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[Cream Soda]

Thanks

Anyone know the dat model or corresponding dat files (each race) for Manibozho brais? They are fucking disgustingly ugly and I want to get rid of them

[dasva]

Why do mobs have two different IDs and why does POLUtils display one of them (eg 0104A1DD) in the monster list but the other (eg 17080797) when you export that monster list to xml?

Is the exported XML List the exact same order as the list within POLUtils? So for example if I have a mob I who's ID I got from ApRadar (1DA = 0104A1DA) who I know is 3 positions above a named NM, in the exported mob list xml, will it still be 3 positions above the NM in the xml?

Is there anyway for POLUtils to display BOTH IDs so that I don't have to export the monster list each time just to get it's ID to change it's name?

Not sure what you mean exactly... I don't see any ID in the monster list.

The xml can be in any order you want to write it in and generally you are only writing the mobs that are important to you so you can have alot less in there and not even have the nm at all. Not sure what mean by if it is 3 spots above in the xml will it still be 3 spots above in the xml...

You don't actually have to mess with xmls to change things names. You can just click on it and change it then write changes

[Karbuncle]

With Caller's Horn +2, it says increases Favor Tier by 2, Does that go beyond the ~513 Skill Cap we know (I.E 5MP/tic with 513, with horn become 7mp/tic), or just up to the known cap?

[Byrthnoth]

Beyond

[noodles355]

Not sure what you mean exactly... I don't see any ID in the monster list.

The xml can be in any order you want to write it in and generally you are only writing the mobs that are important to you so you can have alot less in there and not even have the nm at all. Not sure what mean by if it is 3 spots above in the xml will it still be 3 spots above in the xml...

You don't actually have to mess with xmls to change things names. You can just click on it and change it then write changes

The first SS is POLUtils - notice the column of IDs
The second SS is the exported XML - notice the different IDs
The third SS is the name replace xml - notice the different format to the exported monster list.



Edit: Obviously I took the SSs after I had already changed their names.

[dasva]

Ah yeah never used the data browser thing just the name changer options. What exactly is your end goal?

[noodles355]

I was just curious why there were two different sets of IDs, one being the 0104#### ones (which are also the ones ApRadar uses) and the other being the 17080### set (which are needed to rename NPCs)

If there was a way to get the 17080 ID for a mob without having to export the whole list as xml to get it, that'd be cool as it'd save a bit of time.

[dasva]

Ah ok quick check it looks like not only are they the same order but they are the same numbers but one is in hex and the other decimal. Can just convert if necessary. Also iirc it's the same order as would appear on widescan if you had them all up on it

[noodles355]

Ah ok, cheers for that

[Eldelphia]

Fran - I don't run in a big group anymore and I got all 6 ki with relatively little hassle. If you need some help, yell.

[Necromage]

Never done Meebles before but was looking to get a Letalis Mantle.. anyway could any explain to me what the fastest way to get the marks would be/how long it would take to get the mantle?

[Francisco]

Others have given you good advice for Tax'et, but as far as Delve is concerned in general, you'll be able to do some of the NMs but not complete the entire system. Since KI stem from groups of NMs rather than individual NMs (Tier1-3, Tier4-5), you just need to pick the easy NMs.

Morimar: Matamata, Kurma or Peiste (Both of these are hit or miss for pick up groups; Kurma favors manaburn with PLD+SAM2x for SCs; peiste favors melee burn with SCH stun and an enfeebler)
Ceizak: Chapuli (Just melee burn, but do know he requires high cure maintenance), Tax'et (Pickups tend to have issue with this guy for whatever reason)
Foret (I've only fought two NMs here and only once each): Pugil, Orobon (Both are zergs, but BLU with ES Absolute Terror helps)

Other than Tax'et being doable with ~10, how about the others, specifically Orobon/Krabakarpo and Pieste/Kurma?

Seems killing Tax'et as well as one of each of the other two will cover the LS for pursuing any of the weapons they want to obtain.

Also, are the weapon drop rates at all reasonable? Either way, I think we're looking at trying to get the 3 NM Key items for everyone, then low-man farming for plasm as best we can.

Last question, I think. Can plasm be acquired right away, or do we need a NM key item before we can start collecting it?

[Kaisha]

Never done Meebles before but was looking to get a Letalis Mantle.. anyway could any explain to me what the fastest way to get the marks would be/how long it would take to get the mantle?

Well, you have to goal 3 all 20 of the non-boss Meebles Sauromugue expeditions, so 20 tags (you start with 10 iirc these days) to use assuming zero mess-ups on getting goal-3. You should be close to 70k research marks after that, assuming a full party of 6 (extra marks for a full party vs. bare minimum 3), and from there it's just a matter of farming whichever one is quick/easy if you need more.

At most two weeks I'd say with a full group, which gives room for error, and blow tags on the bosses for their KI as you wait on the tags to replenish to do more.

[Yugl]

Other than Tax'et being doable with ~10, how about the others, specifically Orobon/Krabakarpo and Pieste/Kurma?

Seems killing Tax'et as well as one of each of the other two will cover the LS for pursuing any of the weapons they want to obtain.

Also, are the weapon drop rates at all reasonable? Either way, I think we're looking at trying to get the 3 NM Key items for everyone, then low-man farming for plasm as best we can.

Last question, I think. Can plasm be acquired right away, or do we need a NM key item before we can start collecting it?

Plasm is obtainable before you fight the NMs. There are three methods for obtaining plasm:

1. Use shards (100 Plasm each)
2. Fight pop NMs outside fracture
3. Fracture

Fracture yields the most points, but typically requires you to handle NMs (Either PLD or Twilight). If you're going with an LS composed of returning players, you should try to attempt each NM with 18 members.

[dasva]

Doable and what you can do are a bit different. 18 man groups can fail pretty easy on tax too... kurma is fairly easy manaburn as long as your mages actually have okish gear and have any idea of kiting. When I did it had a mismatch of a few mages and none but me had magian staffs and most didn't even have the crafted ones... granted took us about an hour but rediculously gimp mages and only had like 6 nukers...

All the gear is kinda meh droprate. Eyeballing I'd guess 10-20% with thf on it.

You can get plasm anytime. Only need WKR KI to lead the run into a fracture and only need to be 95 to enter. Outside there are no requirements that I know of same with eatting shards

[Fake]

Other than Tax'et being doable with ~10, how about the others, specifically Orobon/Krabakarpo and Pieste/Kurma?

Seems killing Tax'et as well as one of each of the other two will cover the LS for pursuing any of the weapons they want to obtain.

Also, are the weapon drop rates at all reasonable? Either way, I think we're looking at trying to get the 3 NM Key items for everyone, then low-man farming for plasm as best we can.

Last question, I think. Can plasm be acquired right away, or do we need a NM key item before we can start collecting it?

Orobon can be zerged down but you're going to need fill the rest of the ally with pickup people, rotate brds/cors etc. Krab is a joke if you have a couple of Mura Sam/good formless mnks, otherwise you're better off trying orobon.

DDzerg Pieste fill alliance with pickup people, have a non-retarded ls member stun calcifying mist, keep blind on, rotate brds/cors. Kurma isn't worth doing unless you have multiple good delve melee, manaburn setups are terribly slow and gimp DDs will time out.

Forget about the drop rates on weapons if you're getting first time kills, just farm up the plasm in PUG fracture runs. No reason to low man do it when you can fill an entire alliance in a few shouts.

There are no pre-reqs to entering fracture farming runs if you aren't the leader so you can get plasm right away.

[zard1977]

From the delve thread it seems like a 2nd lightshot can further increase the defense down from dia. Has there been testing done on this? If so, whats stopping ppl from using a 3rd/4th lightshot to increase the defense down % from the other cor?

[Byrthnoth]

Allegedly it caps at 20%.

[TSFFXI]

Can anyone confirm/deny whether or not you can use UGC to purchase crysta? (I used them for a while, but that was before the playspan network closed down. Ultimategamecard.com does list ffxi as a supported game, but I read a few reports of it not working.)

[Kaisha]

I've been using paypal through them for purchasing crysta the past year, haven't had a problem yet.