Attachments?

[Reynard]

while enaru's livejournalism is pretty funny, it mainly stems from the fact that PUP is his first job to endgame so he has stars in his eyes. I think we all admit we are glad PUP is our 2nd job and we have other options. But man, you guys really can sound like pricks on ZAM. Know your audience and don't alienate them. its all about tone. I give elmer the gold star for how to talk to Zamites.

[Plow]

while enaru's livejournalism is pretty funny, it mainly stems from the fact that PUP is his first job to endgame so he has stars in his eyes. I think we all admit we are glad PUP is our 2nd job and we have other options. But man, you guys really can sound like pricks on ZAM. Know your audience and don't alienate them. its all about tone. I give elmer the gold star for how to talk to Zamites.

It's just not worth trying to reason with people that don't care about the reality of a situation.

[Toth]

I gave up trying to figure out the ENM drop rate long ago. While it seems that the day has some play (I tend to get attachments of the same or next day's element), it is all too random.

As for ZAM, Elmer said it right. I want to celebrate real PUP achievements, not personal achievements like Enaru does. I remember being a wide eyed lvl 70 BLM getting to sky too but I fully admit I was a noob back them regarding several aspects of my job. Getting to sky and winning Dynamis Windy as PUP are just not huge achievements anymore and PUP haters will care very little that a PUP did that. I desperately want to see someone take PUP (no job switching) all the way through CoP. That will be incredible.

[BRP]

Can someone link me to his livejournal? I might have an idea.

[Toth]

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.html?fjob=18

[Khamsin]

My sharpshot stole hate mid-fight on colibri a couple times last night... that's a huge achievement!

[Elcura]

In other news, does the time from one full moon to the next fluctuate? It seemed like when I first started doing PUP ENM I'd try to time it so every 5 days I'd be either on full moon/new moon but I'd start slipping out of my preferred moon phases after a week or two.

Now I can go from 100% full moon > 5 days and 45mins or so later > 0% new moon > 5 days and change > 100% full moon.

Now this would be a good thing since my only double drop from ENM was on 100% full moon... just wondering if anyone noticed a discrepancy in time between opposite moon phases... or if I need to find more of whatever I was smoking when the ENM first got added.

Anyhow, looks like you can time your ENM entry for optimal moon phase. (5 drops last 4 wins) Hopefully the 0% new moon today delivers my last attachment (instead of my 4th smoke screen..... i'm going to start giving these away >.< Ulmega are you still alive and kicking? want a lolsmokescreen?)

I'm alive and not really kicking, I've kinda quit FFXI >.> hoping I get time to play during christmas =(

[Elmer the Pointy]

On the subject of drops, allow me to throw out a baseless theory.

I wondered if each frame you defeat gives a chance at a drop. I've seen 0, 1, and 2 drops at a time firsthand so it got me thinking if it's just random or not. I know there must be a base chance without defeating any frames though.

[Spira]

My sharpshot stole hate mid-fight on colibri a couple times last night... that's a huge achievement!

omg you're so good i can't even detect the sarcasm o.o

lol hi anywayz.

spira here. i dont post on BG but i been reading.. only registered cos they made forum access members only at some point.

love the discussions here. gleaned alot of info. lolpupftw

[Toth]

I am not sure about that idea, Elmer. I got 2 drops from a run when he called only the Stormwalker. Other runs where I have gotten 1 have been from SS, SW, and Harlequin summons. So from my experience, killing the maton doesn't improve drop rate.

[Odd]

my last 5 drops came from 4 runs where i killed no automatons. i got no drop this last run where i killed one automaton. i don't recall what happened before my last winning streak, but i dont think there's any correlation.

[Toth]

I've been a bit of wit's end lately with PUP exping. I maxed out on accuracy gear, have 8/8 Hand to Hand Merits now, and have tried meat in the mire. There, I had nice DoT but my WS only connected both hits 30-40% of the time. I tried my gear with sushi and while I rarely missed a WS, my max damage was 300-400 on DK. These were done without bards. Is there anything else I can do to improve my damage (besides a sea gorget) or do I just sit back and wait for the update?

[spooky]

Merit DEX. > >

[Toth]

Well, I macro in my Voyage Sallet (when I use sushi) for an added DEX effect but sadly, there are very few pieces avialable for PUP to use ; ;

[Elmer the Pointy]

So I was doing Suzaku and I was going to make Distortion with my robot

Howling Fist -> String Clipper = Distortion

But for some reason he would only use Kimera Ripper after me making Detonation.
I know you can control the WS used by having certain Maneuvers up, but it seemed like I was unable to find the correct one.

Anyone know how to force String Clipper? Usually it's the default WS and I can't make Kimera Ripper unless I prep a Thunder Manuever.

[Transpec]

You can't force Clipper with inhibitor attached.

[Khamsin]

Has anyone had any experiences with Equalizer that suggest it does not work quite the way that has been suggested?

Supposedly, Equalizer is:

Damage Taken
No Maneuver: -5%
1x Earth: -15%
2x Earth: -30%
3x Earth: -45%

However, I did ENM60 last night (I won), but Overdrive + 3x Earth Maneuvers made no noticable difference in the damage my automaton was receiving.

It had Armor Plate I + II, and Equalizer.

During 1x Earth, it was taking 40-60 damage per fist from the Fantoccini. During Overdrive + 3x Earth, it was still taking 60 damage from the Fantoccini.

Regardless of the impact of the Armor Plate I + II, the -45% damage reduction from Equalizer should have made a visible, noticible difference.

So either Equalizer is broken, or the Fantoccini got a dice roll attack buff that doubled his damage and I didn't notice.

[Elmer the Pointy]

I'm suspicious of how well these attachments are working. Sometimes you notice an improvement and sometimes you can't. If we still have that random stat-boost bug after half a year who knows what's going on behind the scenes.

One time I used Smoke Screen to help tank the Fantocinni and it was the greatest thing ever. My robot never got touched. Another time, I juiced up 3 Dark Maneuvers and the Fantocinni still had near 100% accuracy.

Last night, I pumped 3 Fire Maneuvers into T. Spring I+II and my damage went from ~90 to ~90. No change at all.

I also played with Dynamo. I put on 3 Lightnings and saw no criticals. Then the Lightnings began to wear, and there was only one left. All of a sudden, I get 3 critical hits in a row from Kintoki.

I don't think Attachments should be so iffy, there should be a noticable and consistent impact everytime you use them.

[Khamsin]

Where's Miokomioko these days? Wonder if there was any more details from those Equalizer-on-1000-needles tests...

I guess I'm high enough now that I can take on the lower level cactuars and try a few experiments.

[Elmer the Pointy]

You can't force Clipper with inhibitor attached.

Just a clarification

I was farming with a THF friend and I put on Inhibitor so Kintoki would SC. The THF used Evisceration and then the robot used String Clipper, which made Distortion.

So did you mean you can't force Clipper but he will still use it as he sees fit?