MND + Stoneskin Questions.

[Saraphym]

I don't understand the casting with a terra, it does nothing at all for you.

[Airenn]

I don't understand the casting with a terra, it does nothing at all for you.

Except Physical DMG Minus 20? How is that nothing? Especially when soloing Cactrot/Vivian. :/ To clarify, I'm pretty sure that's still active when casting as it is when standing around.


Neptune's does nothing. Not when I'm hitting the SS cap without it all ready.

[Tajin]

But I don't *need* to is the point.
There is no need to stack additional mind when you hit base cap. Therefore Terra's is an excellent choice when casting for the Physical DMG- *just in case*
Thanks to all the replies tho, I found what I wanted in one simple piece and it fixes my setup to how I want it.

Oh, well I use Water, because I put Fast Cast/MP pieces, in slots where I would put MND (being Elvaan and /WHM helps too )

[Airenn]

But I don't *need* to is the point.
There is no need to stack additional mind when you hit base cap. Therefore Terra's is an excellent choice when casting for the Physical DMG- *just in case*
Thanks to all the replies tho, I found what I wanted in one simple piece and it fixes my setup to how I want it.

Oh, well I use Water, because I put Fast Cast/MP pieces, in slots where I would put MND (being Elvaan and /WHM helps too )

Definitely. Can't /whm tho, since I'd be /nin

With the merits I have, and the gear I have, I'm able to get full Fast Cast and a few Haste pieces in for SS, which is what I was going for without having to remove them.

[Saraphym]

I don't understand the casting with a terra, it does nothing at all for you.

Except Physical DMG Minus 20? How is that nothing? Especially when soloing Cactrot/Vivian. :/ To clarify, I'm pretty sure that's still active when casting as it is when standing around.


Neptune's does nothing. Not when 'm hitting the SS cap without it all ready.

Unless I was mistaken you were asking what would be best gear to cast stoneskin in.

...Except terra doesn't affect/boost stoneskin, at all? Unless you're talking about maxing damage mitigation while casting = lower interruption rate?..

[Airenn]

I don't understand the casting with a terra, it does nothing at all for you.

Except Physical DMG Minus 20? How is that nothing? Especially when soloing Cactrot/Vivian. :/ To clarify, I'm pretty sure that's still active when casting as it is when standing around.


Neptune's does nothing. Not when 'm hitting the SS cap without it all ready.

Unless I was mistaken you were asking what would be best gear to cast stoneskin in.

...Except terra doesn't affect/boost stoneskin, at all? Unless you're talking about maxing damage mitigation while casting = lower interruption rate?..

I was more asking what would I have to do to keep all the gear I really wanted on and still hit cap. Terra's was something I was pretty sure I wanted to keep as I was hitting 348 SS with it on.

It wasn't worth sacrificing the 20% Phys Dam reduction for the Neptune's and a 350 SS. So, yes, basically, I was talking about the latter.

[Tricen]

Make sure you don't get hit while casting ss >_>?

[Tajin]

^
or If you are going /NIN wouldn't these be better?
http://www.ffxiah.com/item.php?id=17413&sid=23

[Seditedi]

I'd rather have the damage mitigation tbh.

[Tajin]

This is where we derail this into scenarios where damage mitigation is meaningless, because if you are being pounded you will hit the dirt while trying to cast SS (no matter how much Fast Cast gear you equip).

We could also talk about how useless spell interruption gear is <.<;

[Seditedi]

I'd never try to cast skin if I'm going to take a hit anyway, I prefer to recast when I'm away/w/e NM I am soloing is bound. Recasting skin when you are getting attacked is just asking to get killed lol.

[Tricen]

I just make a separate macro for nothing but mnd gear. If you wanna be real efficient, cast in fast cast then switch to mnd gear right after so it gets off faster and you still get the cap. I'd recommend that anyways >_>

[Seditedi]

Or can just make 1 macro do all of it, thats how I had my macro set up.
Didn't have full FC set though (No AF2 body).

[Saraphym]

Only scenario i could see terra being useful during SS cast is if you were mid casting SS and about to get attacked and old SS was still up + you had no shadows, then throw on terra and pray mobs attack doesn't break SS while you finish reapplying SS. Other than that I don't really see a reason to cast SS with terra on. Conserve mp+ would be better for all around SS and buffs in general if you really had nothing else to put on, seveneyes anyone? or Fourth Division Mace for the AH rdm.

[Ashira]

Yeah, when I think I may be getting hit again after skin gets killed, I hit my SS macro, switch to dmg down macro... then switch back to full MND before it goes off so I get full effect.

Still not sure going for all the Enhancing gear is more efficient inventory wise than just stacking MND gear where you can with the numbers provided, but I'm in the middle of doing something atm and can't really stop to work it out.

[Airenn]

This is where we derail this into scenarios where damage mitigation is meaningless, because if you are being pounded you will hit the dirt while trying to cast SS (no matter how much Fast Cast gear you equip).

We could also talk about how useless spell interruption gear is <.<;

DMG Mitigation for 1k needles <Yes, please.>

[Airenn]

I'd never try to cast skin if I'm going to take a hit anyway, I prefer to recast when I'm away/w/e NM I am soloing is bound. Recasting skin when you are getting attacked is just asking to get killed lol.

It's not when you are getting attacked I am worried, it's double attacks and shit and the possibility of having Utsu down. Especially on Cactrot, he hits hard and can DBL attack a lot. Also, you can't bind that or VV. :/

EDIT: Also, I always felt Seveneyes was a waste of an inv spot. >_< So, I'll probably never have that or the AH one.

[Saraphym]

EDIT: Also, I always felt Seveneyes was a waste of an inv spot. >_< So, I'll probably never have that or the AH one.

is there something better to cast refresh/haste in than +7/+4 conserve mp that im unaware of?

[Airenn]

EDIT: Also, I always felt Seveneyes was a waste of an inv spot. >_< So, I'll probably never have that or the AH one.

is there something better to cast refresh/haste in than +7/+4 conserve mp that im unaware of?

Not if you have the inventory space to warrant it, lol. However, for the 2-4 spells I might use it for, it's definitely not needed. I've got way too much RDM gear as it is and work fine without it.

[Seditedi]

I'd never try to cast skin if I'm going to take a hit anyway, I prefer to recast when I'm away/w/e NM I am soloing is bound. Recasting skin when you are getting attacked is just asking to get killed lol.

It's not when you are getting attacked I am worried, it's double attacks and shit and the possibility of having Utsu down. Especially on Cactrot, he hits hard and can DBL attack a lot. Also, you can't bind that or VV. :/

EDIT: Also, I always felt Seveneyes was a waste of an inv spot. >_< So, I'll probably never have that or the AH one.

Unless I'm fucking retarded, I remember binding VV on BLM without ES >_>. It's definitely bindable.