Randomer Question Thread

[Neosutra]

I recently hit 75RDM, and I went up to sky to do some soloing for fun. I figured I'd try zip, as he didn't seem too hard. Needless to say, first try I kind of got raped, second try I killed him but had to zone a few times (sky was empty so it didn't get stolen). The reason this happened is due to several outright bind resists (two of which were back-to-back). Is this normal? It wasn't firesday or anything. I have max buyable enfeeb skill+capped merits (from BLM), nothing else on RDM is merited besides a few vert. Will the 5 ice acc merits really help noticeably?

Yes, the merits help alot, but when you say you have all the "buyable" enfeebling gear, you have to realize your missing alot then:

7 from the conquest points hands peice (or even magic acc here from morrigan).
15 from relic hat.
5 from sea cape.

Not counting if you can toss in some magic acc from ToAU ring and goliard clogs.

So your missing about 30 possible extra enfeebling magic and some merits, resists woudlnt be unexpected. Use grav as your other life saver.

Edit: Poster above me said alot of this.

[Callisto]

If you don't do enough to rank up/keep rank in Campaign, do you get demoted 1 rank or have to start all over? I completely forgot about it for 3 weeks and now I have like 4 days to keep my Holyknight and I haven't started on it, lol.

[Martinius]

If you don't do enough to rank up/keep rank in Campaign, do you get demoted 1 rank or have to start all over? I completely forgot about it for 3 weeks and now I have like 4 days to keep my Holyknight and I haven't started on it, lol.

no, you only give up your most recent medal. if you know you're going to lose a medal(ie, you dont have time in the 4 days to get the requisite allied notes), don't talk to the evaluation guy period. once you do, you'll be forced to give up your most recent medal and then the 30 day timer will restart.

[Callisto]

no, you only give up your most recent medal. if you know you're going to lose a medal(ie, you dont have time in the 4 days to get the requisite allied notes), don't talk to the evaluation guy period. once you do, you'll be forced to give up your most recent medal and then the 30 day timer will restart.

Thanks, I should be able to at least pour enough Campaign time in to keep the medal, if not rank up, I just wanted to be sure I wouldn't get bumped all the way down if I decided to level DNC this weekend instead, lol.

And last question for me today metinks:

When would someone actually use a Seveneyes? I'm assuming it's not for nuking even w/ the +7 skill, is it like a WHM/NIN kind of thing(Templar's+7E)?

[Martinius]

were i lucky enough to get a seveneyes, as a rdm, i would use it + sentinel's shield for casting refresh and haste.

[OctavoGilgamesh]

And last question for me today metinks:

When would someone actually use a Seveneyes? I'm assuming it's not for nuking even w/ the +7 skill, is it like a WHM/NIN kind of thing(Templar's+7E)?

Killer weapon for general casting. Refresh, Haste, Regen, etc because of the conserve mp. Also good for convert ratio. Really has nothing to do with the skill +7.

Basically anything that you don't need to 'land' you should be casting with seveneyes.

[Spekkio]

take time off when you hit 75, and spend at least one day a week farming. You'll get gil faster than you realize.
Also, I never bothered with Yigit, went Minstrel+ errant / Minstrel + osode / Minstrel + Sha'ir Manteel..

I would say HQ staves are a necessity once you hit 75. They aren't that expensive anymore. AF+1 is a godsend.

also, if you don't want pickup parties, make your own, research, and do it. It's really not -that- hard. At least for CoP. Limbus = af+1 = musical earring is teh sex (i <3 my musical/magnetic).

Storm fife is something you could spam for as you rank up in assaults. Also if you're looking to make money do as many assaults as you can, and if you have no salvage plans, buy stuff that requires points that sells well, and turn the gil into gear for you.

Not going to get into the instruments, but there's plenty of work that could be done. I don't subscribe to the "you need an instrument and you're a bard" theory.

Your bugard+1 strap is fine.

Opo > Demon Helm, if you're getting that resisted yur duin it wrong. Walla Turban at 75 is nice too.

Dump your string torque, just use wind. Shouldn't need that much mp, if you do, then again, fundamental party problem.

Earrings are fine, there are better but those are perfectly acceptable.
Body i went into already.
Hands are fine, AF1+1 hands are godly.
Rings, I'd seriously upgrade to an Angel's, it can't be that much more. Plus you're gaining at least one CHR... I use Heaven's/Nereids/Minstrel's.

Back/waist OK (what I use), feet should IMO be Sha'ir feet, they're very cheap and have a bit of haste, chr, and mp on em.

honestly, i really notice my yigit and with sha'ir manteel being akin to a yigit body and most of an af+1 body, i decided to just sit on the yigit. if you got the dosh to get sha'ir, do it, especially as a career brd. if not, yigit's a good plan b for misers like me.

[Callisto]

And last question for me today metinks:

When would someone actually use a Seveneyes? I'm assuming it's not for nuking even w/ the +7 skill, is it like a WHM/NIN kind of thing(Templar's+7E)?

Killer weapon for general casting. Refresh, Haste, Regen, etc because of the conserve mp. Also good for convert ratio. Really has nothing to do with the skill +7.

Basically anything that you don't need to 'land' you should be casting with seveneyes.

Cool, my LS is looking to start camping Khim in the near future and I was wondering which jobs would get the most use out of it so we could work out who to dish them out to, I'm sure we'd see more than a few of them before we actually got a sword.

[banhero]

hay guyz. do exp bands increase exp earned in campaign battles?

[Callisto]

hay guyz. do exp bands increase exp earned in campaign battles?

Nope.

[Howard Roark]

so uh.. when exactly does one wear war af2 hands?

1) tp?
2) town?
3) never?
4) ???
5) profit?

in all seriousness, i lotted em thinking theyd be good for steel cyclone (i was 68 when lotting), i thought people stacked vit for it but im told str as usual and vit where you cant

[Jedimasta]

so uh.. when exactly does one wear war af2 hands?

1) tp?
2) town?
3) never?
4) ???
5) profit?

in all seriousness, i lotted em thinking theyd be good for steel cyclone (i was 68 when lotting), i thought people stacked vit for it but im told str as usual and vit where you cant

I wish I had em but I'm guessing for TP if you don't have dusk. That is really about it.

[Howard Roark]

so uh.. when exactly does one wear war af2 hands?

1) tp?
2) town?
3) never?
4) ???
5) profit?

in all seriousness, i lotted em thinking theyd be good for steel cyclone (i was 68 when lotting), i thought people stacked vit for it but im told str as usual and vit where you cant

I wish I had em but I'm guessing for TP if you don't have dusk. That is really about it.

hmm lame, dusk isnt a problem to obtain for me, guess ill use em for... running around in with no weighed down dusk thankfully they were a rot cuz in all honesty im thinking to drop em as i have no interest in 5/5 war af2 storage

[Max™]

Jump/High Jump (50% Vit mod, no -acc from -dex like Alky's, worth testing at least)
Curing Waltz
Chakra
TP on kited mobs
TP without Dusk
Running around without Dusk slow (have a macro that puts on my gob hat/alky's/heca feet to run)
+Enmity voke macro
Looking like you could punch a mountain and make it wince

I got a pair cause even though I had dusk, I knew I'd use em for various things.

[Ferien]

Jump/High Jump (50% Vit mod, no -acc from -dex like Alky's, worth testing at least)
Curing Waltz
Chakra
TP on kited mobs
TP without Dusk
Running around without Dusk slow (have a macro that puts on my gob hat/alky's/heca feet to run)
+Enmity voke macro
Looking like you could punch a mountain and make it wince

I got a pair cause even though I had dusk, I knew I'd use em for various things.

That's what Adaman Mufflers are for.

[Gengu]

I've never tried it before, but can you use sneak/invis to get past mobs in limbus? Or all true sight/sound?

[ryanjh]

Getting a new laptop on Monday, probably about 4-6 hours before the update starts.

If I'm updating the 20K file update while they hang a new one, what happens?

I assume it downloads as usual, and then it will recheck version before letting me on, and then I download the new one, but I was too curious not to ask.

[The Stig]

Getting a new laptop on Monday, probably about 4-6 hours before the update starts.

If I'm updating the 20K file update while they hang a new one, what happens?

I assume it downloads as usual, and then it will recheck version before letting me on, and then I download the new one, but I was too curious not to ask.

Why not copy all your "current" files from old PC/laptop and then install the game on the new laptop, then copy all the files over, rewriting it all. Let POL run its course, it'll check the 20k files but won't actually download anything. That's what I did when I got a new machine.

Or, wait until update is over. :D (and use your old machine is possible).

[Appie]

Something silly I thought of the other day:
Does Melee Cyclas +1 have 2hp/tic regen or still 1hp/tic?

[Awoir]

1hp/tick