Randomer Question Thread

[Souj]

last I remember, or cared back when I had a smn, was avatar acc+ was a joke and really didn't do much for anything.


It hasn't been announced when the anniversary ring is to become available again is it? My account is deactivated atm, but wanted to grab 1 when it comes again.

[Silenka]

Thought they were usually given out around May/June but could be wrong.

Guess I will upgrade the feet since I'm probably capped on avatar acc anyway. >.>

[Callisto]

SCH:

Goliard or Yigit Hands for Nuking?

Goliard or Yigit Feet for Helix?

Yigit on both in most cases, Goliard if you think you're going to be resisted...though I wouldn't really bother with helices if there's a high chance of resists.

[Araelus]

Yigit on both in most cases, Goliard if you think you're going to be resisted...though I wouldn't really bother with helices if there's a high chance of resists.

Am I allowed to recommend him an eventual upgrade to Genie Gages, in terms of resist gear? Not R/E like the other two options, but still "free" if he can get the NM to drop. Skill+8 vs. Goliard's +4, then again no MAB. (I thought this was the "What's better?" thread for a second...)

[el_tio]

Bit late, but Marble bed is the white blocky thing halfway down this page:
[url=http://www15.ocn.ne.jp/~amezishi/kagubaka/kagubaka.html]

Ty--good god that looks uncomfortable. I guess I'm going with Amir Bed then.

[Price]

How does DST effect NM windows? lol

[Clave]

How does DST effect NM windows? lol

It doesn't.

21-24 hour NMs pop 21-24 hour after ToD, etc.

[Thorny]

How does DST effect NM windows? lol

It doesn't. If the NM pops 21-24 hours after it died before DST, it still pops 21-24 hours after it died after it.. so if clock jumps ahead an hour, the NM will pop an hour later on clock.

Edit: wow nice hivemind

[FailureMidgard]

Poor NMs not having watches, it's like they're living in the stone age.

[MaachaQ]

It doesn't. If the NM pops 21-24 hours after it died before DST, it still pops 21-24 hours after it died after it.. so if clock jumps ahead an hour, the NM will pop an hour later on clock.

Edit: wow nice hivemind

Japan doesn't do Daylight Savings Time, and the servers are based in Japan ^^;

Messed up our Dynamis run this week too...

[Spekkio]

not sure if this belongs here or the "what's better" thread but i'm going to try here b/c this involves my lack of understanding of secondary modifiers on ws and magic based ws. i'm trying to figure out how to optimize primal rend on my bst. i figure ugly pendant, novio, and moldavite are givens since it's modified by MAB like leaden salute and a few of the other more well researched ws. what would be the best head piece to use with this ws? my first guess would be the yag headpiece from the scnm but considering that's not likely for me to get for my bst for blatantly obvious reasons, do i want to go with +chr gear? would adding attack do anything? how about acc? macc?

[DiomedesSylph]

When swapping gear for defensive spells, technically when is the 'end' of casting where you can change back to idling gear? For eg. when casting stoneskin w/ loq+homam fast cast, change gear to mnd+enhance, animation seems to 'end' around 60~70%; do gear swap effects get counted if I switch gear back around there or not til 100% completetion?

[Araelus]

When swapping gear for defensive spells, technically when is the 'end' of casting where you can change back to idling gear? For eg. when casting stoneskin w/ loq+homam fast cast, change gear to mnd+enhance, animation seems to 'end' around 60~70%; do gear swap effects get counted if I switch gear back around there or not til 100% completetion?

It's safe to swap back after the little effect icon appears on your screen. In laggy circumstances the chat log can be asynchronous with the effect, so you can also go by when the spell's visual effect hits your character.

[barber2006]

As far as Rdm debuffs are concerned: Is there a chart somewhere that lists the amount of MND needed in order to cap things like slow on more popular mobs/nms?

[Araelus]

There used to be one listed at [http://img165.imageshack.us/my.php?image=slowoj8.jpg] but it's vanished. Does anyone have a copy? It showed a line for Slow and a line for Slow II at different values for CasterMND minus TargetMND with points for common mobs.

[Starr]

Does the magic damage nullification temporary item overwrite fucking fanatics? I got dicked over earlier on Cerb F80, the Fanatics didn't work

[Ultimagi]

Fool's Drink and Fanatic's Drink don't stack.

[Indalecia]

Always go with Fanatics

[Marokko]

What is the STR cap for Samurai Tachi-Gekko?

[Drex]

What is the STR cap for Samurai Tachi-Gekko?

You never have enough STR on gekko