Random Question Thread XXV: Septimus Maximus, Isladar Über Alles

[Byrthnoth]

Almost but not quite - 50% from Carn, 10% each Body+Neck, +10% assumed af3+2 piece, +40% gjallar = 120% duration boost. 120s * 2.20 * 2= 528s, 32s short of fulltime.

I was thinking about this again today, and wouldn't 528 seconds actually be 72 seconds short of full-time? We'd need another +30~40% duration in gear to make it work.

[Darkmagi]

Wasn't there a post a bit ago saying that nightingale/troub will give songs insta cast and 100% macc if fully merited after they update group 2 merits?

[Yugl]

Yes. 20% Quick cast per merit.

[Xantavia]

best spot for 220ish marksmanship skillups? Robber crabs are too slow for me since my previous skilling up spots would net me .4 .5 etc regularly while kuftal is turning out to be much slower for lower gains.

I just finished capping archery/marksmanship on worms in Ulegard [A]. Set some regen atmas, wore -mdt gear, and went to town. Went /whm for any emergency curing, like getting a few links and eating back to back quake/stonega3 while bound. No food, but have a prousse ring and terminus earring.

[Radec]

I was thinking about this again today, and wouldn't 528 seconds actually be 72 seconds short of full-time? We'd need another +30~40% duration in gear to make it work.

Good point, 5:60 != 600.

[Mojo]

What is a good list of SCH gear to have? I'm gearing it on my brother's character, not sure what to use, etc.

[Taim Meich]

For what do you want it? You can really fill an entire inventory and still could put more stuff if you really want to gear SCH.

Basics are Empyrean +2 set, AF body, legs and feet (head is good too for enhanced sublimation but not nearly as crucial as before), Relic head... Then the elemental/magian staves of your choice, and, not being too specific, general mage stuff, like cure pot gear, fast cast, mab, etc.

I can be more specific if you want, not sure if that's too general.

[Mojo]

I looked into sublimation stuff. It all seemed useless, aside from perhaps the earring because there are straight up Refresh options for those slots, which I value more. Relic head +2 seems useful.

Which sets do you use on SCH? That may give me a better idea on what to get.

[Yugl]

Cure or nuke focus? Nyzul idle gear applicable? Also, with spellcast, you can use sublimation and refresh gear (Sublimation for MP capped; refresh otherwise). I don't know of any that does that atm, but I plan on making one once Radsources comes out.

[Taim Meich]

I really should make a spellcast sheet (or more realistic, modify Yugl's one), but I'm always too lazy about it.


Sets I use are (all windower macros):

- City set (very important, gotta look good)
- General purpose fastcast (and a sub-set that has wind magian staff for faster blink...) http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/130259
- Healing set
- Resting set
- Enhancing magic set
- White magic enfeebling sets (almost equal all of them, but I load less macc and more MND on the ones which potency is affected by it).
- Black magic enfeebling sets (just changing staff between them, mostly)
- Dark magic skill set for drain, aspir and bio.
- Precast (casting time) nuke set
- Midcast (potency) nuke set http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/130208
- Midcast helix set (much more focus on INT than the nuke set) http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/130260
- Idle set (a mix of refresh, sublimation, and -PDT stuff, in that order).

Hope that helps.

[Koyangi]

Can zone win bosses in any Dynamis Zone and/or the Arch counterparts be staggered?

[Mojo]

Ideally, both white and black magic focus. I don't think I'll trouble myself with a resting set. The applications are so narrow that I don't see it worthy of occupying inventory space. Would you mind posting your enfeebling and enhancing sets?

[Tardevil]

Cure or nuke focus? Nyzul idle gear applicable? Also, with spellcast, you can use sublimation and refresh gear (Sublimation for MP capped; refresh otherwise). I don't know of any that does that atm, but I plan on making one once Radsources comes out.

To piggyback on this one since I'm also need of SCH advise, would like to know the best gear for using my SCH in Nyzul. Most specifically, the best enhancing set to put my Embrava in the 6tp/tic range.

[Taim Meich]

Enhancing is still incomplete, but so far looks like this (Moonshade is macc / refresh, btw):

\input /equip main "Terra's Staff"
\input /equip sub "Fulcio Grip"
\input /equip ammo "Savant's treatise"
\input /equip head "Savant's Bonnet +2"
\input /equip neck "Colossus Torque"
\input /equip ear1 "Savant's Earring"
\input /equip body "Argute Gown +2"
\input /equip ear2 "Moonshade Earring"
\input /equip hands "Savant's bracers +2"
\input /equip back "Merciful Cape"
\input /equip waist "Witful Belt"
\input /equip legs "Scholar's Pants"
\input /equip feet "Rubeus Boots"

For 500 skill (and only during Enlightenment, but good enough for Embrava and occasional Phalanx / barspells), still need an Olympus Sash, augmenting the +2 relic body, and either any augmented kirin's pole with enhancing skill, or the augmenting earring (lots of "augmenting" here).

For enfeebling, I have this. Not too fancy, the're probably my worse sets, but...:

Sleep/Blind, just change staff for the rest:

\input /equip main "Pluto's Staff"
\input /equip sub "Wizzan grip"
\input /equip ammo "Savant's treatise"
\input /equip head "Argute mortarboard +2"
\input /equip neck "Savant's chain"
\input /equip ear1 "Morion Earring +1"
\input /equip ring1 "Icesoul Ring"
\input /equip body "Savant's Gown +2"
\input /equip hands "Argute Bracers"
\input /equip ear2 "Moonshade Earring"
\input /equip ring2 "Icesoul Ring"
\input /equip back "Potentia Cape"
\input /equip waist "Penitent's Rope"
\input /equip legs "Savant's Pants +2"
\input /equip feet "Rubeus Boots"

Paralyze, Slow is the same changing staff. Silence just uses Argute hands since has better macc and isn't potency dependent.

\input /equip main "Aquilo's Staff"
\input /equip sub "Pax grip"
\input /equip ammo "Savant's treatise"
\input /equip head "Argute mortarboard +2"
\input /equip neck "Savant's chain"
\input /equip ear1 "Savant's Earring"
\input /equip ring1 "Sirona's Ring"
\input /equip body "Savant's Gown +2"
\input /equip hands "Savant's Bracers +2"
\input /equip ear2 "Moonshade Earring"
\input /equip ring2 "Solemn Ring"
\input /equip back "Prism Cape"
\input /equip waist "Penitent's Rope"
\input /equip legs "Savant's Pants +2"
\input /equip feet "Rubeus Boots"


And, um, yes. Rest stuff is becoming too situational to guarantee the 6-8 extra slots it takes. I'll probably get rid of most soon.

[Yugl]

Kirin Staff (Augmented)/X/X/SCH AF3
AF3+2/Colossus Torque/Enhancing Earring/X
Argute body+2 (Augmented + Enlightenment 5)/Augur's gloves/X/X
Merciful Cape/Olympius Sash/Portent Pants/Rubeus Feet

Looks like 488 without Kirin. 500 if you get 12 enhancing augment.

[elison]

Best Neck/Back combo for Paladin CDC outside abyssea?

[Innuendo]

Chiming in on Embrava set. Generally (and especially in Nyzul) you'll want to be using the empyrean +2 hands for the perpetuance bonus to keep Embrava active for 12:30, so you can't have the +5 from Augur's gloves.
404 base skill with LA active. Before counting pole augments, this set gives +81 skill, for 485 total.

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input /equip ear1 "Augment. Earring";
input /equip waist "Olympus Sash";
input /equip feet "Rubeus Boots";
input /equip back "Merciful Cape";
input /equip ammo "Savant's Treatise";
input /equip hands "Savant's Bracers +2";
input /equip neck "Enhancing Torque";
input /equip body "Argute Gown +2";
input /equip head "Svnt. Bonnet +2";
input /equip main "Kirin's Pole";
input /equip sub "Fulcio Grip";
input /equip legs "Portent Pants";

So you need +15 between the pole and merits to reach the cap.

[Noob]

I've tried using NoScript, but it blocks everything. How does a person know when to allow a page to show it's contents? Somepage was hacked and people trusted that site, then people got their accounts hacked, so can't any FFXI website be hacked? Could someone tell me how to make NoScript work where I'm still seeing stuff such as the drop down displays on FFXIAH?

[Skylark]

Optimal Upheaval build for war?

[xIndustrialxAngelx]

Good camp to farm Dyna-Windy?