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[Jem]

Do we know the Acc caps of Sushi? And if so, what sushi caps the highest?

Looking in the spreadsheet it has Sole capping at 72 and Bream at 76. I'm not sure if the extra 4 acc is coming from DEX conversion though.

If any of them give more acc than the other it would be incredibly useful. Looks like you need 850-900 acc to cap acc on Delve end bosses. (860 Acc is my rough initial guess as what's needed)

[Darkmagi]

What would be the easiest way to go about automatically accepting reraise? Attempting to make delve sacing less tedious.

[dasva]

Edit: Brainfart, BLU can't equip Nares. However question still stands.

Could for a few days!

[KCem]

Could for a few days!

I was thinking of Nashira gear when I wrote that! I guess SE didn't want jobs overlapping on Nyzul stuff. Normally they seem to be very liberal with BLU gear.

@Kyte: Thanks for the suggestions, I hadn't considered Orvail head, napkin math certainly shows it ahead of a cure potency anwig. I'm basically starting from scratch so the higher end pieces are out of reach for now, so I'm setting slightly my sights slightly more modest until I can get some momentum going.

I guess I'll level BST one day just to give the hat some use!

[TSFFXI]

Does fTP round down at any point?

Is there any benefit to weapon skilling at 101% TP (or at 100.1%)?

Bumping this a little. Sorry to be impatient, I was goofing around with a spreadsheet creating plots of DOT vs. STP and I realized I was going about it incorrectly if the flooring in the WS damage equation negates the small gains in fTP much of the time. Should I interpret the equations exactly as they are, or assume that they're an approximation and rounding may not affect them as much as it seems?

[Rehn]

What are the options for PDT earrings? I remember you can augment an earring or something, but I can't find it. I have colossus's.

[dasva]

What are the options for PDT earrings? I remember you can augment an earring or something, but I can't find it. I have colossus's.

Darkness earring from Scattered Shells, Scattered Mind

[In Flames]

I've just started again on a new account, about to get bst to 99. I have virtually no quests done, rank 5, almost no money.

What are my priorities? What can i do to make my bst be able to solo things for gear, money, mission progression etc.? Just feel a little lost and not quite sure where to start.

[Buffy]

If you grind some fame, you ought to be able to pick up a bit of cash doing 1-time quests like drain/aspir.

[Carraway]

I've just started again on a new account, about to get bst to 99. I have virtually no quests done, rank 5, almost no money.

What are my priorities? What can i do to make my bst be able to solo things for gear, money, mission progression etc.? Just feel a little lost and not quite sure where to start.

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/111...=1#post5688882

If you have Adoulin, I highly recommend also leveling and gearing a support/mage job (should be easy for a 99 BST in Abyssea) and trying to get into Delve shouts for KIs and plasm-farming, assuming you can play that support/mage job competently.

[Motenten]

Does fTP round down at any point?

Is there any benefit to weapon skilling at 101% TP (or at 100.1%)?

Bumping this a little. Sorry to be impatient, I was goofing around with a spreadsheet creating plots of DOT vs. STP and I realized I was going about it incorrectly if the flooring in the WS damage equation negates the small gains in fTP much of the time. Should I interpret the equations exactly as they are, or assume that they're an approximation and rounding may not affect them as much as it seems?

I don't believe it's ever been fully tested.

Crit rate scaling is assumed to increase in increments of single points of crit %, since that's the way melee works, however the spreadsheet ignores that because it's taking an average TP gain over all weaponskills. So if your average weaponskill TP was 105, if you had 10 weaponskills at 100 TP with 10% crit rate, and 10 weaponskills at 110 TP with 11% crit rate, you end up with an average of 10.5% crit rate. The fact that it's not a continuous scaling factor doesn't really matter, as it works out about the same either way.

You can largely apply the same logic to any weaponskills: even if there are discrete jumps in fTP, the spreadsheet is only concerned about long-term averages, so I don't give it any special consideration. Discrete value only matters if you're trying to analyze an exact damage result.

[Kamil]

How would I get SC to lock Mekira Head +1 on my WS on certain days?

[Obsidian]

<if day="Day1|Day2|Day3">
<equip when="recast"><head lock="t">Mekira whatever</head></equip></if>

Should work I think?

[Kamil]

Using this:
<if spell="resolution">
<if day="Windsday|Lightningday|Earthsday">
<equip lock="true"><head>Mekira-oto +1</head></equip>
</if>
</if>

but it isn't working for some reason

[grevenilvec75]

Using this:
<if spell="resolution">
<if day="Windsday|Lightningday|Earthsday">
<equip lock="true"><head>Mekira-oto +1</head></equip>
</if>
</if>

but it isn't working for some reason

lock has to be in the <head>

<if day="Day1|Day2|Day3">
<equip when="recast"><head lock="t">Mekira whatever</head></equip></if>

Should work I think?

Assuming you meant precast instead of recast?

[Tricen]

Am I using the wrong macro or something? I have a <stpc> macro and every time I use it and someone casts on me, it makes my target them. So I die, a lot. VERY annoying.

[Malithar]

Question concerning acc. I know the answers, but posting to get answers so I can point someone to the responses so they'll hopefully learn.

What's the % hit rate cap?
Does going over the acc needed for this cap benefit you?
Do multi hit WSs have a degrading acc value, where the more acc you stack (over cap or not) the more damage you do on the first hit, and the less acc you lose on subsequent hits?
Assuming an A+ weapon, full merits, 1 mad, and 50ish in TPing acc, meat or sushi for Delve farming?

Hopefully that's enough. Toss in anything extra I'm not thinking of at 5 AM, please.

[Hitou]

Am I using the wrong macro or something? I have a <stpc> macro and every time I use it and someone casts on me, it makes my target them. So I die, a lot. VERY annoying.

Don't use <stpc> use <stpt> for party, and <stal> for alliance. or <me> for self. Use f-keys before hitting the macro if you use those for targeting. If you use <stpt>/<stal> you won't lose target even if they blink or someone casts on you because you select it from the party/ally list.

[noodles355]

Question concerning acc. I know the answers, but posting to get answers so I can point someone to the responses so they'll hopefully learn.

What's the % hit rate cap?
Does going over the acc needed for this cap benefit you?
Do multi hit WSs have a degrading acc value, where the more acc you stack (over cap or not) the more damage you do on the first hit, and the less acc you lose on subsequent hits?
Assuming an A+ weapon, full merits, 1 mad, and 50ish in TPing acc, meat or sushi for Delve farming?

Hopefully that's enough. Toss in anything extra I'm not thinking of at 5 AM, please.

95%.
No.
I think 5AM is hurting you, adding acc will not increase damage of the first hit. What you mean to ask is: Does a multihit WS have a lower hit-rate than a one-hit WS - Yes. a 3hit WS has a hit-rate cap of: 0.95*0.95*0.95*100 = 85.74%, a one hit WS has a cap of 0.95*100=95%.
Marinara Pizza +1 would be the safest bet.

[Malithar]

I think 5AM is hurting you, adding acc will not increase damage of the first hit. What you mean to ask is: Does a multihit WS have a lower hit-rate than a one-hit WS - Yes. a 3hit WS has a hit-rate cap of: 0.95*0.95*0.95*100 = 85.74%, a one hit WS has a cap of 0.95*100=95%.

Nah, that's how "acc for multihit WSs works" as it was told to me via Mumble lol. ty for answers~