Random Question Thread XXIV: #Occupy the RQT

[Septimus]

What would be the best offhand axe for war or bst? Not sure between OA2-4 and DA10.

I don't know if it is the "best", but I liked the Double Attack Axe because it has fairly high damage and the double attack means more chances for the set bonus to kick in. (Not sure how much of the Empyrean set people wear during the melee phase now, I would normally do hands, legs, and feet since I could cap haste without hands.)

[Nightfyre]

Is there a way to get my mouse arrow "un-stuck" from the FFXI window when using Windower on the test server?

[Aja]

Are Veridical Conflux in abyssea not able to be dat swapped anymore? I changed the one I found in Altana Viewer but it apparently isn't the right one anymore. Hate this lag><

[Motenten]

Yes, working on thf. It takes a lot more work to update than the others. I uploaded one with just enough to get the new weaponskill in, but the rest need tweaks as well.

Ugh. Ok, thf done and uploaded. Spreadsheet is up to 18 MB o.O

My question: Can anyone help me trim down my comprehensive weaponskill page? I wrote it so that I don't have to write a custom page for every single weaponskill; I can just tweak some values (number of hits, whether there's an offhand hit, fTP, whether it can crit, WSC mods) and it should work with any weaponskill. (I have a second, slimmer page for 1-hit weaponskills where there's no offhand hit possible.) Thf takes three times the space since I have to do SA and TA versions as well. Page size has also grown from adding Conserve TP, and from separating out multi-attack proc attempts from actual swings. Overall it's about 800k for a single non-thf weaponskill page. If anyone can figure out any significant improvements on that, I'd appreciate it.

[grevenilvec75]

I added

mouse_blockinput 1

to my init.txt and it isnt working. and when I try to type it in in-game it crashes the game. Anyone else having problems? I have the newest version of windower (didnt work with the old version I was using either)

[nitsuj]

Anyone had any awesome luck tweaking the new menu resolution settings?

[GoggleHead]

Does Double Attack affect ranged attacks? My gut tells me "no", but I want a second opinion.

[dasva]

How do the penguin and genbu jug pets stack up? On paper they look like pretty good tanks

[Davricle]

Is there any Hidden bonus from going 90>>95 on Emp, like there were for 85>>90?

[dasva]

Does Double Attack affect ranged attacks? My gut tells me "no", but I want a second opinion.

no

[Forte]

I have a trial where I need to kill 200 beetles with Ifrit. The ones in Crawler's Nest are gone. I'd rather not do pets because I always screw them up. Can anyone suggest a place to kill a lot quickly? Are there any in Abyssea?

[Radec]

CN ones are still there, just farther back and fewer of them.

Alternatively, http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Starmite

Edit: Ideas for rings on THFMule? Looks like I need to do trials for mage+2 armor so I have to gear it up now to have a melee, but rajas/epona are off the table as too much work.

Currently using 2x 5acc rings.

[dasva]

What exacly is your thf mule doing? If it's just TH meh who cares.

[Forte]

CN ones are still there, just farther back and fewer of them.

Alternatively, http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Starmite

Edit: Ideas for rings on THFMule? Looks like I need to do trials for mage+2 armor so I have to gear it up now to have a melee, but rajas/epona are off the table as too much work.

Currently using 2x 5acc rings.

The EP ones? I couldn't find them. Which map/pos?

And the Starmites are now high level.

[Radec]

For the 20k XP trials, I'm duoing as <whatever mage I'm trialing> + THF, so sadly it needs to at least be decent damage. Picked up most af3+2 from emp weapon times, assorted voidwatch stuff, just have super lame rings. Tyrant's ring will be one of them after looking on AH, others though.. I just have rajas/epona jobs, not up on what else there is.

edit2: http://www.ffxiah.com/item/11653/keen-ring good enough, was lazy of me to ask here first.

edit:

The EP ones? I couldn't find them. Which map/pos?

And the Starmites are now high level.

Secret room map, end of the far tunnel where escort NPC went.

Are the starmites themselves high level? or did you see starborers? dats still have 5 mites listed so they should be in there somewhere.

[Forte]

Secret room map, end of the far tunnel where escort NPC went.

Are the starmites themselves high level? or did you see starborers? dats still have 5 mites listed so they should be in there somewhere.

Probably the latter. Thanks.

[Pandorablue]

Couple merit questions:

For WHM+BRD onry mule, what should I do for magic skills? 3 8/8 sing/string/wind, or should I replace one of those with enhance/enfeeb? Will be using both jobs evenly.
Also, since the mule is a hume which attributes should I use merits on?

For THF group 2, I already did Ass Charge 5/5, what should I do with the other five? Feint seems useful since I plan on using THF for Dynamis mostly.

For BLU... any advice whatsoever? I only initially leveled BLU for procs/aoe burn, but I might actually use its full potential (Almace and whatnot).

[fantasticdan]

Can pup solo using valoredge + pet pdt build in a similar fashion to bst to any effectiveness?

[VZX01]

Anyone got recipe for adaman bolt?

[Darkmagi]

Is there any Hidden bonus from going 90>>95 on Emp, like there were for 85>>90?

There is no difference other than base dmg/stats going from empy 85 to 95.