Random Question Thread XXIII: Neun und Neunzig Luft RQs

[DNAval]

[QUOTE=
Your gold light abyssites will randomly bump you up 1-3 tiers so that's not really too helpful. Additionally the invisible base light bonus will differ depending on domain Op status anyway. If you're getting all big golds you won't see fragments, they only load in tier 2-3(?) golds. Small ones, in any case. Not sure what tier exactly.[/QUOTE]

so if im seeing large gold chest more often than small ones @ 8 amber that means i need 0 amber in order to farm fragments?

[Xilk]

IS there a hard cap on attack? can it only go up to 999?

If so, it will become impossible to cap attack/def ratio on many mobs.

[grevenilvec75]

Yeah i'm doing testing with atma of the cosmos right now, looks like m.dmg is the way to go.

Spoiler: show

naked, no atma, no cruor buffs.
Alacrity + Manifestation

97
97
77
48
114
89
98
84
139
103
77
62
140
83
105
115
92
102
126
129
110
89
116
82
135
117
131

avg: 102.11111



same as above but + Atma of the Cosmos



105
196
196
126
175
166
182
175
119
93
190
112
184
176
184
113
166
148
130

avg: 154.52632

EDIT: these are aspir numbers, for the record.

[Souj]

Should I level SCH as a sub for rdm, blm, and/or smn? It's 30 atm, was leveling before I quit.

[dasva]

Er were you asking if you should lvl sch as a possible sub for each of those jobs? If so yes /sch is a good replacement to /whm for rdm. About the same as /rdm for blm and smn now I think since /rdm gets convert and refresh now

[Foldypaws]

IS there a hard cap on attack? can it only go up to 999?

If so, it will become impossible to cap attack/def ratio on many mobs.

Attack and defense both go over 999, it's just the display that's capped.

[Ocara]

so if im seeing large gold chest more often than small ones @ 8 amber that means i need 0 amber in order to farm fragments?

If you're seeing large with 8 lights (which is probably not bumping you up a tier and is the same as 0 anyway) then you're better off not building too much, since it's probably starting at tier 2-3 to begin with. With 0 lights from there you'd still see large chests (when 2-3 gold abyssites proc), but the majority would be tier 2-4 (which will drop fragments somewhere in there.) Again, depends on strength of the light bonus when you start, so it'd be best to gauge by building slowly and seeing what the majority of the chests are as you go. If you start getting all big golds, start over. and farm less light.

[dasva]

What all do you get/can you do on the test server besides your normal character stuff?

[Kenshiin]

Is there a minimum level or a prerequisite to be able to do GoV? I started a 2nd account and I'm trying to get them to leech but they wont get any credit for the kills.

[dasva]

Is there a minimum level or a prerequisite to be able to do GoV? I started a 2nd account and I'm trying to get them to leech but they wont get any credit for the kills.

Well they have to get xp for the kill for it to count. So I'd guess it has to do with how much xp the mob is giving your high lvl and the ratio of it's lvl to your low one.

For example I was doing it recently with 2 accounts trying to leech. Main would get 69 xp. One leech was lvl 1 one was lvl 4. So the lvl one calculated to less than 1 xp so got none the lvl 4 got like 3 so got credit. So I'd say assuming your high lvl is 90 if your killing eps at least lvl 2 if your fighting dcs you might be able to do it at 1 not sure how much xp they give now since the super update

[Radec]

Is there a minimum level or a prerequisite to be able to do GoV? I started a 2nd account and I'm trying to get them to leech but they wont get any credit for the kills.

Edit: Today I learned something, see above and below.

[Nightfyre]

yes

thanks

[Ocara]

Lv10 minimum to leech pages.

Not true. They just need to be able to get exp from the mob being killed. Dvasa explained it correctly, if the player would get less than 1 exp than they get no credit. At the oubliette on leeches with beret on, you can start leeching as low as level 4.

[dasva]

To add in on that before when I asked and from when I saw asked before heard only page 3 of oubliette had a book close enough where the leecher can just stay at book. But found out while trying to do a like rank 2 mission and running into lvl 80 mobs (seriously wtf this is supposed to be able to be ran thru at lvl 20ish lol) you can do page 7 in outer horruto ruins at the book near the cat burglers HQ.

Note the skeletons may have to be pulled a little bit if they are at the very end of there path. And like I said all the mobs gave at least 60 xp so I'd guess a lvl 2 could probably get credit but I only tried lvl 4 and 1. Also you are already turned off by skeletons you are only fighting the war ones lol

[noodles355]

Taint, mind glancing over those gearsets for me? :<

Not a drk but looking at your TP sets, they look similar but one has 4% more haste 2% more DA and 2% more TA (Mars+AF3 legs vs blitz/calmecac)... in exchange for a bunch of attack and str (and some acc). thought that one would have been obvious?

[Obsidian]

Should I level SCH as a sub for rdm, blm, and/or smn? It's 30 atm, was leveling before I quit.

/SCH is the only sub for RDM unless you need Stona.

[Buffy]

/SCH is the only sub for RDM unless you need Stona.

To nitpick - Or Stun.

[Eldelphia]

SCH is an excellent sub for most mage jobs but you need /WHM, /BLM and /SCH for RDM. As well as stona, /SCH misses out on Viruna (but we get that post update) and curagas. Now you might laugh but you don't have enough strategems /SCH to spam AoE cures/buffs constantly, although they are handy. So I find if I have to do a ton of healing but am needed RDM rather than WHM that I prefer /WHM. As ever, shit is situational.

[Buffy]

Multi VNM questions:

Can dual-box whm + war duo Yacumama?

Each zone has two mobs, right? So like East Ronfaure should have one each of Capricornus and Yacumama up, unless one has been killed within the alst hour?

[Obsidian]

SCH is an excellent sub for most mage jobs but you need /WHM, /BLM and /SCH for RDM. As well as stona, /SCH misses out on Viruna (but we get that post update) and curagas. Now you might laugh but you don't have enough strategems /SCH to spam AoE cures/buffs constantly, although they are handy. So I find if I have to do a ton of healing but am needed RDM rather than WHM that I prefer /WHM. As ever, shit is situational.

At this point, I never find myself in the position of needing to heal more than three or four people. If they get slept I just Cure/Cure II them all awake, and if they're all dying I Cure IV spam (I don't like Accession-ing Cure IV). Curaga II has a fairly lengthy recast and you can only Divine Seal once every ten minutes. I've personally found /SCH to be the better healing sub for most things. The only time I ever really sub WHM is if I need Stona or I'm teleporting around. If RDM/SCH isn't enough healing power, someone changes to WHM before I change my sub.

Somehow, though, I did forget about Stun.