Randomer Question Thread

[Max™]

1 Str 5 Att for 150-190k in a slot with maybe three better options all ranging from half a mil to multi-millions is a pretty good way to spend money.

It's like saying "Well, Haubergeon only has 10 Accuracy and Attack over Sipahi body, why bother?"

Because the Haubergeon is a keystone piece which will be acceptable for as long as you have it, with nearly any other gear attached.


I don't think the issue is people who are scrimping and saving gil to get stuff though (btw, I farmed up something like 2 million gil a few weeks back just watching TV and mindlessly killing Bugards/Ladybugs because I felt like getting some pretty unicorn gear, I know for a fact you can make better returns for the time with a variety of other things, with lower level jobs even) it's people who have stuff like... big ticket abjuration pieces uncursed, PCC's, big ticket weapons... and NQ amemet.

Is a woodsman ring a better use of 100-200k than NQ > HQ amemet? Yes, yes it is.

Is a Juggernaut a better use of gil?

No.

[Shonin]

For a DD Paladin setup, should I also invest in a Tiphia sting/chiv chain?

[Gunslinger]

Someone help me with this, I'm looking for some sort of "proof" I guess.

Does double attack from traits have a cap? I know that haste is exponentially better when stacked, but I've recently come into possession of some gear that will let me raise it above 20% without sacrificing haste on dragoon (20% seems like a good cutoff point for /war, it would allow 10-14% DA on /sam). Any links, proof, etc would be greatly appreciated . I've about exhausted my searching ability.

[Max™]

+DA and +Crits are straight additions to your damage, they're great if you get them free, or if you get them in a slot where you can't get a good amount of Acc/Att, or any haste.

If there was a pair of boots with 1% haste, I'd wear them over my war af feet with 1% DA.

Stack it where you can't get haste (Ear within reason, grip, body), but I imagine it would take a good amount of +DA to outweigh haste there.

[Callisto]

Someone help me with this, I'm looking for some sort of "proof" I guess.

Does double attack from traits have a cap? I know that haste is exponentially better when stacked, but I've recently come into possession of some gear that will let me raise it above 20% without sacrificing haste on dragoon (20% seems like a good cutoff point for /war, it would allow 10-14% DA on /sam). Any links, proof, etc would be greatly appreciated . I've about exhausted my searching ability.

I was curious about this as well, one of our SAMs got the new 'Enhances effects of rice balls' boots and went for a Rice Ball build(for lack of a better word). With Shogun Rice Ball it had really nice effects in terms of damage(he was putting up like 1500+ Jinpus in Nyzul, lol), but the DA rate seemed lower than what it should have been, and we were wondering if there is a certain cap on it. I know eyeballing means nothing but he appeared to only be getting around 25% when it should have been much higher.

[Gunslinger]

I've heard 25% as well, but haven't been able to find the source.

[VivixKujata]

Whats a normal drop rate for Angel Skins? 1/19 right now

Well, I was 1/1, now im 0/18!

Just curious to see what people normally get. :<

Edit: 1/20

[Bakthi]

Do i turn in the moats ive been fishing for money, or for lu shangs?

Do you like fishing? If you think it's something you'll want to keep doing for a long time, you'll eventually want a Lu to do it. You can level into the 50s fishing moat carp and the fish who love them, which gets you the rod about when you really start to need it.

Obviously, you should also look at the price of 10,000 carp on your server versus the price of just buying the rod. I quested mine, but it cost a lot more back then.

[Ryushii]

Is there any reason why I shouldn't be dual-wielding two Trailer's Kukris? (RNG<75)

[Tsuko_Asura]

Is there any reason why I shouldn't be dual-wielding two Trailer's Kukris? (RNG<75)

Because you don't need all of that Racc? <_<

[Ryushii]

Is there any reason why I shouldn't be dual-wielding two Trailer's Kukris? (RNG<75)

Because you don't need all of that Racc? <_<

But wouldn't it allow me to switch in and out other gear in other slots to compensate for too much or too little racc? Weapon is the only slot you can't really do that in easily, but you can in any other slot.

[Sanoske]

Is there any reason why I shouldn't be dual-wielding two Trailer's Kukris? (RNG<75)

Because you don't need all of that Racc? <_<

But wouldn't it allow me to switch in and out other gear in other slots to compensate for too much or too little racc? Weapon is the only slot you can't really do that in easily, but you can in any other slot.

RNG has the ability to stack on Racc in a greater quantity and more easily than melee can stack Acc. Especially the higher you go. From what Ive seen, either Kreigsbiel/Fransisca, or Vulcan/Fire Staff with that STR grip. That will give you more than enough Racc(from axes) as well as adding Ratt.

[Avé]

Is the Ferrara good for anything? I had to drop two of them today, because no one was interested in it. I'm no melee, but as a 40DRK this looks like it would be pretty nice. >_>

http://wiki.bluegartr.com/images/b/b0/Ferrara_icon.pngDMG:74 Delay:387 Accuracy+4 WAR/PLD/DRK

[Max™]

Drk friend suggested Zerging due to the silly low delay, and as a War I want one just because it's the only gsword of that model War can use (last I checked) but yeah, it's a weird one.

[jerkbox]

noob znm question i couldn't find the answer to in the first 17 pages of the toau NM thread:

can anyone trade in any NM's ra/ex drop item and get the key item to access the next tier of ZNMs or do you have to "climb" tiers with one character?

i.e. char1 buys tier1 pop item, kills NM, char2 lots the ra/ex item and trades it to sanraku and gets the key item to purchase tier2 ZNMs and so on.

this work?

[Max™]

Yes, you could set up a group like this and have multiple people farm up T1 and T2 pops, have one person lot the T3 pops and get the T4's quickly.

Otherwise there would be a lot fewer "we just killed this T4 NM for the third time" posts.

[millionsknives]

Hey,

Ive been camping a 24 hour nm recently and im not sure how this maintenance will effect the spawn time. I get the spawn time is reset after the servers are shut down, so that would put this particular NMs pop at 24hrs after maint is over, right? But when do the servers get shut down? Every maintenance or just the major ones every 3 months?

Just like to know if i should expect the servers being reset after 2nites maint. But i guess l'll have to camp both windows just encase ._. ~ty!

[gandorf]

If I killed Lil apak and then I kill wulgaru do I have to go back and do lil apak again to do wulgaru a second time in case it doesn't drop the item I want?

[Lyramion]

Yeah every seal disapears when you use it to buy a pop tier. But the tier 1 and 2 NM drops should be pretty common since people have to spam them for the tier 3s.

[Raen Ryong]

Is the Ferrara good for anything? I had to drop two of them today, because no one was interested in it. I'm no melee, but as a 40DRK this looks like it would be pretty nice. >_>

http://wiki.bluegartr.com/images/b/b0/Ferrara_icon.pngDMG:74 Delay:387 Accuracy+4 WAR/PLD/DRK

The problem is that it's base DMG is HIDEOUSLY low. Lower delay is not necessarily better because it also means that it takes you more hits to 100% TP, so basically you get to 100% TP at around the same speed, if a tiny bit faster, but lose a LOT of damage along the way, and your WSs will suck comparatively.

It would however be decent for a "great sword zerg".