Random Question Thread

[Gilanth]

Thanks for the tips, but uhh can i solo them "safely" at 73?

By safely i mean, considering a decent gear setup i wont get resisted out of my ass, resisted sleeps will be the real problem, not so much resisted nukes.

Kinda I used to solo these at 73(Elvaan also) they resist a bit more than other stuff you will need to be on your toes, Great xp on Ice day btw. just need JSE head,leg(if you can afford them)
AF1 Body,etc. AF2 Pants are nice here if you have access to them and so are obis.

[Tajin]

Cool, thanks. Yesterday i finally got off my lazy ass and farmed the body , there is 1 gilfarmer in Monastic Cavern farming coffers

[Quixon]

Random Question to Nin/Drk's


What spells are used aside from stun to hold hate? And what's the typical recast time you are looking at once you have reached the haste cap on the stun spell?

[Falaras]

Bind, Sleep, Hojo, Kurayami, Repeat
Pretty sure ideal Stun time is like 22 seconds? (capped haste)

[Amele]

Random Question to Nin/Drk's


What spells are used aside from stun to hold hate? And what's the typical recast time you are looking at once you have reached the haste cap on the stun spell?

45 / 2 = 22.5 -> 23 seconds (maybe 24, depending on how SE calculates and truncation) you'll achieve this with 50% haste total (you will have 35% haste with double march and haste the spell, so you need to make up at least 15% in gear - additional haste gear will let you drop one of the bard spells)

our nin/drks use elemental:ni and the occasional bind/sleep/bio - I suppose you could use drain too if you really had a ton of mp. it's pretty much cast whatever is fast and does damage.

realistically, you could probably hold hate ok with 'just' stun, given that it's approximately the same hate as provoke and has a faster recast with full haste.

[Obev]

For RDM & BRD, assuming no sea cape;

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/5...arycapern9.jpg

Yay or nay?

[Teorem]

Neither job will get much use from a Gramary Cape.

RDM should use LV43 Red Cape +1 and later a LV71 Prism Cape, while BRD has LV51 Jester's Cape +1 which likely has a greater effect on song debuffs than Magic Accuracy +1.

Both RDM and BRD can use a LV40 Resentment Cape or a LV65 Lamia Mantle (+1) for a greater Magic Defense Bonus.

[Shuemue]

The only use for gramary cape is when you're a taru blm in rez in DA to reduce wing dmg.

[Suiram]

Reading the BLU thread I was reminded of something I've been wondering for a bit, but asking here because I don't like the people in the BLU thread and don't trust their opinions. Which would be better for BLU TP gain (or any job that can equip, I guess), Wala Turban, Denali head, or shit is situational? Denali pertinent stats are Haste+4%, Attack+3.

Edit: Oh, I guess assume Haste+13% in other gear slots and mid- to late- 400s attack with food, and merit pt context.

[Rocl]

Can someone explain the difference between Yigit Head and AF Hat for BLM? >_> I forget when you're supposed to use Yigit and when you're supposed to use AF head.

[Naramaska]

Random Question to Nin/Drk's


What spells are used aside from stun to hold hate? And what's the typical recast time you are looking at once you have reached the haste cap on the stun spell?

45 / 2 = 22.5 -> 23 seconds (maybe 24, depending on how SE calculates and truncation) you'll achieve this with 50% haste total (you will have 35% haste with double march and haste the spell, so you need to make up at least 15% in gear - additional haste gear will let you drop one of the bard spells)

our nin/drks use elemental:ni and the occasional bind/sleep/bio - I suppose you could use drain too if you really had a ton of mp. it's pretty much cast whatever is fast and does damage.

realistically, you could probably hold hate ok with 'just' stun, given that it's approximately the same hate as provoke and has a faster recast with full haste.

Bind, Sleep, Kurayami, Hojo, Abs-VIT/INT/MND. All of them are far more than enough hate, although the Abs-stat line gets pricey MP-wise unless you've got a GjallarBRD or something. We always use a 2x tank/2x BRD/RDM/WHM tank PT, so MP usually isn't an issue--6 MP/tick means that I can easily rotate bind -> kura -> Hojo -> Sleep -> Abs-MND/VIT/AGI (rotating as neccessary for timers) with enough MP. On Khimaira, this rotation is enough to hold hate from our SAM's doing SA WS's every time for 1000+ damage every time from claim to kill without ever pulling hate, so it's more than ample. The trick really is just knowing how to macro your gear around so you have enough enmity--I usually save SE/LR/WBash for when my cotank is incapacitated in some way and I need to spike hate rightfuckingnow.

Or roars. But if you can use stun, you don't have to worry about those really.

[Suiram]

Can someone explain the difference between Yigit Head and AF Hat for BLM? >_> I forget when you're supposed to use Yigit and when you're supposed to use AF head.

Depending on what spell you're casting, how much INT you have, how much MAB you already have, and how much INT your target has, one or the other is going to win by about 1-10 damage, so either try both to see which works best for that particular cast, or just wear AF hat because it looks cooler.

[Judai]

Reading the BLU thread I was reminded of something I've been wondering for a bit, but asking here because I don't like the people in the BLU thread and don't trust their opinions. Which would be better for BLU TP gain (or any job that can equip, I guess), Wala Turban, Denali head, or shit is situational? Denali pertinent stats are Haste+4%, Attack+3.

Edit: Oh, I guess assume Haste+13% in other gear slots and mid- to late- 400s attack with food, and merit pt context.

Shit is always situational.

For TP gain it's your call. Since eating Sushi you should be pretty high on Acc and prolly get more from W.Turban but H.Zuch isn't a horrid choice, for TP only. Atk is bleh for BLU so I don't see a point in Denali. The BLUs in the BLU thread know what they are talking about btw so you should listen to them.

[spooky]

Can someone explain the difference between Yigit Head and AF Hat for BLM? >_> I forget when you're supposed to use Yigit and when you're supposed to use AF head.

It's simple, AF is for everything except resting because Yigit makes you look like a tard.

[Rocl]

Dude my BLM is always styling with weskit, af1 head and nashira legs.

[spooky]

Dude my BLM is always styling with weskit, af1 head and nashira legs.

You need a cool AF2 hat like me, not because it's that good, it will just make you look even hotter, and make all the newbie BLMs really jealous. Also, I was reading your PUP levelling thread, we’re about the same level and I was all set to change servers so we could static to 75 but then you went a quit of me. </3 Rocl. /sulk

[Rocl]

Dude my BLM is always styling with weskit, af1 head and nashira legs.

You need a cool AF2 hat like me, not because it's that good, it will just make you look even hotter, and make all the newbie BLMs really jealous. Also, I was reading your PUP levelling thread, we’re about the same level and I was all set to change servers so we could static to 75 but then you went a quit of me. </3 Rocl. /sulk

I refuse to level my puppet's magic skill

[spooky]

It's easy to level, go like RDM/PUP or w/e, spam some sleeps on a mob to get hate and just have your puppet cast 'till it's out of MP, then repeat. Easy to cap skills like that.

[Amele]

here's one that came up recently in my shell:

is mijin gakure elemental damage? or is it non-elemental?

[Priran]

If by nonelemental or elemental, you mean "is it fire?" then it's nonelemental.

It's classified differently than Chi Blast/Souleater/Spirits Within nonelemental damage in that in situations the damage from those is nerfed, Mijin is not. For example, on Besieged mobs, it will still do full damage.