Randomer Question Thread

[izembo]

pretty sure you do have to be from that nation to purchase em

[Nyuneko]

pretty sure you do have to be from that nation to purchase em

Unless the game has secretly changed, no, you can get them no matter which nation you are in, technically speaking... However they are rank 7, which means 32k points if you are their citizen, and I believe it's doubled if you are from another nation, which means 2 of the 3 CP ammo will cost 64k. My RNG isn't high enough to have to worry about them, so I am not sure if they even need to get all 3, but concerning CP, everyone can buy from another nation providing that their own nation is higher than the one you wish to buy from(meaning 1st place items are the one that are exclusive to the players from that nation, but all 3 CP ammo are "Any placement".)

[Tajin]

Is Hexerei Cape -3% damage as promised? Or is there any hidden effect or gay latent involved?
Is too cheap ._.a


P.S. I've never done Holy Cow or whatever the ENM name is so wouldn't know if its a common drop.

[Khajit]

Well I'm having some trouble looking for my handy little program that calculates storetp for me so i'd like to start debating.

FFXI Calculator can do that and more.

that's actually the program i lost. thanks for the link.
know where a database of mob stats is? I've been wanting to use the acc calculator for a long while so that i can plan the exact amount iof gear i need to get back into my meat dishes again or make setups for events based on projected accuracy.

[Osede]

pretty sure you do have to be from that nation to purchase em

Unless the game has secretly changed, no, you can get them no matter which nation you are in, technically speaking... However they are rank 7, which means 32k points if you are their citizen, and I believe it's doubled if you are from another nation, which means 2 of the 3 CP ammo will cost 64k. My RNG isn't high enough to have to worry about them, so I am not sure if they even need to get all 3, but concerning CP, everyone can buy from another nation providing that their own nation is higher than the one you wish to buy from(meaning 1st place items are the one that are exclusive to the players from that nation, but all 3 CP ammo are "Any placement".)

supposely is 24k for own nation and 48k for other? it is too long since i got my last bastok bolt.

you will only need either windust arrow or bastok bolt, depending you will use crossbow or bow more in the end. And with unlimited shot the ws number just amazing, usually obow+cp bolt = hellfire+silver bullet slug damage. But beaware..... I have shot about total of 4-5 bolts on 2 characters... it make me so sad

[Rafike]

As stated you can certainly purchase said items from other nations, but if memory serves correct while they are drastically more expensive I don't believe they are double the price... I wanna say 1.5x as much, but that doesn't sound right either...

[Ringoko]

If I recall, a PPA or GMB cost 32k in CP (Rank 7) to purchase if you are a citizen of the respective nations they're sold in. If want to purchase any item from another nation, you have to pay the amount of CP equal to the next highest rank. So for the PPA and GMB, you would pay whatever it is for a Rank 8 item.

I've got my own random question. Today I soloed a Despot on my BST and have a shiny Gem of the West to sell. How much would you sell it for (or pay for one) on your own server? Bonus points if you have a good bead on its value on Midgard.

[Kaope]

For Nyzlu Isle, would you get a blu instead of a thf?

PS: We have 3 DD, 2 Mages for static. My friend is being too paranoid of the flayers.

[Clash Perez]

What is a good main-hand dagger for a RDM/NIN too cheap to buy a Blau? I'm thinking Martial Knife or NQ Misericorde (like I said, I'm cheap.) I'll be off-handing Joyeuse and using Evisceration.

[Geli]

For Nyzlu Isle, would you get a blu instead of a thf?

PS: We have 3 DD, 2 Mages for static. My friend is being too paranoid of the flayers.

Can use BLU for climbing but never ever do any boss floor w/o THF.

[Eldelphia]

As far as the ammo is concerned, the amount of /emo my friend goes through when he shoots one mistakenly cos of a macro misfire or general idiocy is high. Only done it twice but it wasn't pretty. He's still waiting for Bastok to reclaim first...

[Slott]

Well I'm having some trouble looking for my handy little program that calculates storetp for me so i'd like to start debating.
This is for my thf.
I got some Skadi chausses with storetp +& which combined with my Rajas and other gear gives storetp+14.
Now the main question concerns food choices.
would it be a good idea to eat carbonara?
last time I parsed to test out which food I should use I found that meat and sushi did nearly equal damage for me but the lowered accuracy gave me less hate with meat and forced others in the pt to tank more often as opposed to me grabbing some hate and blinking it away hence sushi was a better/cheaper choice along with it costing less gil to do the same damage(using sole and bison steak as foods during the test for 1 hour each).

Now the main thing I want to know is if carbonara would be viable for my thf. I can still get more acc gear when homam drops or when i get some luck in a bcnm or two to make the meat not sting my accuracy as much so this is kind of me looking towards the future if I have to choose between hedgehog pie and carbonara someday.
Would I have to lose 10 atk by not swapping in dusk trousers during sneak attack and trick attack to make it viable or could I keep them on to maintain the whatever# hit build?
My atk is 481 during the tp phase with no food, and during SA and TA my atk is 415ish(in case of diminishing returns and all that crap)

You forgot the second most important thing when listing your store tp - your weapon delay. With mandau/x's knife, I get 100.1% TP after 17 hits after mercy stroke(assuming 10 tp from a /nin mercy stroke without a double or triple attack proc), with 13 store tp. More store tp from carbonara wouldn't help my set up. If I was using mandau/blau, it would reduce the number of hits needed. It needs to be tailored to your weapon delay to see whether or not its viable.

Calculate TP gain from WS(If it has a different amount of store tp than normal attacking), calculate TP gain from daggers, then you have your answer

My example assumes I have 6 store tp for WS (brutal/rajas, since I use heca legs) and 13 store tp for tp'ing (add skadi legs) I made an excel spreadsheet for it, to compare various amounts of store tp effects on different daggers, number of swings needed to achieve 100 tp, etc)

[Amele]

As far as the ammo is concerned, the amount of /emo my friend goes through when he shoots one mistakenly cos of a macro misfire or general idiocy is high. Only done it twice but it wasn't pretty. He's still waiting for Bastok to reclaim first...

your friend should consider using ammo safeties in his macros:

1. /equip ammo <- this dequips your current ammo
2. /equip ammo "gear" <- this equips your new ammo

if you're out of the ammo you add in 'gear'; instead of just keeping whatever is currently in the slot, you'll end up with nothing in the slot - so you'll get an error instead of firing the wrong stuff.

won't protect from macro misfire completely but it'll save a huge headache if you're just not paying attention one day.

[Kaope]

Which gorgets work with namas arrow + sidewinder?

[Septimus]

What is a good main-hand dagger for a RDM/NIN too cheap to buy a Blau? I'm thinking Martial Knife or NQ Misericorde (like I said, I'm cheap.) I'll be off-handing Joyeuse and using Evisceration.

I used an NQ Misericorde back in the day, it is a really nice dagger for the cost. (Still have it just in case.) They may have released better daggers in the interim though.

But since then I received a Justice Sword, and it is way too much fun to play Cuisinart with Joyeuse/Justice. Evisceration will do a lot more than Savage Blade, but the added swings with en-spell damage are really awesome.

[fantasticdan]

What is a good main-hand dagger for a RDM/NIN too cheap to buy a Blau? I'm thinking Martial Knife or NQ Misericorde (like I said, I'm cheap.) I'll be off-handing Joyeuse and using Evisceration.

Palladium Dagger from supplies recovery assault looks like the best for rdm outside of relic/blau, but good luck getting one of those. Daylight dagger is pretty nice too, if you can get the help to kill the nm and claim it.

[Osede]

As far as the ammo is concerned, the amount of /emo my friend goes through when he shoots one mistakenly cos of a macro misfire or general idiocy is high. Only done it twice but it wasn't pretty. He's still waiting for Bastok to reclaim first...

well, at least he does notice he did shoot it out. The last time when I shot my bolt, I have no idea when I did shoot it by accidentally. Until when the next unlimited shot is ready and I'm try to manually change my ammo (which I do most of time for the bolt), then I jsut realize it didn't sit in my inventory space anymore QQ

[Yuri-G]

What is a good main-hand dagger for a RDM/NIN too cheap to buy a Blau? I'm thinking Martial Knife or NQ Misericorde (like I said, I'm cheap.) I'll be off-handing Joyeuse and using Evisceration.

Palladium Dagger from supplies recovery assault looks like the best for rdm outside of relic/blau, but good luck getting one of those. Daylight dagger is pretty nice too, if you can get the help to kill the nm and claim it.

Nice, and if you don't get the dagger you get the signa instead, plus she's never really camped anymore. Slight dps and stat loss (omg 3 vit ) for a gain of 12 acc in daylight, I think I'll have to con some people into this soon.

[Rafike]

What is the largest amount of storage space one can obtain and what furnishings are required to do so?

[Suiram]

What is the largest amount of storage space one can obtain and what furnishings are required to do so?

It caps at 80.

How does the lance from Odin stack up against other polearms available to a DRG?