Randomer Question Thread

[Souj]

why the hell are Water Crystals so expensive? every AH has 120+ stacks of them, and I cant get any under 3k. its been like this for more than a couple of weeks.

[Avarice]

An Operation Desert Swarm-style manaburn strategy works well here; 5 unresisted tier III -gas will kill all the Shikarees.

The following is from otherwiki in regards to strategies for the Requiem of Sin BC for X's Knife. Does anyone have experience with such a method and is there any truth to the statement that 5 or 6 -aga III spells will down all three of them?

[Spekkio]

why the hell are Water Crystals so expensive? every AH has 120+ stacks of them, and I cant get any under 3k. its been like this for more than a couple of weeks.

probably used by RMT for their gardening scheme.

[Chisato]

Does Resentment Cape work in Sea/Limbus areas?

[Secksi]

Does Resentment Cape work in Sea/Limbus areas?

Yes.

[Wolfknight]

why the hell are Water Crystals so expensive? every AH has 120+ stacks of them, and I cant get any under 3k. its been like this for more than a couple of weeks.

it's your server I dunno, I got some 1.3k here yesterday.

[Ramuhnub]

The following is from otherwiki in regards to strategies for the Requiem of Sin BC for X's Knife. Does anyone have experience with such a method and is there any truth to the statement that 5 or 6 -aga III spells will down all three of them?

Yes. It's possible to do it with less, just cast another -ga after first set hits.

[Deimos]

Leveling SAM (62 atm) and just happened into a bit of spending cash, gonna be doing a few upgrades here and there. Most I'm pretty well sure on, but I dunno what to throw in the feet slot. Choices as I see it are Hume RSE2 (3STR 3DEX 60HP) and Fumas, price is about the same either way. Rest of my gear right now (substitute polearm for whatever level-appropriate GKT is available if need be):

Couse
Pole Grip
Tiphia Sting
Voyager's Sallet
Chiv Chain (already got torques for 73+ so meh@PCC for 10 levels)
Minuet/Fang (Merman's ready for 63)
Haub (+1 soonish)
O.Kote
Rajas/Sniper (Toreador soonish)
Amemet+1
Potent Belt (awaiting some swift runs)
R.K. Breeches
???

Any other obvious things I'm missing here? Trying to stick to a general-purpose gear set for now, I'm anticipating doing most of my leveling with polearm on birds, really have no clue what I should be looking into for WS-specific pieces from now 'til 75, so any suggestions there would be just great.

Fumas should be the best boots for TP, Hume RSE2 for WS.

I'm assuming that you just listed your TP gear, but for WS you could have another STR ring, as well as Pallas' Bracelets (which should only be used if you're using GK). Also consider Shinimusha Haidate on your legs for TPing, if the combination of them/Rajas/Chiv.Chain gives you enough Store TP to take a hit off to get to 100% (I don't know offhand, I'd have to do the math).

Looks good to me otherwise.

[Avarice]

Is there some sort of time limit between when Mog Tablets scatter, and when they're available to be found?

[Gergall]

Is there some sort of time limit between when Mog Tablets scatter, and when they're available to be found?

When the Kupowers disappear, the tablets will spawn 8-24 hours later.

[Darlantan]

My Dynamis LS fought our first Animated Weapon yesterday, the GK, was surprisingly weak. Some questions about them came up:

Have all the Animated Weapons got about the same amount of HP?

Do any of them have special moves or resistances that make them harder to beat than the others?

Does the shield one take considerable less physical damage?

[Spekkio]

My Dynamis LS fought our first Animated Weapon yesterday, the GK, was surprisingly weak. Some questions about them came up:

Have all the Animated Weapons got about the same amount of HP?

Do any of them have special moves or resistances that make them harder to beat than the others?

Does the shield one take considerable less physical damage?

well, they all have different quirks. iirc the gaxe casts absorb spells, the horn has a nasty habit of lullaby, the shield gets heavy -mdt (do not quote me on that) and has an AoE shield bash w/ stun and pretty solid damage making it a bit of a pain in the ass. none of them are really all that hard, some just have some ass moves that can make it a headache.

[ClarkSammich]

How do I cap stoneskin on PLD/RDM?
I'm Hume, so 68 base MND, with 210 enhancing.

So far I've put together Sapphire ring x2, Jet seraweels(lol), AF1 head, promise badge, and devotees mitts.

I don't really see any alternatives that won't crush my wallet, i.e. communion earrings, aqua rings, devotees +1, etc.

[krazylakshmi]

neptune? tamas/omega umm that one sea earring that gives 2 MND

[ClarkSammich]

I'm not willing to swap to a staff and lose tp/chance an interruption.
Also tamas/omega nets me the same +MND as my current rings, but would waste ampoules and rajas ring.

[krazylakshmi]

brd songs then..lol

[Wulfgang]

Animated Shield takes a shitload of dmg from melee; seen 3k+ Steel Cyclones from average players.

[Gergall]

well, they all have different quirks. iirc the gaxe casts absorb spells, the horn has a nasty habit of lullaby, the shield gets heavy -mdt (do not quote me on that) and has an AoE shield bash w/ stun and pretty solid damage making it a bit of a pain in the ass. none of them are really all that hard, some just have some ass moves that can make it a headache.

They also all have unique quirks regarding what causes them to remain interested. In an interview a couple months ago it was explained that this may include (but not be limited to) using JAs, not using JAs, casting spells, not casting spells, using weaponskills, not using weaponskills, etc etc etc. SE would not give any specific examples of what weapon was interested in what behavior.

The only one I know of that is really well established is that the dagger always gains interest when a NIN uses Mijin Gakure.

No one really cares much because they are all zergable.

[Darlantan]

Thank you very much, guys. Any idea on their amount of hp? The GK turned out to only have 25850.

I don't really see any alternatives that won't crush my wallet, i.e. communion earrings, aqua rings, devotees +1, etc.

Adaman Cuirass (4 MND), Al Zahbi/Moon Sash (2~3 MND), Valor Leggings. Maybe some cheap pieces can be augmented with +MND, with enough luck.

[Max™]

I got a Rainbow obi with +5 Mnd doing azure key spam... pretty bitchin for Pld since it's the only non-RSE piece with more than like 3 Mnd.