Random Question Thread: Fuck it.

[TSFFXI]

What weapon?

I have an OAT and a Herja's fork. Thanks in advance.

Keep in mind worms will stoneskin and you can't skillup until that wears/breaks. I found doing any random monster in abyssea with some regen atmas was the best option. Turtles were pretty good since they take a long time to kill and you can run if needed.

I skilled up marksmanship during a week with martial master in Gustav Tunnel (Martial Master seems to be a huge boost). Any time they would cast stoneskin I'd switch to a different worm that was out of casting range of the first (they don't link). It was annoying, despite everything else being easy to deaggro.

[AlexRuzhyo]

Pup Dynamis Farming - Which method is best for the most buck most of the time? I've gone three subless runs without a white. As PUP/DNC I manage 90-130 solo depending on TE/compitition.

PUP/DNC - JA Proc
PUP/THF - Auto WS Proc
PUP/None - Auto WS Proc

[Motenten]

I get 170-180 on pup/thf using WS procs (both auto and Shoulder Tackle) in Qufim, with no competition. The time I accidentally went pup/dnc I got 130.

[Taim Meich]

I get 170-180 on pup/thf using WS procs (both auto and Shoulder Tackle) in Qufim, with no competition. The time I accidentally went pup/dnc I got 130.

Do you think it's worthwhile to spam Shoulder Tackle instead of relying on the Auto's Flashbulb and Strobe and a Shijin Spiral at high HP? When I farmed Dyna in Qufim as PUP/THF, I got an average of around 160, with my highest spike being 180 coins, doing what I mentioned before.

[Foldypaws]

Herja's fork.

I hate you >_<

That said, a 5 hit should be really easy...

Herja's Fork
Dublus Grip
Hagneia Stone
Ares +1
Ganesha
Brutal
Kokou
Lancer +2
Ares +1
Rajas
Tyrant
Atheling
Goading
Ares +1
Huginn Aug

Best set I've found vs Fodder. Lancer + 2 if you don't have Huginn Aug's (I don't.) For OaT, swap head to Phorcys.

[Xilk]

anyone know Provenance watcher's level?

[TSFFXI]

I hate you >_<

Haha, thanks.

Hm, at 34 STP (sub mage) the tp return is a little over a six hit and a little too low for a five hit. Am I misinterpreting anything? Thanks for working it out, though--I was determined to squash Ares' body +1 into there somehow, so it never occurred to me to use haste gloves. I'll plug stuff in from here and see if I can come up with any improvements.

I wasn't sure how to handle TP from mobs hitting me, so I figured I'd disregard it and let it make up for any swings that happen while I'm in my HB stuff rather than turn around any time I need to heal. Still trying to get a hang of soloing stuff... I get hit like a truck every time I swap to my HB gear.

[NynJa]

does HP+ gear take full effect when cursed to half HP, or does it get reduced proportionally like the rest of your HP?

Base HP 1600
HP+ augs 200
cursed HP will be 900 or 1000?

I dunno where to to test this safely at will.

[Radec]

does HP+ gear take full effect when cursed to half HP, or does it get reduced proportionally like the rest of your HP?

Base HP 1600
HP+ augs 200
cursed HP will be 900 or 1000?

I dunno where to to test this safely at will.

Try Afflictors in beadeax? they aren't 1/2 health but I'm sure you could just get cursed, put gear on, see if HP rises by full amount.

[NynJa]

Try Afflictors in beadeax? they aren't 1/2 health but I'm sure you could just get cursed, put gear on, see if HP rises by full amount.

That works, thanks

HP+ gear gets reduced accordingly

[nikia]

MNK question please, I have always used Perfect counter as a means of extra "high" counter DMG by equiping Tantra+2 head. I was doing some reading and want to ask 2 things please.

First wanted to see if using PC for DMG hurts my overall DMG, I dont ride it every time it is up. I just read that some use it as a safe guard when you take a lot of DMG, would give healer time to cure you and so forth. Would it be better to only use as a safety net or can I use it for extra DMG?

Second if I can use it as a DMG means since i use Tantra+2 head to raise the DMG+20 could I also use Ultion Mantle for +10 more DMG with +30 Total? Lastly if all this is possible since I would have lot of haste overage could I also swap tantra+2 legs for +1 Temple for the +3 counter?

Any insight into this would be much appreciated.

[Cairthenn]

It's really not effective in doing extra damage unless you have no outside haste. It can be used as a sort of decent safeguard, though.

[Motenten]

Do you think it's worthwhile to spam Shoulder Tackle instead of relying on the Auto's Flashbulb and Strobe and a Shijin Spiral at high HP? When I farmed Dyna in Qufim as PUP/THF, I got an average of around 160, with my highest spike being 180 coins, doing what I mentioned before.

It's hard to say, but it feels like a better use of my TP and time, given that I need to do a fair bit of damage per mob anyway just to be sure the auto won't pull hate. Plus I don't want to get the mob's HP too low so the auto can also melee for TP for Magic Mortar (or Tactical Switch). I could see how it might be a bit more convenient, though; the way I do it, I pretty much always need to keep (ideally) 3 mobs on me to allow me to spread my damage out while I build TP, but it makes it more difficult to kill mobs quickly if I get a couple fast procs.

I'll try a run using your method, though, and see how it compares.

[Motenten]

anyone know Provenance watcher's level?

Some test data I got from someone indicated level 123.

[Motenten]

MNK question please, I have always used Perfect counter as a means of extra "high" counter DMG by equiping Tantra+2 head. I was doing some reading and want to ask 2 things please.

First wanted to see if using PC for DMG hurts my overall DMG, I dont ride it every time it is up. I just read that some use it as a safe guard when you take a lot of DMG, would give healer time to cure you and so forth. Would it be better to only use as a safety net or can I use it for extra DMG?

Second if I can use it as a DMG means since i use Tantra+2 head to raise the DMG+20 could I also use Ultion Mantle for +10 more DMG with +30 Total? Lastly if all this is possible since I would have lot of haste overage could I also swap tantra+2 legs for +1 Temple for the +3 counter?

Any insight into this would be much appreciated.

Added extra +counter rate gear is pointless; it's already at the max counter rate.

Hypothetical:

Activating PC: 2 seconds
Duration: 30 seconds

In 30 seconds, an unslowed mob may attack ~7.5 times, of which at most 7.1 connect.

If Counterstance is up, you'd expect to counter 4.9 of those.
If Counterstance is down, you'd expect to counter 1.15 of those.
You'd expect to counter 1.9 swings with PC (would do no damage on the other 0.1, assuming an average of 2 PC procs).
With PC+Counterstance, you'd get a total of 5.4 damage swings and 5.5 avoided hits.
With PC without Counterstance, you'd get a total of 2.7 damage swings and 2.8 avoided hits.

Damage reduction from PC if not using Counterstance: 28%
Damage reduction from PC if using Counterstance: 27%

So it seems to be the same relative value for damage reduction either way.


Assuming a 15% crit rate, ~96 base damage (90 Vere, 10 fStr), 1.5 cRatio, no Ultion:
Counter damage without CS: 177
Counter damage without CS, +PC: 678
Counter damage with CS: 776
Counter damage with CS, +PC: 1105

It's a substantial increase in counter damage if not using Counterstance (+501 damage), but less so if Counterstance is up (+329 damage).

Activating PC costs 2 seconds of melee time, which is about 0.6 of a round if you're only getting Haste. Given a middling multi-attack rate, you could expect it to represent ~250 damage with the above stats.

Overall, a very small net increase in damage done if Counterstance is up, but a decent gain if Counterstance is down. The balance shifts in melee's favor as you add more haste, or add extra +counter rate (eg: Spharai), or if you have better than floored evasion, or if you're not the sole target of the mob, or if the mob is slowed.


I'd say that if you're not using Counterstance, but the mobs can still hit you at a decent rate, it's worth spamming for extra damage. If you have Counterstance up, you may want to spam it just for the extra damage reduction, though the counter damage may be mostly a wash or only a small increase.

I didn't run the numbers, but I can't see use of Ultion Mantle being worth it compared to Atheling, since Atheling adds to normal melee damage as well as counters. Kinda nice to push those 600+ counters in Abyssea, though

[Qeomash]

Is there a Windower script command to execute on login? Basically, if I want it to set drawdistance to 20 when I log a character in, is there a command I can do? Something like onlogin drawdistance set 20?

[Fereydoon]

Is there a Windower script command to execute on login? Basically, if I want it to set drawdistance to 20 when I log a character in, is there a command I can do? Something like onlogin drawdistance set 20?

You can set it to do it automatically when you boot, just add it at the bottom of your init file.

drawdistance set 20

[NynJa]

For what its worth, im pretty sure perfect counters check occurs after your normal counter check. ive had times where perfect counter wore off naturally while fighting something, and countering via counterstance, or evading.

Id say its worth equipping if you arent using counterstance, so u can pop PC and the gear, then immediately get it off.

[noodles355]

I thought lotto NMs only had one PH and that PH was the monster directly above it in the zone .dat list. But just now Ignamoth didn't pop off the Wamoura directly above him, but off the Wamoura above that.

So can lottery NMs have more than one PH?
Or if not, is their PH not always the mob directly above them in the .dats?

[Yubar]

Is a level 90 ukon suppose to be able to compete with drks with 99 Ragnaroks, because I seem to do really bad on the parse whenever I do events and I used to do so well as a war before I stopped playing for a year.