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[Motenten]

Would pretty much have to lv my marksmanship from scratch

Would suggest getting Awilda's Gun from the T2 VNM in Attohwa Chasm for skilling up (low damage, low delay); it drops at least half the time. Just grab a stack of bronze bullet pouches off the AH, and you can go shoot worms all day.

Would also suggest grabbing Thurandaut legs, at least for skilling up, as they provide a huge amount of ranged accuracy.

[Cream Soda]

Alright, will do.

Also, 3% TA vs 7% DA, 8 acc, 8 attack.

I can go either merman's earrings x2, mdt-4% and epona's, or x2 mdt-4% rings with Steelflash/bladeborn for capped mdt with shell v

[dasva]

First 2 ranks up are definitely worth it imo. They are pretty good upgrades for the cost. After that your mileage is going to vary as it's essentially +1 stat for whatever the rank up costs.

Yeah definitely get a couple but as costs rise uggg

[Fwahm]

Alright, will do.

Also, 3% TA vs 7% DA, 8 acc, 8 attack.

I can go either merman's earrings x2, mdt-4% and epona's, or x2 mdt-4% rings with Steelflash/bladeborn for capped mdt with shell v

7% DA alone gives more extra attacks than 3% TA.

[Vyvian]

When Sole Sushi says it raises melee accuracy by 15%, does this mean my 600 (arbitrary for the question) accuracy is increased by 90 to 690 accuracy (as large as a 45% increase in hit rate if not floored or capped). Or does it mean my 70% hit rate increases to a 85% hit rate?

[Byrthnoth]

The former, but it has a now-hittable cap.

[Jeryhn]

Looking for some advice on magic merits. Currently have Enhancing, Blue and Summoning at 8/8. I still have 8 points available to spend.
I have the following jobs that'll be using magic: WHM, BLM, RDM, PLD, DRK, BRD, SMN, BLU, SCH, GEO, RUN. (A lot, lol.)
I don't have any relics or empyreans for these jobs, as I mostly play on mage jobs.

Enhancing seems good to justify and works well for most of these jobs, but I'm curious about the others. Currently blue magic doesn't scale well compared to simply meleeing with their available Delve/Skirmish weapons and while I love SMN, I'm almost never on it except for PD cases. I'd prefer merits with actual benefits beyond just spell accuracy, like additional potency or hitting higher effect tiers on songs/geomancy/favors. Where would I benefit most in putting my magic merits? (Capped skill in all magic classes, if that makes an impact on choice).

[dasva]

Can't brd can potency without merits? elementals adds dmg to meteor!

[Bratt]

Is there a way to change the path of your Delve weapon before you hit the 2nd or 3rd buff?

[dasva]

Is there a way to change the path of your Delve weapon before you hit the 2nd or 3rd buff?

Trade it back to him to start back over

[grevenilvec75]

You lose your previous augments when you do that. Not sure if that's what you wanted.

[Kaisha]

Are there any means of obtaining maps for Rala_U/Cirdas_U?

[Byrthnoth]

Are there any means of obtaining maps for Rala_U/Cirdas_U?

During Skirmish you can activate the map on one of those glowing light things if you used level 2 parts.

[burrett]

when using lightluggage can i have more than 1 profile loaded or will adding a new 1 remove the last one u had loaded

any help wpild be great

[Obsidian]

Only one loaded at a time as far as I'm aware.

[Kyte]

How does 1/5 Stardiver compare to Drakesbane?

[Sechs]

Anybody got a clue what the Frayed Sacks of the Mog Bonanza could be?

[Byrthnoth]

JPs in my LS were guessing they are sacks of Ghastly Stones.

[Maguile]

Do exp rings worth with coalition assignments for exp reward?

[TSFFXI]

BGwiki says this about fTP for weaponskills with fTP transfer:

For 1H and 2H Melee Weapons Skills Hits after the first all have an fTP of 1.0.
The first hit fTP is mirrored by all future hits (including applicable Elemental Gorgets/Belts).

At 100% TP, stardiver has 0.75 fTP. Wearing a gorget/belt adds 0.2, raising it to 0.95 fTP for the first hit. Do the remaining hits mirror the 0.95 value, or do they start at 1.0 and rise to 1.2 with the gorget/belt?