Random Question Thread XXII: You Know the Deal

[TSFFXI]

Question about DRG. How do you buff up Healing Breath? Heard that if you use it more in a zone, it will increase in HP over time to a certain cap. Anyone have a starting healing up breath setup or a perfect one as well for an idea?

Healing Breath potency is enhanced by increasing your Wyvern's max HP. It will also heal more if your Wyvern has TP (although each use resets their TP).
It does not increase over time as you've suggested. Your Wyvern receives a boost every time you earn 200 EXP/LP up to five times (1,000EXP/LP). This is accompanied by a message in the log, and increases Healing Breath potency by 6% for each boost (30% after all five boosts).

The best set up is: Wyvern Mail, Drachen Brais +1, Ostreger Mitts, Homam Gambieras, Lancer's Pelerine, Lancer's Earring, Lancer's Torque, Wyrm Armet.

Honestly, the page on ffxiclopedia explains everything there is to know. http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Healing_Breath

[Yugl]

Question about DRG. How do you buff up Healing Breath? Heard that if you use it more in a zone, it will increase in HP over time to a certain cap. Anyone have a starting healing up breath setup or a perfect one as well for an idea?

Wyrm Armet/Saurian Helmet/Lancer's Torque give a direct enhancement towards healing breath.

Wyvern HP gear enhances healing breath.

Gaining XP in a zone "levels up" your wyvern up to a certain point (which then increases wyvern HP); this enhances healing breath.

[TSFFXI]

Do you get xp from mobs in assault?

Yes, but I don't think those zones have weather.

[Daedalus]

Hope this is the right place for this, didn't think it needed its own thread!

Can anyone point me in the direction of pre-written standard (doesn't need to be super fancy) SpellCast XML for the following:

Primarily; NIN, BRD
Secondarily; SAM, DRK, MNK, PLD, WAR

Cheers guys!

[kamugi]

The original owner of my WHM mule came back to the game, so I need a new WHM mule now. To avoid this happening again in the future, I think I will just make a new character from scratch instead of using one of my old friends who have quit accounts. My question is, is there somewhere online I can buy a registration code for a new account with all the old expansions including the abyssea expansions?
I found this on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-...2360800&sr=1-1
But I don't know how you would get the registration code or whatever, it seems like I would have to DL that, uninstall FFXI and install that copy of it, which would annoy me. Anyone have any info? or know a good way to get a registration code?

I'm trying to buy it online instead of just going to a store in 5 or 6 hours because I have random extra money in my paypal account I could use for it, and I don't actually have anything else I could spend that money on lol. Also, if anyone wants money via paypal and has codes I'd buy them off you, (mods can delete this part of the post if this isn't allowed here) abyssea expansions are required though~

[Okan]

If it's anything like Steam, they'll actually either email or have a spot where you can find the registration keys. Then all you'd have to do is create a new POL account and use that key. The one for steam is $20 and has all the expansions too.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/39250/
I can attest that you do not need to download anything from Steam.

[kamugi]

If it's anything like Steam, they'll actually either email or have a spot where you can find the registration keys. Then all you'd have to do is create a new POL account and use that key. The one for steam is $20 and has all the expansions too.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/39250/
I can attest that you do not need to download anything from Steam.

Apparently I need to download steam to get the registration code or something, it wasn't in the email they sent me

[Snprphnx]

Hope this is the right place for this, didn't think it needed its own thread!

Can anyone point me in the direction of pre-written standard (doesn't need to be super fancy) SpellCast XML for the following:

Primarily; NIN, BRD
Secondarily; SAM, DRK, MNK, PLD, WAR

Cheers guys!

http://wiki.windower.net/plugins/spellcast/userxml2.3
You should just need to pick your jobs and change the gear to match what you have

[Okan]

I apologize, I should have mentioned I did purchase through Steam. In your Library, you can go to a page that'll display the registration codes though. You do not have to download FFXI through Steam.

[machiko]

I recently let my sister make a char on my main account, sadly this means I now get annoying tells from people she befriended since I'm showing up on their flist. Is there a way to seperate the friends list from the 2 chars, right now it's at the point I'm telling her to stop befriending people lol is there a better way?

[Gustave]

Any tips on farming colorless souls?

Do all zones have the same upgrade rate on tier1? Can you have multiple colorful abyssites? I have access to 3 characters and I don't mind trip boxing.

Just wondering if getting a tier2 on two characters and camping grau and ule tier2 at the same time would be best strat.

I may just finish plates and horns and wait hope they make a change next update on VNM/Souls.

[Sobie]

I recently let my sister make a char on my main account, sadly this means I now get annoying tells from people she befriended since I'm showing up on their flist. Is there a way to seperate the friends list from the 2 chars, right now it's at the point I'm telling her to stop befriending people lol is there a better way?

Unfortunately no. And to the best of my knowledge there is no way to separate two characters playing on the same account either. Best bet (though it may suck) is to get her her own account if she is serious about playing.

[Fereydoon]

Is there any use from a Morrigan head?

[machiko]

Unfortunately no. And to the best of my knowledge there is no way to separate two characters playing on the same account either. Best bet (though it may suck) is to get her her own account if she is serious about playing.

The way we do it atm works quite well, just the flist mixing that was annoying. Oh well thanks for the info anyway.

[Ocara]

Late, but
Multisend, or whatever it's replacement is called.
macro:
/target <stpc>
/send Mule /ma "Spell" <t>

Used to do this for cures from my mule so I know it works.

I tried to set up multisend but it wouldn't see either of my active processes, tried running as admin, disabling security, etc, every time it tried finding an instance I got a nullRefException error printed to a text in the program directory. That's why i ended up setting up autoexec, but if someone has a guide to setting up multisend or w/e that'd be good too. (When are people who make things going to learn to friggen document setup and usage!)

[Byrthnoth]

I never ran into the problem you're describing, but here's a guide I wrote on my LS forums:

Spoiler: show

I'm far from an expert dualboxer, or any kind of boxer, but this is how I control Sjugy:

I use Multi-send (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6N8EI8V3) and Spellcast (check the windower site) along with a modified windower init file and a script for every set of actions I want to do. Basically, I have it set up so I can hit Control-F5 and have Sjugy follow me, or Alt-F2 for Cure 4, Alt-F5 for Paralyna, Control-F1 for double Marches, Control-F2 for March/Minuet, etc. It's like having a second macro bar that works for Sjugy. I'll say how I have it set up exactly and work through an example or two.

So, first off, extract Multisend into the same directory as windower. I'm not sure that this matters, it's just something that I did. Next, we'll write windower scripts that go in the "scripts" folder. My Cure IV script (c4.txt), for instance, is:
Code: Select allcure4 byrth;
To write a script, open Notepad, write something like that in, and save it into the scripts folder.

My double Marches+Haste (marmar.txt) script is a little more complicated (and isn't fine-tuned at all.)
Code: Select allvictorymarch;
pause 12;
advancingmarch;
pause 12;
haste byrth;

Okay, so now you have some scripts! Time to learn how to call them! Open up init.txt from the "Scripts" folder.

First, make sure "load Spellcast" is among the "load _____" commands. Next, go down to your "binds." In this case, ^ means Control and ! means Alt, so ^f6 means Control F6 key. Personally, I choose to bind Control/Alt F1-6 to different JAs/etc for Sjugy. Like this:
Code: Select allbind ^f1 send sjugy "\/\/exec marmar.txt"

The idea is, I hit Control-F1 (^f1) and Windower runs the marmar.txt script shown above. The silly \/\/ stuff is just to make it a windower command, it translates to "//" in game. You need it before the exec. Similarly, my Cure IV "macro" is:
Code: Select allbind !f2 send sjugy "\/\/exec c4.txt"

So in order to get this working, you need spellcast running on your mule with Multisend open and the correct Binds set in your init file. I should note that it's just as possible to make this a regular macro. So if you put //send Sjugy "\/\/exec marmar.txt" in a game macro with Multisend loaded and Spellcast on the mule, it would work just fine.

I'm still figuring most of this out as I go along. I only migrated to PC in the fall, and I only really started using this system in the last few days in Tahrongi (though I've had all the macros written since the week I reactivated Sjugy). If you need anything more specific, feel free to ask me in game but be aware that I probably won't know the answer. When I have questions I just go to the BG Random question thread.

Sometimes Multisend throws errors for me as well. I find that it helps to open Multisend and click on an FFXI window.

[Atoreis]

If not, can someone explain damage spikes on Ukko's Furry between 4000-8000+ damage?

2 hits * low pDIF(and no crits) = 2000-3000^
4 hits(2xDA) * high pDIF(and crits) * crit damage bonus = 8000-10000^

^ - Those numbers are just to show the answer for question not exact numbers.

[Ocara]

I never ran into the problem you're describing, but here's a guide I wrote on my LS forums:

Spoiler: show

I'm far from an expert dualboxer, or any kind of boxer, but this is how I control Sjugy:

I use Multi-send (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6N8EI8V3) and Spellcast (check the windower site) along with a modified windower init file and a script for every set of actions I want to do. Basically, I have it set up so I can hit Control-F5 and have Sjugy follow me, or Alt-F2 for Cure 4, Alt-F5 for Paralyna, Control-F1 for double Marches, Control-F2 for March/Minuet, etc. It's like having a second macro bar that works for Sjugy. I'll say how I have it set up exactly and work through an example or two.

So, first off, extract Multisend into the same directory as windower. I'm not sure that this matters, it's just something that I did. Next, we'll write windower scripts that go in the "scripts" folder. My Cure IV script (c4.txt), for instance, is:
Code: Select allcure4 byrth;
To write a script, open Notepad, write something like that in, and save it into the scripts folder.

My double Marches+Haste (marmar.txt) script is a little more complicated (and isn't fine-tuned at all.)
Code: Select allvictorymarch;
pause 12;
advancingmarch;
pause 12;
haste byrth;

Okay, so now you have some scripts! Time to learn how to call them! Open up init.txt from the "Scripts" folder.

First, make sure "load Spellcast" is among the "load _____" commands. Next, go down to your "binds." In this case, ^ means Control and ! means Alt, so ^f6 means Control F6 key. Personally, I choose to bind Control/Alt F1-6 to different JAs/etc for Sjugy. Like this:
Code: Select allbind ^f1 send sjugy "\/\/exec marmar.txt"

The idea is, I hit Control-F1 (^f1) and Windower runs the marmar.txt script shown above. The silly \/\/ stuff is just to make it a windower command, it translates to "//" in game. You need it before the exec. Similarly, my Cure IV "macro" is:
Code: Select allbind !f2 send sjugy "\/\/exec c4.txt"

So in order to get this working, you need spellcast running on your mule with Multisend open and the correct Binds set in your init file. I should note that it's just as possible to make this a regular macro. So if you put //send Sjugy "\/\/exec marmar.txt" in a game macro with Multisend loaded and Spellcast on the mule, it would work just fine.

I'm still figuring most of this out as I go along. I only migrated to PC in the fall, and I only really started using this system in the last few days in Tahrongi (though I've had all the macros written since the week I reactivated Sjugy). If you need anything more specific, feel free to ask me in game but be aware that I probably won't know the answer. When I have questions I just go to the BG Random question thread.

Sometimes Multisend throws errors for me as well. I find that it helps to open Multisend and click on an FFXI window.

Thanks, I was following that from some other topic originally but then I kept getting exceptions. I'm gonna try setting it up again but I hate dealing with network/security/permissions issues more than any other IT problem.

[Byrthnoth]

Honestly, I probably shouldn't, but I just default to setting damned near every program I trust to "Run as Administrator" on Windows 7.

[dasva]

I recently let my sister make a char on my main account, sadly this means I now get annoying tells from people she befriended since I'm showing up on their flist. Is there a way to seperate the friends list from the 2 chars, right now it's at the point I'm telling her to stop befriending people lol is there a better way?

Actually there is sorta. You know how whenever you make a new content ID it asks you to link it to something before you even make a character? The thing you link it to is what shows up on flist. Turns out you can only link iirc 8 content IDs to 1 name so when I went mule happy for mog bonaza I found out I had to link otherwise.

Though it does do weird things like it still loads my flist from the other one but they are always shown as being offline as am I to them