Random Question Thread XXIV: #Occupy the RQT

[Fereydoon]

How often are Conflux 7 battles? Meaning when one ends, how long until another one starts? Got lots of coins to collect and need to plan out my time.

Cooldown should be 15 minutes. They never seem to take more than 10ish to complete on Shiva, last time I was in WoE.

[dasva]

Does anyone know of any way to get out of a nation mission?

[fatty]

Any suggestions on PUP merits? Or at least some kind of direction to go in.

[NynJa]

Here's a Random Question:

What's the secret to Vadleany? The Ladybug in Abyssea-Altepa. Is Spiral Burst really random damage or am I missing something here. Based on day/night? /confused.

no clue but when I went to fight it, I got beat down so fuckin fast...95% and I wiped. Makes Rani look like a joke.

I just did other NM's for seals tbh.

[Seraph]

Here's a Random Question:

What's the secret to Vadleany? The Ladybug in Abyssea-Altepa. Is Spiral Burst really random damage or am I missing something here. Based on day/night? /confused.

I remember being told back in the day that the number of enfeebles on it determined the damage of its Spiral Burst damage, but I have not personally fought it enough to be able to say that for sure. When we fought it back in the day we had a Ninja tanking it (No Flash) and just nuked it into the ground ASAP.

[dasva]

I remember being told back in the day that the number of enfeebles on it determined the damage of its Spiral Burst damage, but I have not personally fought it enough to be able to say that for sure. When we fought it back in the day we had a Ninja tanking it (No Flash) and just nuked it into the ground ASAP.

YEah wiki used to say that... but after fighting it a few times we'd notice dmg seemed to have nothing to do with enfeebles on it. We ended up just using 2 evasion tanks and a blu/thf to bring it down quick. Start fight off with CDC SA benthic and bam it'd be at 70% or so lol.

[Diddy Kong]

Any suggestions on PUP merits? Or at least some kind of direction to go in.

I personally went with

Group 1: 5/5 Magic 5/5 Melee

Group 2: Role Reversal 1, Ventriloquy 1, Fine-Tuning 3, and Optimization 5.

[eotfofyl]

Found out some file are corrupted through file check but it doesnt seem to want to fix them. It says it fixes the, but when i run the file check again its the same 367 files. Is there any reason not to delete the files or the whole folders (rom5 and 6) and run the file check again and to see if it will just re-download them?

[Septimus]

Found out some file are corrupted through file check but it doesnt seem to want to fix them. It says it fixes the, but when i run the file check again its the same 367 files. Is there any reason not to delete the files or the whole folders (rom5 and 6) and run the file check again and to see if it will just re-download them?

Check file never seems to work properly, for me at least. Any time I try to do the check update trick I have to remember to put the file back that I removed to initiate it because the update will never ever replace it. If you know that the bad files are localized in a few folders or Roms, ask someone you know to zip those files for you so you can replace them manually. The only other thing I can suggest is a full reinstall. (You might be able to DL the stuff from here, might contain the files you need actually...) At least this is my experience with using check file.

[Kipling]

From the searching I have done I am still unsure:

Saltena = Offensive combat or just below 170?

Same question but a little different for Elshena.

Thanks.

[eotfofyl]

Check file never seems to work properly, for me at least. Any time I try to do the check update trick I have to remember to put the file back that I removed to initiate it because the update will never ever replace it. If you know that the bad files are localized in a few folders or Roms, ask someone you know to zip those files for you so you can replace them manually. The only other thing I can suggest is a full reinstall. (You might be able to DL the stuff from here, might contain the files you need actually...) At least this is my experience with using check file.

Deleted both folders, downloaded the files (from your link) and replaced the rom folders, ran file check, still over 300 errors. Im out of ideas and really dont want to reinstall but it looks i dont have any option.

I failed to mention the whole reason i did a file check was due me not being able to see chigoes after installing ffxi on new machine.

[fatty]

I personally went with

Group 1: 5/5 Magic 5/5 Melee

Group 2: Role Reversal 1, Ventriloquy 1, Fine-Tuning 3, and Optimization 5.

Sounds good to me. Thanks!

[NynJa]

when duoing Izgebind, why do people have whm drop pt? Wouldnt being on hate list still cause wing/flail to hit them?

[grevenilvec75]

when duoing Izgebind, why do people have whm drop pt? Wouldnt being on hate list still cause wing/flail to hit them?

Flail only hits ppl in alliace regardless of hate.

If i had to guess i'd say it's becuase of Dragon's Aery shenanigans.

Dunno about wing.

[Septimus]

Deleted both folders, downloaded the files (from your link) and replaced the rom folders, ran file check, still over 300 errors. Im out of ideas and really dont want to reinstall but it looks i dont have any option.

I failed to mention the whole reason i did a file check was due me not being able to see chigoes after installing ffxi on new machine.

Well, if both machines are PCs and they both have all of the same expansions, you could always overwrite the bad files with copies from the good instillation. Beyond that you will probably have to reinstall. (But at least you have the updates from the torrent.)

[Mohit]

How hard do you guys feel Apademak would be for the average dual boxer without brew?

I read the wiki from GE/BG/Wikia and I think it's definitely possible. But is it really tough now at 95 or just medium level difficulty?

[Septimus]

when duoing Izgebind, why do people have whm drop pt? Wouldnt being on hate list still cause wing/flail to hit them?

Flail will not hit outside of alliance for sure with Azdaja, so I am guessing that wing is the same. The paralyze effect on Izgebind's wing can be a game killer, so avoiding it would be an easy way to make the fight less terrible.

[Mrp]

How many time/runs it takes to farm 30 coin of advacement with 4 players? I only tryed walk of echoes once ( crab T1 )
We did'nt got any coins with party setup ( blm whm monk thf ). Which job setup is the best for this?
Which conflux you suggest to farm at? Any info would help thx!

[dasva]

How hard do you guys feel Apademak would be for the average dual boxer without brew?

I read the wiki from GE/BG/Wikia and I think it's definitely possible. But is it really tough now at 95 or just medium level difficulty?

I fought it a few times at 90 and for the most part we only had a whm and a mnk actively doing much. Usually had more like th to run in and proc TH and a nin that at first co tanked... but the extra tp feed was kinda making it harder. Esepcaillly when the the nin was taru and tended to go down fast from AOE while the whm was focused on the mnk lol. Especially since I think the whm was also the nin. So it sounds very doable to dual box even at 90. 95 should make it just that much easier. The few times I had hate on my thf at 90 it never got thru my shadows and I don't think it ever got thru the nins either so acc isn't huge

[Darkmagi]

Not a question but a warning to anyone who uses allseeingeye. There are npcs you can kill with it, just got curious and tried to kill a bat in port jeuno with it after seeing a guildwork post. killed and dropped a luminous crab shell.