AF Upgrades

[Dotsudoku]

Yes, I forwent any pro-Deep Breathing argument intentionally. My interests are in limiting JA usage when keeping your flying TP bucket alive, not so much in pumping every last bit out of Healing Breath.

Speaking of which, building any portion of one's argument around the assumption that everyone carries perfect Healing Breath builds is pretty silly

[Darkmagi]

I'd still prefer 4-5/5 empathy for the chance of giving my flying tp bucket prot/shell.

[Dotsudoku]

It's not as if either makes a substantial difference, but chalking single-merit Empathy reliance up to "playing DRG wrong" is asinine

[Ophannus]

Okay, I redact that statement, I see what you mean and I take it back. I guess it seemed the most efficient choice over Strafe/Deep Breathing because it technically is the higher DPS option(giving the Wyvern SV songs/marches etc). The hits from the wyvern over the course of a Tojil fight will still be less than 0.5% of total DPS but 4-5k+ total damage is roughly equivalent to a Stardiver so technically buffing the wyvern with empathy still carries more DPS potential than strafe/DB. I can't think of any non-boss delve NM that would require more than one Spirit Link or a prefight Steadywing except Shimmering Tarichuk post 50%. Spirit Linking more than once during a Boss fight won't lower your DPS comparitavely by much seeing as how SAM and MNK are using several JAs mid fight.

[mdkuser]

SKC 20 "Jungle boogymen" (tonberry x4), very difficult mode.

Quite insane. Mobs are BLM THF NIN SMN, NIN and SMN's 2H suck of course, but in additin THF and NIN have insane evasion.

With sushis, SV madrigals we had floored accuracy when meleeing in full DT against the THF and NIN mobs, which means you need every single bits of acc from equipement. With about +130 acc from equip acc is allrightish, but they hit hard (400 in DT gear at low HP), have evasion boost moves, throat stab 2k+ w/o DT gear...

We won with MNKx2 WHMx2 BRDx2, 1 wipe. Sacrosanctity countered the SMN's astral flow, but didnt have it back for mijin gakure. MNks surved thanks to inner strength though. Won with 1minute left. droped the shitty BLM/SMN/GEO dagger (mindmeld kris).

So we won all SCK 20 in very hard mode

[Ihina]

Don't know if this was mentioned elsewhere, but Pillager legs is +3crit damage. That makes them better than Manibozho at high pdif but worst at low pdif. I'll probably stick them in the mog case until 119 comes around, probably be better all around then.

[noodles355]

Do you know if Pillager's Armlets's TA boost is still 1.15 like Rogue's+1 or if they increased it to 1.2 like AF3+2 (or higher)?

[Ihina]

That's a negative, haven't looked into it.

[mdkuser]

SKC 10 (not 20), "Factory rejects", very difficult.

You have one detectors that pops dolls. After the 5th doll you win. The first 4 dolls are relatively easy, the 5th is completely insane. MNKs hit it for 0-50 crits ~100, while they hit the other dolls for 250+. The last doll hits for 600+ w/o DT equipement. Don't even think to full time DT equipement cause you wont hit it.

Dolls have en-bind, cast thundaga III, paralyga, shock spikes, high DA or TA rate, can guard your attacks. Only the last doll can use typhoon (aoe 1.2k dmg). Each en-bind proced resets hate on that target, so all DD subed NIN.

The danger of the fight is shock spikes, a very strong one (long stun+high proc rate). Of course they are very resistant to dispel/finale.

We used MNK/NINx3, WHM/BLMx2, BRD/BLM.

1st and 2nd doll: one WHM ES silence.
3rd and 4rth Doll: WS usually interrupt its castings of shock spikes, if not you have one shot at elemental seal +final at disposal.
5th doll: nightmare.

The doll dont have a lot of HP so once they are silenced the fight is easy, its just the last two that sucks.

Gives title: Moppet masacrer, nothing of interrest droped.

[Fwahm]

Ignominy Sollerets's enhancement to Arcane Circle is the same as before, in both duration and potency.

[nivlakian]

Not sure if I missed in this thread, but assuming it wasn't posted... it seems Enhanced Focus on Anchorite's Crown adds another 5 accuracy to the enhancement.

Test:

Spoiler: show

Tarutaru MNK99/THF49
DEX 106+14
Club Skill 394
No Ionis

Target: Tephra Lizard in Morimar Basalt Fields

53acc = no message
54acc = low evasion
Focus + 19acc = low evasion
Focus + 18acc = no message

Focus = +35acc

[Ihina]

And done, finally 5/5

Pillager
Head = +3Crit Damage
Body = +5Crit Damage
Hands = +2Crit Damage
Legs = +3Crit Damage
Feet = you suck

So only body and hands are worth using at the moment. Head/Legs if you have nothing better or you only fight low def mobs.

[Shenrien]

Theophany Pantaloons add 15s onto Regen's duration.

[NynJa]

http://www.ffxiah.com/item/21000/magorokuhocho
dropped from Amphibian Assault

[NynJa]

Surcouf dropped from Antica BC

[Alistrianna]

any idea where Dosis Tathlum comes from?

[Warusha]

Dosis tathlum drops from worm fight in waughroon from microcosmic orb.

[Byrthnoth]

I scanned this thread, FFXIAH item pages, etc. and updated BG wiki's item pages. This information is still missing:

THF hands - Trick Attack AGI bonus
THF body - Hide duration bonus
PLD feet - Holy Circle duration/potency bonus
PLD head - Cover bonus - Is it the same?
BST feet - Reward potency bonus
BST body - Reward status removal
BST head - Tame rate
RNG legs - Sharpshot effect
RNG hands - Barrage confirmation and Shadowbind duration increase
RNG head - Rapid Shot rate
SAM feet - Zanshin rate
SAM hands - Confirm the effect on rice balls doesn't change (can you take it off?) and verify what the Hasso enhancement is. Currently looks like nothing.
SAM head - Warding Circle tests
DRG feet - Jump attack bonus?
DRG legs - High Jump attack bonus, if that's what it's doing?
DRG head - Spirit Link enhancement
BLU feet - Chain Affinity enhancement
BLU legs - Burst Affinity enhancement
BLU hands - Increases magic learning?
BLU head - Monster affinity enhancement
COR head - Quick Draw damage enhancement
PUP feet - Repair enhancement (how many debuffs?)
PUP legs - Automaton cure potency, increase in max MP
PUP hands - +Stat/maneuver, Overload threshold increase
PUP body - HP/MP increase
SCH hands - Final test to determine haste/fast cast values
DNC legs - Skillchain Bonus

I italicized the stuff that's unknown for the NQ AF and thus would probably be hard to test. I did not scan FFXIAH job threads, just the item pages, so some of this information might already be available.

[Damane]

@byrh: thx for the work <3, I dont want to nitpick, but academic's gown actually gives +18 skill in dark, elemental and enfeeb magic, and not 15 as stated on the wiki

[Byrthnoth]

Ah sorry, it was 18 on the Dark Arts page.