***December Version Update: .DAT Mining Discussion***

[Xanthe]

Is the new Dabo polearm even any better than lolStone-Splitter?

Same DMG (under latent), same delay. 5 more acc under latent, 10 more without latent. 25 less attack under latent. Add evasion, subtle blow, and lightning damage. Both still suck.

[algrensan]

has anyone found where to buy the wedding set (Benedight Coat?) yet?

[Demosthenes]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF MALE OPALINE! I must have wined hard enough for SE to hear me.

[Lordwafik]

I don't see what the bitching about SCH AF2 is for, it's not that bad. Several pieces of skill+ in slots where there was nothing really there to use otherwise, maybe there aren't holyshit pieces but they're all very functional, Dark Magic on legs is nice, as is Enhancing on Body, and Enfeebling for the hands in a slot where there was previously jack shit for a SCH to wear that would noticeably affect their enfeebling. On top of the accessory being pretty much the single best mage belt available in the game.

Ya, SCH af2 is good, it's just Kuno being leaky. He wants every piece to have +20 MaB or something.

Only thing I'd change is to give the body piece refresh instead of sublimation, but oh well, better than ziltch. The +enhance on the body stocked with my other +enhance gear means bump in phalanx/enspell dmg. Woo.

[Max™]

Trainee Axe is Sturdy Axe model, talk to the half naked elf bitch in the Carpentry Guild, go buy some logs and trade them to her... she's like "heyyyy, wait a minute" and you're like 'GOD DAMN, SHE'S ON TO MY TRICKERY!' then run around Jugner for an hour and a half til you FINALLY FUCKING GET AN ASH LOG after getting Willow, Walnut, Arrowwood and Elm in the first five minutes out there...

Then go on a lvl 50ish job /War, and Sturmwind something for awesomeness.

[Eleven19]

Taken from Crafting forum here:

Dabo

Necessary skills : Woodworking, Smithing, Goldsmithing

Fire Crystal

1 x darksteel ingot
2 x ash lumber
1 x scintillant ingot
1 x dark ixion tail
1 x dark ixion ferrule

Stick better be 100% proc 50 DMG enlightning with hidden random bind/silence/grav ...

[Max™]

Oh ho ho...

Drg's got Wootz amood'D, "Hey guys, want a useless pretty weapon? It'll only cost an incredibly rare item worth a couple million gil!"

[Callisto]

Even with Hermes' Sandals being made aren't Ixion Tails being shit out faster than they can be used anyways?

[nekura]

DRGs already got Wootz'd once: Mezraq. :b

[Max™]

Most shells that I've seen sit on Tails/Sandals, pass em out to members til they're packed, then sell them sparingly.

I think they recognize that the price is going to get floored eventually.

If people weren't sitting on mules full of tails, you'd see 5~10 on the AH sometimes, and I've never seen more than 2 or 3 pairs at once.


Also: Mezraq was badass forever, and is still pretty sweet... Wootz Amood is... uh, interesting looking?

[nekura]

Also: Mezraq was badass forever, and is still pretty sweet... Wootz Amood is... uh, interesting looking?

Oh whoops, forgot about the useless part, was just thinking about how it required 2 Wootz Ingots. >_>

[Kyte]

Cocktease, actually
Next tier is at 300 skill
full merit w/ jubbah = 297. 297 -> 299 = no base damage increase
full merit w/ jubbah + keffiyeh = 305. 305->307 = no base damage increase

It's shit.

I suggest you re-evaluate your math

[RPGTyrant]

I suggest you re-evaluate your math

It's already been pointed out and corrected at length on the last page, read moar.

Right for the wrong reasons.

Full merit with Jubbah = 276+16+15 = 307
Full merit with jubbah + keffiyeh = that +5 = 312

From your site vzx you had tiers @ increments of 9 skill, 301, 310, 319. 307+2 or 312+2 don't break tiers.

However, this does mean you can break a tier with 1 less merit:

No merits + Jubbah = 291, + ring breaks the tier @ 292
Jubbah + Keffiyeh + ring = 298 so only 2 merits needed to break 301 instead of 3.

Was a tier determined to be @ 300 even instead of 301? If so you'd only need 1 merit with all the (non-"salvage:") blu skill + gear. And if 300 is a tier because of rounding issues then next would be 309? so full merits+jubbah+ring would break a tier and then you wouldn't need af2 hat.

And there's still no <Blue Magic> auto translate.

[TeancumMemsochet]

Except for the fact that Sublimation takes off 25% Max HP unless you use Enhanced Sublimation merits. The cutoff for me is around 248 MP, which does not kill Stoneskin.

Same here. To get a full Sublimation charge w/out AF hat my SS wears. W/ AF hat SS wears just as I'm getting full.

[Kaeko]

I posted this in the WotG SCH thread, but AF2 head allows SCH/RDM to break a critical cure casting time reduction tier at 35%.

Essentially allows SCH's max cure casting speed to match WHM's max cure casting speed on Cure III through V. Quite strong.

Haven't really thought too deeply about the others but it looks like a rather strong set. Sort of disappointed the body piece is Sub and not Refresh but I feel like they'll give in and give SCH a refresh body at some point anyways.

[Aemora]

Well, SE continues the thread of making WoTG shitastic. Seriously wishing I kept a receipt and get a refund. Only thing decent that came from it was Sch AFTER the First patch, and now they had a chance to make the job a little bit better, and they blew that out the window.

Af2 Body means 1 of 2 things: A) I keep my macros as they are, and swap in the Body when I can be arsed or for Enhancing spells or B) I reconfigure all my macros so that when I do have Sublimation active, Af2 Body and Af1 Head are always worn, no matter what I do... Af2 Head is fail. So much fail I'm... just wow...

Edit: And to top it all, they didn't even release MMM. That's 4 fail WoTG patches, people. The additions to ToAU are uh, ToAU related, which remains the best expansion ever. WoTG is just fail.

Edit2: And wtf at no Salvage drop rate adjustment. Fuck you.#

Edit3: WHERE'S MY FKN MORRIGAN'S FOR SCHOLAR qqqqqqqqqqqqq

[Kyte]

It's already been pointed out and corrected at length on the last page, read moar.

lol sorry, didnt read through all 10 pages, only pages 1-6. Didn't see anything on those so I felt it might be worth mentioning.

[Jkun]

Buffoon's Collar testing:

A Puppet's Slumber

tldr; After a 2nd round of testing, the effects do stack with AF gloves.

(My host is being super gay so most of the images on older posts won't load. Not that you care.)

[vitali]

Just talked to Sagheera in Jueno:

SCH AF Upgrade Items:

square of brilliantine
electrum stud

DNC AF Upgrade Items:

square of filet lace
gold stud

[Tarage]

Nothing for SMN...