Random Question Thread

[Martinius]

two quick questions regarding the subbing of thief when playing samurai since the recent patch changed yukkikaze, gekko and kasha to 'elemental weaponskills.'

please bear in mind that i am and have always been a strong proponent of subbing warrior at almost all times for my samurai. in fact, i haven't subbed thf since the patch. but my wonderful marvelous amazing girlfriend surprised me with a sniper's ring +1 tonight and so there are gonna be a few more events im going to be attending as samurai rather than blm provided our shell has ample stuns(khim, cerb, tiamat, dynamis-xarc).

1) does sneak attack still provide a 100% successful hit when the following attack is properly aligned behind the mob? i understood from the update notes that it no longer forces a critical like it once did, which is fine... attack food, a robust str build, hasso, and when im lucky, a brd means that i can live with not a guarenteed critical. but is it still a 100% accurate hit, ie, can i swap my hauby +1 for my osode, my life belt(stupid fomors) for a warwolf, my dusk hands for my alkys(not that dusk has any acc) and my new sniper's +1 for my flame ring? the difference is +14 str(, technically +25, but i swap in alkys even when /war, and shura legs +1 vs. the acc of byakkos is an equitable trade... +16 if that stupid sachet ever drops), enough that it was always worth the sacrifice prior to the patch, but i don't want to be whiffing wses, especially on mobs like khim and tiamat where its med > run in > ws > run out, or in our low man dynamis group where we use light skillchains to help with the NMs.

2) this isn't patch related, but always has been a point of curiousity for me. does trick attack guarentee a 100% accurate hit provided that there is someone(ostensibly a tank, but from time to time, an afk whm who hasn't been hasting me) between me and the mob? i know that only thf at 60 has assassin, which gives the crit, im strictly talking about TA + ws on mobs for planting hate. pre-windower macros, i was so bad about splitting SA and TA that i had a str swap in macro, and then was just SA+TA+ws always, but with my growing comfort with a 6 hit build, both med enhancement pieces, i've become quite adept at splitting SA and TA as a samurai when dealing with tanks i trust. in short, can i use my full str build outlined above when using TA, or should i stick with my /war ws set, which blends the acc and str(keeps on sniper's +1 and hauby +1, swaps shura head and legs from turban and haidate)? i can't remember missing a TA'ed ws in a long time, but i also haven't had the opportunity in some time, so was looking for a definitive answer.

for those of you going tl;dr, lemme 'splain, wait there is no time, lemme sum up(thank you inigo montoya).

1) is SA still a 100% accurate hit when properly positioned behind the mob using yukki, gekko and kasha?
2) is TA a 100% accurate hit when there is someone between you and the mob, or does it simply transfer the hate of said person, and can miss with the same frequency of a normal weaponskill that would be performed with a different subjob such as war or drg?

oh, and totally random... say you were a wild and crazy guy with tight slacks for teh ladies... if you actually bothered to melee full time a mob like khimaira, would a kamiwari parse in any way superior to a hagun or onimaru, assuming you're wsing every 100tp? that's just a curiousity, but real answers to the above queries would be much appreciated ^^a

[ryskar]

My ls leader asked me the other day if CHR affected wyvern performance. He said someone told him that macroing in CHR supercharges your wyvern, and makes it do 200 dmg to genbu a hit instead of like, 30.

He didn't believe it, but wanted to ask me anyway.

He also asked me because I'm one of only two DRGs in the ls...

I know it doesn't though, I was responding to an earlier post.

[Lexa]

My ls leader asked me the other day if CHR affected wyvern performance. He said someone told him that macroing in CHR supercharges your wyvern, and makes it do 200 dmg to genbu a hit instead of like, 30.

He didn't believe it, but wanted to ask me anyway.

He also asked me because I'm one of only two DRGs in the ls...

Tell him he heard wrong. CHR clearly affects Provoke, not Wyverns.

[ryskar]

Bah, I was too slow, was editing that. Suppose I'll thank you for the input though! :wink:

[Ferien]

SAM/THF questions

1- SA is still a 100% hit, and unless they magically changed it it's still 100% crit. Go nuts with the STR.

2- TA is not 100%. It's simply the hate transfer.

[Martinius]

SAM/THF questions

1- SA is still a 100% hit, and unless they magically changed it it's still 100% crit. Go nuts with the STR.

2- TA is not 100%. It's simply the hate transfer.

cool, thanks for the swift response... my only question is i guess, then why did they change samurai's three strongest weaponskills to be classified as 'elemental'? that was the source of my confusion as someone many years ago told me stuff like energy steal didnt stack with SA. at either rate, i've got some more macro writing to do, but this is awesome info, thanks ^^

[Niiro]

Y/G/K are not elemental, they all do the same damage to every mob.

[Sai]

For BLM should I be using Igqira Lappas/Nashira or Mahatma slops for enfeebles? I have full 8/8 enfeebling merits but I'm still disappointed with the amount of time Gravity sometimes lasts. Would more +enfeebling skill help the duration be less resisted or does INT help that more?

[Ferien]

How does Soboro do vs other Great Katana against imps, pre-Hagun? First ignore the detriment to the rest of the party and just tell me how my parse is going to be, and then tell it like it really is.

[Eldelphia]

For BLM should I be using Igqira Lappas/Nashira or Mahatma slops for enfeebles? I have full 8/8 enfeebling merits but I'm still disappointed with the amount of time Gravity sometimes lasts. Would more +enfeebling skill help the duration be less resisted or does INT help that more?

I have 4 enfeebling merits so far. I use igqira head and legs and af body for landing gravity. I don't yet have a torque but I do use a HQ staff. I hardly ever have a problem.

Other gear I have is snow ring, prism cape, p rope, tamas, moldy/magnetic, phantom tathlum, yigit feet, z hands, ele torque. I intend to buy at least a spider torque but eventually an enfeebling torque.

[Noobta]

Can you unlock weapons during campaign?

[Senji]

How does Soboro do vs other Great Katana against imps, pre-Hagun? First ignore the detriment to the rest of the party and just tell me how my parse is going to be, and then tell it like it really is.

Its gonna suck, your gonna hate amnesia with a passion, and gonna burn a fiery hole in your chatlog for it to wear off. So pick up an Onikiri. http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/2358

[Ferien]

How does Soboro do vs other Great Katana against imps, pre-Hagun? First ignore the detriment to the rest of the party and just tell me how my parse is going to be, and then tell it like it really is.

Its gonna suck, your gonna hate amnesia with a passion, and gonna burn a fiery hole in your chatlog for it to wear off. So pick up an Onikiri. http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/2358

Imps are demons aren't they...Completely forgot about that.

[Mosh]

Any tips on skilling up marksmanship? Currently DRK15 and marksmanship is like 20 levels below cap, RNG is level 1.
Any particular food / tips / gear to avoid missing so much?

Using sole sushi / vision ring at the moment.

Kinda late and doesn't answer your question (though it looks like it was answered already), but if you have a higher level job with marksmanship, you can use this site as a guide to which mobs you should be shooting.

Can you unlock weapons during campaign?

I couldn't unlock GKT in campaign with tags on. The rumor is that you can unlock weapons without tags on, but I can't confirm/deny that.

[Halion]

For BLM should I be using Igqira Lappas/Nashira or Mahatma slops for enfeebles? I have full 8/8 enfeebling merits but I'm still disappointed with the amount of time Gravity sometimes lasts. Would more +enfeebling skill help the duration be less resisted or does INT help that more?

Skill will help more in your case. From the perspective of a RDM you want to balance skill and stats on spells like Slow whose potency are increased by the stats. As a BLM this isn't your concern, your main enfeebles are Gravity and Sleep which have fixed durations and potency so anywhere you can get a significant boost in Skill or Magic Acc you should take it.

[LordMagnus]

I was looking to get a Gondo-Shizunori (http://www.ffxiah.com/item.php?id=18097&sid=1), but both of the KS's it comes from seem really gay (Royale Ramble and Today's Horoscope). Anyone have any suggestions as to which I should do, or any experience in either of the BCNMs?

[Halion]

The ram is a fairly easy manaburn.

[Khajit]

it also drops from some assaults in lebros cavern now too i think?

[LordMagnus]

The ram is a fairly easy manaburn.

I've no mage jobs leveled, and I doubt I could convince enough BLMs to help me with this when the only appeal of the KSes is a polearm. If anyone has any suggestions that aren't incredibly mage-heavy, that'd help a bunch more, though I may be able do manaburn it on a friend's account and sit my main in the zone to lot a polearm if it drops.

[Keria]

Is there any decent footwear for BRD that isn't rostrums or goliard? :<