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

[dasva]

reward, call beast, beast affinity, beast healer.^

Beast affinity is pretty much worthless unless you are really keen on using old pets. I'd do killer instinct if it wasn't for the fact he was using it for dynamis... I'd do it anyways just in case when he is outside though. Feral howl is pretty decent with af2+2 and fully merited I suppose

Also I would change reward to sic considering how little I need reward to begin with and how often I am riding ready timer while pet has had tp...

[Guitarman]

Well the beast affinity caps nazuna at 99. It's a great, super cheap pet to use to snag te with. (yay sleepga). 2nd part i totally agree if he's only doing dynamis with it, but I know outside dynamis i've been riding my reward timer pretty hard on some fights.

[Omnipotent]

Well the beast affinity caps nazuna at 99. It's a great, super cheap pet to use to snag te with. (yay sleepga). 2nd part i totally agree if he's only doing dynamis with it, but I know outside dynamis i've been riding my reward timer pretty hard on some fights.

I agree with this, if you feel the love for BST from dynamis, you might try and solo mobs in Abyssea..BST can become contagious.... I can solo all the caturei aside from Raja and all Ironclads due to Reward being up so fast and Atmas. Most content outside of Abyssea is old content, but if you want to do Dynamis and solo NM's like Lost NMs and bosses, you will want Reward maxed out. What's an extra 4-700 damage when you can heal you pet for 2600 and him doing 2000+ being alive for a couple minutes longer.

[Omnipotent]

Also, best easily obtainable WAR GA....GS while I work on Ukon?

[Khamsin]

Also, best easily obtainable WAR GA....GS while I work on Ukon?

Widowmaker or Dies Irae are both good options, as far as little-effort-to-obtain is concerned. But keep in mind you won't actually be using them, because if you're asked to come WAR for anything it'll be for procs!

[Esvedium]

I agree with this, if you feel the love for BST from dynamis, you might try and solo mobs in Abyssea..BST can become contagious.... I can solo all the caturei aside from Raja and all Ironclads due to Reward being up so fast and Atmas. Most content outside of Abyssea is old content, but if you want to do Dynamis and solo NM's like Lost NMs and bosses, you will want Reward maxed out. What's an extra 4-700 damage when you can heal you pet for 2600 and him doing 2000+ being alive for a couple minutes longer.

Well, my 0-merit BST was able to solo all my leg seals the other night... <_<

It was fun, and I might use it for other stuff outside of Dyna, especially if LS isn't on or something... So if not Dyna only, since meriting for just one event is probably not the best idea, does that change things drastically? Is it worth it to abuse Killer effects/Killer Instinct, or is it still CB/Reward/Affinity/Healer?

[Khamsin]

Killer Instinct is awesome... except for the fact that nothing worthwhile takes advantage of it. When's the last time you were slaughtering regular mobs that get intimidated (i.e. not nightmare mobs, not Lumorians, dragons, undead, arcana, or demons, and not NMs that you don't engage)? If you're about to do a set of magian trials on your BST that involves a whole lot of mobs susceptible to Killer Instinct, then go ahead and merit it because you'll be capping out your merits again by the time you're done and can reset them. It's heartbreaking really, since it really is an awesome ability. And I even have the augmented AF2+2 for it. Just wish it'd work on nightmare mobs, as well as there being more relevant content that involved regular mobs (that's appropriate for BST to be taking part in).

Personally I did 5/5 Beast Healer and Feral Howl. Beast Affinity wasn't gonna make me use Nazuna again (Slug is my cheap pet, now). And Feral Howl may be lame, but it was the only option aside from Beast Healer that at least did something for me. Unfortunately, it has a zero percent proc rate in Dynamis-Tavnazia, but nearly always works in other Dynamis zones (and outside, too). Lasts a fair amount of time with augmented AF2+2.

As for T1, I had done Killer Effects and Reward Recast, but given what I just said about Killer Instinct (and the fact that I no longer use AF3+2 body since I have Toci's now), I should probably change that to Call Beast or Sic Recast.

[Esvedium]

Great info, thanks. I've been using Merle as my cheap pet, and he caps at 99, so I can't really see a need for affinity merits, unless TE's are zomgsuperhard to get with an uncapped nazuna or a capped merle/slug/falcorr/whoever else.

[Omnipotent]

I just can't justify meritting Sic over Reward. Most of the mobs you fight that drop seals are rather weak enough to not have to ride the reward timer, but if you step it up to anything that drops +2 upgrades or NM's inside Dynamis, you not having Reward 5/5 is going to handicap you severely, and if you become serious about BST, 5/5 Reward becomes a must for soloing. Most of the time when fighting tougher NM's, the damage/result from Sic/Ready TP from a pet isn't going to really justify itself since you will be using a pet strong against the mobs weakness anyway, most likely going to have a shitty set of TP moves. The only pet I can justify having a faster Sic timer is Falcor, and aside from farming and some seal NM's, you won't be using Falcor inside Abyssea. I can easily name at least 10+ mobs I wouldn't be able to solo without my 5/5 reward.

[Khamsin]

I just can't justify meritting Sic over Reward. Most of the mobs you fight that drop seals are rather weak enough to not have to ride the reward timer, but if you step it up to anything that drops +2 upgrades or NM's inside Dynamis, you not having Reward 5/5 is going to handicap you severely, and if you become serious about BST, 5/5 Reward becomes a must for soloing. Most of the time when fighting tougher NM's, the damage/result from Sic/Ready TP from a pet isn't going to really justify itself since you will be using a pet strong against the mobs weakness anyway, most likely going to have a shitty set of TP moves. The only pet I can justify having a faster Sic timer is Falcor, and aside from farming and some seal NM's, you won't be using Falcor inside Abyssea. I can easily name at least 10+ mobs I wouldn't be able to solo without my 5/5 reward.

I wouldn't merit anything over Reward recast. And given what I just said about the irrelevancy of killer effects these days, it's really down to Sic Recast vs Call Beast. I rarely find myself having to Call Beast again before the timer is up, but when it does happen, having it available sooner is definitely a good thing. On the other hand, I use Ready all the time. So it's between a marginal benefit that you utilize all the time, or a significant benefit that you rarely actually gain anything from.

[dasva]

Well I was saying since he mostly in dynamis... but really when it comes down to I use call beast as a back up to reward. Not like I do much of either in dynamis lol. And outside I'll be dual boxing

[Omnipotent]

I have 5/5 Call Beast as well, I've solo'd hundreds of NMs as BST, and I can probably count on 2 hands a time where I was happy I meritted Call Beast when my pet died with 1-2seconds left on my timer in time for me to recover. It doesn't happen very often, but typically when it does, it's when I am fighting something I probably shouldn't be able to solo. I've had a couple times where I had to kite a mob for 1-2 minutes, spamming charm on it until my timer is up.. and that is a shitty situation. Most of the time, when your pet gets below 50% and DG kicks in I don't worry to much about my pet dying due to a strong TP move, but when my pet is 51% up, a strong TP move can one shot my pet np, and if my timer is down, hard time into the KI's I am about to lose makes me want to rage.
I guess it comes down to what you end up soloing. Some mobs come to mind like Hedjedjet, Caturei, Ironclads or even getting unlucky with 2 unresisted Lost Fairy Ring TP moves back to back for 2500+

But if you are doing strictly dynamis, I wouldn't worry about it. Just hope you don't get that BST itch, and the urge to challenge yourself outside of dynamis... because then I would recommend 5/5 Call over Sic

[Guitarman]

anyone having issues signing in? both my accounts saying wrong password. one has a token attached so i can't be hacked.

[Esvedium]

Capslock? Also, token accounts can be hacked, happened before. Not as likely, but possible.

[Guitarman]

edit: nvm found. Fuck this i'm so fucking sick of being hacked. this is my third time.

Everyone reading this better do a sweep of their computers, because if i caught a virus im certain i got it from a link from here.

[Atoreis]

edit: nvm found. Fuck this i'm so fucking sick of being hacked. this is my third time.

Everyone reading this better do a sweep of their computers, because if i caught a virus im certain i got it from a link from here.

If you are hacked 3rd time its really something about you really. Some talented hacker doesnt like you or you just dos something that you shouldnt (mainly trust other ppl)

[dasva]

Oh yeah abysssea is way different because of DG. If you reward right you get full use of it but call beast...well the first 50% hp lost would only have been like 20% below (guessimating since on phone). So call beast ends up regaining only a little more than reward at the loss of tp and hate. But outside its a tad different. But I dont like bst solo in abyssea. Like my procs too much. And I got more than one account

[Omnipotent]

edit: nvm found. Fuck this i'm so fucking sick of being hacked. this is my third time.

Everyone reading this better do a sweep of their computers, because if i caught a virus im certain i got it from a link from here.

http://support.na.square-enix.com/ne...source=message

My friend got hacked with a token some time ago. Happened may 8th and he wasn't compromised for 1-2 weeks later. Sucks

[Guitarman]

yeah i was hacked through an authenticator. what a joke. I didn't know ffxi accounts were even worth the effort.

[Draylo]

I'm assuming no, but can you re obtain avatar items once dropped?