Random Question Thread

[dasva]

Nope. I tried that as well when I reactivated in Feb 2013 and had marbles from 2011. Just toss em.

The funny part is even though they aren't good for later they still stop you from buying new ones

[Petitssk]

Haha, guess I won't bother checking if I had any winning numbers. Thank you!

[Kamil]

Are there any pieces of AF3+2 for SAM that are still used/relevant?

Also, how good is SAM with the delve boss GKT, compared to DRK, MNK, and etc.

[Hitou]

Hands for sekkanoki macro for sure. Depending on your build body is useful and legs are still best TP at least with hasso up. Feet for sengokiri if you care about it, and Head for seigan assuming you don't use some more useful head like -dt with it up.

I don't have a Tsurumaru (and probably never will) but I hear it's pretty broken. I think SAM with it performs similarly to Senbaak Nagan DRK and Oatixur MNK. But I'm sure someone has a parse for a more definitive answer.

[Morari]

From what I've been reading, the recast time for magic can be reduced to a minimum of %50. I'm assuming that's through typically through sources of Fast Cast and Haste. I'm a bard, add we have a handful of equipment that reduces our song recast by a flat amount of seconds (for example, Iaso Cuffs have song recast delay -7), so my question is whether this flat amount a separate term can move me past the cap of 50% or if song recast delay gear will only help me get to that cap?

[dasva]

From what I've been reading, the recast time for magic can be reduced to a minimum of %50. I'm assuming that's through typically through sources of Fast Cast and Haste. I'm a bard, add we have a handful of equipment that reduces our song recast by a flat amount of seconds (for example, Iaso Cuffs have song recast delay -7), so my question is whether this flat amount a separate term can move me past the cap of 50% or if song recast delay gear will only help me get to that cap?

50% isn't the cap anymore. People are getting 3 second recast stuns which has normal recast of 45 seconds

https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Spell_Recast

[finalwolf]

https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Research:_Rala_Waterways

how do I reach the (L-5) Eastern Adoulin entrance to Rala by legit means, if possible at all?

[GeneyusTitan]

It's by the guy to buy the Naakual key items.

[finalwolf]

It's by the guy to buy the Naakual key items.

That npc is at E-6, below him is the Rala Waterways entrance (F-7).

I tried going through Rala, got to M-10 area. The gate has a "special marking" on it, can't be opened from Rala's side (maybe some item to trade à la quadav charm?)

[dasva]

Can't be opened from the other side either. And if you exit from there it spits you out up near the castle gates right outside one of the houses there and theres no way back in

[Gun-it]

Anyone have the testing for Dia3 and light shot?

[Byrthnoth]

https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Research:_Rala_Waterways

how do I reach the (L-5) Eastern Adoulin entrance to Rala by legit means, if possible at all?

Well, L-5 is possible near the Wildskeeper KI guy in Adoulin, I think?

[dasva]

Well, L-5 is possible near the Wildskeeper KI guy in Adoulin, I think?

No the WKR guy is at E-7... basically the other side of the map. Supposedly there are 2 entrances to rala from eastern (not sure how they know that other than maybe dats) but as far as I can tell it's impossible to get to L-5 and and leaving from the other Rala exit (which you have to clip thru a wall to get to for now) puts you out at J/K 8 anyways. I'd guess maybe as future missions might open up the castle area up top maybe you can do it

[Kaisha]

Does Boost apply to all hits in a multi-hit WS? Can't find an answer for that other than "It works on WS".

And on the MNK subject, when you got enough haste to not need black belt, it's windbuffet for general TP building, and twilight for Impetus? I don't have the math means to know if AF3+2 body is still worth keeping on while Impetus is up in a modern gear setup, since you lose out on Haste/DA/TA/QA from Thaumus, requiring me to slap on twilight belt to recap (w/ its +2 DA puts it above most belt options for MNK last I checked).

[Maurauc]

No the WKR guy is at E-7... basically the other side of the map. Supposedly there are 2 entrances to rala from eastern (not sure how they know that other than maybe dats) but as far as I can tell it's impossible to get to L-5 and and leaving from the other Rala exit (which you have to clip thru a wall to get to for now) puts you out at J/K 8 anyways. I'd guess maybe as future missions might open up the castle area up top maybe you can do it

I think it's just really crappy wording, as zoning into that point takes you to L-5 inside Rala.
That entrance is the closest to the slugs that we can access right now, either way. The one by Dimmian is the best you can do.

[Kidnoftle]

Sam w/ tsuru should outperform oatix mnk by a decent margin, not so sure about drk but i'd imagine it pulls ahead in all fully engaged situations.

[Oreth]

Hoping someone can give me a quick rundown for a returning player in relation to accounts, POL and linking to SE account etc.

I have a friend who is looking to get a loan of my FFXI account. I stopped playing in 2010 and logged in once since then. I had since forgot my POL password so had that reset earlier today with an SE agent. I havnt linked my POL account to my SE account yet and after logging into POL it appears i have to do this before i continue any further.

So i currently have a SE account that i use for FFXIV. I do have a security token that i use for FFXIV. I want to de-link the security token from FFXI but not FFXIV. From what i have read i cant unlink the POL account from my main SE account which is fine but what sort of drawbacks will there be given i want to give the account to a friend to use?

If they are going to be paying for expansions / monthly sub to FFXI id imagine i would have to put in their payment info on my end as it would all be done through the SE account right?

Can i de-link my current security token so it is only working for my SE account and FFXIV and not for FFXI?

Any other potential drawbacks or call outs knowing that i want to lend out my FFXI account?

Thanks!

[Sechs]

Does Boost apply to all hits in a multi-hit WS? Can't find an answer for that other than "It works on WS".

Yeah read so many contrasting things about this over the years.
I always assumed it worked on the next hit (first hit of a WS) and that it wears off if you miss that attack.
But somewhere people were assuming it does apply to your next "attack round" not just attack.
Others were claiming it does apply to the possible DA/TA/QA that proc on the next attack that is affected by Boost. Wonder how you could even know/test/verify such a thing.


This also remind me they mentioned, lot of time ago, the possibility of Boost affecting Chakra and only working on your next JA/WS instead of normal attacks. Would have been such an awesome change for my tastes.

[grevenilvec75]

Hoping someone can give me a quick rundown for a returning player in relation to accounts, POL and linking to SE account etc.

I have a friend who is looking to get a loan of my FFXI account. I stopped playing in 2010 and logged in once since then. I had since forgot my POL password so had that reset earlier today with an SE agent. I havnt linked my POL account to my SE account yet and after logging into POL it appears i have to do this before i continue any further.

So i currently have a SE account that i use for FFXIV. I do have a security token that i use for FFXIV. I want to de-link the security token from FFXI but not FFXIV. From what i have read i cant unlink the POL account from my main SE account which is fine but what sort of drawbacks will there be given i want to give the account to a friend to use?

If they are going to be paying for expansions / monthly sub to FFXI id imagine i would have to put in their payment info on my end as it would all be done through the SE account right?

Can i de-link my current security token so it is only working for my SE account and FFXIV and not for FFXI?

Any other potential drawbacks or call outs knowing that i want to lend out my FFXI account?

Thanks!

Pretty sure the token applies to the account, not to the service (and payment methods too. been a while since i went through this with my friend's account). So if you disable it, it would disable it for both.

In all honety i'd create a second account and link pol to that. It'll be a headache keeping up with info from 2 accts but will save you from massive headaches in the long run. Give your friend the account info and he can input his own payment info.

[GeneyusTitan]

For the Rala chatter. I'm not sure, I did the slug one once and had entered through western adoulin because I didn't know where the slugs were located. I was able to leave through the exit by Dimmian though. It's a short walk from the slugs to that entrance, but I've never tried to go entrance-> slugs so I'm not sure if there is a barrier.