Randomer Question Thread

[Ramuhnub]

My random question:

I suck at mnk. (that's not a question is it?) Actually I can do fine at the job, as far as being able to handle my own when i get hate. But my ws dmg feels subpar. H2H Skill is only partially merited, I'm working on going 6/8 probably and then 6/8 for my nin.

My LS is full to the brim with sams, drgs, rng's, spike dmg dd's. I'm one of the only people that prefers to be on mnk. But ws's, they annihilate my damage.

What kind of damage should I be aiming for in ws gear? What's a 'good' Asuran Fists? Targets would be generally VT/IT mobs like birds or mobs in sky/sea.

AFists' modifiers are both seemingly weak and not the easiest to obtain for monk. I have Genbu's Kabuto but am not inclined to use it for ws'ing... should I be? It's also an eight hit ws, sacrificing too much acc sounds like asking for low damage.

I ws in Destroyers, Ohat (tp in turban), Chiv Chain, Merman's, Brutal
SH+1 or Pln Body (Shura Togi is a goal), Okote, Sniper's x2
Amemet +1 or Cerb, Potent belt (I tp in brown belt tho^^), Shura Haidate (tp in BH), Fuma Sun-Ate.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

O hat is good, could also try for the head piece that drops of Walgaru tier II ZNM on Khim path. Get that Shura Togi! Life belt over potent... For feet if you do Salvage get some Usukane Sune-ate if not.... Denali feet are a good option for AF. TP in Dunes maybe unless you get Usukane.

[Raen Ryong]

I ws in Brutal

There's an 8 hit attack round limit and Asuran Fists is 8 hit, so Brutal is doing nothing except StoreTP there not a huge difference but one nonetheless.

I wouldn't worry about WS damage -too- much because you are mainly DoT; you won't be out-WSing a RNG or something most of the time. Actual Monks can tell you more though your gear looks fine though!

[minni]

how do you copy/paste a set of macros within the same book? (PC)

[Tormentormike]

Under the menu with the 20 book names, click on one, click "copy", move to a new book, click that one, and click "Paste".

[Fridell]

My best advice to the MNK guy is to invest in not only Asuran WS gear, but also Howling Fist gear, Howling is a damn underrated WS for everything imo, and its way easier to make HF beat Asuran totally on most stuff.

[Hellfury]

What's the name of the melody played when you get maat's cap?
( like in the video: YouTube - Maat's Cap - Ultimate Champion of the World - Caitsith for example) it's used on other occasions as well I believe, I heard a remix of it once with fairly heavy guitar use, and sitting here procrastinating preparing for exams, I am trying to dig it up, but can't remember the name of the original
(if anyone remembers/knows the remix, even better! I haven't played with game music in 3 years with the exception of alexander fight)

[Spekkio]

sounds like the CoP theme that plays at various times, including the final CS.

[Hellfury]

From what I, during my procrastination have been able to dig up, I think the original tune is "Distant Worlds", I have heard a gazillion permutations on it so far today (go go macroeconomics exams...) but haven't found the relatively high paced active version my memory insists upon, tried looking for a "Black Mages" version, but that one didn't match my memory. Maybe I should try to learn to play the guitar before my exams? :D

[Fridell]

What .DAT file(s) is for Zhayolm Remnants?

[VZX]

As for Buccaneer's vs Scout's:
1 base damage doesn't necessarily worse than 4 ratk though; Less than 3ratk is even unlikely So you're looking the difference of 1~2 ratk during WS.

[AlexRuzhyo]

What's the quickest and cheapest bait/way to repeatedly break a Single Hook Fishing Rod? I need to half-ass alchemy.

[Aux]

I have no idea at all what you are asking, but I assume you are asking if Weapon Skills adhere to the same rules as melee attack rounds, and you are wondering what pole grip does.

The general consensus would be that all melee attacks are "Melee Rounds" which must conform to <= 8 swings i.e. Asuran Fists cannot double attack at all. Weaponskills are "Melee Rounds" with additional properties added, such as modifiers and fTP, (possibly boosted ACC, crit %, yada yada) etc. etc..

As far as I know, pole grip adds "double attack +2" (rather than increasing your double attack chance by 2%) to your stats, which is going to give you an additional 2% chance to double attack on any melee swing.

Hmm, thanks for the clarification, that makes things a bit more understandable to me.

Basically I was getting the impression that between a Melee attack and a Weaponskill, the bonuses they get would be considered independent of each other; thus I thought you would be getting a +2% bonus to double attacking and +2% bonus to double attacking during a WS.


For example, if a 6hit Hagun SAM/DRG did not have Brutal earring or Askar Korazin, and only a pole grip:

6 hits + 1 WS = 7 attacks, so doing this 100 consecutive times (700), ignoring misses, the person would have either:
- doubled 14 melee attacks
OR doubled 14 weaponskills
OR doubled 7 melee 7 weaponskills


otherwise, if melee rounds were considered separate from weaponskills:
700 attacks, 116 weaponskills
- doubled 14 melee attacks + doubled 2 weaponskills

[Havok]

Do enfeebling spells get an accuracy or potency bonus from day/weather?

i.e. should I be using dark obi for sleeps in dynamis?

thread moved quick and my question got zoomed over =( anyone know?

[Cream Soda]

how gimp would it be to use SH+1 till 75 on drg? Can't get any help for Ose and fucker's beat me down like 4 times now. Wouldn't be too bad if I just took it to 75 and not touch it till I can grab an askar body?

[SamanosukeShiva]

Krakken rng is pretty potent in a merit pt, is ridill rng any good?

note: i dont expect it to beast, just maybe would it do decently w/sushi and full sword merit?

kraken rng not really good IMO, in fact it's one of the less preferable merit job for me, if you got ridill and sword merit, just go as swordchuck WAR or axe/rid.

[Omniyoji]

Do enfeebling spells get an accuracy or potency bonus from day/weather?

i.e. should I be using dark obi for sleeps in dynamis?

thread moved quick and my question got zoomed over =( anyone know?

I think it's probably b/c no one truly knows the answer. I tend to believe the weather/day is a factor in the resist department for any spell, but I'm not 100% sure. As for potency, I never saw it that way and only thought of resists. Hmmm...

I wonder what Suiram thinks of this... where is he?

[Amok]

I think it's probably b/c no one truly knows the answer. I tend to believe the weather/day is a factor in the resist department for any spell, but I'm not 100% sure. As for potency, I never saw it that way and only thought of resists. Hmmm...

I wonder what Suiram thinks of this... where is he?

It's true that it's only anecdotal evidence, but regarding potency, I've experienced some very proc-happy paralyzes then when I checked the day, more often than not, it was iceday.

[Suiram]

I was skimming this topic not really reading until I saw my name lol

As for enfeeble potency, I doubt it, although I guess it's possible. But for sleep, accuracy is most important anyway because when you get a shortened-duration sleep, it's going to be from a resist, not low potency.

As for accuracy in day/weather conditions. Well first of all, it's never really been proven that there is one, I don't think. But everyone including me I think agrees that it feels like there is one, so let's assume there is. Then it depends on what form it takes. Do we get a constant, minor accuracy bonus whenever those conditions are present, or do we get a more substantial accuracy bonus 1/3 of the time, analogous to the damage bonus? I think that distinction would be very hard to quantify (would need to use obis to find out, I think), but if it's the first kind, then obis don't help, and if it's the second kind they do. I don't know the answer, although I use anrin obi in Dynamis myself when I remember to bring it. At worst I'm just losing the marginal accuracy from 5 INT anyway.

[Aragon of Odin]

BLM AM2 merits. The additional 5 MACC added per merit, is it only added during MB's like the additional DMG or is it active all times during that AM2?

[minni]

Under the menu with the 20 book names, click on one, click "copy", move to a new book, click that one, and click "Paste".

this copies the whole "book"

i'm looking to copy/paste only 1 set, not the whole book
(10 sets in a book)