Random Question Thread XXII: You Know the Deal

[Kaope]

Drk-Torcleaver aftermath gears questions:

1) If I understand it correctly, assuming with 2x marches (not SV) + Haste + LR (lvl5 Desperate Blows), do I only need around ~20% haste gears to reach the cap?

2) If the above is correct, would this be a good Aftermath-TP set up:

Caladbolg/Pole/x/White Tahtlum
AF3+2/Bale Choker/Brutal/Bale Earring
AF3+2/Chaos+1/Rajas/Keen Ring
Atheling/Goading/Calmecac Trousers/Ace's

Thank you in advance.

[mallister]

your torcleaver aftermath should just be your regular tp set.

[ccf]

How much STP do I need for a 5hit with Masa? After merits and traits from lv90.

And dropping some haste in favor of a 5 hit is better than capping haste with a 6 hit, yea?

According to a thread in wiki on samurai, it should be 81 store tp, you would have now 40 with 90 sam and full merits, so you need 41 store tp in gear.

As for whether 5 hit vs 6 hit , I used to be sure about 5 hit, but I have seen some data suggesting 6 hit/haste is better, thought for the life of me I can't remember what was the reason.

[Jememy]

What is a good program to record FFXI on?

[seiji]

According to a thread in wiki on samurai, it should be 81 store tp, you would have now 40 with 90 sam and full merits, so you need 41 store tp in gear.

As for whether 5 hit vs 6 hit , I used to be sure about 5 hit, but I have seen some data suggesting 6 hit/haste is better, thought for the life of me I can't remember what was the reason.

the 2sec ws delay, ODD lowering gap betwin white and ws dmg,

[Rehn]

Was anyone able to toy around in besieged for points before em. maint came along? Besieged at Lv4, but I can't stay awake for it.

[Draylo]

What is a good program to record FFXI on?

fraps

[msthief]

Gold box farming:

- Is a gold box a gold box, or does it change depending on the mob you killed to get it to drop? Example: Will any mob in konschtat drop a refresh hairpin, or do you need to kill a certain mob to get it?

[TheDirtyHobo]

Was anyone able to toy around in besieged for points before em. maint came along? Besieged at Lv4, but I can't stay awake for it.

Just finished one. Got 15k exp on myself, 10307 on my friend that I boxed in halfway through to raise me since I got stuck in a bad spot and spammed some generals with whenever I was weakened. 5k IS on me, don't know how much on the other.

[xIndustrialxAngelx]

Just finished one. Got 15k exp on myself, 10307 on my friend that I boxed in halfway through to raise me since I got stuck in a bad spot and spammed some generals with whenever I was weakened. 5k IS on me, don't know how much on the other.

Completely random, but your name reminds me of a guy who refered to himself that way on the Fenrir server years ago. I forgot what his character name was, but was an elv pld.

[Amok]

Does the TP bonus from that (I dunno what it's called) group2 merits apply to the Zanshins during Hasso? I'm assuming it does, but looking for confirmation. What about TP from counters during Seigan? Doesn't seem likely, but I hoping against hope.

[Zzsark]

Yah you get the Ikishoten bonus from hasso/zanshin. Also, something interesting I never knew before, or never cared about before, but as far as I can tell tp return is calculated with (base + iki mertis) *stp. I always just assumed that the merits would be applied last and wouldnt get a bonus from stp. Is that correct or did i math wrong?

[Skylark]

Anyway to still get the Novennial ring? Check South Sandy I-8 but there's no moogle there.

Edit: I'm sure this has been answered many times over but can't find answer. Any way to put the number for shadows left on windower? I still have the "shadow" status effect.

[cdgreg]

Gold box farming:

- Is a gold box a gold box, or does it change depending on the mob you killed to get it to drop? Example: Will any mob in konschtat drop a refresh hairpin, or do you need to kill a certain mob to get it?

Any mob will drop, appears that max amber is the best. Farmed about 80 hours (mostly solo -ga'ing leeches) before I finally got one from cleaving tonberry. Gl

[cdgreg]

Any idea when the collection period begins for the lotto that just stopped selling marbles?

[Haborym]

This Thursday, the 14th.

[Bendak]

Any idea when the collection period begins for the lotto that just stopped selling marbles?

1AM PDT Thursday, July 14

[cdgreg]

Anyway to still get the Novennial ring? Check South Sandy I-8 but there's no moogle there.

Edit: I'm sure this has been answered many times over but can't find answer. Any way to put the number for shadows left on windower? I still have the "shadow" status effect.

Thank for lotto responses.
@ this quote, I'm pretty sure once event is over you can no longer get the ring. Also I use windower and have number of shadows left although it never says 5, seems to max at 4. Try not having Windower auto load statustimer.

[Rocl]

The icon for Utsusemi specifies it's 4+ shadows, and I have no idea why you aren't getting the correct icon using windower. Some sort of icon pack or statustimer?

[cdgreg]

Ya I'm thinking it's status timer. I have that autoload on my main pc which then crashes due to some fatal error and I do not have shadow counter (which doesn't matter because 99.9% of the time I don't use shadows). On my laptop, however, shadows work fine and I do not have statustimer auto loading in init.txt