Random Question Thread

[Midnightjade]

good luck finding an xp camp with charmable DC-EM mobs around it though.

Yeah, there is that. Pretty limited number of camps. There's a guide on the Wiki that lists some of them, although I don't think it has ToAU camps - it's pretty old.

[Tofs]

Before the mob despawn patch you could drag pets from farther away to use on a lot of levs. Still hoping SE will change that again

[fantasticdan]

When scouring the 3rd map areas of aqueducts last night for a map (yes, i'm a map dork. it's the OCD collector in me.) i found a ??? in the northwest corner of j-7. now, there are a lot of ???'s in these rooms. 2 of the rooms have 2 ???'s to open the hidden walls, another ??? is hidden in J-9 with the elemental alignment chart displayed when you check it, and yet another contains the map. this one, however, was unusual in that it displayed the message "you find nothing out of the ordinary." and did not open any doors. does anyone know what it's for? i didn't see any quests that involved that ???.

Probably for the exp scroll quest Secrets of Ovens Lost.

[fantasticdan]

what's faster dot joytoy+dagger or joytoy alone? huzzah

It obviously depends on what dagger you're using, but assuming you have a suppa, blau/joy would have a converted DPS of 15.95 while latent is active, joyeuse by itself has a DPS of 14.06. This is without taking into account the attack bonus on blau, extra hit on ws, or the ability to use evisceration, since you're probably talking about brd or rdm.

[Tajin]

When scouring the 3rd map areas of aqueducts...

Probably for the exp scroll quest Secrets of Ovens Lost.

That quest is in Sacrarium. i havent been to Pho. Aq. in a long ass time so i dont know aobut the ???s though.

[fantasticdan]

That quest is in Sacrarium. i havent been to Pho. Aq. in a long ass time so i dont know aobut the ???s though.

You can do the quest in either zone, similarly to how you can do Spice Gals in both Riverne A01 and B01.

[Spekkio]

That quest is in Sacrarium. i havent been to Pho. Aq. in a long ass time so i dont know aobut the ???s though.

You can do the quest in either zone, similarly to how you can do Spice Gals in both Riverne A01 and B01.

fascinating. did not know that. funny how one zone is a pleasant stroll past some simple to duck mobs to casually nab the cookbook while the other is a hellish trek past at least half a dozen true sight mobs that can only be saced away or killed due to their patrolling the whole hallway. i love how well SE thinks things through. at least a01 and b01 are similar in annoyance, even though b01 takes 1 less scale to reach the ??? and allows /whm to cast invis. thanks for the tidbit.

[VZX]

Does fast cast affect:
- Song casting
- Ninjutsu casting
?

[Mansin]

Do you have to take damage in order for Spike spells to Proc?
or will a blinked hit cause spike damage?

[Bagel]

Does fast cast affect:
- Song casting
- Ninjutsu casting
?

Yes
Yes

Do you have to take damage in order for Spike spells to Proc?
or will a blinked hit cause spike damage?

Have to be hit, don't have to take damage. Hits for 0 spikes will proc, blink or misses will not.

[Epical]

I'm way too lazy to look this up: which gorgets should I get for Asuran Fists/Tachi: Gekko/Tachi: Kasha? I think AF/TK both get covered by Flame? There's no one stronger elemental property per ws right? So getting a Flame (liquefaction) over whatever the Gravitation one is won't affect how it helps those ws?

[aurik]

I'm way too lazy to look this up: which gorgets should I get for Asuran Fists/Tachi: Gekko/Tachi: Kasha? I think AF/TK both get covered by Flame? There's no one stronger elemental property per ws right? So getting a Flame (liquefaction) over whatever the Gravitation one is won't affect how it helps those ws?

Flame covers AF and T:K. T:G requires ice or water.

[Epical]

Awesome, thanks.

[Kaope]

1) Are the imps and undeads in Ashu Taliff BC quest sleepable with lullaby?
2) Wiki says that the mobs will only aggro if anyone uses /atack command, can anyone confirm?
3) Any tips for the BC1-3?

[Tradition]

I didn't feel like interrupting the sorc ring thread, so I figured I could toss this in here...

Would it benefit my 62BRD to get a Minstrel's Ring now, or should I wait until I have stuff like Rostrum Pumps/Yigit body/Zenith before bothering to get it? Finale's recast is really, really annoying (which is the only real use I would have for the ring). Thanks for any input

[Alastaire]

Well if you sub WHM a lot then it's going to be useless to you, otherwise I'd get it now if you can.

[Wintermute]

Is there any way to turn off that stupid fanfare/march music on the character select screen?

[Vigilia]

I didn't feel like interrupting the sorc ring thread, so I figured I could toss this in here...

Would it benefit my 62BRD to get a Minstrel's Ring now, or should I wait until I have stuff like Rostrum Pumps/Yigit body/Zenith before bothering to get it? Finale's recast is really, really annoying (which is the only real use I would have for the ring). Thanks for any input

Minstrel's ring has "song spellcasting time -25%", sadly it does not affect recast timers at all (wish it would). I'd get it anyway though especially if you plan on meriting on BRD a lot, even if you go /WHM you get hit enough when pulling to keep you in yellow HP easy peasy. And when stacked with yigit/sha'ir, rostrums, loquacious etc. the faster singing is great for fast-paced parties.

[Alastaire]

Do Trotters and Crimson Cuisses stack?

[fantasticdan]

Do Trotters and Crimson Cuisses stack?

No, to my knowledge no movement speed + items stack whatsoever, however, the movement speed down on dusk stacks. :D