Randomer Question Thread

[aurik]

HQ Kings cannot pop immediately after maintenance, nor can they pop within a few days after the last time they died.

edit: Also nidhogg popped yesterday on sylph right after the big update so for all you naysayers against kings popping after maintenance

is explained by the fact that yesterday was Tuesday, one day and two pops after the Monday update, while

i know of a few instances of the same LS getting 2 nidhoggs in 1 day

can be explained by either

• The LS killed Nidhogg, immediately followed by an emergency maintenance, which lasted a short time. Fafnir was up when servers came up, died quickly and 21 hours later Nid popped.[/*:m:390r9nxd]
• The LS killed Nidhogg the day that they mass-transferred to a new server, where, coincidentally, Nid also popped later that day.[/*:m:390r9nxd]
• The LS is playing on a space vessel that is approaching the speed of light, so their two Nids occur on the same day to them, even though four days have passed in Japan.[/*:m:390r9nxd]
• The LS has people who are full of shit and/or misinformed.[/*:m:390r9nxd]

Holy crap I laughed hard at the 3rd one.

[Nerull]

eh? I've personally seen Aspid pop right after a maintenance. >_>

[Howard Roark]

ehhh dunno what the lol is all about, could swear after maint was considered day 2 or w/e and chance of kings

i know aspid sat up the day they introduced hydra and some crap LS got a.body while we fought hydra for way too long lol

[Suiram]

ehhh dunno what the lol is all about, could swear after maint was considered day 2 or w/e and chance of kings

i know aspid sat up the day they introduced hydra and some crap LS got a.body while we fought hydra for way too long lol

If you were fighting Hydra, then it would have been a day after the actual update, since Hydra wouldn't have popped right when servers came up.

And @Nerull I don't know what to say. Every time this topic comes up you'll get people who swear up and down that they have seen it happen, but it's one of those things that even in the remote chance it is actually true, you won't persuade anyone that you weren't just mistaken as the above poster was, absent screenshots or other evidence of the sort.

[Ryushii]

How much/little racc do you keep on while using Sharpshot? Do you usually strip it all off for str/ratt, or does sharpshot not add enough racc to make that plausible? I also realize that SS is generally sued for SW/EES/Barrage, but adding some damage to the shots I have time to make afterwards wouldn't be too bad.

Also, what waist (and earring for that matter...) pieces do RNGs generally wear? AH surfing has yielded little of notice.

And: Jaridah Nails v Leaping Boots

[chapstick]

R.K. belt(+2) I think?

[Martinius]

i wear a precise belt... as for feet, it was a long time ago, but i just wore my af1 feet for the agi, there's not much that goes there that matters until 70 when you can get war boots, and then scout's socks at 74. also suzaku's sune-ate at 75 for holy bolts, but that sounds a ways off for you, so don't sweat those yet.

[Wintermute]

It possible to solo Formors in Sacrarium for Subligars as RDM?
Specifically the THF ones.

Otherwiki specifically mentions where they spawn and only some of the Formors are listed as being in "party" so only Aggro would be Blood/Sound? No worry of links?

Kite/DoT/Nuke strat I'd wager?

[Tsuko_Asura]

It possible to solo Formors in Sacrarium for Subligars as RDM?
Specifically the THF ones.

Otherwiki specifically mentions where they spawn and only some of the Formors are listed as being in "party" so only Aggro would be Blood/Sound? No worry of links?

Kite/DoT/Nuke strat I'd wager?

Find the one nearest to the maze, Bind it, wait a few seconds, Gravity, Sneak, and slowly walk it through the maze(Follow by Sight - Too far away and you'll lose it), until you get back to the entrance. Kite it around the entrance hallways with DoT on it. The real trouble is getting it to a safe spot, after that you just need to maintain Gravity and Bind, and you should be fine. They're a bit on the high level side, Enfeebling merits recommended.

GL

[Vail]

It possible to solo Formors in Sacrarium for Subligars as RDM?
Specifically the THF ones.

Otherwiki specifically mentions where they spawn and only some of the Formors are listed as being in "party" so only Aggro would be Blood/Sound? No worry of links?

Kite/DoT/Nuke strat I'd wager?

I don't think so, you really don't have anywhere to kite the fomors to there, unless you have 0 fomor hate, then you have some room but: the second you kill one you'd have to zone out, go kill 1(few?) gigas/orcs in tav area to try again.

Idk if lv50 rdm has the lasting power to take down an IT (they're all IT fomors in there) lv50 rdm has considerably lower MP then a equiped up lv75, and it's harder to strech that convert cycle I'd wager.

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questions of my own:
for thf WS: Pahluwan Crackows or Dragon Leggings (primaryly SA WS)
for thf WS: Dusk Trousers or Dragon Subligar
for thf WS: Commander's Cape or Forgear's Mantle (I don't really think commander's cape is worth it, but idk maybe I'm wrong)
for thf WS: Waist, warwolf's or something else? idk any ideas welcome.

[SamanosukeShiva]

what's mezraq -evasion proc rate? on exp mob and HNMs

[Velecic]

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questions of my own:
for thf WS: Pahluwan Crackows or Dragon Leggings (primaryly SA WS)
for thf WS: Dusk Trousers or Dragon Subligar
for thf WS: Commander's Cape or Forgear's Mantle (I don't really think commander's cape is worth it, but idk maybe I'm wrong)
for thf WS: Waist, warwolf's or something else? idk any ideas welcome.

Personal Preferences of the listed choices (I use different gear in most of these slots than you listed, so I might as well mention them anyways, in case you didn't think of them - or maybe you don't have access to them) :

Feet:
Both very even, I'd go with the Pahluwan Crackows (Personally I use Assassin's Poulaines since I love Triple Attacking Weaponskills ). Hecatomb Leggings / +1 are also an option.

Legs:
Dusk Trousers are definitely better, especially due to THFs low attack rating. 14 Attack will do much more than 4 dex. (Personally I use Skadi's Chausses, haven't sprung for Dusk Pants) Hecatomb Subligar obviously the best option for this slot, if you can get it.

Back:
Forager's Mantle by FAR. Again, THF = low attack, even with meat, big boosts to attack will win on pretty much any gear piece. I've never understood people's fascination with Commander's Cape

Waist:
Warwolf belt is fine, personally I use Potent Belt.

[Martinius]

what's mezraq -evasion proc rate? on exp mob and HNMs

on exp mobs, the other night, it was proc'ing for the drg in our pt at least every other fight, sometimes several mobs in a row. as for hnm, bearing in mind i have the greatest respect for drg, when was the last time you saw a drg at an HNM? if i had to guess, it's about the same proc rate as the added effect of silence from kabura arrows procing on kirin, ie, maybe 2-5%, and that's being generous.

[Kirbyprime]

Just wondering whether my math is wrong, given that corsairs now have 2 charges of quickdraw, would the following be correct.

Say 5 Corsairs, given that each of them have loaded deck merited with quickdraw and say... snake eye on cooldown (since RD almost always targets the lowest timer ability). Not sure if only having QD on cooldown will be more efficient.

[(5cor x 2qd x 5rd) x 5wc] = 250 shots of Quick Draw

At an average of let's be cheap and say 150 if on a lesser HNM. 37500 damage within a possible span of within 2-3 minutes.

Does that look right?

[Xrave]

HQ Kings cannot pop immediately after maintenance, nor can they pop within a few days after the last time they died.

Oh they can.

Most OG players on Cerberus will remember the day back in 2005 when all 3 kings popped after maintenance.

[Ferien]

For WAR/SAM Steel Cyclone, how do you guys maintain your 6-hit while still using Gorget?

[Cyn]

How much/little racc do you keep on while using Sharpshot? Do you usually strip it all off for str/ratt, or does sharpshot not add enough racc to make that plausible? I also realize that SS is generally sued for SW/EES/Barrage, but adding some damage to the shots I have time to make afterwards wouldn't be too bad.

Also, what waist (and earring for that matter...) pieces do RNGs generally wear? AH surfing has yielded little of notice.

And: Jaridah Nails v Leaping Boots

I would never take off r.acc to use sharpshot. Because you're right... sharpshot is used for barrage, and the way barrage is calculated is that it checks each hit in the barrage one after the other, and as soon as 1 shot misses, the barrage ends. That's why a 75 merited RNG can whiff a 5 hit barrage. So basically, if you're riding that line between not missing too much and doing good damage, then sharpshot is needed for barrage. Unless you wear so much r.acc that you're at 95% on everything... in which case I don't know what to tell you.

But yeah, if you want to swap in say wyverns helm, STR rings, that stupid body piece with -r.acc, whatever after the barrage goes off, then that would be a good way of maximizing your potential.

[Pun]

I tried searching for this...but didn't really find it...too many threads containing the words, but:

If you switch nations in the past, do you get to keep your campaign medals/emblems/ribbons/whatever?

If not:

Is it possible to purchase items from another nation in the past for extra allied notes?

[Ferien]

I tried searching for this...but didn't really find it...too many threads containing the words, but:

If you switch nations in the past, do you get to keep your campaign medals/emblems/ribbons/whatever?

If not:

Is it possible to purchase items from another nation in the past for extra allied notes?

You keep everything. You only lose rank if you swich back to a nation you were already a part of.

[Pun]

Sweet, thanks.