Random Question Thread XXII: You Know the Deal

[Ace-o-fire]

Whats the best Dynamis to farm as Drg/Whm

[Okan]

NIN: Subtle Blow 5/5, spend the rest however you feel like. I maxed Raiton, Hyoton is a common choice.
G2: NTE is honestly the most useful thing there for the most part, throw the rest in San nukes as you see fit. If you use NIN for Voidwatch at all, unlock all the San nukes for procing.

MNK: KA 5/5 Counter 5/5, Penance 5/5 Invigorate 4/5 Formless Strikes 1/5 is still the standard setup for G2 I think.

That's exactly how I did MNK. Some don't even get Formless Strikes in favor of 5/5 Invigorate. It's a preference thing. I just like it for the rare moments that I'm fighting something that it helps on.

[buddha_masta]

What's wrong with this spellcast rule that's not enabling Shadow to equip when it's darksday?

<if spell="Chakra">
<action type="precastdelay" delay="0.3"/>
<equip when="precast" set="Chakra" />
<if day="dark">
<equip when="precast">
<back>Shadow Mantle</back>
</equip>
</if>
</if>

[Xera]

What's wrong with this spellcast rule that's not enabling Shadow to equip when it's darksday?

<if spell="Chakra">
<action type="precastdelay" delay="0.3"/>
<equip when="precast" set="Chakra" />
<if day="dark">
<equip when="precast">
<back>Shadow Mantle</back>
</equip>
</if>
</if>

"%DayElement" rather than "day" iirc. (or %day = Darksday.)

[buddha_masta]

thx worked

[nikia]

Wanted to make an AutoExec for LightLuggage to set profile to dynamis.txt when I enter and then back to default.txt when i exit.

I have yet to test it but trying to get the syntax right and not sure if this will work.

<register event="zone_Dynamis*" silent="true">autoexec register dynalot "zone_Dynamis*" ll profile dynamis.txt</register>
<register event="(regex)zone_(?!Dynamis*)(/regex)" silent="true">autoexec unregister dynalot;ll profile default.txt</register>

I am wanting it to run profile change only once when i enter and then run only one more time when i leave, not every time i zone anywhere that is outside of dynamis. Any tips would be wonderful.
Thank you.

[urat]

So I just finished doing my first AE burn, successfully to! Only died twice due to lag and getting character locked, but other than that walked away with 3 sets for glav, 1 set for chloris and 2 half sets for chloris.

However compared to cleave I'm still inferior, other than the fact that I pull and burn at same time, so it only takes me + whm to duo. However at the moment my AEs are doing 1351 dmg and it takes at least 3 ti wipe the group. I would like to bump that up to 2 wses to wipe em out but I dunno what to do to hit that tier.

At the moment I am using baying moon, gales, and sea daughter. Sea daughter really helps by letting me hit 200ish tp as I pull, and by the time I get back t ocamp I can sekka double AE the mobs down, then reverse flourish and finish them off. Really speeds the kills up. Occasionally I can wipe out an entire group in a few seconds flat, however when sekka isnt up it takes much longer.

This is what I am wearing when AEing atm: http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/169222

What are the biggest improvements I can make to this gear to take it to the next level? I want to aim for 1.7K AEs at least, but the more the better!

[Eldelphia]

How are the TE'S in dyna-beau? I'm wondering what level of difficulty it is.

My comparison (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest): Windy 2 or 3 (depends if you have a thief to hide), Basty 4, Sandy 2, Xarc 1.

Most of the time extensions in glacier are fine, although the repop seems longer than in other zones. The only one that I don't like is the one on the way to Nue but only because its an eye and not because its tough. There is just a lot of running around to do which is what makes glacier irritating. It's not like Windy where things are packed in. Can't compare to basty. I'd put it at a 2 for ease of access but irritation levels at having to wait for repops might push it to a 3. Unless they've fixed we had to wait 10 mins or so.

[Okan]

So I just finished doing my first AE burn, successfully to! Only died twice due to lag and getting character locked, but other than that walked away with 3 sets for glav, 1 set for chloris and 2 half sets for chloris.

However compared to cleave I'm still inferior, other than the fact that I pull and burn at same time, so it only takes me + whm to duo. However at the moment my AEs are doing 1351 dmg and it takes at least 3 ti wipe the group. I would like to bump that up to 2 wses to wipe em out but I dunno what to do to hit that tier.

At the moment I am using baying moon, gales, and sea daughter. Sea daughter really helps by letting me hit 200ish tp as I pull, and by the time I get back t ocamp I can sekka double AE the mobs down, then reverse flourish and finish them off. Really speeds the kills up. Occasionally I can wipe out an entire group in a few seconds flat, however when sekka isnt up it takes much longer.

This is what I am wearing when AEing atm: http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/169222

What are the biggest improvements I can make to this gear to take it to the next level? I want to aim for 1.7K AEs at least, but the more the better!

I believe Martial has to be in the main hand. Can someone confirm/deny?
Also what atmas where you using? They'll easily make or break your damage. I can't remember which ones they were specifically for dagger, but something like Smiting Blow, Gales, Baying Moon/Ultimate maybe?
Uggalepih kicks in when you're below 50% MP so are you using gear swaps to get below 50%? If not, you can always just swap to the MAB based on moon phase neck (Name forgotten).
There's Demon Rings in Abyssea-Tahrongi with MAB if you want to get really serious about it though.
Lastly, see if you can get the earring from Rani for extra MAB. It's 100% and dropped all the time so if you have some time to wait near him, maybe someone will toss it your way.

[Radec]

Martial main, but ffxiah likely screwing that up.

Smiting blow worthless since already have +200tp bonus.

Ideal atma set likely: Gales, Ultimate, Hell's Guardian

The Sekkanoki'd WS doesn't get TPBonus, if you can push to 2shot with WS > Reverse > WS you can /rdm or /blm

Charis+2 hands over Brook
Artemis Medal sometimes over uggalepih
Denali legs
+7 INT or Dex rings until 2/3MAB augment demons
Since duo w/ WHM, have them /sch and give you windstorm. Wind Obi far outclasses any other waist choice.
Novio > Hecate > Moldavite >>>> others, depending on your options.
Charis Shoes +2 over nebula

[Okan]

My mistake, I forgot about the magian dagger TP bonus.

For melee atmas, which combo usually works best?
RR, GH, Apoc, VV are the four I read the most about. I usually have RR, VV, Sanguine Scythe for the extra HP as a taru MNK and I lack Ascetics and Smite. So with Asuran DA and TA don't really help at the moment (For WS*). Is there a better WS too? Does the 15% Triple Attack out TP VV's 2 regain? Any threads I can read more about this? Couldn't find any with a quick search.

[Zerk]

best way to skillup brd magic skills?

[Okan]

SpellCast will do it for you automatically if you set it up correctly.
Radec had a pretty decent post a few pages back about this:
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/105...=1#post4702969

If you have Sea access, you can use the Hpemde's as long as you don't do anything that will do any damage to them (Like Requiems).

[Obsidian]

My mistake, I forgot about the magian dagger TP bonus.

For melee atmas, which combo usually works best?
RR, GH, Apoc, VV are the four I read the most about. I usually have RR, VV, Sanguine Scythe for the extra HP as a taru MNK and I lack Ascetics and Smite. So with Asuran DA and TA don't really help at the moment (For WS*). Is there a better WS too? Does the 15% Triple Attack out TP VV's 2 regain? Any threads I can read more about this? Couldn't find any with a quick search.

If you don't have Ascetic's you should be using Regen atmas to unlock Ascetic's. Otherwise, being on MNK is essentially a wasted party member.

RR/Apoc are standard. The third one is debatable. I prefer GH for anything that dispels a lot, but for raw damage, SS will probably win out.

[Okan]

I definitely want to get Ascetic's, but I'm perpetually stuck on floor 10. Been trying to do this with my low-man group of friends, but it's hard to convince them to do something outside Abyssea right now.

And I know I have lots of questions... It's been a long time since I really played beyond just being a WHM when the only cool things to have were Noble's and a Light staff (and stacking MP) and a BST where I really didn't care about min/maxing since I was never allowed in to groups anyway, but any tips for a "low man" Nyzul? We have 4 people (self included) and occasionally a 5th. Should we just find a random pick up or will it not be necessary? We're not so much worried about killing and speed as we are about getting screwed on certain floor requirements.

[Byrthnoth]

You shouldn't really need the MAcc from the feet, Urat, so you can use DNC AF3+2 for 8 DEX.

Here is my set:
http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/197516

If you have a WHM mule healing you, you can have it sub Scholar and give you Windstorm. Furin Obi for another ~10% damage then.

re:lowmanning SSR for coins. I tried the Dekka path last night on BST and got no pouches from the northern NMs. Do the northern NMs ever drop pouches? It seems easier to me to kill like 3 NMs + a few gears than a full room of Fomor. Also, for anyone who might have done this on BST, how do you get a ranged cell quickly if one fails to load in the starting chest? Is it pretty much a run ender?

[Churchill]

I definitely want to get Ascetic's, but I'm perpetually stuck on floor 10. Been trying to do this with my low-man group of friends, but it's hard to convince them to do something outside Abyssea right now.

And I know I have lots of questions... It's been a long time since I really played beyond just being a WHM when the only cool things to have were Noble's and a Light staff (and stacking MP) and a BST where I really didn't care about min/maxing since I was never allowed in to groups anyway, but any tips for a "low man" Nyzul? We have 4 people (self included) and occasionally a 5th. Should we just find a random pick up or will it not be necessary? We're not so much worried about killing and speed as we are about getting screwed on certain floor requirements.

You can do 10 floors a run with 4 people really really easily.

as always fillmode is your friend

[Churchill]

best way to skillup brd magic skills?

If they are below 75 cap skills, Hpmede in Sea.

[Okan]

Fillemode?

[Byrthnoth]

//fillmode 1

http://wiki.windower.net/commands

It does this: http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/907...=1#post4701525

Useful for seeing NMs through walls in NI, and letting you know where the boundaries in the games are that monsters see so that you can gather them more efficiently (which is how Mojo was using it).