Random Question Thread XXIII: Neun und Neunzig Luft RQs

[Avarice]

What's the range on Nightmare (specifically from Maere)?

[Churchill]

What are people brewing him with? (don't have WF) Might be a fun mob to waste all my cruor on.

12k is a little high unless a lot of things fall into play and you have an AE oriented brew gearset.

7-9k is more normal and takes more than twice as long to brew as Dragua does with AE. He's not bad, but brewing 9 with AE won't happen lol.

[Aja]

Since my use of search fails, a Light Earring with Crit. Hit Rate +1% can replace which earring? Possibly for NIN or WAR or MNK?

[Zerk]

BST merits?

[Minimax]

Tips for Azdaja, other than Brewing it?? He's like, the only thing we can't figure out atm :/

The way I did it was with DNC THF WHM BLM BLU. DNC tanks it from behind, spike flail isn't bad at all with fan dance and shadows, but other tanks should be fine. If it dispels the DNCs cruor buffs, THF can steal hate and DNC can warp to conflux 1 and get them back. If you position him right the mages can stand out of range of spike flail and still be able to reach the mob and the tank. The spot is right by the flux, it's on an incline so if the mages get way up against the wall you can get high enough to avoid it. Our gear wasn't even near perfect, and no empyreans.

[Ratatapa]

Would it be a waste of time to try to solo DNC feet in vunkerl?

I know i need about cap pearl and amber to get good rates

[Draylo]

Would it be a waste of time to try to solo DNC feet in vunkerl?

I know i need about cap pearl and amber to get good rates

Are you talking about the base af3 feet or seals? If base af3 feet you don't cap amber for that, just get a little and solo it by killing mobs.

[Colenzo]

find a group cleaving for KIs and try to get them that way

[Davricle]

Looking for a viable Pande Warden strategy for level 90. Anyone have experience with it lately?

[cdgreg]

Looking for a viable Pande Warden strategy for level 90. Anyone have experience with it lately?

Whatever the strategy I'd save that shit for a couple weeks while people get their main jobs to 95.

[Nightfyre]

Tips for Azdaja, other than Brewing it?? He's like, the only thing we can't figure out atm :/

Quite easy to tail-tank as NIN, can solo tank it without issue even if cruor buffs get dispelled. Cast shadows mid-aga (good practice regardless, but if your NIN isn't already doing so this would be a good time to start), should never get a chance to hit you. I do generally use Dark Depths instead of Apoc in case cruor buffs get dispelled but you could probably do it with Apoc. Quick Magic proc during an aga would be kind of annoying though. WHM cures from out of party.

[Gustave]

What's the range on Nightmare (specifically from Maere)?

Kept my mage at 20' . He'll randomly draw in your mage then nightmare and kill everyone slowly after.

[Sylvrdragon]

Not a question, but a couple things I learned the last couple days that I found very interesting (and I assume others will as well). First off, there are big mimics in Abyssea:



A friend told me he found one once that beat the living shit out of him and I didn't believe him. Now I know.

Second: Twilight Scythe isn't some retarded special effect that makes it go through damage resistances... it's just Magic Damage. Fought Hyperion in Apollyon NE (who is immune to Magical Damage), and the DRK that I was with was using Twilight Scythe and hitting for 0. I'm sure there are other tests that could be done to confirm it, but I don't actually care enough to bother. Just thought I'd point such inclined people in the right direction.

[Darkmagi]

Did it drop anything?

[dasva]

Probably just a whm

[Alkimi]

Whatever the strategy I'd save that shit for a couple weeks while people get their main jobs to 95.

We're doing the same. We had 12 people for it in total and everything but the final form is ridiculously easy but we decided not to try and do the final zerg with just 3 DDs. PW's final form is lvl 99 or something so 95 cap should make it much safer.

[barber2006]

Is there a good filter guide somewhere out there? I've never had any problems, but this week on Moira thousand spears wasn't showing in log (although drain whip was). Also, none of Hahava's TP moves were registering in the log. The other stunner said he had nothing but damage filtered and couldn't read any of his TP moves in the log so we were just stunning the animation.

[Renzy]

What's the range on Nightmare (specifically from Maere)?

The range on Nightmare is 20, and it can randomly draw party members in.
Keeping your WHM outside of the party will stop them from getting drawn in though.

[Chun Liroy]

Quite easy to tail-tank as NIN, can solo tank it without issue even if cruor buffs get dispelled. Cast shadows mid-aga (good practice regardless, but if your NIN isn't already doing so this would be a good time to start), should never get a chance to hit you. I do generally use Dark Depths instead of Apoc in case cruor buffs get dispelled but you could probably do it with Apoc. Quick Magic proc during an aga would be kind of annoying though. WHM cures from out of party.

Azdaja dispels cruor buffs with dispel, its TP move dispels atma, not cruor. Front tanked it on war after brew wore off (@45%~) (I kill 3.5 easily. Pretty much 3 shot it with Ukko's. Poorly managed brew since we only had 3 to do anyways (then pulled deelgeed and did another, lol). Whms need poison pots, otherwise it is cake. Favors breath a lot and it's kinda squishy. Got it to 70% before grellow and TH could be procced lol. Never once saw it cast dispel, despite them all being brewed. Atma dispel only lengthens the fight, doesn't really do any danger.

[Rune]

Is Rose strap required to have a true 5-hit on Masamune? I'm trying to put together a working set w/o gimping slots. Any suggestions?

TP:

Masa/Pole/x/Thew
Unkai+2/Unkai/Kemas/Brutal
Unkai+2/Dusk+1/Hoard/Rajas
Atheling/Bullwhip/Unkai+2/Ace's