Random Question Thread XXV: Septimus Maximus, Isladar Über Alles

[Massimo]

Have been asking for something like this for years, it can't be something impossible. Highly interested.

Well, I was linked to an old BG thread, which I had actually read through back then, but forgot about.

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You can install different regions POLs (like EU and US client) and set 4 accounts in each.
Needs some registry tweaking, but they can both point at the same FFXI installation.

Basically you install the other region PoL and update it, exit it, open regedit and look for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\PlayOnlineUS key (or PlayOnlineEU if you have EU version installed originally).

Open this .reg file in notepad and rename every occurrence(sp?) of PlayOnlineUS to PlayOnlineEU.
Then look for the "Interface" keys (there should be 3 lines) and delete the 0002 and 1000 lines (or they will mess up your new installation).

You can close notepad and double-click the .reg to merge it into the registry.

The only drawback is that you cannot manage account information (like Content ID activation/deactivation, billing info, etc.) with a different client than the region the account is, but just for logging in is fine.

It's not perfect, but it will at least allow you to use 8-12 chars without too much hassle.

[Darkmagi]

Awesome! Thanks

[Radec]

Excluding Empy / Relic / Mythic whats the best GAxe for WAR? With 5/5 Upheaval.

STR or +DA usual contenders, if you're looking for a temporary fix until you finish one of emp/relic/mythic, my personal recommendation is to do PDT. Not as much damage, but you gain PDT, vit is upheaval mod, and you finish in a very short time.

Between STR and +DA - depends on your usual target. Likely you can manage to cap attack without the STR on DC Dynamis stuff, but not voidwatch. Find a post by Motenten (Mathy paths > pdif thread, definitely in there) and plug stuff into the war dps spreadsheet in his sig to compare them.

[noodles355]

Is it plausible and/or worthwhile to go back to subbing /War on Drg over Sam? (in terms of pure DD). Drg has such great STP options that it should be easy to 6hit everything with /War, and every good lance except OAT rocks a 6hit.

It came up in ls recently in ls after one of our drks was musing over drk/war with ragna. I really have no idea but would be super interested to know if a 6hit /war would beat 5hit /sam with OAT. Figure I could 6hit OAT /War with only Af3+2 Body, Tyrant, Brutal, Rajas and Hagneia.

[Foldypaws]

DPS spreadsheet has /WAR losing by a bit even with Berserk up vs Qilin?, and by quite a bit when you average out over berserk up/down time. Doesn't have save TP taken into account though. 202 /SAM 193 Berserk up /war, 162 average over 5 minutes.

Buffs were RCB/Monarch's/Regain Atmacite/Haste

Gear I used for /WAR was:

Corsesca +3 OAT
Pole Grip
Hagneia Stone
Lancer +2
Rancor Max
Brutal
Aesir
Lancer +2
Brego
Rajas
Tyrant
Atheling
Bullwhip
Calmecac
Lancer +2

If there's a big mistake I'm missing there, let me know (I know Corseca has a +4, but I don't think it'll change ordering much).

Hasso is a ~20% damage increase by itself @ 25% gear haste + haste spell, before taking any account in X-Hit. So losing that is really killing you.

DRK doesn't have that problem, as 72% of the time Hasso does nothing for a DRK. (except like 5? str)

[noodles355]

I see, thanks for that. On most VW fights I'd assume berserk to be up the majority of the time (cooldown on timer whilst pug group spends a year emptying chest), although being a PUG, you can't garantee you'll get haste 100% of the time.

But if you have to use that excuse to justify a DD sub, it's probably not worth it lol. Cheers, I'll stick to /sam and just hope SE finally decides one day to give drg a much needed Att+ ability.

[Raen Ryong]

Apologies if this has been asked recently, but what is the most recent safe program providing Clipper functionality (not bothered about fleehack etc, just the no clipping and ja0wait) and could I have a link to it please? Thankies

[grevenilvec75]

Apologies if this has been asked recently, but what is the most recent safe program providing Clipper functionality (not bothered about fleehack etc, just the no clipping and ja0wait) and could I have a link to it please? Thankies

clipper still works for me (haven't tried the ja0wait)

[Greatguardian]

Anything special I need to do to have KParser work on the Test Server?

I plan to parse the NA Legion event tonight for funsies, in case we need the data for anything.

Edit: Clipper still works, including ja0wait.

[Raen Ryong]

Gotcha; does anyone have a legitimate download link available? I remember seeing a thread awhile ago about the creator being issued a cease and desist and having to remove it, and a warning being given that there were copycat trojan versions about.

Thanks for help!

[Nightfyre]

Anything special I need to do to have KParser work on the Test Server?

I plan to parse the NA Legion event tonight for funsies, in case we need the data for anything.

Edit: Clipper still works, including ja0wait.

I never had any issues with KParser on the test server.

EDIT: wut, Raen's playing again?

[Greatguardian]

I never had any issues with KParser on the test server.

EDIT: wut, Raen's playing again?

Thanks~.

Edit: Disregard second question, I derped on time zones.

[Raen Ryong]

I never had any issues with KParser on the test server.

EDIT: wut, Raen's playing again?

Not at the moment! This is on behalf of someone special who is playing again and she needs her ja0wait/noclipping fix. She's trying to drag me back too but I'm resisting for now at least

[Martinius]

What are the easiest Abyssea NMs to duo/trio for the MNK +2 items?

Just came back and I figure that should be my first goal after 99.

If you don't care about proc'ing per se, Sedna is piss easy for feet, CC for legs, Ulhuadshi for head (only one can drop, but find someone working on h2h empy, and you'll be throwing extras away and doing it six times is honestly faster and easier than putting together the pops and killing the corse 2-3 times), Alfard for body (tail tank and have a good whm, and if you're not procing, bring a THF), and Amphitrite for hands (sub NIN, and when it's in magic mode, spin the wheel to feed TP so it switches to physical mode).

[Greatguardian]

Okay, the test server is going to drive me crazy. I just did a fresh install of it, updated the whole thing, and now it crashes on startup. Where is it trying to pull settings from? It looks like it's trying to fullscreen, even though I have windowed mode enabled in ffxi config.

Is this a common occurrence for people? Know any easy fixes?

[Nightfyre]

I'd really just try and run Windower. I had some initial luck with windowed mode when the test server came out (aside from terribad FPS), but haven't been able to use it since. You'll need to edit window size in the registry to match your windower config if it's not also fullscreen.

[Greatguardian]

I'd really just try and run Windower. I had some initial luck with windowed mode when the test server came out (aside from terribad FPS), but haven't been able to use it since. You'll need to edit window size in the registry to match your windower config if it's not also fullscreen.

Hm. Whenever I open POL with Windower, the "Play on Test Server" button just isn't there. It's there for normal playonline and for test server's pol, but not for Windower.

I just went into the registry and tweaked all the test server client settings, but it just crashed again even though it was in a window. This is really aggravating =/. Ran a file check too, said there were issues with like 1,000 files but the repair didn't fix it.

[Nightfyre]

Hm. Whenever I open POL with Windower, the "Play on Test Server" button just isn't there. It's there for normal playonline and for test server's pol, but not for Windower.

I just went into the registry and tweaked all the test server client settings, but it just crashed again even though it was in a window. This is really aggravating =/. Ran a file check too, said there were issues with like 1,000 files but the repair didn't fix it.

There's a trick to it. Logging in on two accounts all the way up to the play/play on test server buttons near-simultaneously will usually get the button to show up on the second account you log in on. Prothescar posted a similar method that only needs one account but I don't recall how that one goes.

[Greatguardian]

There's a trick to it. Logging in on two accounts all the way up to the play/play on test server buttons near-simultaneously will usually get the button to show up on the second account you log in on. Prothescar posted a similar method that only needs one account but I don't recall how that one goes.

Neato, I'll give it a try. I figured out my crashing issue, too. For some reason I'm just spoiled and assumed that the 3 .rar archives were structured in such a way that opening the first one would extract all 3 - fragmented and such. Guess not. So I was totally missing the sound files and everything from the other two .rars.

[Stanislaus]

Will Zenith Pumps have the same maximum potential cure potency augment as Zenith Pumps +1, or are the +1 superior?