Random Question Thread XXII: You Know the Deal

[Fievel]

Time warner is such fucking shit

I crashed too x:

[Obsidian]

Was a game issue. Whatever happened is over now, you can log back in.

[Okan]

Is it a certain addon? Or is it already built in?

Built in support.
http://wiki.windower.net/
Briefly you can set up a text file inside the C:\......\Windows\Scripts (I think it's this folder). Just put "input /command;" at the start. no input, no worky. Use "pause #" (No input) instead of "input /wait 1;" Waits don't work.
Inside your FFXI Macro, you'd use "/console exec Textfilename.txt"

So for example to cast Fire, in the text that you have now titled "Fire"
input /equip main "Fire Staff"
input /ma Fire <t>

Now in your macro
/console exec Fire.txt

I'm sure the wiki has a lot more information than I can simply provide.

Suggestion, put JOB-Desc as the title of your .txt files. It'll help a lot when you're building macros. Your BLM Fire spell may not equip the same gear as your RDM fire spell.
RDM-Fire.txt
BLM-Fire.txt

[Obsidian]

Or create job directories in your scripts folder instead of having a clusterfuck of text files.

[The_OG_Nelta]

Was reading the magian thread, and can someone explain how blu cleaving for staff trials work? I thought the BLM had to get the killshot.

[MisterBob]

Was reading the magian thread, and can someone explain how blu cleaving for staff trials work? I thought the BLM had to get the killshot.

For the elemental magian staves, you simply have to have the staff equipped when a killing blow of X or greater damage is done to the mob with the proper element. For this reason, cleaving or -againg with multiple BLMs is much preferred over doing the trials solo.

[msthief]

Was reading the magian thread, and can someone explain how blu cleaving for staff trials work? I thought the BLM had to get the killshot.

If you can bully a ninja friend into helping you, they can aeolian a mob down to 20% then a single blm can -aga it for 10-15+ at a time. Or if you're literally doing the wind staff, you can finish it in 5-6 hours simply with AE. It's awesome.

[Yugl]

Was reading the magian thread, and can someone explain how blu cleaving for staff trials work? I thought the BLM had to get the killshot.

We manipulated the damage of Charged Whiskers so that the BLU would take the mob to 10% or less. Depending on the mob, we opted to sleep or Ja/Aga III right after. For some mobs, the tweak would be the BLU not using elemental staffs. For other mobs, the tweak would be using BA without Enervation or Mori.

[Chun Liroy]

Anyone know if grellow procs effect iratham? Need to get 6 cards for my whm and I honestly don't feel like spamming sobeks, and I forgot to lot them when doing glavoids (-.-;;;. So he seems like a good option (lol). I know things like ovni seem to drop their items a lot with 1 rare and 1 common drop.

[msthief]

Anyone know if grellow procs effect iratham? Need to get 6 cards for my whm and I honestly don't feel like spamming sobeks, and I forgot to lot them when doing glavoids (-.-;;;. So he seems like a good option (lol). I know things like ovni seem to drop their items a lot with 1 rare and 1 common drop.

Yeah, in my experience they have one major and one minor drop - the minor (virtually) requires yellow. Not sure about Iratham, which one is his "major".

The VNM isn't that bad at all - plus he's not hunted that often. With haidate + war lion + barthundra he was a joke.

[Chun Liroy]

Yeah, in my experience they have one major and one minor drop - the minor (virtually) requires yellow. Not sure about Iratham, which one is his "major".

The VNM isn't that bad at all - plus he's not hunted that often. With haidate + war lion + barthundra he was a joke.

I suppose I could do that. See if groups have cards hitting the floor at sobeks too... lol or snatch up some free ones as well as farm time and maybe try to duo cirein on war+whm.

Also, I know there's a giant thread on ffxiah about it, but that was mnk+whm. How is war+whm on dragua (though I suppose I'd have a mnk since my friend needs the scales anyways lol).

Edit: and where do T2 VNMs spawn about in attohwa and miseraux? Never done any VNM there.

[msthief]

I hate dragua, I did just enough to get cards for my nin and called it quits. Theoretically it could work - his accuracy is so high, he spams aoe's, plus he has high regain so I felt like I was war tanking. I'd recommend a second form of stona, even if that's in the form of just a blm/whm. Chances are you won't get petrified (barstonra + barpetra on mages always) but it happens on occasion. You're already bringing a blm and I'd value the /whm stona over /brd extra proc.

Nothing compares to a monk's counter tanking though, I was a Kannagi nin almost perfectly geared but my gimp monk friend made him look like a pussy.

[VZX01]

Anyone can elaborate Climactic Flourish to me? Wikia and BGWiki notes confuses me.

Will stack with the first swing of any Weapon Skills.
If stacked with Weapon Skills, only the first hit will be forced to critical and only one "round" worth of critical hit will be consumed.
Works with any Weapon Skill.

So if I do Evisceration with 1 TA proc (both landed) and 5+1(offhand) hits landed, with 5 FM consumed, Climactic Flourish will have force crit 5 out of 8 possible hits?

[Gokulo]

CF only forces the crit on the first hit, what else do you see here?

[VZX01]

Then what this sentence means?

Consumes all Finishing moves (X) upon usage and forces the first swing of the next X rounds to critical.

Also: What's the difference when it consumes 1,2,3,4, or 5 FM?

[Mrbeansman]

Best strategy for low manning Azadaja?

[Byrthnoth]

Then what this sentence means?


Also: What's the difference when it consumes 1,2,3,4, or 5 FM?

If you have 5 Finishing Moves (X=5), then it forces the next 5 rounds (X=5) to critical hit.

If you have 2 Finishing Moves (X=2), then it forces the next 2 rounds (X=2) to critical hit.

etc.

AF3+2 head increases the number of forced crit hits by 1.

[Gokulo]

Then what this sentence means?


Also: What's the difference when it consumes 1,2,3,4, or 5 FM?

It allows you to crit for X amount of rounds, but if you use a WS then it will only apply to the first hit, the rest will be used after WS normally.

[VZX01]

Thanks!
Much better than convoluted description written on wiki.

[Byrthnoth]

Thanks!
Much better than convoluted description written on wiki.

It's exactly what the wiki description says to anyone who has a passing association with Algebra.