Random Question Thread XXII: You Know the Deal

[Byrthnoth]

I've thought of doing a mythic but its gonna take like 300M with current prices, obviously less if I farm some myself. Seems a bit high lol.

It's definitely high. Right now mythics are both more work than relics and about 50% more expensive. I'm doing it basically just to kill time and use my gil-making potential, and because I think it'd be novel to have all of DNC's cool daggers.

[ClarkSammich]

For an MDT set (PLD in particular) at what point do I start equipping pieces with higher MDB than -MDT? i.e. coral visor is -2% MDT, but noesis helm is +4 MDB, so noesis helm is more valuable? Or should I focus on capping normal -MDT, then have MDB in whatever slots are left over?

[Shiyo]

Cap MDT with 5/5 shellra5(need 23%) then start picking up MDB in the rest of your slots.

[grevenilvec75]

For an MDT set (PLD in particular) at what point do I start equipping pieces with higher MDB than -MDT? i.e. coral visor is -2% MDT, but noesis helm is +4 MDB, so noesis helm is more valuable? Or should I focus on capping normal -MDT, then have MDB in whatever slots are left over?

Assuming you have no MDT and no MDB it would take -50% MDT to halve magic damage, but would take +100 MDB to halve magic damage.

[Yubar]

I need some advice on which Empyrean weapon to go after next? I'm conflicted between a Kannagi and a Verethragna since I both have nin and mnk at 90, but I'm correctly in the process of making the relic h2h so it would seem like I'm a loot whore if I choose the Verethragna, but I have fun as a mnk. For nin, I only leveled it up to solo things that mnk can't solo or duo.

Which would be a better investment for me?

[GeneyusTitan]

The one you would have more fun using.

[Botosi]

Is there a level cap on an account with a Free Trial active?

[Chun Liroy]

Any rhyme or reason why sisyphus randomly goes through shadow/third eye?

[Gun-it]

Good place to find the dats of place holder for trial NMs?

[dasva]

Is it possible that an Elemental Gorget's latent effect also procs on a Weaponskill sharing the same element?

To make a long story short; Someone is claiming that Flame Gorget boosted the damage of their Wildfire (When it should only be Soil/Shadow Gorget). I'd like to know if it's possible or if it was just faulty sample size from Borer Beetles.

I noticed that Wildfire is one of the few WS's that actually has a different skill chain element to the weapon-skills element. Usually elemental WS and their skillchains overlaps by nature (ex: Aeolian Edge with Wind SC, etc.. etc..) So maybe it's some kind of fluke oversight?

Doubtful. I haven't tried the gorget but I know the atma that gives fire skillchain element ws a boost doesn't work on wildfire

[Chun Liroy]

Sounds a little crazy, but would it be worth it to make a kinda subtle blow set for war? Replacing low impact items with ones with subtle blow (Rav gorget>Torero or something)? Mainly for monsters with particularly nasty TP moves that I wanna melee still.

[Cleverness]

What sword is Shamshir modeled after, wiki says Soulblade but can't find any record of that weapon on wiki. Want to dat swap this thing

[Radec]

What sword is Shamshir modeled after, wiki says Soulblade but can't find any record of that weapon on wiki. Want to dat swap this thing

Looks like just "Saber", but no shamshirs to test it.

[Gustave]

On the subject of dat swaps. Whats the dat for flux in abyssea? Lag kills me with multiple characters up.

[Kidnoftle]

Any rhyme or reason why sisyphus randomly goes through shadow/third eye?

Heavy strike ignores both.

[Shenrien]

Went farming tonight to try and get an attestation for horn, could only find a small number of blm whm and or brd in a small area, is there some place that's cluster fucked with them possibly? I always see nothing but like ninjas, samurai and red mages all over the place

[Flic]

Went farming tonight to try and get an attestation for horn, could only find a small number of blm whm and or brd in a small area, is there some place that's cluster fucked with them possibly? I always see nothing but like ninjas, samurai and red mages all over the place

Tower at I7 has 4 mobs around it, blm, whm, war + 1 of either whm, blm, war, thats all i could find as a group, 5 min repop.

[Okan]

Hoping to go through some KS99s soon and only worried about Turtle. What's a safe estimate of people to take and recommended jobs?

Jobs available for at least 5 people that would go, thinking the first as what they'd most likely go as. (all jobs 90 unless otherwise specified)
1: MNK, BLM(78, though it's max merits)
2: THF, PLD
3: BRD, WAR
4: BLM, SAM, DRG
5: WHM... yeah, he's stuck with that job.
6: Well, I don't have a 6th, but I'm sure I could find someone. Thinking BLM here.

I just don't want a waste 99 KS due to a time out. Just all the strategies on Wiki and other sites all still point towards the 75 cap and bringing 14BLMs...

inb4 asked: No, I haven't done this before. No, I don't have black belt and I want it

[Shenrien]

For you, look at the Skillchain Chart and decied what would be the best two jobs for the skillchain, odds are it'll be the SAM and the THF as everyone else seems to have more useful / important roles they can fulfill.

2x BLM can work for this but they need to hit those Magic Bursts, Sengikori is gods gift with speeding this up, the turtle can be silenced if your full time WHM is like any other awesome WHM they should have a fairly decent enfeebling kit.

when it goes in shell, try to waste as little time as possible, call out you're going to open so your BLMs can stop resting or doing whatever and go for it, when its out of shell kite it around if need be, if you get stuck with it in shell, get TP back as fast as you can and try again.

[Snprphnx]

On the subject of dat swaps. Whats the dat for flux in abyssea? Lag kills me with multiple characters up.

Try updating you gfx card Drivers. I would lag out horribly near anything with a glowing aura (avatars, floating laws, fluxes). Updated my drivers and the la went away. Try that before dat swapping