Randomer Question Thread

[Marcicus]

Well right now I'm 67. I was just curious if having higher DoT with a Soboro would be better than having stronger Gekkos with Kazaridachi, which I assume it would be.

Edit: Yes, I do have Polearm with merits.

[Shinryuu]

Then use polearm against anything weak-to-piercing. Soboro would win vs. Kaz, I'd reckon.

[Marcicus]

Polearm on birds is a given, the rest I wasn't so sure about. Thanks :D

[Francisco]

On the Infobar plugin, some monsters are bolded when targeted, and others are preceded by "1/2" or "1/4"...

Bold, so far, seems to indicate DC or higher - I'm not sure what the fractions indicate... so far I've noticed them on placeholders for Fei'Yin Shadow NMs, Dancing Weapons in Qufim (all, not just placeholders for T.Kinetix) and Puktrap mobs over by Upryi's spawn...

Can anyone clarify what this means?

[Shinryuu]

Oh, Soboro guy?

Take care against FIRECRAWLERS at lower levels at the Mountain camp. Stuff hurts.

[Marcicus]

I can't remember the last time I stepped foot into Zhayolm for exp. >_>

[Mirya]

What are the requirements for Iron Anvil IV besides rank?

You need crafting skill as well. I could have sworn I read 60+ somewhere, but I can't find the reference now. I happen to do it weekly with my 100 Cooking skill.

[Mayareira]

Well right now I'm 67. I was just curious if having higher DoT with a Soboro would be better than having stronger Gekkos with Kazaridachi, which I assume it would be.

Edit: Yes, I do have Polearm with merits.

Yes, soboro is good until polearm birds. From my experiences it shines especially in mire because of amnesia. Be prepared for "soboro sux it gives 2 much tp 2 mob thats y were amnesiad lol" dumbasses in parties, though. I am not sure how your accuracy would turn out with polearm especially if you happen get synced at mid-60's at mire.

In terms of GKTs(in exp.), Soboro beats anything until level 72~.

[Shinryuu]

I can't remember the last time I stepped foot into Zhayolm for exp. >_>

Same. It's a very good camp though, I remember chaining 100+ there at 68.

[Ragnus]

Any suggestions for an offhand katana for Nin/Dnc? I'm using Perdu at the moment but I was wondering if there was something hands down better.

[Shinryuu]

Perdu's the best.

[Valyana]

Perdu's only the best if you spend a lot of time below 100 TP. If you're holding TP for /DNC you'll probably be better off with something else.

[Bigfish]

TP Question: I know mobs use TP for their specials, and below 20% HP they will use a special as soon as they get 100% tp. Does stunning the move they use cause them to reset their tp, or will they immediately start to use another special once stun wears off?

[Rikura]

Their TP is not reset; they can use a TP move right after stun wears, or within a few seconds after being stunned.

[KSDI]

For nin/dnc i usually go with mamushitos you'd be surprised how often u can get procs on stun.

[Ocara]

On the Infobar plugin, some monsters are bolded when targeted, and others are preceded by "1/2" or "1/4"...

Bold, so far, seems to indicate DC or higher - I'm not sure what the fractions indicate... so far I've noticed them on placeholders for Fei'Yin Shadow NMs, Dancing Weapons in Qufim (all, not just placeholders for T.Kinetix) and Puktrap mobs over by Upryi's spawn...

Can anyone clarify what this means?

The 1/X means the mob type has X number of jobs. It just means it's only showing info for one of them. The bold indicates it will currently aggro you at your current level btw, but it's not entirely accurate (it doesn't bold mobs at 60 if you're 75 although they'll aggro 75s, and it uses the average level so on cusp mobs it's also sometimes wrong.) I'm pretty sure that can all be changed using the setup files though, if you wanted to make it accurate.

[stewie]

Any suggestions for an offhand katana for Nin/Dnc? I'm using Perdu at the moment but I was wondering if there was something hands down better.

Depends what you're doing. For soloing, Mamushito+1/Oninohocho or something of that sort.

[Thorny]

If you're using oninohocho without Shiranui you're doing it wrong. If you're using both, you're still probably doing it wrong but meh ... just no excuse to use onino over shira if you're only using one.

[shiarua]

Working on BLM to 75

In general, what should the priority be for gear? MAB, INT, Skill for Elemental magic?

Im guessing MAB > INT > Skill, but correct me if Im wrong please

[stewie]

If you're using oninohocho without Shiranui you're doing it wrong. If you're using both, you're still probably doing it wrong but meh ... just no excuse to use onino over shira if you're only using one.

Onino has 1 more eva, I myself don't in particularly care about kill speed when I'm soloing.