Random Question Thread XXIV: #Occupy the RQT

[Khajit]

Shijin is more or less the same as stringing pummel except stringing has more epeen highs. Once I have Vsmite im removing shijin merits personally. With impetus down Shijin beats smite but at that point I'd rahter boost a different job which gains from a new one than 20~ extra ws damage for mnk.

[Kipling]

Few THF WS gear questions for anyone who might know: (This is all for Mercy Stroke)

Neck: Justicar's or Gorget?
Waist: Prosilio? Not sure if it's worth the -DA or not, but I assume it probably is.
Legs: Heca +1 or STR subligar? (Don't have Aello legs yet.)
Body: Ocelomeh or N body? (Don't have Toci's yet.)

[Mrp]

Yesterday, i completed Aht Urhgan Mission. When it was time to collect the ring during the CS at the door i said choose later. Now i can't get it back and i have done all CS...

wiki saying "To reacquire the reward, speak with the NPC Nadeey in Walahra Temple (Aht Urhgan Whitegate, J-7) without any of the above items in your ownership"

But Nadeey don't say anything.

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Ah...mpress_Crowned

ok nevermind , i can get ring at the door ><

[noodles355]

Are you sure all the gear on the jump pages is the same for both sets? But you can check the WS page for the WS you're using and see if Cell J7 has the same value as cell J 540 (Those are the avg TP/WS entries for WS sets 1 and 2)

The jump gear is slightly different, but the numbers I posted were the WS Dmg only numbers. How would jump changes affect it? (not arguing, genuine question)

[dasva]

What jump gear changes? Also you said they have different tp sets... does that include rose set 1 and rose set 2?

[Septimus]

Elshena the best skill up food to cap combat skills to 99? I feel skill ups are a little slow sometimes with this, and wondered if there was another tier of skill up food I was unaware of.

https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Category:Skill_Up_Food

The problem is that this is so hard to test that it will be nearly impossible to get a straight answer unless it is from Square-Enix.

Benediction normally heals for a maximum amount of WHM HP*2 (I think?) With the Briault I heard it heals full every time. That could be wrong, but it's something related to that.

Can always try with a WHM without cruor buffs and see how much benediction does to someone who used a brew.

Does having synergy skill help with sky gear augmenting at all? Or is it not worth skilling just for augmenting.

I believe that it has been stated that higher skill increases the chance of high quality results for the augments.

[dasva]

Also with low skill you might have a hard time even completeing the synth. Though only the person taking actions synergy skill matters

[noodles355]

What jump gear changes? Also you said they have different tp sets... does that include rose set 1 and rose set 2?

The jump changes are Hagneia/Thew, Tyrant/Pyrosoul and Hyoui/Lancer Torque. The TP sets were a 5hit with Rose and 6hit with Sword. The WS sets are identical. Was intrigued that WS Dmg results were slightly different so plugged in Rose Strap into the 6hit. Numbers for WS Dmg as above, and I got confused, so came here!

(Trying to see how much better 5hit is than 6hit, and then find the best way for me to 5hit (OAT Lance))

[dasva]

Just at a glance it appears there are significant tp gain differences which would probably account for it. Which ws?

[cdgreg]

I believe that it has been stated that higher skill increases the chance of high quality results for the augments.

Seconding this, I've seen quite a few lsmates try to augment with lower skill and fail miserably HQ rate wise, when I help on the other hand the rate is much more "normal."

[noodles355]

Just at a glance it appears there are significant tp gain differences which would probably account for it. Which ws?

Drakesbane. If it is just because of TP overflow then that's cool, just I remember there being a bug within the Thf xml.

Just trying to figure out how best to 5hit this thing. Setup I'm looking at atm involves Rose/Hagneia AF3+2/Houyi/Dragonkin/Brutal AF3+2/Dusk+1/Tyrant/Rajas Atheling/Bullwhip/4% Bestia/AF3+2. But mostly interested to see how switching around stuff for one/some of zelus/goading/aces would be any better/worse, or using extra STP in WS gear like tyrant/hagneia. Just spam traded some trophies for the haste legs, they'll make do until I get off my ass and farm aces. I'm guessing with OAT, being at 26% (+att/dex/blahblah) will be pretty equal 25% with the DA/TA of calmecac? Or not far enough behind anyway to justify 2mil maybe, especially when I'll have to buy Hagneia/Tyrant ._.

[Cairthenn]

Trying to add crysta for one of my mule accounts, and it's rejected two credit cards and PayPal. It's not a matter of insufficient funds in the slightest. Is UltimatePay down, or am I missing something? :\ I really don't want to do Click and Buy..

[Kipling]

Click and buy has never given me any issues.

[Ephidel]

Had a post in here like two days ago which got answered very well (thanks!), and I have a few more questions, mostly concerning MNK.

1) From 75-99, what's sort of the best gear progression as far as MNK stuff goes? I see a lot of buyables past 90 that look useful, and the Tantra +2 set is droolworthy. Is Usukane still good at 99? This leads me to my next question, though, which is probably dumb, but:
2) Is MNK's (or most DDs, really) priority still Haste? There are some awesome pieces I see past 90, but sometimes they don't have Haste. Is that as critical as it once was? (I'm coming from 2009, btw)
3) Is NIN still the best sub until 99? Or is DNC better? Or even WAR somehow?
4) Has a viable Kick Attacks onry build ever... worked? I always wanted to experiment when Footwork was introduced, but there wasn't a lot of Kick Attack gear at the time.
5) Is Glanzfaust / Veret;asldjgery easier to get than Spharai? I've heard you can farm Dynamis with a party once a day now pretty much. Is it a lot less agonizing to get a relic these days?

Thanks again, and sorry for so many questions!

[noodles355]

1) Leveling 75-99 will go very quick. The only thing slowing you down will be limit break quests. If you don't mind someone posting you in the gimp thread you might aswell blitz to 99 before going after gear. Exp is so easy, it might be worth leveling a speciailst abyssea job to help you farm certain things. I leveled War purely for red procs in abyssea and don't regret it one bit.
2) Yes, haste. Those awesome haste-less DD pieces would probably be great for WS. Gear swaps etc.
3) War was always the strongest sub. What does /nin offer you besides shadows? Nothing. It was just hard to support /War. But with limitless MP in abyssea, fanatics drinks in voidwatch, and 90% of everything else conning EM or lower, that in't much of an issue anymore.
4) I believe with an OA2-4 Magian H2H it can work, though not as strong as normal punching build.
5) Relic is easy, just might take a while depending on gil flow. Verethangra isn't hard, it's just annoying without a group to hold KIs. Mythic... well... 30,000 alexandrite, 10-15k each, hardly anyone doing salvage, I'll let you figure that out.

[Haborym]

Which food is best for melee skill ups?

[Aja]

I want to add a voidwatch gear set for my ws. what would the rule be to do so?

<if Type = "WeaponSkill">
            <if spell="Ukko's Fury">
                <if area="Abyssea*">
				<if buffactive="Berserk">
                    <equip when="precast" set="BerserkUkko" />
                </if>
				<else>
					<equip when="precast" set="Ukko" />
				</else>
				</if>
                <else>
				<if buffactive="Berserk">
					<equip when="precast" set="Berserkoutside" />
				</if>
				<else>
                    <equip when="precast" set="outside" />
                </else>
				</else>
            </if>
            <if spell="Fell Cleave|King's Justice">
                <equip when="precast" set="ws" />
            </if>
        </if>

What would I need to add?

[Nattack]

Valor cape any good? i just found one in Dyna - bubu bst solo and the stats look like they could be great - but i know not about pld.

[Nattack]

I want to add a voidwatch gear set for my ws. what would the rule be to do so?

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<if Type = "WeaponSkill">
<if spell="Ukko's Fury">
<if area="Abyssea*">
<if buffactive="Berserk">
<equip when="precast" set="BerserkUkko" />
</if>
<else>
<equip when="precast" set="Ukko" />
</else>
</if>
<else>
<if buffactive="Berserk">
<equip when="precast" set="Berserkoutside" />
</if>
<else>
<equip when="precast" set="outside" />
</else>
</else>
</if>
<if spell="Fell Cleave|King's Justice">
<equip when="precast" set="ws" />
</if>
</if>

What would I need to add?

I don't know if its possible in spellcast, so i'm just tossing this out there, but you would need to check "buffactive" for the voidwatch/abyssea status, and do another check for which area you're in.

so,
if (buffactive="moonicon") {
if (area="abyssea*") {[load abyssea set]} else {[load voidwatch set]}

you could maybe escape that with.

<if buffactive="moonicon">
	<if area="Abyssea*">
		<equip yourabysseaset/>
	<else>
		<equip yourvoidwatchset/>
	</if>
<else>
	<equip yournonatmaset/>
</if>

perhaps someone could fill in the blanks for me (particularly the name of the buff that denotes voidwatch)

apologies that it isnt a definite answer, i just like such puzzles

edit: apologies for double post, thought i hit edit post

[Lorax]

Is there a Kirschy flag? I need a way to track down someone to help me test my abyss sollerets +2 with "enhances desperate blows" effect.

Any ideas anyone? I'm 5/5 merited into it atm, should I drop a tier and try to track my delay?