Random Question Thread XXIII: Neun und Neunzig Luft RQs

[arshesney]

i should of been more clearer in the question, sorry about that. what i meant was, should i be using vulcans staff /war or /sam for gandiva/annihilator or are there better options now?

Carabineer's dagger + Carabinier's axe gives you +2 atk, +5 skill, 4 stp over vulcan (if you can dual wield), dagger alone is 2 atk gain.
I think Mekki shakki also an option for your x-hit build.

[Bigsyke]

Carabineer's dagger + Carabinier's axe gives you +2 atk, +5 skill, 4 stp over vulcan (if you can dual wield), dagger alone is 2 atk gain.
I think Mekki shakki also an option for your x-hit build.

Dual wielding yataghan and oneiros will give you a solid 16% crit DMG increase.

[cdgreg]

It's been way too long to remember this...

Can I work on fishing GP and GP from another craft at the same time?

[evilpaul]

I'm pretty sure no.

[cdgreg]

I'm pretty sure no.

I didnt *think* so either, but was hoping lol

[Counterfeit]

I use Xbox to play FFXI. I'm unable to get passed the "Verifying Playonline ID and password" part when I sign in. The only difference that has occurred is that I went from living at home to living at a college campus. Is this an issue of my xbox ID needing to be unlinked or something?

[Selamis]

I use Xbox to play FFXI. I'm unable to get passed the "Verifying Playonline ID and password" part when I sign in. The only difference that has occurred is that I went from living at home to living at a college campus. Is this an issue of my xbox ID needing to be unlinked or something?

Have you been playing all this time or recently coming back after time away? If you're just coming back, you're going to need to transfer your PlayOnline account over to a Square Enix account and change payments before it'll let you back on the game. Or is this a different error, like it timed out?

[Counterfeit]

I transferred it a week ago. I bought the Crysta and stuff. It just keeps going and going trying to verify ID and password. Never before was the "Cancel" button able to light up and be selectable, but now it is.

Could there be a finalyzing step I missed that would cause this error?

[DNAval]

how often does Apademak drop 2 horns without TH?

[TacoTaru]

The only times I've had problems like that are slowed internet connection (it times out) or places that don't allow online games to be played (my work for example). And as far as it being finalized, you should be good as long as you got the email they send you ~5min after you finalize. So I dunno :/

[xerodok]

how often does Apademak drop 2 horns without TH?

Just as often as any other empyrean upgrade mob.

[Counterfeit]

I did get the email confirming my successful transfer. Is it possible that the school is blocking connection to their server? I am, however, able to connect to xbox live's servers.

If the school blocks me from logging into SE's server, then why are people logging in to play WoW? So, I really don't know if that really is the issue.

[cdgreg]

Grip is ~50% with TH6+, tomes are 100%.

Thanks, I imagine I should have asked this in the previous post but...minimum setup to actually kill the arch goblin golem? And anything special I should know beforehand?

[DNAval]

Just as often as any other empyrean upgrade mob.

The reason i ask is because Glavoid for example will hardly drop 2 without TH as opposed to Itz and Sobek for example, at least in my experience lvl85 upgrade items drop in 2's more commonly than lvl 80.

First lvl 90 mob i do.

[Radec]

Thanks, I imagine I should have asked this in the previous post but...minimum setup to actually kill the arch goblin golem? And anything special I should know beforehand?

Seismostomp *hurts* - melee/nin or ochain, stuns to block as many as possible to allow for recasts. I imagine 6 could probably do it, dd/nin dd/nin brd whm blm (SMN, RNG, out of range dps) but the hard part isn't the boss, but the WHM/THF goblin NM for tomes - can bene repeatedly even after trigger, and bomb toss is ~800-1000 damage, so your best bet is triggering at 50% or lower then killing it before trigger wears - also it has great evasion. I'd be most comfortable with 10+ people here, 2 stuns to block bomb tosses, 1 as rdm/blm to chainspell stun it if you can't kill before trigger wears. Otherwise just normal WHM BRD DD(high acc) at it. You can't really stand out of range without a serious pull (Maat > front of palace) so make sure everyone is shelled/barfira'd just in case a toss gets off.

[Churchill]

I've never done level 90's without TH, seems pretty silly considering the cost of some of the popsets. With TH, they usually average 5 items for 3 pops for me.

[TacoTaru]

The reason i ask is because Glavoid for example will hardly drop 2 without TH as opposed to Itz and Sobek for example, at least in my experience lvl85 upgrade items drop in 2's more commonly than lvl 80.

First lvl 90 mob i do.

All the 90s I've killed (Orthrus, Alftard, Azdaja, Dragua) all seem to be fairly consistent in their drop rates. That being said, I'm convinced one of the ??? for Cara is either made to drop less or hates my group since we're 55 gems into killing her and only maybe 6 have doubled (one of those doubles getting lost because the guy wasn't paying attention); rest have been singles <_<.

[Chun Liroy]

http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/228981
http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/228980
http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/228511
http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/228604

How do those look?

[Churchill]

Lost links for COR QD/Wildfire/LS calculator, anyone have?

[Eldelphia]

Looking for a good zone/mob outside abyssea to cap marksmenship 225>335 on cor. Bonus points if whm mule can melee and close SC for retribution WSNM points. If someone knows of a great camp in Abyssea, willing to do that, simply don't want to zone for time is all.

I almost capped (got bored) on worms in Ulguerand Abyssea. You could check out the new high level worms inside Dangruf Wadi - but not sure what they con as a 90.
THere are also worms in Latheine but NM pops in them. UR is nice because of the martello.