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

[Darkmagi]

Is an 85 Ukonvasara worth using over a 99 VIT Telamon?

(I am guessing "yes", but want to be sure.)

Yes, but just 90 it. Orthrus is insanely easy to farm.

[Septimus]

Yes, but just 90 it. Orthrus is insanely easy to farm.

It will be 90'ed soon-ish, I just finished Glavoid today (fuck Tahrongi) and had the Itzpapalotl's Scales farmed up already; I wanted to see if I should use it while I am getting it to 90 or stick with the VIT Tealamon.

So, for the questions:

How am I supposed to gear this?

Ukon / Pole Grip / - / Ravager's Orb
Zelus / Ravager's / Ravager's / Brutal
Adaburk / Warrior's+2 or Ravager's +2 / Rajas / Blitz
Atheling / Goading / Ravager's +2 / Ravagers +2

What about weapon skills? Balls-to-the-wall STR or something else?

The Adaman Hauberk has Store TP+3 Double Attack +1 augment, and I swap between Warrior's and Ravager's hands depending on Restraint. If I did the math correctly (which I may not have), that should be enough Store TP to get a six-hit with /SAM.

Should I get rid of my Upheaval merits? If so, any advice with what I should replace it? (Have Ruinator and Exenterator- jobs are WAR, THF, SMN, RDM, DRK- and the DRK sucks.)

[Taim Meich]

Yeah I esp. like when people show up with it and don't even have a positive accuracy total in their gear. This great axe is shit, lol.

It's the best GA other than Ukon inside of abyssea. By a large margin. Sure, it's only abyssea, but as long as you aren't a retard and know the implications of -30 acc outside, it's just awesome.

[Plow]

What about weapon skills? Balls-to-the-wall STR or something else?

yeah

Should I get rid of my Upheaval merits? If so, any advice with what I should replace it? (Have Ruinator and Exenterator- jobs are WAR, THF, SMN, RDM, DRK- and the DRK sucks.)

I would say definitely, you're really not going to pull out the tela over ukon like... almost ever.

But... there's not much else you'd want I think.

Too bad the drk sucks cuz scythe and gsd are both decently useful ones.



Question: FoV augments cannot be removed, correct?

[Neisan]

It will be 90'ed soon-ish, I just finished Glavoid today (fuck Tahrongi) and had the Itzpapalotl's Scales farmed up already; I wanted to see if I should use it while I am getting it to 90 or stick with the VIT Tealamon.

So, for the questions:

How am I supposed to gear this?

Ukon / Pole Grip / - / Ravager's Orb
Zelus / Ravager's / Ravager's / Brutal
Adaburk / Warrior's+2 or Ravager's +2 / Rajas / Blitz
Atheling / Goading / Ravager's +2 / Ravagers +2

What about weapon skills? Balls-to-the-wall STR or something else?

The Adaman Hauberk has Store TP+3 Double Attack +1 augment, and I swap between Warrior's and Ravager's hands depending on Restraint. If I did the math correctly (which I may not have), that should be enough Store TP to get a six-hit with /SAM.

Should I get rid of my Upheaval merits? If so, any advice with what I should replace it? (Have Ruinator and Exenterator- jobs are WAR, THF, SMN, RDM, DRK- and the DRK sucks.)

Switch pole to claymore and neck to rancor if the +DT doesn't matter to you, that's the easiest upgrades I can see offhand for TP set. For merit ws if you care about drk/smn melee drop upheaval for whatever will make it better, or just leave upheaval merited for Mighty Strikes.

Not sure what you're currently using for WS set, Mekira(+1) is good on active days and if you don't need accuracy from mask iirc, Avant+1 cuisses off the AH are good, Rancor Mantle and elegorget is abit better than Rancor collar+Atheling when crit rate isn't capped.

[Guitarman]

Friends resubbed and they need atmas. Am i going to have any trouble dualboxing ironclad pulverizer for them as NIN/DNC + WHM/BLM? It's been a looong ass time since i've fought it.

[Nekradarken]

Friends resubbed and they need atmas. Am i going to have any trouble dualboxing ironclad pulverizer for them as NIN/DNC + WHM/BLM? It's been a looong ass time since i've fought it.

Shouldn't be a problem. But NIN/WAR is better if you aim for the atma.

[Kensagaku]

Does anyone know where the items "Penelope's Cloth" and "Staghorn Coral" come from? Can't find them on the wikis anywhere and I'm trying to get the mats to make a Hexed Jacket now that I got a T.body from Providence Watcher. I'm assuming these are drops from the glimmering troves in Provenance, since we seem to get new synth mats showing up there, but I'd rather check with you all.

[Nekradarken]

Does anyone know where the items "Penelope's Cloth" and "Staghorn Coral" come from? Can't find them on the wikis anywhere and I'm trying to get the mats to make a Hexed Jacket now that I got a T.body from Providence Watcher. I'm assuming these are drops from the glimmering troves in Provenance, since we seem to get new synth mats showing up there, but I'd rather check with you all.

Drop from Fjalar.

[dasva]

I don't think they both come from that...

[Mahoro]

I recall one of our LS members getting Penelope's Cloth off the new Frog VW in ToAU. Not sure if it has multiple sources.

[dasva]

Yeah it's a safe bet that most of the new hard to find synth materials come from T1 aht urghan/cop. But from the limited info I've seen seems 1 per nm and that one drops only on it. But having such poor droprates combine with little to no reason to redo them once you get clears makes it really hard to tell. Sadly that actually makes the ones that come from the T2 much easier to get

[Aja]

Which grip for Arma COR?

[wop]

Argute gown+2 augmented

so that's 9 enhancing + say 8/8 enh. merits (8x2) = 25 enhancing magic skill with enlightenment on next spell?
better than augur body right?

[KCem]

Argute gown+2 augmented

so that's 9 enhancing + say 8/8 enh. merits (8x2) = 25 enhancing magic skill with enlightenment on next spell?
better than augur body right?

Assuming you mean Anhur and not Augur, 2/5 or more merits in enlightenment will put Argute ahead (iirc +7 skill ahead of Anhur with 5/5).

[dasva]

Which grip for Arma COR?

reaver +1 or the mab one

[Taim Meich]

Assuming you mean Anhur and not Augur, 2/5 or more merits in enlightenment will put Argute ahead (iirc +7 skill ahead of Anhur with 5/5).

Has it been confirmed that the bonus requires the body upon casting? If not, Enlightenment with gown+2 -> cast in Anhur is better.

[ssjjfar]

Best atmacites for a THF?

?

[KCem]

Has it been confirmed that the bonus requires the body upon casting? If not, Enlightenment with gown+2 -> cast in Anhur is better.

It would appear that works. The more you know !

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/104...39#post4978939

[noodles355]

reaver +1 or the mab one

Rose too. One of the better STP trade offs if you need it.

Edit: And a question actually...

Still new to fishing and confused by something. I'm sitting in Rabao fishing Giant Donko for GP. It's Skill cap 50. I'm Lv96 Fishing + 6 in gear for 102. How the hell am I getting a "Lost due to lack of skill" message on these fish...? I'm 52 skill over their cap...
I can guarantee it's not another higher level fish on the line that I'm losing, it's definitely Giant Donko.