Random Question Thread XXIII: Neun und Neunzig Luft RQs

[nikia]

So i am sitting on:
250 Beastman Seals
383 Kindred Seals
800 Kindred Crests
500 H Kindred Crests

So question is what is the best BCNMs I can spam to make loot? Should I try and sell 99Orbs? Convert Seals to others for more runs, etc?

So far only really good BCNM i can find at all is KC50 Dragon Scales. If anyone can offer and advice would be grateful
Thank you for any input you all can offer.

[Atoreis]

So i am sitting on:
250 Beastman Seals
383 Kindred Seals
800 Kindred Crests
500 H Kindred Crests

So question is what is the best BCNMs I can spam to make loot? Should I try and sell 99Orbs? Convert Seals to others for more runs, etc?

So far only really good BCNM i can find at all is KC50 Dragon Scales. If anyone can offer and advice would be grateful
Thank you for any input you all can offer.

2x evasion tank (or ochain) + whm is pretty easy.

Dont buff a person who fight THF dragon because it use nullsong that will dispel all and do around 100 damage for every dispelled buff. 2 dd/tank need to stay on 2 sides of the room with WHM in center so he can cure both. You need to kill them simultaneously and I don't mean killing blow. You need to keep their HP about equal for entire fight because if one has lower HP then 2nd will get a giant boost (WAR will get damage boost up to 1200 per crit hit and THF will get evasion boost that will floor your accuracy). Look out on chaos blade from WAR.

[Diddy Kong]

Still looking for any insight into this.

Didn't look like you got an answer, but the fTP only works on the first hit. The accuracy carries over on all hits though. And the fTP is only a .1 increase. So, for example, if the case of Howling fist at 100TP exactly, you'd have a fTP thingy of 2.6 instead of 2.5. How much STR and stuff would win? Well that depends on too many things to determine. But generally the gorgets are good for non crit, single hit WS.

Please correct me if I'm wrong anyone.

[nikia]

2x evasion tank (or ochain) + whm is pretty easy.

Dont buff a person who fight THF dragon because it use nullsong that will dispel all and do around 100 damage for every dispelled buff. 2 dd/tank need to stay on 2 sides of the room with WHM in center so he can cure both. You need to kill them simultaneously and I don't mean killing blow. You need to keep their HP about equal for entire fight because if one has lower HP then 2nd will get a giant boost (WAR will get damage boost up to 1200 per crit hit and THF will get evasion boost that will floor your accuracy). Look out on chaos blade from WAR.

Thanks for tip, for the other seals i have however is there a good BCNM to spend them on? Or should i convert them to another seal or try and sell KS99 Orb?
Reason I say sell orb is simply because i read that most pickup groups fail and I have no LS.

Thanks again for any further tips on other seals/orbs

[Kamil]

Is it possible to bring 2 parties in the same Salvage zone and go from party to party to get drops?

[Prothescar]

Thanks for tip, for the other seals i have however is there a good BCNM to spend them on? Or should i convert them to another seal or try and sell KS99 Orb?
Reason I say sell orb is simply because i read that most pickup groups fail and I have no LS.

Thanks again for any further tips on other seals/orbs

If you have MNK, maybe even any other decently survivable DD, and a WHM friend you can duo Behemoth and sell the shank for 1m.

[nikia]

If you have MNK, maybe even any other decently survivable DD, and a WHM friend you can duo Behemoth and sell the shank for 1m.

Would NIN work? Or need MNKs HP boost?
How is Drop rate on shank?
Thanks again.

[Atoreis]

Would NIN work? Or need MNKs HP boost?
How is Drop rate on shank?
Thanks again.

MNK isn't needed. My friend was ok on NIN hume and NIN has pretty low HP compered to most melee. shank is 100%
Oh yeah migawari for last 1% (auto meteor much stronger then normal) and wear good mdt + shellra v obviously. In case of danger you can kite it VERY easily.

[nikia]

Thanks for all the info, I dont have a MDT set maybe it is time i start looking into one. So far I cant seem to find much, merman's rings/ear twilight neck, denali hands.
Anyone have a good/decent set i can look at, thank you like always.

[Byrthnoth]

Is it possible to bring 2 parties in the same Salvage zone and go from party to party to get drops?

If you mean "enter two of the same Salvage instance at once and trade between them like Limbus" then no, I don't think it is possible.

[Buffy]

I'm using right now. It appears that uggy pendent does not effect wildfire/quick draw when you are cor/rng? Someone please confirm or tell me what I'm doing wrong?

[Atoreis]

I'm using right now. It appears that uggy pendent does not effect wildfire/quick draw when you are cor/rng? Someone please confirm or tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Maybe you have 0/0 MP and it counts it as 100% MP which would be to much for Ugg to work?

[cdgreg]

I'm using right now. It appears that uggy pendent does not effect wildfire/quick draw when you are cor/rng? Someone please confirm or tell me what I'm doing wrong?

I'll be the guy who asks the obvious question, do you have mp merits and then triggering latent?

[Dtroyy]

How common are the PDT earrings from the Vunk quest?

bump

[Buffy]

I'll be the guy who asks the obvious question, do you have mp merits and then triggering latent?

0 mp merits, I took them out to test. However uggy has +20 mp on it, so when I equip, it should make me 0/20 on mp. This is why I'm confused it doesn't work.

[cdgreg]

0 mp merits, I took them out to test. However uggy has +20 mp on it, so when I equip, it should make me 0/20 on mp. This is why I'm confused it doesn't work.

Saw this on wiki comments
- I just tested this as COR/RNG with it unequipped Ice Shot did 202 on bats in Qufim, with it equipped and 0/20mp I did 202 damage, and with Custom M Boots and 0/32 MP I did 218. I don't think this works for COR any differently than it does for any other job. --Zagen

Looks like the MP on the piece do not count

[Buffy]

Saw this on wiki comments
- I just tested this as COR/RNG with it unequipped Ice Shot did 202 on bats in Qufim, with it equipped and 0/20mp I did 202 damage, and with Custom M Boots and 0/32 MP I did 218. I don't think this works for COR any differently than it does for any other job. --Zagen

Looks like the MP on the piece do not count

Good info. Means if I put it in macro with some augmented MAB rings from Canyon, should work. I don't have any yet, but still good info.

[Souj]

So assuming I'm a competent lv90 rdm and smn, will I be able to solo all of the NMs I need for the seals for AF3+1? If it helps, I have Crimson Cuisses.

[Gokulo]

Could have problems with a few... And generally I think it's a waste of time - long/hard fights and drops w/o stagger suck :<

[noodles355]

Few pages late but heaps of Carabosse info:

Can Carabosse be duo'd by nin and whm? Or even thf and whm?

Farmed, popped and killed easilly thf+whm duo. Should get 2-3 pops off per 120min. Get azure on flys, get pearl on pixies, if you're lucky you can farm TEs and stay longer.

Easily. Should probably bring Whm/rdm to dispel shit though.

Or Whm/Sch.

I'd say /blm and stun. Easy, but still has a small chance of getting fucked. Lack of dispel sucks, but it's not that bad.

Don't need stun. MDT set + Shellra5 + Solace Cureskin is enough to eat his nukes head on with no danger. He's really stupid easy. Dispel everything including pro/shell/regen (autumn) just so if he uses Summer, you don't have to dispel a bunch of shit to finally get to his regain. Also Aura Stealing his Regain is baller, it's 10tick.

Another question about Carabosse, anyway to deal with the damage reduction after 2 hour? Seems like it will take awhile to duo after bene.

Takes maybe takes me 15-20 min, but I don't use the best dmg dagger combo (Twilight+Auric for TP drain/subtle blow). And my thf WS gear is very mediocre.

NIN+WHM or THF+WHM can kill Cara fine, it'll just take awhile. I forget what phase it is, but one of them can be a pain and can easily kill you. I think it's either BLM or whatever does breakga->BLM. Tornado/TornadoII/ hurt

None of his phases should easilly kill you.

Whichever mode is the one that dispels>Tornado 2 is quite a pain in the ass. Easily 1 shotted w/o dispel even with 3.2k HP.

I've never been one-shotted by Carabosse. If he dispells shell, recast it immidiately. If he dispells shadows or starts casting aga, throw a C6 cureskin up and follow up with C5 to heal. If he dispels baraera and casts aga, throw a cureskin up then wait for him to cast a single-target nuke, run in and reapply. If he dispels auspice, do the same as baraera or just wait for him to change to a different form.

Healing is never a problem on Cara, in fact I keep Dark Arts up most of the time for Dispel. Only really light arts for Blm phase incase need to spam some cureskins/cures.
Spring is a joke season. He can cast Break/Paralyze/Silence/Slow -gas, but if you keep your whm out of aoe range all it does is wipe shadows, which doesn't matter because he has pretty crap accuracy.
Autumn just dispel regen/pro/shell, also a complete joke.
Summer: Dispel regain immidiately (the reason why you dispel all his other pro/shell/regen crap). The mute JA doesn't do more than a C5 can fix, if you're worried about him switching to blm afterwards and AM2ing you while you can't cast shadows then just turn. With no regain, not hitting you (poor acc), and not getting hit, he wont get enough TP to change season while you wait for mute. If he full dispells, then just turn and reapply all buffs, again he wont get enough TP to change season without regain.
Winter is the worst one, but to be completely honest, Shellra5, MDT set and Solace C6 cureskin makes it pretty easy too.

The only time I've ever had trouble with Carabosse was when someone else made theirs Benediction mine again (despite my best efforts to move far away from the ???s, and that's just because the bene seemed to lock him in Blm mode untill about 10% and he liked to spam aga a lot. But again I was never close to dying or running out of MP. C6 cureskin + MDT set + Shell + Baraera stops them being overly dangerous. I don't even use proper healing atmas on the whm (And had Sea Daughter with it's slow+) and it's a mule so it's got very NQ gear and no TotM Cure staff or AF3+2s.

I guess it's easier 2boxing than duoing with a whm friend, but if they're a good whm and you communicate well to know what got dispelled on winter breeze, it shouldn't be hard at all.