Random Question Thread XXV: Septimus Maximus, Isladar Über Alles

[noodles355]

Drop Rvg. Lorica +2 for Askar Korazin,

Only on certain mobs. Doing any high tier voidwatch and you'll want to keep body. Adaberk over either though.

And use blitz to free up ravager's mufflers +2? Yes or no?

Yes. With something else like AF2+2 during Restraint Down

Twilight/Tjukurrpa/Brutal/Terra's Pearl
This is pretty much the ideal WS set

Twilight over Ares? 3Str/Vit > 24Att? Maybe on top tier shit where you need more Accuracy I guess. Valk/Shadow are similar to Ares, I doubt Twilight could beat a good augmented Valk/Shadow (Edit: Unless you need the accuracy, which on stuff like Kala or Rex, you likely will)

[Maguile]

Rng questions:

- Where can I skill up archery from 70 -> 200 or so
- What atmas to use in abyssea?
- Best non empy/relic bow?

[Midnightjade]

Is WHM AF3 cape worth getting, or just farm dynamis and buy tempered/oretania cape with the proceeds? The NM (Mangy-Tailed Marvin, rabbit) is pretty easy on BST but drop rate is only 7.5% and La Theine is like standing in a big field with 10 minutes between kills.

Also, while dicking around with said bunny this afternoon, it dropped Adler Ring, Acc+8 Atk-12. Does it have any uses, or toss? Just got back a couple months ago and currently using Blood Ring / Rajas. Just get Epona's?

Thanks.

[Buffy]

I never farmed Zeni or built PW pop sets, was never my thing.

Can someone give me a down and dirty explanation? I'm thinking of farming sets on my 3 char and selling them to rich JP after update, but no idea what's involved.

[Martinius]

Rng questions:

- Where can I skill up archery from 70 -> 200 or so
- What atmas to use in abyssea?
- Best non empy/relic bow?

Atmas: Most of the time, you'll be going with GH/RR/Sea Daughter. I s'pose if you're not gonna gonna have Jishnu's (even from WoE), you could drop RR for Stout Arm. That said, if you're not gonna have Jishnu's, stick to gun and Last Stand.

[Septimus]

Current sets:

TP:
Widowmaker/Pole/ /Rav
Zelus/Rav/Rav/Brutal
Adaburk/Rav+2/Rajas/Blitz
Atheling/Goading/Rav+2/Rav +2

Upheval:
Widowmaker/Pole/ /Rav
Twilight/Fort/Triumph/Brutal
Adaburk/War+1/Rajas/Pyrosoul
Atheling/Warwolf/Rav+2/Heca

No Terra's Pearls on the AH, the soil pearls are way overpriced. I will see if I can get Terra Pearl and Terrasoul Ring synergized over the weekend. (Might as well try for a Vulcan's Pearl while I am at it.)

There are no Tjukurrpa Medals on the AH. I did happen to get an Apathy Gorget when doing Bastok VW the other day (also got the Rancor Collar), would that be better than Fortitude Torque?

Only on certain mobs. Doing any high tier voidwatch and you'll want to keep body. Adaberk over either though.
Yes. With something else like AF2+2 during Restraint Down

Twilight over Ares? 3Str/Vit > 24Att? Maybe on top tier shit where you need more Accuracy I guess. Valk/Shadow are similar to Ares, I doubt Twilight could beat a good augmented Valk/Shadow (Edit: Unless you need the accuracy, which on stuff like Kala or Rex, you likely will)

I don't use spellcast, so I cannot do fancy rules like use different gloves when Restraint is down. Best I can do is a different macro palette.

I have little chance of ever getting Shadow/Valkyrie's or Ares's, so Twilight is the best option for bodies that I might possibly get.

[Septimus]

I never farmed Zeni or built PW pop sets, was never my thing.

Can someone give me a down and dirty explanation? I'm thinking of farming sets on my 3 char and selling them to rich JP after update, but no idea what's involved.

Check out these pages: Pankration to get Jettons to be able to farm Zeni, then ZNM for what to do with it.

[Byrthnoth]

Also, don't farm Zeni now. Farm Jettons now. Zeni is supposedly going to be easier to get (increased points per picture) after the update. Jettons is the choke point.

[Buffy]

Is WHM AF3 cape worth getting, or just farm dynamis and buy tempered/oretania cape with the proceeds? The NM (Mangy-Tailed Marvin, rabbit) is pretty easy on BST but drop rate is only 7.5% and La Theine is like standing in a big field with 10 minutes between kills.

Also, while dicking around with said bunny this afternoon, it dropped Adler Ring, Acc+8 Atk-12. Does it have any uses, or toss? Just got back a couple months ago and currently using Blood Ring / Rajas. Just get Epona's?

Thanks.

I prefer WHM AF3 cape over that Cure Potency +4 cape on whm because of the emnity - stat and cure potency cap so easy to hit on whm.

[cdgreg]

When blinkmenot locks me into Heka's and I'm in first person I get this annoying floaty light (from the body). Beyond unloading spellcast, changing gear, reloading spellcast is there another way around this?

[shaggnix]

Optimal gear set for Geirskogul?

i asked this question myself. answer: there isn't one. do your trials in abbyssea and never use it again, GH gives enough agi for a decent boost in dmg

[cdgreg]

Optimal nuking sets for VW on BLM? Assuming full ele skill merits and lolint merits if that matters.

[Rionel]

falcor is better than dipper, but more expensive also, they both have the same TH/eva i believe. thing about nazuna is the lv 86 cap w/ out affinity merits, and even capped affinity won't get her to 99. i usualy use lulush for cheap DD, not as good as tiger but easy to make and 1/3 the price. slug is a popular choice as a cheap pet too, but it has limited DD moves. situational choice i'd say. for group 1 merits ... sic recast would be a waste, its a really short timer and you never have tp to use when its back up, unless you manage some crazy regain, and even still.... i went reward/call beast for lack of better options. i feel affinity merits (of which i have 5) are a waste too. theres just too many cheap, decent pets that cap out at 99 or 95 naturaly to try and drag naz into the present with merits. maybe 2 affinity merits for the pets that cap at 95, maybe.

Actually...

Jug of Lucky Broth x12 - 40k
Jug of Wool Grease x12 - 75k

Weird eh?

And yeah Falcorr is awesome~ hits pretty darn hard. It's just too bad that Fantod isn't working right now. >_>;

[Khajit]

Are we at the point where using minuet on brd isn't retarded yet? I'm semi unsure at what haste% people I'm buffing would be at with marcato Vict(+4) haste spell and nongimp gear.

[Nightfyre]

If you have a Daurdabla, sure.

[Khajit]

If you have a Daurdabla, sure.

That's what i thought. Just double checking since I keep on getting retards either demanding minuet or refusing to give me my 2x marches in VW because my 900+ atk pre food war clearly needs help on that area.

[Radec]

When blinkmenot locks me into Heka's and I'm in first person I get this annoying floaty light (from the body). Beyond unloading spellcast, changing gear, reloading spellcast is there another way around this?

Datswap the glowy heka's for nonglowy. My Altanaview not updated though, so sorry, don't have the numbers.

Optimal nuking sets for VW on BLM? Assuming full ele skill merits and lolint merits if that matters.

Magian/Wizzan/---/Memoria
Oneiros/Stoicheion/Hecate/Novio
AF3+2/Af3+2/Galdr/Strendu
Searing/Oneiros/ValkTrews+4mabAug/Aife's

^For max dmg on non-resisty stuff

Magian/Wizzan/---/Memoria
Af3+2/Stoicheion/Hecate/Novio
af2+3/af3+2/galdr/strendu
goetia/oneiros/af3+2/af3+2

^Resisty stuff, generic dmg w/out ascetic's up.

Magian/Wizzan/---/wTath
Af3+2/Moepapa/Novia/Novio
af2+3/af3+2/galdr/strendu
goetia/theta/af3+2/af3+2

^add -10 enm atmacite for -50 w/ merits.

Are we at the point where using minuet on brd isn't retarded yet? I'm semi unsure at what haste% people I'm buffing would be at with marcato Vict(+4) haste spell and nongimp gear.

March+4BRD can troub-Marcato for ~240/1024 haste, +150 haste spell is 38% (vs march march haste w/out troub is 42.7, both are uncapped) - still worth using 2x marches, but barely any point in marcato+2x march, moves you less than 1% haste to cap.

March+5 (Gjallar99) marcato is 40.4 vs 43.whatever is capped, which you would be with 2x march no marc. If you have a samba on hasso DD, it should be better to marcato-march + min5.

With harp, sing marches normally and marcato the minuet, is the best gain.

[Phoenyx]

When blinkmenot locks me into Heka's and I'm in first person I get this annoying floaty light (from the body). Beyond unloading spellcast, changing gear, reloading spellcast is there another way around this?

I usually blink into the right gear if I obtain something from the treasure pool when I'm not engaged. Not the most reliable method, but aside from that unloading BMN and changing gear ought to fix it.

[dasva]

Actually...

Jug of Lucky Broth x12 - 40k
Jug of Wool Grease x12 - 75k

Weird eh?

And yeah Falcorr is awesome~ hits pretty darn hard. It's just too bad that Fantod isn't working right now. >_>;

Your server is just weird. There is only 1 server that has lucky broth at 40k/12. The next lowest is like 60k. Most are a bit higher and there are several 140k. I'm not even sure how your people are selling them for so cheap. I mean at that price anyone who could fish abaia is probably better off fishing something else.

Also fantod works it just doesn't really work with spellcast just like most blu spells. Just like jettera (which seems significantly more accurate from your pet then on blu lol)

[Neisan]

Falcorr is also cheaper than Dipper on Quetz for some reason, but still going for around 65k/stack iirc.