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[Francisco]

How much of NNI is skill vs luck at this point?

I haven't done it at all outside of one pickup run, and the inside content seems extremely easy, but it feels like it's all dependent on extremely good luck with floor jumps. We regular mobs very quickly, and were spotting things like enemy leaders within ~30 seconds of floor entry. We hardly had any lamp floors, and even those went quickly. The issue seemed to be floor jumps being too random and too small. What's a reasonable number of floor jumps that a group should be expected to make in 30 minutes versus what's reasonable to expect in terms of how many floor jumps will be needed to get to floor 100 (or even 80?).

What's the expectation from plasm farming in Delve?

The best run I've been in was a ~6500 Morimar run, with everything else being closer to 5000, often lower. Best Ceizak run I've been on was 4800. Those runs both went smoothly with little/no death. Others have often had screw ups like DCing PLDs and people pulling hate on the NMs somehow, and I've found ~4000 Morimar, ~3000 Ceizak to be "reasonable expectations" from pickup groups. Plasm is plasm, so whatever, but I've heard others say "8000 per run on a bad day", from Morimar, and 6000 from Ceizak. I could see it being possible, but a lot of the issue seems to be mob spawns slowing to a crawl by the end of the run. In pick-up groups, NMs seem to be universally ignored aside from Matamata. Is this detrimental or beneficial to plasm farming? Are NMs such as the Twitherym and the Raptor worth killing inside the fracture?

[crux]

What're the sound files I need to replace for the intro/character select menu to obtain blissful silence, including the new Adoulin one?

[Kaisha]

How much of NNI is skill vs luck at this point?

What's the expectation from plasm farming in Delve?

I would assume NNI fl100 to be pretty accessible these days with the additions of increased floor jump maximum (11 vs 9), extremely lowered retry time on order lamps, lowered mob lvls for the first 60ish some floors, and the addition of Delve gear/weapons.

The trick is to not run with idiots, which was typically the case before all the 'balance' adjustments. If still an issue, well, there's always doing 5 fl80 runs for a 100 piece of gear. As for # of jumps, with my static doing it pre-nerfs, we had an average of 18 hops.



For Delve, can't speak much on experience, but I would always assume if the group is capable of killing 5 NMs, they'd do it since that's more plasm there than just killing fodder mobs. Problem is you can't bring any random idiot as a DD for those. I mostly get 5k plasm on average on the idiot-proof fodder farming.

[Revati]

I saw some map dat thingy in colonization thread. How do i download it where its the map the game shows me? I don't use windower or any of that.

[fishlyevil]

My ls trying to kill ADL. We used to be successful (most of the time) before the embrava/PD nerf. We havent tried it since then. So id like to know how ppl kill it. Or maybe point me in the right direction. It would be much appreciated. Ty in advance

[Shadida]

For fully buffed RNG, which is better ranged attack food? Red Curry Bun or Rabbit Pie? Does anyone have confirmed values for their respective effects on ranged attack?

[ryskar]

How much of NNI is skill vs luck at this point?

What's the expectation from plasm farming in Delve?

There will always be a lot of luck involved with NNI. Plasm/Naakual/boss weapons make an incredible difference though, and allow you to win even with some bad luck. While people need to know what to do and where to go, kill speed is just as much a factor. A warrior with Ixtab or Razorfury can make short work of any 'kill all' floor by rounding things up and cleaving them.

I feel like anything less than ~7500 in Morimar is a crummy run, though it's decent for a complete PUG. Usually when a shell does it, they'll just shout for whatever they're missing and in my experience these runs are always better. If your server is anything like Odin, there are people who make low-yielding plasm runs every time (Sibs) and people who make decent-to-good runs every time. Learn which to avoid and you'll save yourself a lot of time.

As for Ceizak, my server stopped farming it after a day or two, so I can't give you a good idea on that. We still had no idea what we were doing by the time we stopped farming it. Also, Beastmasters can be fucking awesome for plasm runs. Let go of outdated stigmas, abuse Killer Instinct and get yourself some good plasm.

[cdgreg]

Can anyone point out the way to Gurfurlur? Not exactly sure how to get to map 2:

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...c/Halvung1.png
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__...1/Halvung2.png

Thanks!

[Yugl]

You run to the side of Mount Zhayolm that has the Dahaks/Wamoura and take the D9 entrance (Northern). That zones to this map. Farm your keys (or not) and run to the NM from there.

[FNH]

In what sets would Quauhpilli Helm have a use?

[Nekradarken]

Did SE change the attack bonus job trait recently? I am testing the accuracy of Ixtab and notice that the attack bonus II on war is giving 30 attack instead of 22 (as listed on BG wiki).

Naked WAR99 sub WHM, GA skill 424, base str is 104, no signet/ionis etc.
Test 1, wiith Widowmaker: attack is 535, total str = 109.
424 + floor(109 x 0.75) = 505, attack bonus = 30

Test 2, with Ixtab:attack is 729, total str = 116.
424 + 188 + floor (116 x 0.75) = 699, attack bonus = 30

Edit: Nvm, found my mistake. The correct formula is 8 + combat skills + str x 0.75

[Sechs]

So I got a pair of Buremte Gloves yesterday. Not what I wanted but it could have been worse I suppose.
Still, the list of jobs who can equip these gloves is pretty... strange. Just like the stats and their numbers.
What could I successfully use it for?

On SAM/BST/DNC/NIN with my current gear I'd kinda want 4% haste (altough I suppose things changed with the new Ionis enhancement).
Could use it on PUP but it's not on the list. Could use it on my BRD DD set (lol) and... uhm on RUN? I currently TP with Thaumas Gloves on RUN

I dunno, this item is not "bad", but it confuses me a lot

[dasva]

It's an ok haste peice with tons of acc and defensive stats. Kinda a non traditional hybrid peice. I'd probably wear it when tanking so like on pld

[Kaisha]

Pretty amazing all-around hands for BLU is mostly what sticks out for me.

[Cletus]

Best in slot by far for Upheaval on WAR.

[Ihina]

Once upon a time, I saw someone on BG say that -def down, at least on the mob, was capped at 50%, and since no one contested, I thought it was true. I can't seem to find that post anymore, nor do any of the wikis mention such a thing. Does anyone know if it has a cap or not?

[GImpers]

Can anyone point out the way to Gurfurlur? Not exactly sure how to get to map 2:

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...c/Halvung1.png
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__...1/Halvung2.png

Thanks!

On this map:
http://www.bg-wiki.com/images/a/a2/M...hayolm-map.jpg
Run to Halvung entrance 8. Then, exit Halvung at exit 5. Enter Halvung again at entrance 6. Gurfurlur is behind the second operating lever, which you need 6 people to get through.

[Taint]

In what sets would Quauhpilli Helm have a use?

Capped ACC/ATT that doesn't need 4stp from Yao.

[crux]

What're the sound files I need to replace for the intro/character select menu to obtain blissful silence, including the new Adoulin one?

Alright, I figured out which bgw files to replace (058 is the new one, the old ones being 108, 140, 179, and 242). How about the sound when pressing the buttons in the character select menu?

[TSFFXI]

Is amazon the cheapest source for soa at the moment? $20