Random Question Thread XXII: You Know the Deal

[Phoenyx]

Monk cat2 merits. Mantra 0 im sure. which should I cap, which 4/5 and which just 1, or other combination?

I'm 1/5 Formless, 5/5 Penance and 4/5 Invigorate. Works pretty well for me.

[elison]

I'm 1/5 Formless, 5/5 Penance and 4/5 Invigorate. Works pretty well for me.

This, works the best for me as well.

[Aylee]

<.< Clipper huh? Hope I'm not the next on the banhammer list, lol.

It's quite possible that it's a CC problem. SE and Banks don't always cooperate very well, and SE in particular has a history of fucking up with their payment system. Of course... it IS the middle of the month, so payment issue is somewhat less likely.

Yea all characters got charged when we re-activated them (at the beginning of the month) We switched them over about on aug 2 and 5'th got switched to SE and got billed that day and haven't had trouble.

LAMO @ SE support.. i get on chat with one and gf gets on chat with another (mine and her accounts ones doing it) Same agent is helping us at same time >.> I connected to him then like 3 min later he connected to her wonder how many other customers hes helping at the same time

and he says i dont have enough information and disconnects >.>

[nekoshoonen]

What should i merit on DNC? kthxbai

[Byrthnoth]

Tier 1:
Haste Samba 5, Reverse Flourish 5

Tier 2: There are a lot of options, but generally people seem to settle on either:
* No Foot Rise 2~3, Closed Position 5, Fan Dance 1~2, Saber Dance 1~2
* No Foot Rise 5, Closed Position 3, Fan Dance 1, Saber Dance 1

[Febion]

@Aylee, my buddy got an LM-17 a couple months ago for "irregular credit card activity." After the recent changes to payment info and what not he tried to log on that account and saw it was changed to LM-31. He called SE and nothing was changed so according to him LM-31 is the new perma ban. I imagine all you can do is call and see what they say but in my friends experience he wasn't able to get any straight answers from SE.

[Mafai]

@Aylee, my buddy got an LM-17 a couple months ago for "irregular credit card activity." After the recent changes to payment info and what not he tried to log on that account and saw it was changed to LM-31. He called SE and nothing was changed so according to him LM-31 is the new perma ban. I imagine all you can do is call and see what they say but in my friends experience he wasn't able to get any straight answers from SE.

My account banned for salvage duping is also LM-31 now.

Yea all characters got charged when we re-activated them (at the beginning of the month) We switched them over about on aug 2 and 5'th got switched to SE and got billed that day and haven't had trouble.

LAMO @ SE support.. i get on chat with one and gf gets on chat with another (mine and her accounts ones doing it) Same agent is helping us at same time >.> I connected to him then like 3 min later he connected to her wonder how many other customers hes helping at the same time

and he says i dont have enough information and disconnects >.>

Was it Lindin or something? He told me I didn't have enough info, I said what do I need cause I have it all, he said Registration Keys and immediately ended the chat.

I'll be calling tonight instead of live chat to get my double billed issue resolved, which will ultimately lead to me getting banned...

[Delain]

Is there any easy way to skill up pup ranged?

There is no best way to do it, nor is there a "fastest" way to do it. You can abuse DAD a bit to "speed it up" since it will use ranged attack as soon as you deploy. Can only do this every time deactivate is up though, so it isnt exactly "fast". It will shave a few seconds off for you maybe? Any route you go it is going to be annoying, especially due to screwed up hate deals in Besieged that they never fixed and the fact Sharpshot has as much defense as...nevermind it has no defense.

As for prousse ring, I doubt it effects puppet skill up rates, though I can not say that with 100% certainty. Puppet skill ups are wonkey as it is anyway (I am still annoyed a million years after merits were given for pup that we have to skill into them even if it doesnt show it as such on puppet equip screen), but Percolator has seemed to help me capping melee skill, and I have noticed a difference with multiple water maneuvers up. Magic skill seems slower, but could be due to it being almost capped already, thus being slower anyway.

[TacoTaru]

I asked this before a couple of threads ago, but what weapon skills or what weapon skill types (crit hit based on TP, damage based on TP, etc) does Moonshade with TP Bonus favor?

[Ratatapa]

For when I will get there, what are the best merits for WHM

[DNAval]

*To farm Cruor and get ~500 per kill, you must alternate the kills between monster types - i.e., opposite to an experience chain. As you alternate you build the Cruor chain. Building Silvery light (only from Red chests) increases this further.

Can someone explain to me how exactly this works? I always gotten my cruor mostly from blue chest and stuff, but recently i've been curious about how to do this.

I don't really need cruor i have a lot but i just want to actually see this, i will move to another mob and get 1 500 cruor kill but then that's it, even if i kill another mob i will not see this happen.

and before anyone states the obvious this is with capped silver lights.

[Radec]

2 Mobs types, A and B

Kill A, Kill B, Kill A, Kill B, repeat. Never Kill A, Kill A or Kill B, Kill B

Chain builds a lot faster than xp chains, so it's not the end of the world if you go A>A, but still takes some time.

[StateofMind]

What are some interesting / profitable things that I can do solo with a 90 THF? Inside or outside of Abyssea...

Can NM's in Dynamis be solo'd?

[shaddix]

Was it Lindin or something? He told me I didn't have enough info, I said what do I need cause I have it all, he said Registration Keys and immediately ended the chat.

I'll be calling tonight instead of live chat to get my double billed issue resolved, which will ultimately lead to me getting banned...

It's London, and that guy is a bitch. If you get him on the phone just hang up on him and call back until you get Matt.

[Cairthenn]

Am I mistaken for thinking that cruor and EXP both have secondary chains on their-non primary chaining method? I'll see cruor gradually increase over the period of a few hours if I'm EXPing, but nothing like the rate of EXP (which I generally cap solo within thirty minutes). Same goes for EXP rate in a cruor chain. Anyone know the specifics behind this? (Yes, I'm positive it's not just lights.)

[cdgreg]

For when I will get there, what are the best merits for WHM

Gr1
5/5 barspell
5/5 cure cast time

Gr2
5/5 shellraV
4/5 devotion
1/5 protectraV

[evilpaul]

Am I mistaken for thinking that cruor and EXP both have secondary chains on their-non primary chaining method? I'll see cruor gradually increase over the period of a few hours if I'm EXPing, but nothing like the rate of EXP (which I generally cap solo within thirty minutes). Same goes for EXP rate in a cruor chain. Anyone know the specifics behind this? (Yes, I'm positive it's not just lights.)

Certainly seems that way.

[Chun Liroy]

Certainly seems that way.

Gold lights? Mobs levelling up?

[Mojo]

I think it can occur in cleave parties (where mobs don't really level up) even if you're not getting gold lights. I may be wrong though.

[dasva]

It does even if you don't lvl the mobs up. Think anyone that's been in a pt with little to no silver/gold lighting that has broken a chain can attestify to that