Random Question Thread XXVII: Okay this roman numerals bullshit is getting ridiculous

[NynJa]

Does

Coruscanti RareEx
[Main] All Races
DPS: 1556 DMG:49 Delay:189 DEX+15 Critical hit rate +5% Occasionally deals severe damage
LV 95 THF BRD COR DNC


work for Ranged attacks?

the DEX should, the Crit Hit Rate wont (tested via jupiter staff), and presuming the OCC damage wouldnt work on a weapon in the other hand, it probably wont work for ranged either.

[Taint]

There's discrepancies on the DRK DPS and THF DPS, so I'm asking which one is correct.

Its all an estimate, change it to whatever you want. The first thing I do to my spread sheets is over write the "fodder" mob to a 120lvl,500def,530eva,120vit,120agi mob. The most important thing is to have different tiers of mobs, not necessarily the default mobs. Then you can test your low,mid,high sets versus your parse results on various mobs/events and know which sets to use where.

[Byrthnoth]

the DEX should, the Crit Hit Rate wont (tested via jupiter staff), and presuming the OCC damage wouldnt work on a weapon in the other hand, it probably wont work for ranged either.

Actually, the crit rate might. Some old-era weapons (Like Senju and Jupiter's Staff) definitely didn't transfer between normal hits and /ra or even between hands, but Coruscanti does work on both hands. It might work on /ra too.

[scaevola]

So I'm recently back to the game after 2 years. There's 2 years worth of updates and gear I don't know about and trying to sort through it all is proving to be tedious work. I find something that looks good, and something else.. and I might be over looking other pieces. It's a bit overwhelming trying to compare and decide what I should be using come 99. So, if possible, can anyone link their FFXIAH Item Sets for DRG, SMN, DNC, DRK, WAR, BRD or know a good person to look up to view theirs? I've tried manually searching Item Sets on FFXIAH but have to sort through outdated, gimpy, etc Item Sets is not getting me anywhere fast.

Please, for the love of god, get me out of this damn Perle set.

Easiest way to get extensive info on that many jobs is going to be to go to the AH Job forums themselves and look at relevant threads; pick a forum and look at the profiles of people answering the questions. They may not be final authorities on .1%-margin-BiS-gear but it doesn't sound like you're at a point where that's going to amount to meaningful error.

[NynJa]

Actually, the crit rate might. Some old-era weapons (Like Senju and Jupiter's Staff) definitely didn't transfer between normal hits and /ra or even between hands, but Coruscanti does work on both hands. It might work on /ra too.

Interesting, wasnt aware of that second part, I thought Corus's bonuses just worked on that weapon.

[Mirya]

Is it finally time for me to retire my Cuchulain's Belt? I use it on my Almace BLU and Twashtar THF and DNC. 10 Attack always seemed so great for those jobs, but now that I obtained a Wanion Belt, that seems superior. My sentimentality for the Cuchulain's (I got it back at 75 cap and it was a fairly big purchase for me back then) is making me hesitant. Should I do the deed and toss it up on AH?

[vagus]

Double Attack+11 or STR for my offhand. I mainhand Farsha for my bst.

[Nishida]

My BST is 93, almost 94..so I will be approaching the 99 mark very soon. As a 94 I know I can start working on gear once I cap my stupid axe skill (and likely before due to awesome pets). I am lost as to how to gear, and also somewhat unsure of merits.

The reason I am lost on how to gear is because from what I understand BST can now forego Charm completely with the new awesome jug pets, and as such no CHR gearset is needed? Is it just Idle/TP/WS/Reward? If so, I need some example gearsets for a fresh 99, as well as what to aim for. I am currently working on two -PDT axes..just started them. Not sure what else to aim for.

Merits. What do you suggest I do, and in what order? BST is a neat job, and I admit I was never really into it enough to learn about it..and yes I am bandwagoning it. I do want to do my best with it though.

As far as Atma's go..I have VV/GH/RR/MC already. I hear DG is good too, and obviously Apoc. Will work on those. Also some MDT/MDB ones I hear are good.

My current gear is somewhat meager. I just have a TP set, and it's as follows:
http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/264931

I know there are obvious things to upgrade..earrings, belt, weapons..spent most of my gil getting the job leveled so I haven't really had much gil to buy upgrades. I do, however, have about 287k cruor that I can get blinkers from..I will do this but it won't go far.

Given this gear, and jug pets, can you recommend pieces I can farm? Solo and group.

[vagus]

My TP Set : http://www.ffxiah.com/members/item-sets?id=264934

My Ruinator Set : http://www.ffxiah.com/members/item-sets?id=264935

My Reward Set : http://www.ffxiah.com/members/item-sets?id=264936

The goal is to cap haste and have as much haste onto my pet as possible. As for Ruinator, i just stack as much STR then attack then DA.


Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Also, not sure if I should wear Bst AF3+2 feet or Dilarm's Sollerets.

[Yugl]

Those tags don't work here (Wish they would though).

[TheDirtyHobo]

My TP Set : http://www.ffxiah.com/members/item-sets?id=264934

My Ruinator Set : http://www.ffxiah.com/members/item-sets?id=264935

My Reward Set : http://www.ffxiah.com/members/item-sets?id=264936

The goal is to cap haste and have as much haste onto my pet as possible. As for Ruinator, i just stack as much STR then attack then DA.


Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Also, not sure if I should wear Bst AF3+2 feet or Dilarm's Sollerets.

http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/264934

http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/264935

http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/264936

[Rocl]

Can someone walk me through tatter & scrap synergy real slow? Do I need to have high level synergy to do it? What pieces are worth augmenting, etc.

Also, voidcluster-things. Catching up on VW clears is going to be lame. How many voidclusters would be necessary to pop & kill a mob with ~6? Specifically looking at the higher tier Jeunos; I imagine the rest could be done with decent/lucky proc-timing with ~6-8?

[Francisco]

True or false?

"Cobalt cells have zero impact on your chances of obtaining a rare/good gear drop from Voidwatch. These cells only open up more "trash" slots, and flood your inventory with logs and ores."

[Yugl]

NVM.

[Tardevil]

I'm remember seeing someone mention that SSR is the best zone to solo farm for alex. Which path/NMs would I have to do and how much does it end up averaging per run? THF/DNC good enough?

[Radec]

I'm remember seeing someone mention that SSR is the best zone to solo farm for alex. Which path/NMs would I have to do and how much does it end up averaging per run? THF/DNC good enough?

Hammerblow > Powderkeg > (optional kill all S room, W room gears) > GG3 > CC > Boss

avg 85 before boss if you clear all the gears, might not be possible as solo thf.

[Clipse]

So I just installed the Steam version of FFXI and whenever I try to log into the POL Viewer, I get a POL-0246 error. Tried to look this error up and can't find anything on it. Can anyone help?

[Fake]

Hammerblow > Powderkeg > (optional kill all S room, W room gears) > GG3 > CC > Boss

avg 85 before boss if you clear all the gears, might not be possible as solo thf.

There is no way you are gonna clear all of f3 solo but if you do have a relic thf with optimal gear (may be a good idea not to use thf knife also since its so bad for DPS) it may be possible to do all 4 NMs + boss. Would probably require some good gear cells in chest/first fomor and also leaving a few gears unkilled on CC floor

[Buffy]

True or false?

"Cobalt cells have zero impact on your chances of obtaining a rare/good gear drop from Voidwatch. These cells only open up more "trash" slots, and flood your inventory with logs and ores."

It is generally considered to be true.

The best item always loads in the first slot in the list. So Riftcinder, Heavy Metal, bodies or weapons will always be in the first slot in the loot list. Cobalt cells expand the list, meaning the 4th and 5th and 6th items are always logs or Petrifacts or crafting materials.

What no one has figured out conclusively, is if the cobalt cells open up another slot, and the random number generator rerolls for each slot in your loot pool. Meaning does the game reroll for that 5th slot, giving you a heavy metal pouch in the slot, then sorting the list to put the best item at the top? In this case, cobalt cells might be worth it. Or, does the random number generator have a pool for each slot, and only the best items reside in the first slot, meaning that cobalt cells do nothing to give you a better chance at those items.

[NynJa]

True or false?

"Cobalt cells have zero impact on your chances of obtaining a rare/good gear drop from Voidwatch. These cells only open up more "trash" slots, and flood your inventory with logs and ores."

Ive been tracking my lights/loot, but i dont have enough data to back anything up so far. I buy 1 stack of cobs and 1-2 stacks of rubi when i head out. I believe it just autos the rare loot up top if it loads, so leaving out blue lights hurts. If it matters, the only 2 glowy shits was a back to back mextli on my mule, no cobs were used, but shes missing a glory peri, so rubys useless also (sarcasm here)?

Tldr, need more data for anything definite, everything so far has been eyeballed.