Random Question Thread XXV: Septimus Maximus, Isladar Über Alles

[Buffy]

Can war/nin reach the required 175 skill on katana/gkt for red proc? If so, what merits/gear is required?

[Bigsyke]

Unfortunately the returns are no where near that amount. Only when I get slammed and take a huge hit like 75%+ of my HP is the damage boost even noticable. (and that could be my mind assuming there is an increase)

I think SE has an office pool for how many times DRKs use SD before its figured out that it does nothing.

That's a damn shame... Seemed like such a good JA from BG wiki's description. Any idea how significant the boost is?

[Dathus]

Can war/nin reach the required 175 skill on katana/gkt for red proc? If so, what merits/gear is required?

Even with full merits (+16) plus gear (+17), WAR/NIN would be about 3 points short for full GKT red proc.

Edit: Also, there is no all jobs KATANA, IIRC, so you might as well sub SAM.

[Shenrien]

Even with full merits (+16) plus gear (+17), WAR/NIN would be about 3 points short for full GKT red proc.

Edit: Also, there is no all jobs KATANA, IIRC, so you might as well sub SAM.

https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Moepapa_Annulet
https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Tjukurrpa_Ring

not sure if you're counting these or not, figure you are just counting hachimaki and torque, and if I remember correctly there is a katana that is low level that is all jobs, trainee I think or something like the trainee weapon sets.

[fantasticdan]

https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Trainee_Burin

[Dathus]

No, I was adding in the ring as well. Hachimaki (5), Ring (5) and Torque (7) is still 3 shy with merits of being able to do both staggers with GKT.

49 NIN GKT skill: 139 +16 = 155 + 17 = 172.

However you WOULD be able to do the Katana ones:

49 NIN Katana Skill: 150 + 16 = 166 + 17 = 183

But you do not need the ring, thankfully, to hit Blade: Ei levels.

[Taint]

No, I was adding in the ring as well. Hachimaki (5), Ring (5) and Torque (7) is still 3 shy with merits of being able to do both staggers with GKT.

49 NIN GKT skill: 139 +16 = 155 + 17 = 172.

However you WOULD be able to do the Katana ones:

49 NIN Katana Skill: 150 + 16 = 166 + 17 = 183

But you do not need the ring, thankfully, to hit Blade: Ei levels.

Bushi allows WAR to get 13/13 procs /nin.

[Dathus]

Bushi allows WAR to get 13/13 procs /nin.

I apparently woke up on the wrong side of the FFXI memory today. This is true, and I really can't believe I forgot it, since I was looking right at it on a FFXIAH search. I'm gonna stay logged out after downloading the patch. Seems like a bad day for me today.

[noodles355]

I'm not sure why you'd even want to waste that effort/resources just for lolabyssea.

[Talint]

Lillisette was a likeable character, the Spite Wardens made for good villains, and Cait Sith was loveable. (I hope that she doesn't suck as a summon.) CoP had a lot of running around as well, honestly, I prefer that to: go one place, fight NM, get cutscene. The replaying missions was part of the padding that I mentioned, they obviously had to stretch it out for a few more months. WotG was obviously a victim of FFXI's budget cuts, but it was still a respectable storyline with some interesting characters.

This isn't the thread for it, but...

Lilisette is a bad character; she's the third in a line of jailbait photocopies after Prishe and Nashmeira (the first being Lion), not to mention the completely and utterly offensive Mayakov (same character model as Razfhad and Wolfgang, incase anyone's keeping count). I honestly don't know how anyone can like the characters in WotG.

Anyway.

Random Question to make the post relevant: What are some good Sword+Board options for someone not looking to do an Almace or Ochain?

[Davricle]

Is there a link to a direct download of Today's Update?

[Colenzo]

srsly, we need a direct download link

[Dathus]

Having an issue with the full XI View overwrite with the new update. I have a feeling it's something to do with the fonts, as I can't see my macro bar, and some of the Misc options won't work. Does anyone know which files are ONLY modded icons? Rolls/songs/JAs, etc? Those were working fine.

[asera]

Having an issue with the full XI View overwrite with the new update. I have a feeling it's something to do with the fonts, as I can't see my macro bar, and some of the Misc options won't work. Does anyone know which files are ONLY modded icons? Rolls/songs/JAs, etc? Those were working fine.

ROM(1) > 119 > 57.DAT for icons

[Nightfyre]

The reason I'm asking is because the set will only be on for a couple of seconds at most.

Correct me if I'm wrong (took a break after the 90 cap and came back at 99 so didn't really have a chance to use DRK much), but Scarlet Delirium works by using half of the % of the HP lost by the first hit you take. So if you have say 1200 HP, get hit for 200, you get a damage boost of 8.3%. Whereas if you have a DT+70% set you'd get hit for 340 and boost your damage by 14.2%. Am I understanding this right?

Yes, that's correct. I tested it back when it was first implemented, changes in damage multiplier are very easy to see with a crossbow when pDIF capped.

If DT+ cap isn't 50% I'd assume it's 100% akin to the way enmity +/- work.

[Dathus]

ROM(1) > 119 > 57.DAT for icons

That worked for all the rolls besides the newer ones(Misers, etc). What ones are they?

[jimbobsonofgod]

I just did VW had dark proc 5, casted absorb TP absorbed 24 TP did not proc, casted it again like 6 mins later absorbed 55 TP and it proc'd , anybody encounter this before ?

[Kyte]

Was another proc hit within those 6 minutes?

[jimbobsonofgod]

it was extreme proc
(and to answer your question the only proc between both casts was a firaga 3)

[Prothescar]

BGwiki says that Requiescat's fTP is transferred to all 5 hits. I must have missed the testing that indicated it, can I get a link?