Salvage Gears anyone?

[Suiram]

Again, we didn't directly test the casting time, only the recast. The common consensus I've read is that casting reduction is 2x recast reduction, but for what it's worth I've never verified that myself, and can't say how reliable it really is. We tried for a bit to test spellcast reduction using a method I've used before to test rostrums/loquacious/warlocks involving interrupting long-casting spells by claiming the target of the spell from outside PT, but couldn't really find one with a sufficiently long cast time (I'd used AM1 in the past, obviously unavailable to whm/brd/smn). We then attempted to try to test by using a long cast self-buff and interrupting it, but for whatever reason due to her connection or PC specs or I don't know what, the numbers she'd get when the casting bar would halt had a precision of +/- 5% at least, compared to 1-2% for me.

As more people get Marduk body it may be worth testing directly, particularly if someone is a PS2 player or has access to one, I found when doing earlier Fast Cast tests it was more reliable than when I did similar tests later on PC. For PS2 the casting bar seems to halt at 75% on average with no fast cast (although you'd want to verify this anyway), although for my PC the average was around 72%, for reasons that escape my limited understanding of programming.

[Lordwafik]

Again, we didn't directly test the casting time, only the recast. The common consensus I've read is that casting reduction is 2x recast reduction, but for what it's worth I've never verified that myself, and can't say how reliable it really is. We tried for a bit to test spellcast reduction using a method I've used before to test rostrums/loquacious/warlocks involving interrupting long-casting spells by claiming the target of the spell from outside PT, but couldn't really find one with a sufficiently long cast time (I'd used AM1 in the past, obviously unavailable to whm/brd/smn)

A long spell is Raise3, you can test/interrupt by casting it on someone who's dead already with raise, and have them raise midcast.

That or Teleport spam.

[Clynt]

2nd Salvage piece for our LS

http://xs319.xs.to/xs319/07380/marduk.PNG

http://xs319.xs.to/xs319/07380/img_20070923_110941.png

[Suiram]

A long spell is Raise3, you can test/interrupt by casting it on someone who's dead already with raise, and have them raise midcast.

That or Teleport spam.

We ended up trying with Reraise 1, which seemed to be long enough for using the interrupt method, but as I said, something about the specifics of her connection or computer prevented us from getting sufficiently precise values over repeated attempts. I was mainly just posting so that people wouldn't be misled into thinking we had confirmed anything beyond the recast values I indicated in the post a few days back.

[Marinka]

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6...ane4of5td4.jpg

14/15 Usukane -- 35 Body to go

[Aemora]

So costly :/

Grats Marinka, do you have the funds to upgrade the Body should you get the dorp?

[Max™]

i like how the pants is kinda purple

looks nice :D

[Aemora]

2nd Salvage piece for our LS

http://xs319.xs.to/xs319/07380/img_20070923_110941.png

That's a lot of gil for today's economy.

[Clynt]

Meh, not really... had double that a few weeks ago Crafting hasn't been nice to me lately.

[Almalexia]

Mahrdux Joobuh

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g6...ots/kyojub.jpg

[Xerlic]

Hey guys, want some cuffs?

http://www.karasuls.com/wp-content/u.../TrixCuffs.jpg

http://www.karasuls.com/wp-content/u...heechCuffs.jpg

Or some slops?

http://www.karasuls.com/wp-content/u...atayuSlops.jpg

We usually skip over Mad Bomber when it's up now. =x

[Arthars]

cuffs are very common now

our group got like 5 of them already but................

GIMME THE SLOPS PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cichy]

our latest pieces >.>
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...922_155829.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...921_195450.png

[DAKPluto]

cuffs are very common now

our group got like 5 of them already but................

GIMME THE FEET PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fixed

[Hapernack]

cuffs are very common now

our group got like 5 of them already but................

GIMME THE SLOPS PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

screw you and your luck.

1/1700 on Gate Widow pop. Never seen a drop.
1/2300 on Skirmish Pephredo pop. Never seen a drop.
0/19 on Hammerblow.
0/13 on Powderkeg.
1/52 on QQTHs
0/63 on QQAs
1/24 on the Chariot in Arrapago.

We have no luck at all but we can do everything efficiently. I'm thinking of joining some n00b Salvage group unable to even do boss kills and who farm 35s sloppily... they get all the luck. New group one of our LS members went to is 11-runs old. Has 8 35s. /wrist.

[Arthars]

screw you and your luck.

1/1700 on Gate Widow pop. Never seen a drop.
1/2300 on Skirmish Pephredo pop. Never seen a drop.

if you really wanna hear the story, fine with me
our records before we seen a widow popping rampart:
0/2100
then became 5/3700
5 cuffs 1 leg

our records before we seen a bee NM:
0/3400
then become 4/4500
only 2 hikazu sune ate no mask

your luck will come soon.
btw after since the last drop, we are 0/1000 on spider and 0/1600 on bees atm

some n00b Salvage group unable to even do boss kills and who farm 35s sloppily... they get all the luck.

However i agree with you on this. My JP LS can do every single shit perfectly and get shit drops. whereas my other NA groups which we form just to fight 35s in mind and cant do everything in one run(alot of absent here and there and new players here and there) gets all the 35.

side note: i think SE fixed the text after since some patch because atm now, all salvage gears that comes in pairs have "Pair of" infront of them
didnt have them before some patches ago

[Noonstar]

1/1700 on Gate Widow pop. Never seen a drop.
1/2300 on Skirmish Pephredo pop. Never seen a drop.
0/19 on Hammerblow.
0/13 on Powderkeg.
1/52 on QQTHs
0/63 on QQAs
1/24 on the Chariot in Arrapago.

We have no luck at all but we can do everything efficiently. I'm thinking of joining some n00b Salvage group unable to even do boss kills and who farm 35s sloppily... they get all the luck. New group one of our LS members went to is 11-runs old. Has 8 35s. /wrist.

thx haper, calling me a noob, and my group too.
ya, we got some nice drops fairly easily, done Bha farming once
1 Gate widow, no drop
2 Skirmish Pephredo , drop (forgot)
1or2 Zebra Zachary , freya's mask
4/5 Chariot in Arrapago
we have more but i don't remember those runs, Mount Z and SS are my least favorite-.-

Lol haper, do you remember last Thursday? you were 5/6 and i offered to help, but you declined me with bogus excuse and didn't go at all.. (i have 5 out of 6 basic jobs lvled)
well 2 hours later we got Deimos's Cuirass and Enlil's Kolluks
don't feel too bad, i'm sure the 40 lvl 25s pieces you got will be of use... eventually.

[Cichy]

he finnaly got his ores and picked up the robe today =)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...924_131513.png

[Sylphet]

4/5 Marduk
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...4of5Marduk.jpg

Thanks to my entire team! :D

44th completed piece in my linkshell, 69th 35 (numbers for NA salvage only).

[Xerlic]

Crackows want. =(