Randomerest Question Thread III: This Time It's Random

[Jak]

Quick question: DRG doesn't intimidate skels/shades right? Farming Lich in The Eldieme Necropolis as DRG/WHM and they get intimidated by me. First time this happening and I don't have any "Killer" effects other than Dragon Killer. I'm equipping Bourdonasse for Blunt dmg, but I can't recall it giving intimidate effect.

Were you eating pizzas? I never knew they gave undead killer until I was breaking Destroyer latent on Dnc. (Yes, on dnc.. and my mnk is lvl 10. Fun weapon!)

[Liquidedust]

Steel Cyclone

Askar head or Genbu's Bucket?

(NHead and Maat's not an option for me at this time)

[Moonguard]

Ah true, I still have Marinara pizza on after exp pt. Solved then, thanks alot.

[isladar]

Steel Cyclone

Askar head or Genbu's Bucket?

(NHead and Maat's not an option for me at this time)

I'm in the same boat, except it's the orcheadonion thanger vs. Genubhat. Callisto says Genub, but I'm pretty sure that's just because he's tired of seeing the ugliest head piece in the game (but supposedly there is math backing this up).

[Ultimagi]

Just tried out my new Rose Strap in a Campaign Battle last night. I calculated how much Store TP I would need for a 11.4% TP weapon as follows;
100 / 7 = 14.3
14.3 / 11.4 = 1.26
So I would need 26 Store TP.
Well with Rose Strap, Rajas Ring, and Brutal Earring I was only hitting 99% TP, what am I doing wrong?

[Peucritond]

I don't know the answer to your question, but you can dual-wield the augmented daggers as BRD/NIN, so it's actually possible to hit 72-73% just from gear. Which is pretty ridiculous. I'd assume that it caps at 50% the same as recast time does, but I have no idea.

Wouldn't you lose the 15 from rdm then if your brd/nin

[Max™]

Genbu's hat adds 15 x .83 x .5, or 6.225 weapon damage.

4 Str/4 Vit adds 3.32 weapon damage + 1~2 from fStr for 4.32 ~ 5.32, Bucket wins soundly.

6 Str adds 2.49 weapon damage + 2~3 fStr for 4~5.5~ weapon damage, Bucket wins.

Nhead adds 4.565 from mods + 3~4 fStr for 7~8.5 weapon damage.

Nhead > Bucket > Orc hat > Askar.

Moogle hat only adds the 2~3 Weapon Damage from the Str, but it also lets you slap in better WS options everywhere else with the +25~ Acc and +5 Att is just gravy on a kickass package.

I doubt Bucket would return better numbers than a Galea except in one shot affairs, but over time the misses with bucket and more compromised gearsets will favor Galea for anything except maybe Nhead, and even then it's only the sheer brutality of Str mods on top of fStr that keeps Nhead viable vs a Galea.

[Yugl]

Just tried out my new Rose Strap in a Campaign Battle last night. I calculated how much Store TP I would need for a 11.4% TP weapon as follows;
100 / 7 = 14.3
14.3 / 11.4 = 1.26
So I would need 26 Store TP.
Well with Rose Strap, Rajas Ring, and Brutal Earring I was only hitting 99% TP, what am I doing wrong?

Weapon? Did you get hit enough to add excess TP?

[Ultimagi]

Martial Sword, and I was careful not to get hit.

[isladar]

Nhead > Bucket > Orc hat > Askar.

Basically the rule is a beret looks better than fucking anything, and if you don't have a beret you will be punished by horrible looking head gear.

[Yugl]

Maybe Wiki is incorrect about the TP gain?

[Max™]

Basically the rule is a beret looks better than fucking anything, and if you don't have a beret you will be punished by horrible looking head gear.

/comfort

T.T

Go buy one!

[rowmark]

When is it a good idea to switch from r.acc daggers/axes to a fire staff on rng? ( for exp parties only, lv 55-66 )

I looked around some other threads, but mostly it is just people arguing / info about 'endgame' type situations and merting. I am lv 54 now, so I will be hitting the colibri camps - and am wondering about my options. Also, which sub is better at those lvls? /war or /sam

I understand the "shit is situational" argument, so I am looking for more of a rule of thumb to go by. Some random info to add :
capped archery and marksmanship
food I carry with me > dhalmel pies, squid sushi, pot-au-feu ( I synth my own food, so will also have a +1 of each of those to use if the party seems decent )
a lot of other equip i switch around to keep my r.acc pretty high, and a few things with r.att ( crossbowmans ring, bowyer ring, shikaree aketon )

[TacoTaru]

Could a NIN, RDM, WHM, and BRD four man Faith? We're sitting on some HQ organs and want to dump them in hopes for some torques. I could also box a BLM there to help with cure bombs if that would make a difference.

[ryanjh13]

It seems like the only real difference between 4-manning with Ninja vs. Monk would be the ability to interrupt spells consistently. Each one has its pros and cons for tanking, so I don't see why it wouldn't be possible unless you can't interrupt the spells reliably.

[Starr]

if the NIN was MNK easy, probably just take longer as NIN but should work

[ringthree]

I'm in the same boat, except it's the orcheadonion thanger vs. Genubhat. Callisto says Genub, but I'm pretty sure that's just because he's tired of seeing the ugliest head piece in the game (but supposedly there is math backing this up).

There is math to back it up. Genbu's was the superior choice prior to Gnadbhod's Helm, but I do not believe 2 more STR will make a difference.

I can do the specific math in this case, if you please.

[isladar]

I BELIEVE YOU I'LL WEAR THE STUPID BUCKET.

[Ultimagi]

That would make sense, if the base TP is actually 11.3% then I need 27 Store TP. Good thing I have an Ecphoria Ring.

[Max™]

*just did the math*

6 Str will give you 4.5~5.5 Weapon Damage depending on fStr, the fucking Bucket of ugly pwning will give 6.225 always.