Random Question Thread XXIII: Neun und Neunzig Luft RQs

[NynJa]

I don't know if they changed it but I was dboxing a friend's thf and I was on WHM. I couldn't kill the adds, and I think I had 8 up at one time lol... This was a while back (Feb/March?). Went on to finish the Fistule part of my club just fine.

I 3boxed all my Fistules, never ever ever saw more than 2. I just supertanked them; they never did a joint fluid spread and split further, nor did I even bother killing them so more spawn that way.

[TSFFXI]

Is the proc rate for haste on Oynos Knife reasonable? It would be nice to have haste for NIN solo situations where a monster hits hard and accurately enough to make EVA useless, but every second with it equipped is a second without Hocho's fast cast.

[DNAval]

I just had the weirdest thing happen to me..... I Blade: Hi and Leviathan came out of the ground instead of my golden dragon..

Has that happend to anyone? The weirdest shit is I'm not the only one that saw it, 2 LS mates and my wife on her computer saw it.

[Kuishen]

I just had the weirdest thing happen to me..... I Blade: Hi and Leviathan came out of the ground instead of my golden dragon..

Has that happend to anyone? The weirdest shit is I'm not the only one that saw it, 2 LS mates and my wife on her computer saw it.

That's fucking awesome.

[Ihina]

So what's the general consensus of things regarding the THF job, sneak attack, and the AF3+2 hands?

I'm not all that great doing the math, so I'll post the results of my little test to see if it lines up. Target was beetles in Sauromugue Champaign.

Weapon: 95 Mandau (dmg:53)
Total dex: 91 + 8 = 99dex
(I only had the af3+2 hands on)

616;582;640;584;561;642;621;623;584;622;634;634;63 8;606;604;631

max 642
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Same weapon, same dex total but without the af3+2 hands; I switched to Cuchulain's belt+Hollow earring for the same +8dex.

525;561;535;539;572;555;533;563;527;523;569;567;56 3;507;507;558

max: 569


Edit: And this part became meaningless.

[Byrthnoth]

Anyone know if Ix'DRG is duoable with NIN+WHM straight tanking it and his pets? Anything special I should know about it also?
thanks for the info

The Wyverns can Virelai you, so make sure your WHM has movement speed. Also, the pets TP at the same time as the Ix', which can add up (3x breaths) if you aren't careful. He resummons them, so it might be safest to melee them all down to very low HP so their breaths do shit damage and then take out the Ix. It will be a quick fight, so they might not use Virelai, but it's unlikely that you'll be able to keep shadows up all the time so they might get a Charm off.

[wop]

With the introduction of Tyrant's ring, so ideal TP for war now is ditch goading for ninurta, and swap blitz for Tyrant?

[Khory]

What weapons should a BLU be carrying around, if hes not making Almace?

[Neisan]

What weapons should a BLU be carrying around, if hes not making Almace?

STR/AGI Shamshir (for evasion setup)/(DEX Shamshir for accuracy/Isador) and work on Baudelaire.

[catfat]

For SCH +2 gear that enhances stratagem buffs, do I need to have them equipped prior to using the stratagem, or just ensure they're equipped before the spell goes of?

Trying to rework some of my macros but I never bothered looking into the specifics as to how that gear operates.

You don't need to have them on using the stratagem but you do during the casted spell.

[Xera]

Edit: Nevermind, BLU thread read my mind. <_<;

Is there any testing on how the 'Additional Effect: STAT down+15' Magian weapons work?

[clobetasol]

war/sam for widowmaker how much stp do i need for 5 hit, also should i be going for a 5 or 6 hit , not too familiar with this kind of stuff, thanks in advance

[GoggleHead]

What are the stats on the Store TP Stingray +3?

[Byrthnoth]

All of the trials are updated on bgwiki.

D117, STP+13, 492 delay

[Selamis]

Couple questions:

1. For brown chest farming GoV for the skillup ring and earrings, is there any sort of trick in opening chests easier, or is it pretty much just random luck and hope you guess right?

2. Just beat Shinryu last night for the first time with the help of ls members and now have the tasking of collecting atmas to use to brew and farm him since I need quite a few items from Shinryu, but also future nms for empy farming. I was told that when you brew you use elemental ws and not physical ones so my question being, if I'm either on drk, war, pld, or whm...what ws are best to use and which atmas will boost their damage output the most? Most weapons are anywhere from 330 skill to lv 90 skill cap (forget number) except for staff (295), club (270), polearm (230ish), and dagger (200ish).

I know people that I've seen brew with cataclysm from staff, but not sure if that's one of the better ones to use or if there is something better to use.

[Kuishen]

Couple questions:

1. For brown chest farming GoV for the skillup ring and earrings, is there any sort of trick in opening chests easier, or is it pretty much just random luck and hope you guess right?

Only advice I know of (and this is personal experience), is that when you get 2 similar clues back to back, they are for both separate numbers.

Example: Clue #1 The first digit is even.
Clue #2 One of the digits is 6.

The above example /most likely/ means that the second digit is 6 and not the first. At least based on my experience with the fuckers. Other than that there really isn't a trick to them.

[TSFFXI]

Couple questions

1. You can guess smartly, but there isn't a method which guarantees you'll succeed in opening the chest.
2. A quick aside: it's not worth it to solo Shinryu for items if you can find a few friends to help you. You're much more likely to see a drop if you have triggered the blue !! and you've stuck TH on it.
Don't sweat brewing Shinryu; it's really easy. Shortly after returning from a break, I brewed Shinryu with Hexa Strike as WHM using only Razed Ruins and Gnarled Horn.
For brewing in general, elemental weaponskills can be much stronger than physical ones. I believe these are considered good atma set ups.
Cataclysm (PLD, WAR, WHM): Smiting Blow (Ironclad Smiter -- Altepa), Cosmos (Iratham -- Tahrongi), Ultimate (Ultima -- Temenos).
Aeolian Edge (you'll need to sub THF, RDM, NIN, BRD, DNC, or RNG): Smiting Blow, Gales (Alkonost -- Konschtat), Ultimate. (You'll need 90-100 more dagger skill to unlock Aeolian Edge)

If you intend to get the items solo, you can try going as WHM during blunt weakness hours. Sub THF for treasure hunter. Some people have suggested buffing, using a TP item, and hoping that you get a hint from the first weaponskill before using your brew. I've never had a lot of luck doing this.

[Selamis]

I wasn't planning on soloing but just going either with ls, friends, or pickup shout groups. I just assumed people brewed him to make it faster after getting blue and wanted to be prepared in case that was the deal (like pug: get blue and then each person rotates brewing for an item or whatever.) Thanks for the advice!

[evilpaul]

Shin seems to take half damage from Cata (or when you heal him it heals for 2x?). In any case AE does far better damage in my experience with it.

[Darkmagi]

Does anyone else have a problem with their game constantly just freezing/skipping for like half a second every few seconds? I never had this problem until the servers came back up from the earthquake stuff. Really beginning to aggravate me and no idea how to fix it.