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

[wop]

It does only use 4000 needles below 25%, and it always uses it 3 times in a row in my experience.

Not true

It "can" use up to 3 times.

[Yugl]

Has anyone tried keeping WHM outside the PT for Shinryu fights? Do they get hit by TP moves?

[Sylvrdragon]

Tiger was one of the easiest seal NMs I've done, and definitely the easiest for Body. Best strat is to proc with only the tank on it, then have only the Tank and MAYBE a THF engage. Turn when you see him ready the first TP move and stay turned until the second is done. If you have a BLU with you, tell them not to engage at all and just spam their high damage spells between TP moves while the BLM Nukes away. With just a NIN on the mob, As BLU, I was able to get ~5 Phys spells off between each set of TP moves for 1-2k each. I always capped Hate along with the NIN tank, but every time it would look at me, the NIN would usually get another swing in before the mob even got an attack off. It took about 5 minutes per pop.

The worst part was taking turns with a group of retards who didn't know how to turn around and triggered PD every single TP round.

[cdgreg]

Does th seem to have a sizable effect on the drop rate of single coins in WoE?

[Bardlet]

What are the regular subs used for DNC these days, pretty much /NIN only? Or do I finally have to bother actually unlocking SAM? (My WAR is 28, getting it to 50 is on my current list of things to do.)

(ftr, my DNC isn't high enough to do anything yet- just planning ahead)

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[Byrthnoth]

What are the regular subs used for DNC these days, pretty much /NIN only? Or do I finally have to bother actually unlocking SAM? (My WAR is 28, getting it to 50 is on my current list of things to do.)

(ftr, my DNC isn't high enough to do anything yet- just planning ahead)

* The vast majority of the time, you'll want to /NIN.
* If you're DDing, /WAR is the best option, but you lose shadows and gain Berserk/Warcry so DDing *really* has to be the only thing you're doing for it to be the best choice. Some people also advocate using it when you're healing but still want to do nice damage.
* /SAM is very nice for Aeolian Edging. It's the difference between 2 Aeolian Edges back to back on pull and 3.

[SephYuyX]

When trying to pop Rani: "Examining ??? at (D-10) when Tier 2 Ironclad and Chariot Dominion is 100%"
What does this mean?

[Gabai]

Nothing you have to worry about. When Abyssea first came out, the conditions were that certain NMs had to be 100% influence at the resistance or w/e npc before the ??? point would even pop. By now the ??? stay up.

[Taint]

Does th seem to have a sizable effect on the drop rate of single coins in WoE?

Yeah it seems to help. Flux 2 is good for coins if you can find a decent group of 3 plus. Just sack pull the 3 big blobs and get an easy win. We got 3 coins off the first two blobs each, zero off the last and 3 pouches in the chest at the end. The more I do WoE the easier the coin farming seems.

[BahamutRicker]

Is Sobek's Tyrant Tusk Stunnable?

Any other reliable ways to avoid the instant death?

[Chun Liroy]

Is Sobek's Tyrant Tusk Stunnable?

Any other reliable ways to avoid the instant death?

Tusk seems instant, animation takes a while. In my experiences, being above yellow and erasing bio lessens the death chance.

[Soupbowl]

Is Sobek's Tyrant Tusk Stunnable?

Any other reliable ways to avoid the instant death?

Finished my sobeks the other day, Tyrant Tusk is stunable, we stunned it most times.
Killed him 30 something times and his tyrant tusk only caused death 2 times.

[Chun Liroy]

Is it possible to either get jinpu or both war/sam?

[Aureus]

Best and easiest party set up to do Divine Might@ 90 with a shout group? Also how difficult is it now?

Did it with 2 people playing 4 characters (masa sam, brd, whm 3boxed, plus rdm). Can easily supertank everything until MP becomes an issue. Pretty much all of them are a joke now, except:
MR can still charm. This will ruin a lowman attempt. Be aware.
EV can still 1-shot with spirits.

[Diomer]

Still can't get a combination of both AGI and Crit Hit. Damage +4% on Haidate, so is AGI+6 or Crit Hit Damage+4% better for Blade: Hi outside abyssea on Haidate?

[Pru]

Is it possible to either get jinpu or both war/sam?

Jinpu yes; needs 12 levels of GK skill on top of the 138 you get /SAM

Koki; not at the moment, highest GK skill WAR can currently obtain is 171 needing 8 merits, Bushinomimi, Kengo Hachimaki and a Justice Torque.

[TheDirtyHobo]

Still can't get a combination of both AGI and Crit Hit. Damage +4% on Haidate, so is AGI+6 or Crit Hit Damage+4% better for Blade: Hi outside abyssea on Haidate?

It's pretty easy to calculate yourself just based on marginal gains, and your other gear plays a pretty huge part in which one is better or not.

6 Agi adds 3.6 base damage, so it's a marginal gain of (3 or 4)/(total D)
4% crit damage adds a marginal gain of (.04/(crit damage)) * (expected crit rate)

Just lowballing and saying you only have 120 AGI on WS set, ~10 fSTR, no other crit damage gear, and capped dDex, crit merits, and WSing in Iga+2 body. Also assuming the 15% boost talked about earlier is correct.

D = 55 + 10 + (120 * .6) = 137.0
3/137 = 2.19% AGI gain
.04/1.00 * .45 = 1.8% Crit gain

[Mojo]

Best and easiest party set up to do Divine Might@ 90 with a shout group? Also how difficult is it now?

MNK/WAR + WHM/RDM can do it. MNK pulls stuff up ramp into hallway (so TT doesn't follow) Kill GK > GK's Wynva > HM > > EV > MR > MR's pet, then finish TT off. Keep MNK's HP up on EV so Spirit's Within doesn't kill you, WHM will need to sleep the MNK when MR charms and kite for a bit (can also sleep pets during the fight.) Counterstance is probably a bad idea because they do have TP regain traits and their WS could do more damage (they have knockback too so keeping them all in front is troublesome.)

[Atoreis]

Anyone can explain me inflation on currency? They are easier to get, at higher rate and with lower ppl needed on top of that relics aren't even the best now and empyrean are much easier to make. All that and prices seems to go up.

[kamugi]

Whats the best way to get a mac to run FFXI?
Also: Is there something you can do that doesn't involve buying a copy of windows and installing it on a mac to play it?