Random Question Thread XXVI: The Rise and Fall of the RQT

[Ophannus]

Does Counter have any form of damage or attack bonus or something? It seems that counters do more damage than normal hits(my MNK is only 50 but I'm talking about when I'm /MNK on main jobs like PLD or DRG messing around in Abyssea skilling up.) My normal staff hits deal like 210-230ish but when I counter, it's doing over 300 or so. I guess it could be a crit but it seems to be on almost all counters.

[Yugl]

Counters have high rates of crit from what I remember reading.

[diasetsu]

Oh man...... sounds like you just gave me my next item to test. It should be pretty easy to cap attack in abyssea and see if and how much crit rate counters have compared to normal attacks. If it ends up being 0, will just have to do a test with uncapped attack to see if there is a boost to pDif.

[Kincard]

Which of the merit WSs are worth having?

[matix]

last stand, tachi:shoha, resolution, stardriver, upheaval(?), extenerator(?) any particular jobs you play often/or like to play? anyone out there feel free to chime in, just mentioned a few i know are good choices, (?)'d ones im not sure about but i do see ppl using the ws's.

[Guitarman]

ruinator, entropy if you have apoc.

[Kincard]

I play NIN and THF the most, but I have Kannagi so Shun will probably be redundant. Exenterator I'll probably get. I'm mostly wondering if there's any of them that are basically "required" for any of the jobs- as I understand Shoha shits all over every other GKT WS but aside from that the good ones are just bonuses for said jobs.

[noodles355]

I'd say exenterator is required if you play thf much.

[buddyslack]

Yes, exenterator is a must if you use thf for anything outside of abyssea, and Shoha is a must if you ever use sam.
From what I've read resolution is a must if you play drk, shijin spiral if you ever play mnk outside of abyssea, ruianator if you have bst.
Upheaval is nice if you dont have Ukko's, and stardiver is great for drg, and also war and sam on fodder mobs

[noodles355]

To be honest considering the number of ukons floating about it's unlikely you'll be called war to anything if you dont have ukon/brav, so i'd put that one fairly low priority. I'm thinking about ditching my upheaval merits tbh. Might put them back into last stand.

[Yugl]

Shijin Spiral: Best for Relic MNKs, but Victory Smite is great (Only merit if MNK is a main or you don't have other reasonable options)

Exenterator: Best for THF outside Abyssea

Requiescat: Great for Catarae shields and physical damage resistance, but CDC can be competitive in a variety of situations (See Shijin Spiral but replace MNK with BLU or PLD)

Resolution: Monster WS for DRK and best zerg WS for WAR (A MUST for DRK and great for WAR if you have spare pts)

Ruinator: Best for BST

Upheaval: Next best WS after Ukko's Fury, but not that great by comparison (Merit if you absolutely cannot get Ukon)

Entropy: I think this is the best scythe WS for damage, but most resolution trumps this (Only merit if DRK-onry or don't have other options)

Stardiver: Best for DRG and great for SAM on trash mobs (Merit if you plan on DRG main or are looking for a second WS to merit for SAM)

Blade: Shun: Next best WS for NIN, but Blade: Hi is relatively easy for NIN to obtain (Just don't bother with this one unless you absolutely cannot get Kannagi)

Tachi: Shoha: Best for SAM and a must to merit if you plan on playing SAM

Realmazer: Good club WS, but given the opportunity costs, only for WHM melee elites

Shattersoul: Same as Realmazer; DRG benefits from this WS greatly in blunt+ situations that are typically detrimental to piercing damage (Don't merit unless you have no other stuff to merit and want a WS for mage/DRG)

Apex Arrow: Meh, wouldn't bother

Last Stand: Great physical damage for marksmanship, but Wildfire ubiquity puts this on the backburner for most (Merit if you play RNG or COR mostly)

[Renzy]

Has anyone experienced an occasion where it keeps telling you that your SE password is incorrect? I've even changed the password via the forgotten password form and it still keeps telling me it's incorrect

[Michelob]

Has anyone experienced an occasion where it keeps telling you that your SE password is incorrect? I've even changed the password via the forgotten password form and it still keeps telling me it's incorrect

Everytime I get that it's just my caps lock >.>

[Renzy]

Everytime I get that it's just my caps lock >.>

After the several minute cool-down time passed the original password started working, I don't think I'm retarded enough to have mistyped it as many times as it takes to temporarily lock it but hey, you never know. All is well now though

[Postal]

Sorry if this is covered in here alrdy, but is ffxi working on 120gb ps3 models? Every post I've researched is atleast 2 years old..

My wife is thinking of returning, and only wants to play on ps3.. Pc is outta the question for her

Thanks!

[shaggnix]

i can interpret your question in 2 ways:

1: atm, the only way you can play on ps3 is w/ a 60GB model, which were discontinued a long time ago. check Ebay

2: i don't believe they're developing any ffxi version thats playable on a 120 GB PS3, as much as it would make sense and allow ps2 players a minor upgrade

[Postal]

Thx for the reply

[Squah]

Any way to take ingame SS of chatlogs/dorps/gear with pol's windowed mode? Used to printscreen alttab back in 2009 etc but that doesn't seem to work anymore.

[Selamis]

Use Windower or lolFraps? SE supported screenshots to my knowledge only have displayed names and never anything else, even the chatlog.

[Selamis]

For Pld CDC, what are the better hand options, Avant/Avant+1 or Hecatomb/Hecatomb+1with critical augments?

Also for neck is it better to use Rancor Collar or Light/Snow Gorget?