Random Question Thread XXIV: #Occupy the RQT

[Septimus]

It's also possible that it was not in the original source book...Why not just end your sentence with "The translation of the JP wiki page that Elmer did for me made no mention of it." Do you notice how everyone ignores my replies but latches onto the unproven theory of a previous JP wiki post? People want to believe!

This is how terrible theory craft gets started and then spreads like wildfire to those who want to believe.
Septimus to Shen on BG > It may have been in the original source book
Shen to friend > Septimus said rusks might have the effect like I said
friend to other lsmate > did you hear? Shen was right about rusks!
lsmates > rah rah rah more crafting voodoo proven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know, panties in a bunch, imad, etc.

Instead of raging at me as if I invented a "Macarons improve skills up" conspiracy, why don't you sashay on over to the official forums and ask Camate if we can get some verification?

[Mojo]

Has it gotten to the point where I can just solo Blobdinag?

Can be solo'd pretty handily by a NIN/DNC or perhaps other jobs. The trick is to find a puddle of water where the adds won't aggro you when the pop. I've done it once, I definitely don't have it down to an exact science though.

[Mudhole]

What are average costs of scraps/tatters? Seems to be an immense variety in pricing on these. Not sure what to charge for the ones I don't need or how much to pay for those that I do. Thanks.

[Zirk]

Is there some means, like through twitter or something, where the player base can pose questions to the dev team, or to some middle man who then maybe talks to the dev team?

[Septimus]

Is there some means, like through twitter or something, where the player base can pose questions to the dev team, or to some middle man who then maybe talks to the dev team?

Post on the official forums. If the question isn't terrible, Camate, Bayohne, or Rukkirii will quickly forward it to the Dev Team. Then the Dev Team will quickly ignore it since it wasn't written by a Japanese player.

[Zirk]

ok this is going to sound retarded, but how the hell do I select my main character for the forums lol. I log into SE account on forums, pick my user name, then it says I have to select my main character before I can use the forums. I click my main character and it lights up, then click the save changes button but it just goes back to having no main character selected. I even tried it on stock internet explorer and the same thing happens. I even logged in with an account that only has one character and it still asks me to select main character >.>

[Heslon]

How does Drain work?
Does it increase with INT, MAB or Dark magic skill? Is the m.acc higher with more INT or Dark magic skill? (I guess magic acc + gear helps like with any other spells?)
Whats the lowest recast you can get just from gear alone? I think 25% and some fast cast gear (as drk) or are there any other items like "dark magic -recast" or "drain -recast" or something like that?

[Yugl]

http://bg-wiki.com/bg/Drain

Link at the bottom of the page shows testing by CDF.

[Heslon]

http://bg-wiki.com/bg/Drain

Link at the bottom of the page shows testing by CDF.

Thank you for the fast answer, Im going to read that later.
Oh and I have a other question, when I did GoV(?) books I could make them auto-repeat but I didnt find that option on the normal FoV books, cant these be auto-repeated or did I just not see the option?

[Yugl]

I assume you cannot if it didn't happen, but I cannot give you a definitive yes or no.

[Alkimi]

http://bg-wiki.com/bg/Drain

Link at the bottom of the page shows testing by CDF.

The 300 cap is no longer correct, probably not updated from the adjustments around a year ago. Not sure what the cap is now but it's a lot higher.

[dasva]

http://robonosto.blogspot.com/search/label/drain

[Kyte]

Has anyone else noticed that Latent Checker is broken again?

[Mohit]

Does anyone know why I can't get my guildwork folder to uncheck "read only"? I'm not sure if that is the problem but it always gives me the error when I load my character, "Unable to read character information, please run as admin" I have it set for run as admin. Any advice?

I tried sending PMs plus posted on the Dashboard but I guess people are busy.

edit: It has something to do with loading them in the wrong order. I loaded up ffxi first, then loaded up guildwork and it works fine. I get this message when it loads the other way around. I know from now on.

[xIndustrialxAngelx]

Is Nimue's Tights the best leg slot for Wildfire on RNG? If you don't have them - what's another alternative besides ASA pants? I use them on another jobs and didn't want to change them.

[Chronosphere]

Ambusher's Hose

[Kurp]

Is there a good resource for how much Store TP I need to achieve x-hit builds? I'm trying to gear up a new character with shit tier gear, but am still looking for benchmark on what I can do with my crappy gear.

[Gun-it]

THF merits?

[Snprphnx]

I have built up a decent amount of cruor, and would like to convert into blinkers to NPC. anyone have or know a simple script to auto-purchase from the NPC?

[Alkimi]

Is there a good resource for how much Store TP I need to achieve x-hit builds? I'm trying to gear up a new character with shit tier gear, but am still looking for benchmark on what I can do with my crappy gear.

http://www.ffxicalculator.com/download.html

Was always decent for working out x-hit builds, not sure if it's been updated recently but it's easy enough to use.