Random Question Thread

[evilpaul]

Moval Water is craftable now. Trumpet Shells -> CO2 -> Moval Water. IDK that it'll ever end up that high again since Trumpet Shells apparently aren't very hard to fish up.


Is there a cap on Counter rate for MNK using Counterstance?

[Bakthi]

Moval Water is craftable now. Trumpet Shells -> CO2 -> Moval Water. IDK that it'll ever end up that high again since Trumpet Shells apparently aren't very hard to fish up.

They don't exactly jump out of the water, at least not with 66 fishing and Lu Shang's. If they decide to be twitchy, I tend to lose them (run out of time); they wear down very slowly.

They're far from impossible, however, and enough of them do seem to make it to the AH. Though I suspect most of those are used up trying for Nereid Rings.

[Spekkio]

Moval Water is craftable now. Trumpet Shells -> CO2 -> Moval Water. IDK that it'll ever end up that high again since Trumpet Shells apparently aren't very hard to fish up.

They don't exactly jump out of the water, at least not with 66 fishing and Lu Shang's. If they decide to be twitchy, I tend to lose them (run out of time); they wear down very slowly.

They're far from impossible, however, and enough of them do seem to make it to the AH. Though I suspect most of those are used up trying for Nereid Rings.

i fished them up back when they were 200k a stack w/o too much trouble. too bad i turned them into a big stack of NQ rings. >< send me an order and i can probably fill it, assuming it's still worth the time to fish them.

[Phla]

is there any way to re-obtain a toau reward ring?
i got the melee one like a dumbass, and now i want the mage one.
thanks

[Lexa]

ToAU? No.

[Phla]

aw weak
thanks for quick response

[Geostigma]

I got spit out in sauromugue campaign S when I started WotG and got a red recomendation letter or w/e and warped out to join a xp party now I wanna go back to the past and im told I have to use that one to get back to the past. Question is do I gotta do a fricken gate breach to get there =/ that shit is up on the roc hill.

[Judai]

I got spit out in sauromugue campaign S when I started WotG and got a red recomendation letter or w/e and warped out to join a xp party now I wanna go back to the past and im told I have to use that one to get back to the past. Question is do I gotta do a fricken gate breach to get there =/ that shit is up on the roc hill.

yes, you do.

[Geostigma]

I got spit out in sauromugue campaign S when I started WotG and got a red recomendation letter or w/e and warped out to join a xp party now I wanna go back to the past and im told I have to use that one to get back to the past. Question is do I gotta do a fricken gate breach to get there =/ that shit is up on the roc hill.

yes, you do.

gfd why the hell would they put it there -.- *sigh*

[Delekii]

you can get a friend to go through the maw from old times and tractor you up - there is no gate to breach in Garlaige [S]

[Max™]

you can get a friend to go through the maw from old times and tractor you up - there is no gate to breach in Garlaige [S]

You can also get Allied Tags and die before he does so.

No Exp loss with Tags on. :D

[izembo]

except you cant get allied tags in the present <_<

[Max™]

except you cant get allied tags in the present <_<

Yeah, wasn't paying enough attention to that one, I tend to live in the War era now, so the present is actually the future.

[imsomeone]

I had the issue with the windower graphics thing on my laptop and I did what this guy said to do
viewtopic.php?p=822713#p822713
and it did get rid of the weird graphics thing, but whenever I use it FFXI crashes when I log in. Any know what I'm doing wrong here ? I'm using Windower 3.3

[Suiram]

What was the deal with getting three chests from the Ashu Talif #3? You have to fight the Imps far away from the room so the captain doesn't hear them, and you have to tag the captain without the monkey seeing you? Is it more complicated than that, and does Cannonball work for pulling the captain?

[Velecic]

What was the deal with getting three chests from the Ashu Talif #3? You have to fight the Imps far away from the room so the captain doesn't hear them, and you have to tag the captain without the monkey seeing you? Is it more complicated than that, and does Cannonball work for pulling the captain?

First : you have to "sneak attack" the imps, that is, actually land a melee attack from behind them (they aggro truesight) to lock Bubbly (the monkey) running back and forth instead of around the whole room, also locks the Captain in place facing away from you. If you do this getting 3 chests becomes much easier, however this is not 100% required, it's just INCREDIBLY difficult to pull the captain without him / bubbly seeing you if you don't.

Secondly : the Captain. I have not tried with a blu using cannonball, however what we did worked 100% (helped if it was at night since I was on NIN). You approach as close as you can to the captain / bubbly without being in aggro range of the monkey, make sure you're already engaged, then wait for the right time when bubbly turns to run away from the captain, run in and smack him before bubbly can see you. I don't know if it HAS to be "land a melee attack on his back without him or bubbly seeing you" but I do know for sure that provoke and magic pulling do NOT work (he aggros magic). Oh... I just answered my own question Cannonball would not work because he aggro's magic casting There's your answers, hope this helps.

[Alistaire]

Does the thunder resist reduction of the ninjutsu Suiton stack with the same effect of flood 2 or not?

[quannum]

for Citadel Buster gear waist slot:
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Resolute_Belt
(MDB +2)
or
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant's_Sash
(-2% mag dmg taken)
:windy:

[Alistaire]

but I do know for sure that provoke and magic pulling do NOT work (he aggros magic). Oh... I just answered my own question Cannonball would not work because he aggro's magic casting There's your answers, hope this helps.

Cannonball's range is 25. Normal mobs don't agro magic from that far. Is the captain an exception?

[Suiram]

Thanks for the Ashu Talif info, and since I'll probably be going BLU I'll test the cannonball from max range thing out after we get the hang of it unless we get lucky and our member his zerahs from one of our first couple runs.

for Citadel Buster gear waist slot:
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Resolute_Belt
(MDB +2)
or
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant's_Sash
(-2% mag dmg taken)
:windy:

Sash, between those two. Assuming no other mdef or MDB, sash is slightly better than the belt anyway, since it's an exact 2% reduction vs. a 1.96% from belt. However, mdef gear gets more and more effective until the cap, while MDB gets less and less, so shell and other gear will only widen the gap between them. :bastok:

Edit: Sorry, you know what, that's kinda wrong, since it'd likely be a 5/256 or 1.95% base reduction from the sash. However, since you won't be shell-less and otherwise naked, the sash is still better in practice, for the same reasons I indicated.