Random Question Thread XXIII: Neun und Neunzig Luft RQs

[Byrthnoth]

I know you can get TP Bonus effect from offhand, but does it really stack with TP Bonus on main hand? Seems like it'd be pretty broken if that were the case.

It at least stacks with Martial Knife. I haven't tested a second TP Bonus dagger, but it probably stacks there too. It is unclear whether the ranged TP Bonus weapon would stack with Martial Knife, but I'd bet it does.

[Erkaan]

1) How much subtle blow from gear needed on NIN to cap it?
2) How do people merit BRD these days?
3) What's best mainhand katana besides Kannagi for everything? Already working on Sekka for solo/needed eva.

[Rehn]

1) How much subtle blow from gear needed on NIN to cap it?
2) How do people merit BRD these days?
3) What's best mainhand katana besides Kannagi for everything? Already working on Sekka for solo/needed eva.

NIN has V which gives 25, and the cap is 50.
My BRD has lullaby/minuet 5/5, night/troub 5/5.
I'd say WoE version just for blade: hi, with DA katana if you don't feel like dealing with randomness of coin dropping.

[Rehwyn]

Red Mage job merits? Primarily planning on using with WHM + WAR friends for cleaving and junk so I'll be getting Phalanx II, but I'm curious what other merits are generally considered worthwhile. Also, are there really any other situations RDM would be more useful than my NIN, THF, or PLD jobs or is it mostly lolRDM?

[nikia]

Martel soloed it at 90 on O.chain PLD. I'd bet two SAMs and a healer could do it as well if you're willing to 2-hour.

what about NIN WHM THF(WAR?)?

[Neisan]

Red Mage job merits? Primarily planning on using with WHM + WAR friends for cleaving and junk so I'll be getting Phalanx II, but I'm curious what other merits are generally considered worthwhile. Also, are there really any other situations RDM would be more useful than my NIN, THF, or PLD jobs or is it mostly lolRDM?

1. Put at least 1 merit in Dia 3 and Slow, put the rest however you like. I went 5/5 Convert 5/5 Ice Macc 3/5 Dia III 1/5 Slow II 1/5 Para II 5/5 Phalanx II myself.

2. Aside from VW procs/Old content/Cleave/You really have no other healer online, nothing strikes me off the top of my head.

[Skeelo]

Red Mage job merits? Primarily planning on using with WHM + WAR friends for cleaving and junk so I'll be getting Phalanx II, but I'm curious what other merits are generally considered worthwhile. Also, are there really any other situations RDM would be more useful than my NIN, THF, or PLD jobs or is it mostly lolRDM?

If you are going to be doing voidwatch just do 5/5 phalanx and 1 of each of the rest to proc. If not do 5/5 slow, if they ever fix the whole "cant land paralyze on anything that matters" then do paralyze also.

[Greatguardian]

Rdm can make itself useful in Abyssea, but only when your party already has everything it needs and lacks the people to split up (eg, WHM WAR NIN BLM BLU THF, you're the 7th and thus can't really come anything more useful without being redundant), and on NMs where triggers are unimportant. A spare Rdm can always solo/pin NMs for shit like TKH, Sisy frags, and NM-based pop items for Body seal NMs, Tahrongi, etc.

It's self-sufficient, and can solo a lot of shit, but generally you can find something more useful overall.

Went 2/5 Dia 3 for 60sec duration, 5/5 slow2, 3/5 para 2, 5/5 vert, 5/5 ice. If you do voidwatch at all, unlock all the spells at the minimum for triggers. If you do any cleaving, do Phalanx2. The only reason I don't have it is because I never do anything in groups with Rdm when I have Whm and Cor.

[Atoreis]

I forgot

Is Zanshin swing with 5/5 Ikishoten

base*stp+15*stp

or

(base+15)*stP


?

[Byrthnoth]

The second.

[dasva]

Divine might aint too hard nowadays. Saw a vid awhile back of a lvl 90 rdm soloing it without even having to die and RR back up. Think he was /sch but not sure

[dasva]

I know you can get TP Bonus effect from offhand, but does it really stack with TP Bonus on main hand? Seems like it'd be pretty broken if that were the case.

It would be if there were any ws for 1 handed weapons that were really good that had really good dmg varies tp mods. Not bad for AEing I guess

[dasva]

Has spellcast been fixed in regards to sudden lunge?

[Taint]

The second.

Acutally since the stp multiplier is fixed, they are the same either way you math it.

[Greatguardian]

I forgot

Is Zanshin swing with 5/5 Ikishoten

base*stp+15*stp

or

(base+15)*stP


?

A*X + B*X = (A+B) * X, same thing either way.

I'm assuming what you meant to ask was:

base*stp + 15 vs (base+15) * stp, in which case I believe it's the latter.

[dasva]

Well if it rounds at each step they actually might not be the same...

[Manf]

I'm having a strange issue on the laptop I play my mule on: I can't zone into abyssea attohwa. I can zone into every other abyssea and regular attohwa. Does anyone know why one zone would randomly not work? It hangs on *Downloading Data* when I try to zone in.

I don't use any DAT swaps, I can't zone in on vanilla FFXI either, I tried unloading all the plugins I use on windower, I can log into the mule on a different computer and zone into attohwa just fine, and file check says everything is fine. I am at a loss. Am I going to have to just reinstall ? Thanks in advance.

[Taint]

Where does Chione pop now?

[Koyangi]

I'm having a strange issue on the laptop I play my mule on: I can't zone into abyssea attohwa. I can zone into every other abyssea and regular attohwa. Does anyone know why one zone would randomly not work? It hangs on *Downloading Data* when I try to zone in.

I don't use any DAT swaps, I can't zone in on vanilla FFXI either, I tried unloading all the plugins I use on windower, and file check says everything is fine. I am at a loss. Am I going to have to just reinstall ? Thanks in advance.

Probably an ISP thing, this happened about 3 months ago with Bastok Mines for lots of people.

[Manf]

Probably an ISP thing, this happened about 3 months ago with Bastok Mines for lots of people.

Probably should have added that I can log into the mule on my main computer (to warp it out of attohwa) just fine, so it is probably not that. Thanks though.