Random Question Thread

[Byrthnoth]

It's probably 70 MAcc. Soothsayer is better than Chatoyant, yeah.

[dasva]

Per bg-wiki on magic affinity.

So a fully upgraded Macc TOM staff really only gives 35 macc? So Tamaxchi, would be much better to use than Macc and blows Chatoyant out of the water for acc?

Along the same lines, Soothsayer finally replacing the level 51 elemental staves?

It's probably more like 70. No idea how 35 ever got there. But yes ilvl staffs still smoke them

Damn beaten stupid paging lol

[Eldelphia]

So are the numbers on the affinity page all off? https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Magic_Affinity

Has someone attempted to write up what's happened with magic recently in an accessible fashion?

[dasva]

What do you mean about what's happened with magic recently?

[Ayn]

What augments are worthwhile on Moonshade earring now, given the new earrings?

Have some DDs (MNK, DRK, SAM), COR, and WHM.. any suggestions? Or is regain still king?

[dasva]

What augments are worthwhile on Moonshade earring now, given the new earrings?

Have some DDs (MNK, DRK, SAM), COR, and WHM.. any suggestions? Or is regain still king?

Regain was never king except for maybe mnk I think. drk and sam are still going to want tp bonus. Cor is kinda meh either way refresh aint bad for whm

[jPuff]

Just PLed my RUN sub up so I'm pretty clueless about the job. Is there a way to get rid of rune charges (i.e. enspells) without using Lunge?

[Taim Meich]

Anyone can share or tell me a good set of battlemod filters for SCH stunning? I want to see pretty much only party chat and readied NM TP moves, if possible.

Just PLed my RUN sub up so I'm pretty clueless about the job. Is there a way to get rid of rune charges (i.e. enspells) without using Lunge?

You can overwrite them with others, or use Gambit or Rayke, too.

[Terravcota]

How bad is Dynamis exp now? Is it even worth going now or should I just wait until they fix the EXP bug? I'd probably be going MNK+BRD, where the BRD needs the exp. MNK has Rigors and some Manibozho.

[jPuff]

You can overwrite them with others, or use Gambit or Rayke, too.

So there's no way to get rid of them altogether as /RUN without Lunge (besides waiting) then? The reason I'm asking is because there are occasional situations where you have enspells on you and the next mob you have to fight you don't want to do magic damage on for whatever reason, so getting rid of your enspells with Lunge (which I understand to be magic damage) would obviously be a bad idea. I was aware of overwriting enspells with other ones but I'm looking to cancel them altogether (if it's possible) with RUN as a subjob.

[Kidnoftle]

Its fine if you unequip rigors and your manibozho, i'd prolly just wait till it gets patched though

[Darkmagi]

How bad is Dynamis exp now? Is it even worth going now or should I just wait until they fix the EXP bug? I'd probably be going MNK+BRD, where the BRD needs the exp. MNK has Rigors and some Manibozho.

You can probably manage if your brd has the anniversary exp ring and only use rigors. Otherwise, just take off any ilvl gear.

[dasva]

So there's no way to get rid of them altogether as /RUN without Lunge (besides waiting) then?.

Yeah you can't take them off manually.

[gaira]

does the new item level and check interaction affect skill ups? for example, gustav tunnel worms are now easy prey instead of tough to very tough. will i still be able to cap skills to 99 on them without changing gear, or would i have to find an even higher level mob?

[Fake]

Since you benefit from killing skillup mobs with a lower delay damage weapon (slower kills attack at same speed means less downtime) you can just get a level 1 weapon, for armor you can cap haste and stack multihit without using any iLevel gear. Whether it actually affects skillups I don't know, but there is 0 reason to go find harder mobs to skillup using iLevel gear.

[Kaisha]

Since you benefit from killing skillup mobs with a lower delay damage weapon (slower kills attack at same speed means less downtime) you can just get a level 1 weapon, for armor you can cap haste and stack multihit without using any iLevel gear. Whether it actually affects skillups I don't know, but there is 0 reason to go find harder mobs to skillup using iLevel gear.

You have to be able to hit for above 0dmg to get a skillup, so a lvl1 weapon may not fit the bill if you're working on higher-level mobs.

[dasva]

does the new item level and check interaction affect skill ups? for example, gustav tunnel worms are now easy prey instead of tough to very tough. will i still be able to cap skills to 99 on them without changing gear, or would i have to find an even higher level mob?

Your ability to skill up never had anything to do with the check system or your level and was always based purely on mob lvl and your skill rating. So if it does effect it it's a huge bug

[Fake]

You have to be able to hit for above 0dmg to get a skillup, so a lvl1 weapon may not fit the bill if you're working on higher-level mobs.

Unless you're refering to ceremonial dagger (and even then you have to make a conscious effort), hitting for 1~ will never be an issue against targets you will be skilling up on.

[NynJa]

This. Plus not sure it was ever proven th doesn't help just because it's shared with pixie

Thats just it, whenever people say this, where were the tests done? As far as I know, the only mobs in the game with shared loot pools are the 2 yags and KB, and I doubt anyones really got a 1k sample size on either with and without TH to detemine anything.

[Chamaan]

I'm a retired warrior on a fixed income and I'm looking to make some improvements to my mages. In terms of practicality, just how far ahead is Atinian over Soothsayer currently? I know it's an improvement, but is it a vast improvement? Anyone got any numbers or math on it?