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

[pancakesandsex]

You'd have to redo it for Windurst, but if you switch back to Sandy, you'll have it again.

I think they changed that.

[Kyte]

They did.

[Koyangi]

I have run into an interesting conundrum.

I started farming Gustav Tunnel for Liminus Earrings last week, I brought a total of 5 characters, 99cor, 99brd, 99whm, 99blu, and a char leeching. All chars are on page 4 repeat.

I was planning on doing multiple things at once with this PT; 1) merit points for the 99's, exp for the leech, 2) Hopefully get the 4 99's a Liminus Earring (as I write this post I'm 3/4 now), 3) Obtain Kindred Seals, 4) Skillup the COR's Marksmanship, the BLU was the holder/primary killer of the mobs.

I first camped in the tunnel that leads to the room where Ungur can pop in, in this scenario noone was "locked" on a box or a book (there isn't a book in this tunnel anyway). Also, everyone had signet, the 99whm and the leech are Rank 1 Windy, the rest are Rank 10 Sandy. Even before I got my 1st Earring to drop, collecting all the KS, BS, and KC on the 99cor, I amassed 46 KS, 39 KC, and 1 HKC. Also Geodes were pretty common, I even have an SS of 2 geodes of same type in pool at once also with a Kindred Crest which I found interesting. I purposely have kept BLU in zone entire time throughout this entire ordeal, COR as well as to keep the capped prowesses in Treasure Casket Discovery (mainly). The leech hasn't capped yet so it's never left, the 99whm and 99brd have left to dump merits and they would refresh their signet before returning. When the COR and BLU ran out of a Signet, I would Signet staff them.

I'm trying to be as detailed as possible even if lots of this info seems superfluous, now onto the conundrum.

I decided to leave the hallway where I had been in for all that time and I decided to camp the chars by the book right before the Doom Warlocks where Taxim can pop and I locked everyone on the book except BRD and BLU, I'd put BRD on BLU follow and blast enemies nearby for page 4s. The COR has been out of bullets so it's not skilling up anymore but it did manage to gain a considerable and satisfactory amount of levels in marks. At this time the 99whm which is Rank 1 Windy and the BRD havent needed to dump merits yet because they hadn't reached 30/30. The leech and 99whm are both signetless, the BRD has NPC Signet, and the COR and BLU have Signet staff signet. So 3 out of 5 in the party have Signet. Over 8 hours of killing has occured since camping in 2nd camp and 0 KS, KC, HKC, BS, and geodes have dropped. I want to know why this is happening. If anymore info is needed I can hopefully fill in the blanks.

[Kamil]

Is there any reason to use NQ Phos Belt in place of Bullwhip? Besides to omit the negative stats on Bullwhip.

[Yugl]

No.

[Ihina]

What's the best salvage zone to do for alexs? I'm guessing Arrapago due to all the rats you fight, but I wanna make sure.

[NynJa]

U guess wrong, theyre not 100% drop
SS is where its at

[Ihina]

Many thanks.

Also, anyone remember stuff about etching and synergy and stuff? I saw that there's an evolith that gives -6% to healing magic casting time, can that be put on any hand piece whm can use? Currently, whm doesn't have any decent fast cast/cure casting time hands; it only has the legion stuff which is rather pricey for being only 2-3%.

[Aja]

Any place for any Thaumas gear in a DNC tp set? I only use DNC for dynamis.

Also any DNC relic I should upgrade?

[Yugl]

Legs for saber dance.

[Taube]

Please hear my tale of woe:
I went pants-on-head-retarded and did NOT disable windower sandboxing before updating. Thus messing up my installation for good.

I deleted all the files and even deleted the registry key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PlayOnline EU] to get a fresh start.

I got my copy as Direct2Drive from GamesLoad.
Somehow, when reinstalling, the installer still saw the expansions as installed. Which would make me believe that the installation registry for those is somewhere else (if even in registry at first place).

So for the question: What registry keys to export and other steps to take in order to not have to bother with this damned installer again. I just want to copy the files into place and import the registry keys in and be done with this. (This installer requires way too many steps by the user)

[LidenbokValour]

What are optimal TP builds for SAM nowa-days?

[Guitarman]

Which pieces of Thaumas gear should I be TPing in for monk and ninja?

[Mrp]

Question about Atmacite

Which Atmacite worth upgrading for Monk ?

[Talint]

Also any DNC relic I should upgrade?

Legs if Saber Dance is your thing (+1% Double Attack per merit).
Head if you macro it in already for Waltzing (+7% Waltz effect).
Body w/ Augment if you can get it (Grants +5TP per merit in No Foot Rise).

[Gun-it]

Which pieces of Thaumas gear should I be TPing in for monk and ninja?

Just body for NIN, depending on buffs. Use Feet/legs when Marchs or Embrava is up iirc. I think just body for MNK but I don't know don't play mnk.

[Gun-it]

After meriting STR, what stat should I merit next? Jobs SAM DRG NIN THF.

[TheDangerousDave]

COR with Armageddon 90 or SAM with Masamune 90, which would be better for VW and Legion? In the theoretical situation you could only have one (too lazy to do more than one).

[Indalecia]

You will always have a spot with Arma Cor.

Always

[Buffy]

COR with Armageddon 90 or SAM with Masamune 90, which would be better for VW and Legion? In the theoretical situation you could only have one (too lazy to do more than one).

In general, I find Cor slightly harder to find than Sam. They both have unique procs, if I had to pick between the two which to invite, I would invite the Cor.