Random Question Thread

[dasva]

Well they only changed the caps so for a lot of people it will do about the same as befote unless berserk, LR, or counterstance is up

[Atoreis]

In light of the recent changes to attack/defense, would it be now worth it to have more Protectra V merits + WHM AF2+2 augmented feet? I was just curious if anyone had tested this and discovered any noticeable difference in defense, or if the consensus is still lolprot5.

4/5 Protectra
5/5 Shellra
1/5 devotion

imo best choice now.

[dannyl]

quick question:

I was out a few days and upon my return I noticed the battlegrounds were at 64% colonization rate. Prior to me leaving, it was capped @ 25% despite everyones efforts. What changed? Do we know what took down that "cap"?

Thanks

[Gokulo]

Do we know what took down that "cap"?

S-E

[dannyl]

lol, figures

[Modoru]

Well they only changed the caps so for a lot of people it will do about the same as befote unless berserk, LR, or counterstance is up

Or you're a thief. <_<

[dasva]

Or you're a thief. <_<

Ok specifically the diff between pro4/5 will be the same as before update unless the mob has over twice as much att as your def with pro4 onm

[sluggo]

You can use the book to get protect/shell at least for the first 30 minutes while in dynamis. I do that and a regen buff personally.

Too bad sheltered ring doesn't work on that

[Suteru]

So is COR never getting the 3rd Phantom Roll while BRD can now theoretically get the 4th song?

[Motenten]

Any difference on coin drops between ep and dc? or just touch drops.

How many coins do you usually do, etc.

As far as I know there is no difference in coinage drops between DC and EP. Someone theorized DC had higher chance to drop 4 coins with less TH or something like that, but it's all crap, Imho they have the same exact drop rate. They do have higher drop rate on forgotten tho, and if you're going with friends they're more fun to kill and usually less competition (which means faster kills => more coins).

No. There is an easily measurable difference in the drop rates of coins from EP vs DC mobs. A rough approximation would be 2.4 coins per mob for EPs vs 3 coins per mob for DCs, with TH6.

Solo or duo will almost always get more coins from EPs due to drop rate vs kill speed vs proc rate. Trios will likely start doing better on DCs due to kill time falling below proc rate time on EPs. Given equivalent kill speed (since you're largely limited by proc rates), the higher drop rate per mob makes DCs a better choice there.

Also, not all proc rates are the same (though most are). Certain select mobs (eg: DC rabbits in Buburimu) have higher proc rates than others.

[dasva]

Idk from what I've seen the droprate is the same for a given proc/th lvl but you are just more likely to proc DCs unless you turn backwards on esp

[Shadida]

Now that Perfect Defense duration is nerfed drastically, does anyone have any suggestions for changes to ADL strategy? Would it make sense to pop PD when adds pop instead of at the start of the fight? PD is wearing off right about the time the adds show up which is causing us a lot of grief if stuns aren't timed perfectly. Is the solution just to kill faster?

[Fake]

Time PD to go off as it splits. Killing 2 from 59% with 4DD + THF in ~50 seconds is easy when tera slash/death/implosion don't cause any issues.

I don't get how PD is wearing off when the adds show up unless your smns have massively under levelled skill and no gear, it shouldn't take anything approaching 30 seconds to take it to 59%

[Fake]

Idk from what I've seen the droprate is the same for a given proc/th lvl but you are just more likely to proc DCs unless you turn backwards on esp

I don't know why you would say idk when Motenten is saying he has done the testing on it, its not like he has a history of making wild claims without empirical evidence

[dasva]

I don't know why you would say idk when Motenten is saying he has done the testing on it, its not like he has a history of making wild claims without empirical evidence

I guess because people have said both and he didn't specify procage

[Tricen]

Am I doing something wrong? A friend and I have been trying to dou his Gjallahorn trial, the one in Beaucedine Glacier by killing the attst NM 5 times. We cannot get the pop item to drop at all. Does anyone have a decent way to farm them? We've killed the 5 TEs and farmed the WHM/BLM/BRDs next to the pop ??? but haven't gotten a single pop item to drop in 2 runs. Very frustrating

[Squah]

How does Suijingiri Kanemitsu stack up to other options? Specifically Tomonari, Amano95, Masa85/90? Looking for a strong GKT without breaking the bank. Deciding on whether or not to 99 my Apoc or make an Amano and leave Apoc at 95 for the time being.

Am I doing something wrong? A friend and I have been trying to dou his Gjallahorn trial, the one in Beaucedine Glacier by killing the attst NM 5 times. We cannot get the pop item to drop at all. Does anyone have a decent way to farm them? We've killed the 5 TEs and farmed the WHM/BLM/BRDs next to the pop ??? but haven't gotten a single pop item to drop in 2 runs. Very frustrating

RNG is RNG, all I can say. My Apoc trial had to be split into two runs because it took 85 minutes before we saw our first pop, then we got 5 in about 7 kills.

[Jem]

I'd upgrade your Apoc tbh. Admittedly there's DRK bias but I don't think the difference between 90 Masa and 95 Amano is all that substantial.

[dannyl]

Am I doing something wrong? A friend and I have been trying to dou his Gjallahorn trial, the one in Beaucedine Glacier by killing the attst NM 5 times. We cannot get the pop item to drop at all. Does anyone have a decent way to farm them? We've killed the 5 TEs and farmed the WHM/BLM/BRDs next to the pop ??? but haven't gotten a single pop item to drop in 2 runs. Very frustrating

They're shitty drops in general. There are two camps by the Op-warp tower has easy prey WHMs, and DC BRDs. The bards are on the other side (west) of the ramp down.

[Heslon]

question about coalition ranks:
Im Disciple in Couriers atm and can do the supply to morimar etc, is this the highest rank?
Can I still rank up in couriers or should I use my points to rank up other coalitions now?