Randomer Question Thread

[Spekkio]

since the "which is better" thread seems to have vanished at least for now, i'm just going to ask this here. just got my morg coat done for my blm (and rdm that nobody remembers i have) and my blu is 61. if i finish it, am i best off wearing the morg body, af body, or is it much more "it depends" than that?

Edit: for casting i mean. obviously for tp morg is a better choice for more str, acc, attk, and refresh.

[Niiro]

I think AF body would be better for casting as Blue magic skill increases accuracy, base damage, and resist rate straight up.

Morg body has stats that increase those things individually but skill itself is a bit hard to come by.

I always see a veteran BLU friend of mine macroing out Morg for AF so I think I get the impression the skill bonus is more important.

[VZX]

since the "which is better" thread seems to have vanished at least for now, i'm just going to ask this here. just got my morg coat done for my blm (and rdm that nobody remembers i have) and my blu is 61. if i finish it, am i best off wearing the morg body, af body, or is it much more "it depends" than that?

Edit: for casting i mean. obviously for tp morg is a better choice for more str, acc, attk, and refresh.

Morrigan if you use single-hit-high-damage spells (Vertical Cleave, Cannonball) and WS, or simply when you need extra refresh
AF for any other blue magic spells

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and Homam if you have sufficient MP refresh

[Spekkio]

since the "which is better" thread seems to have vanished at least for now, i'm just going to ask this here. just got my morg coat done for my blm (and rdm that nobody remembers i have) and my blu is 61. if i finish it, am i best off wearing the morg body, af body, or is it much more "it depends" than that?

Edit: for casting i mean. obviously for tp morg is a better choice for more str, acc, attk, and refresh.

Morrigan if you use single-hit-high-damage spells (Vertical Cleave, Cannonball) and WS, or simply when you need extra refresh
AF for any other blue magic spells

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and Homam if you have sufficient MP refresh

why is it that morg is better for single hit and af body is better for multi? i thought blue magic's primary job was to increase base damage. and as for the homam, i'll get back to you when i get a piece of that. line is longer than the one outside gamestop on the night of the PS3 launch.

[solsovly]

Lars does not have endrain. Homonculus is pretty shit on anything T+. Lars hits about twice as hard as Carrie and slightly more accurate. He also has moves actually worth sic'ing when there is no danger of aoe. Not sure on the attack speed. Can only eye ball that he feels faster than carrie/homonculus.

[zagex]

Well, thanks Geno and Cyn. Since I don't have a lot of the r/e gear for ranger yet anyway, I'll steer towards r.acc for now.

[Cyn]

Well, thanks Geno and Cyn. Since I don't have a lot of the r/e gear for ranger yet anyway, I'll steer towards r.acc for now.

You should be erring on the side of r.acc until you hit 75 anyways, what we're giving you is more or less what you will be concerning yourself with post 75. It's hard to find anything IT still at 75, so the dynamic changes a lot, as well as finally having gotten ACCIV at 70. Every NM/HNM is different, so you'll learn what to expect and what gear to wear as you gain experience fighting each one as RNG.

Good luck though, RNG is a fun job, only downside is people's retarded opinions of it.

[Gengu]

When fighting Big Bomb, would a NIN w/fire resist gear and barfira from /whm be enough to make a diff in dmg? We low man, and I could easily put together a decent fire build, but have been using magic dmg setup.

[Kvenh]

as a blm, i have burst, freeze, flood and tornado.
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From a purely BLM perspective, since I don't know what other jobs you have that have taken up certain merit categories, I would prioritize upgrading as follows:
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Thanks for your answers. I've got RDM already leveled so I'm sitting on 8/8 elemental and 8/8 enfeebling atm. I also have BRD so blm will most likely be used in sutff like sky, ksnm, etc.

How much difference does it make if I've got 1/3 AM2 or 3/3 AM2? I'm mostly debating wether I should go one AM2 3/3 and then 1/3 on three other tier2 spells or just do two 3/3.

[Suiram]

The magic accuracy part is hard to quantify, but it's presumably at least a little bit noticeable? Might feel like it but that could be a placebo effect lol

The MB bonus is pretty straightforward, it's the same term as AF2 hands and Static earring so the bonus gets a little lower depending on if you are using one or both of those pieces, but not by much (and you should use them if you have them):

No AF2/Static: 3% / 6% increase
One piece: 2.9% / 5.7% increase
Both pieces: 2.7% / 5.5% increase

[Wintermute]

Regarding Sneak Attack/Trick Attack.

What kind of Dex/Agi ratio should I be looking at? 1:1 or whore out more of one than the other?
Sitting on more Dex than Agi at the moment.

0 Heca.
Average Auction House lolTHF.

On the same subject, are THF AF1 legs+1 worth the upgrade for SATA and TA?
One less Agi than War Brai+1 but +2 Dex and it's free.
Already have and use AF1+1 Hands for SATA/TA.

[Deband]

Where do you report RMT in POL?

[fantasticdan]

About the blm am2 merits, if you are only going to cap one of them I would recommend maxing freeze 2, it will be your highest number hitting nuke possible due to the +5 int on aquillos (not to mention the added accuracy on aquillos as well). I would either do:

3/3 freeze, 3/3 burst
3/3 freeze, 2/3 burst, 1/3 tornado or flood
3/3 freeze, 1/3 burst, 1/3 tornado, 1/3 flood

depending on what you do at endgame.

[Kylex]

Where do you report RMT in POL?

To call a GM you go to "Service & Support" on the PoL screen, then click "Support" and then "Call a GM" to place a call.
EDIT: Found it.
For the Special Task Force, select "Service & Support" and then "Support". Then click "E-mail Support" and it will take you to a screen with all the rules etc. Use the "Please Select Request Type" bar and scroll down to "Report to the Special Task Force". GL

[Shuemue]

With regard to AM II, I got level one of each, I like the pretty colours and being able to toss random big nukes. I've used four of them fairly extensively, Flare II and Quake II being the two I've had no real need for, other than fun.

[Phraust]

I am a retard and don't know how to search for this answer due to the nature of the search engines...

How does /Sch affect a Whm's skills and how much +Enfeeble does it add.

Might have been a glitch back in the day or something, but I recall subbing SCH to add raw skill stats, but now I can't find any information on it.

In short, how much Enfeebling skill can a Whm/Sch get under the 'best' conditions?

[Deband]

Where do you report RMT in POL?

To call a GM you go to "Service & Support" on the PoL screen, then click "Support" and then "Call a GM" to place a call.
EDIT: Found it.
For the Special Task Force, select "Service & Support" and then "Support". Then click "E-mail Support" and it will take you to a screen with all the rules etc. Use the "Please Select Request Type" bar and scroll down to "Report to the Special Task Force". GL

Thx, glad its not complicated..... lol

[Jodwahh]

Couple of quick questions:

If a NM has a one hour repop timer and the place holders are 12 minute respawns, if I killed a PH @ the 49 minute mark could the NM pop at 61 minutes? Or do you have to wait for the window to be open before killing the PH for there to be a possibility of the NM spawning in the PH's place?

Also, does TH(1,2,3 or 4) effect quality of drops or only the chance or getting any/more treasure. I'm sitting at 0/33 on mee deegi and 1 thing is guaranteed to drop in the pool (Knuckles or Kotes), does TH have any bearing on the outcome of me getting kote's? I'm guessing not but I might have missed something somewhere. Also, fuck Mee Deegi.

[Raen Ryong]

Forgive me if this has been asked already; relates to pld/nin tanking.

Why do people hate the Adaman Body so much and love the AF1? I can see a legitimate argument as to 1enmity vs ~20HP etc, but I don't understand the hate for that body; seems perfectly fine to me if you don't have Valor. Is it just the fact it is normally used by otherwise gimp players, or is there some underlying reason I am missing =x?

Adaman body seems like an alright choice to me <_<?

[Eldelphia]

I am a retard and don't know how to search for this answer due to the nature of the search engines...

How does /Sch affect a Whm's skills and how much +Enfeeble does it add.

Might have been a glitch back in the day or something, but I recall subbing SCH to add raw skill stats, but now I can't find any information on it.

In short, how much Enfeebling skill can a Whm/Sch get under the 'best' conditions?

WHM has a C in Enfeebling naturally, subbing SCH pushes it up to a B+ I think? So from 225 to 246?

Add in:

Enfeebling Torque 7
Enfeebling Earring 3
Cleric's Mitts 15
AF Body +1 12
Altruistic Cape + 5

Looking at 288?

Add in up to 8 merits and we can do pretty well.