70 and beat him badly with really gimp gear (darksteel kukri, SH, too much af, emp haiprin and the such, go figure), I just slept tp and used a couple hi-pots.

[Diddy Kong]

Few DNC questions.

Best Atma selection for various situations?
Best dagger setup excluding magian trials, while I work on them?
Best dagger setup including magian trials?

[Haborym]

inside should look something like this http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/219171

maybe some changes if you want to worry about stalwart's up/down




http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/219173

Swap head for tiara and hands for iga if you don't need the dual wield.

Your inside Blade: Hi set should look more like this.

And your TP sets should be this and this. Swap in Koga Tekko at night, and Byakko's Haidate ideally would have Crit. Damage +4.

Is there any new app that acts like AP radar which can find VNM's? going with APradar is killing me D:

No, nothing can show unpopped VNMs anymore. Apradar Pro now has a 'VNM Tracker' that puts a dot on the map in an general area of where it should be based off the message when you rest. The colored dot on the map gets smaller the closer you are.

[Romyro]

I had a dynamis post earlier in this topic and got a lot of helpful responses back (thank you btw).

Last night in my duo party (whm and bst) I was struggling to proc the mage mobs. By eyeballing it, I’d say the Bst proc’d 90% or more of the JA mobs and I got maybe 40% (if that) of the mage mobs.

I was pretty much spamming these spells (no particular order).
Repose/Flash/Stun/T1 Nuke/Sleep/SleepII/Bind/Blind/Silence/Slow/Paralyze/Dia/DiaII/Bio/BioII

My skills aren’t capped (burnt whm from 50-90) but most at this point are above 300. I really didn’t have much trouble sticking spells.

Are other mages experiencing anything similar? Should I be changing up the spells I use or is this pretty much the norm?

[Byrthnoth]

Few DNC questions.

1) Best Atma selection for various situations?
2) Best dagger setup excluding magian trials, while I work on them?
3) Best dagger setup including magian trials?

1) http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/20485/atma-choices/ : Hasn't changed much, but DD has gotten a little better.
2) Without magian trials, Phurba / Twilight Knife. If you can't get one of them, main-hand Mantodea or Angr Harpe of your choice and offhand the other.
3) Without Twashtar, DA Parazonium mainhand / STR Kila offhand is a pretty good combo. STR Kila x2 might be better on harder content, though. Inside Abyssea, STP Fusetto is a very competitive. STR Kila is a good offhand for Twashtar as well, but DA Parazonium falls off a bit. AGI Kilas are your utility-knife. Get one at least, two if you're dedicated. They're a very efficient location to trade DD stats for evasion.

[Mrbeansman]

Is the Daka competive with other options for dnc Bryth or is it Twashtar or bust?

[Diddy Kong]

1) http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/20485/atma-choices/ : Hasn't changed much, but DD has gotten a little better.
2) Without magian trials, Phurba / Twilight Knife. If you can't get one of them, main-hand Mantodea or Angr Harpe of your choice and offhand the other.
3) Without Twashtar, DA Parazonium mainhand / STR Kila offhand is a pretty good combo. STR Kila x2 might be better on harder content, though. Inside Abyssea, STP Fusetto is a very competitive. STR Kila is a good offhand for Twashtar as well, but DA Parazonium falls off a bit. AGI Kilas are your utility-knife. Get one at least, two if you're dedicated. They're a very efficient location to trade DD stats for evasion.

Righteous. Just the kind of answer I wanted. Thanks. Guessing Auric doesn't have a place at all anymore, even for someone with no AF3 body? Also, noticed there was no Sanguine Scythe in the linked discussion, what's the verdict on that as opposed to AoA?

[GoggleHead]

Can I get a more mathy explanation of why x-hit builds are important? Weaponskilling faster I get, but I'd like to know how to figure out when dropping another hit beats out the stats I'm giving up to obtain it.

[Byrthnoth]

Is the Daka competive with other options for dnc Bryth or is it Twashtar or bust?

Rudra's Storm isn't so great that it's worth changing your mainhand weapon for access. Treat Daka +2 as if it were just a D47/201 delay weapon. It's better than a lot of the other options and make a nice main-hand, but there are better.

As far as Sanguine Scythe, that link was before they raised the crit hit cap so it wasn't a contender. I'll plug it in now and see how it does.

[Diddy Kong]

As far as Sanguine Scythe, that link was before they raised the crit hit cap so it wasn't a contender. I'll plug it in now and see how it does.

And how about Auric? Does it still have a use for someone without AF3 body, or would I be better off with some combination of Angr/Twilight/Phurba? Also, if it is still of use, would I replace it when I get +1 or +2 body? Sorry, annoying questions, just people disregard the dual wield, and I'd imagine it's pretty solid when only getting normal haste spell and only suppa/charis necklace as the other DW gear.

[Xakz]

Anyone know the exact spawn conditions of the ToAU Leaders?
Took LS to Medusa on Sunday and she wasn't up. Then tried Gurfurlur and nothing, didn't bother with Gulool.
Checked for besieged activity 3 hours before we set off, so that wasn't it.

Was on Ragnarok at ~12:00 GMT.

[Byrthnoth]

Anyone know the exact spawn conditions of the ToAU Leaders?
Took LS to Medusa on Sunday and she wasn't up. Then tried Gurfurlur and nothing, didn't bother with Gulool.
Checked for besieged activity 3 hours before we set off, so that wasn't it.

Was on Ragnarok at ~12:00 GMT.

Supposedly they won't spawn if they're killed in the preceding Besieged. I haven't bothered doing the event in over a year, but I've heard the Besieged versions are essentially duoable now. You'd have to convince people not to kill them.

Re: Diddy
Dual Wield is like Haste. It gets better the more you have of it. So AF3+2 body would actually make Auric more favorable, not less. Still, Auric (D39, 201 delay, 5% Dual Wield) is outdated technology.
If you pair it with a 186-210 delay dagger, that 5% Dual Wield removes ~19-21 delay, effectively making Auric D39/181 delay. Just as a comparison because the delays are close, STP Fusetto +2 is D40, 186 delay, 15 STP.

Also, Sanguine Scythe comes out looking very favorable (~3% better than AoA). I might have to give that a shot again! lol

[Diddy Kong]

Supposedly they won't spawn if they're killed in the preceding Besieged. I haven't bothered doing the event in over a year, but I've heard the Besieged versions are essentially duoable now. You'd have to convince people not to kill them.

Re: Diddy
Dual Wield is like Haste. It gets better the more you have of it. So AF3+2 body would actually make Auric more favorable, not less. Still, Auric (D39, 201 delay, 5% Dual Wield) is outdated technology.
If you pair it with a 186-210 delay dagger, that 5% Dual Wield removes ~19-21 delay, effectively making Auric D39/181 delay. Just as a comparison because the delays are close, STP Fusetto +2 is D40, 186 delay, 15 STP.

Also, Sanguine Scythe comes out looking very favorable (~3% better than AoA). I might have to give that a shot again! lol

Alright, thanks. Unfortunately, it's one of the only ones I have available at the moment, and the part about no buffs making it better is because I was thinking of the delay cap when I had typed that out. Which situations would I choose between AoA and SS for third atma?

[Byrthnoth]

If you aren't going to ride Saber Dance and use a lot of multi-attack gear (Atheling, Twilight, Epona's, Brutal), aka DD gear, AoA gains a ton of ground.