Randomer Question Thread

[Halion]

Taru fishermen and women... how in the WORLD do you catch legendaries? After hitting fatigue on my mithra I decided to fish on my alt out of pure boredom and I can barely tell the difference between middle and right.

[Amok]

I'm leveling RDM, and I just beat Apoc Nigh. Should I wait for the possible tier2 Enspells before picking an earring (Hollow )? (BTW, I don't know yet how much I'll be soloing, but I want to)

[Wizerd]

Was Gravity ever tested for Evasion down? The wiki says that the update notes stated it was -5% evasion, but after testing it on an Aura Statue, it brought its evasion from 335 to 325 (if I'm correct in my calculations in accordance with /checks). That's either 3% or a static -10 evasion.

I realize that -10 evasion is a static -5% in the enemy's evade rate, but I always figured it was -5% off the their actual evasion value. But I guess not?

But yea, any testing done on this?

[Maxxthepenguin]

Did this stop being the question thread and become the go do it yourself thread? Why would I buy an axe when I can just get some extra confirmation here? I'm a bit curious because Belkin's a pretty reliable source, but so is Maxx.

Here, let me answer your question for you. "Go level all crafts to 100 and check the recipe NPC/Guild master for synths with Demon Pen in it."

Well, I'm 82.53% sure that it's every other tick; when I've tried it my MP, once it bottomed out, was always at 0 or 1. If it worked as refresh tick before rune drain, it would have stayed 0.

[Isiolia]

Having used Rune Axes on BST for many an hour, I can say it's every other tick. You hit 0 MP, weapon sees no MP and has no latent, goes to 1 MP, weapon takes MP and has latent, back and forth.

[Max™]

What complicates it with Chopper is, the time between swings and the time between MP drains are long enough to overlap sometimes, and miss each other sometimes.

I know with 0 outside haste, and just the 24% that I had from Chopper and some haste gears, it would drain about 3 mp before a swing (I was using Aspir Samba to keep it going full time /Dnc, which rocks btw on anything with MP) so I was wondering if you could time it so you would get your 1 mp/get drained just as you swung, instead of inbetween.

It's easier to just chug a juice (leading me to refer to mine for a while as "THA JUICE-AH") or go /Dnc though.

[Spekkio]

Having used Rune Axes on BST for many an hour, I can say it's every other tick. You hit 0 MP, weapon sees no MP and has no latent, goes to 1 MP, weapon takes MP and has latent, back and forth.

which is precisely what i said as well as a previous poster. if the OP still doesn't believe what was said, he's welcome to test it like i'd suggested. and check the attitude while he's at it. insults and aggressive attitudes don't help get your question answered.

[Apelila]

Approaching 72/73 on RDM.
Have W. Abj: Go for +1 or are NQ acceptable? A little birdy said +1 lets you break into another tier on bio.

[Spekkio]

Approaching 72/73 on RDM.
Have W. Abj: Go for +1 or are NQ acceptable? A little birdy said +1 lets you break into another tier on bio.

tiers are at 211, 269, and 291
rdm base 200
blood for 11
dark torque for 7
abyssal for 5
merciful for 5
nashira body for 5
drk earring for 3

i've left out the stupid new moon dependent things like diabolos's ring and infernos for the sake of this tabulation since they're so situational.

blood will tier you up to the next tier automatically, though you could easily hit it by just wearing any piece of + dark magic gear in addition to the gloves, so this just leaves the question of if you could break the next cap. based on a quick run through, the limit on dark magic for a rdm even with full dark magic merits is 252 unless sch sub is used.

iirc, sch sub would change a rdm's base dark magic to 246 when dark arts are up. this would make the theoretical cap for rdm 298, which is a bit into the top tier for bio. this ofc assumes you've merited dark magic skill several times rather than say enfeebling and elemental which i'd imagine is more common. since the jump from 246 to 269 can easily be covered with crimson, a dark torque, and a nashira body or something else worth 5 (there's a ton of combinations, this is just one) i really don't see it as being worth it unless you're going for some insane build to try to top tier bio2 with /sch sub.

[Isiolia]

What complicates it with Chopper is, the time between swings and the time between MP drains are long enough to overlap sometimes, and miss each other sometimes.

I know with 0 outside haste, and just the 24% that I had from Chopper and some haste gears, it would drain about 3 mp before a swing (I was using Aspir Samba to keep it going full time /Dnc, which rocks btw on anything with MP) so I was wondering if you could time it so you would get your 1 mp/get drained just as you swung, instead of inbetween.

It's easier to just chug a juice (leading me to refer to mine for a while as "THA JUICE-AH") or go /Dnc though.

Most BSTs using Rune Axes are using them in a dual wield setup, which would put the delay in the same general range, depending on what other Haste gear you had I suppose. Still, this does make some sense...it just likely applies (even if to a lesser extent) to dual Axes as well.

Was Gravity ever tested for Evasion down? The wiki says that the update notes stated it was -5% evasion, but after testing it on an Aura Statue, it brought its evasion from 335 to 325 (if I'm correct in my calculations in accordance with /checks). That's either 3% or a static -10 evasion.

I realize that -10 evasion is a static -5% in the enemy's evade rate, but I always figured it was -5% off the their actual evasion value. But I guess not?

But yea, any testing done on this?

What I have seen over the years is basically what you've found. The old update notes (I saw them autotranslated linked off of Somepage) state that an evasion down of "about 5%" was added to Weight ("Heavy"). However, every time someone has actually gone and tested it they've seen a static -10 evasion.

Approaching 72/73 on RDM.
Have W. Abj: Go for +1 or are NQ acceptable? A little birdy said +1 lets you break into another tier on bio.

If you're going to use basically any other Dark gear anyway, the difference for Bio tier is moot. Still might be nice to get the HQ if you might do RNG or COR or something someday, and won't completely break the bank to get the -1.

[Callisto]

I'm leveling RDM, and I just beat Apoc Nigh. Should I wait for the possible tier2 Enspells before picking an earring (Hollow )? (BTW, I don't know yet how much I'll be soloing, but I want to)

The nicest all-around for RDM is probably Magnetic, though I'd advise to base it on what other jobs you have/want to level. If doing COR or RNG Hollow is really nice, Ethereal is great for PLD or DRG soloing, Magnetic for most mages, and Static for BLMs MBing.

[Freysi]

Sooo, we just saw Tiamat spawn 30 minutes after her supposed 1hr long window. ToD was :17 and she spawned exactly 43.5 hours after her window opened, at :47

What gives? Am I mistaken in thinking her window is 1hr long? We had both kills, so the ToD and spawn times are 100% correct (I was there for both).

[Callisto]

I'm new to PC/Windower...to take screenshots in windowed mode, do I just hit PrintScreen, then paste it into whatever image program?

[*Blaize*]

Do AM1s have some kind of hidden effect?

Just did kraken BCNM casting Burst for 710 damage the whole time but 1, where it landed for 839.. it doesn't even look like a resist, and it was Darksday..

Ideas?

[Isiolia]

I'm new to PC/Windower...to take screenshots in windowed mode, do I just hit PrintScreen, then paste it into whatever image program?

Depends on what you're using. Both the Windower and SE's windowed mode will save screenshots in a directory. The former is in the folder with the windower executable, the latter is in your PoL account's folder.

If you are using the Windower, I would check out the thread elsewhere in this forum that discusses how to turn off plugin text and such when taking a SS.

Just did kraken BCNM casting Burst for 710 damage the whole time but 1, where it landed for 839.. it doesn't even look like a resist, and it was Darksday..

Ideas?

Were you wearing different gear and/or triggering a latent for the 839 one?

[*Blaize*]

Just did kraken BCNM casting Burst for 710 damage the whole time but 1, where it landed for 839.. it doesn't even look like a resist, and it was Darksday..

Ideas?

Were you wearing different gear and/or triggering a latent for the 839 one?

Nope, never changed gear. The other BLM I did it with noticed this happening on his casts too.

[shihei]

critical hit!

[Tricen]

Sooo, we just saw Tiamat spawn 30 minutes after her supposed 1hr long window. ToD was :17 and she spawned exactly 43.5 hours after her window opened, at :47

What gives? Am I mistaken in thinking her window is 1hr long? We had both kills, so the ToD and spawn times are 100% correct (I was there for both).

I am pretty sure Tiamat is 30min windows.

[Hyriu]

Sooo, we just saw Tiamat spawn 30 minutes after her supposed 1hr long window. ToD was :17 and she spawned exactly 43.5 hours after her window opened, at :47

What gives? Am I mistaken in thinking her window is 1hr long? We had both kills, so the ToD and spawn times are 100% correct (I was there for both).

I am pretty sure Tiamat is 30min windows.

Correct

[Tinoretetito]

Is there a WotG torrent still floating around here somewhere?