Randomerest Question Thread III: This Time It's Random

[Rikura]

Hmm, after searching "the chest was but an illusion ffxi" in Google, one person on GameFAQs by the name of Corkadile said:

"That's only if you were the one who opened it, at least that's how it's supposed to work. If you haven't opened it, it should open normally right after it spawns, if you've already opened it recently then you get the illusion thing. Sometimes you get the illusion thing the first time, which is a glitch that I hope they've fixed by now"

[Thorny]

I was under the impression that once a chest was opened for a non-quest item, all chests opened for non-quest items will be illusions for 30 minutes. If opened for a quest item, it will work as normal.

[urat]

Been trying to find a comparison of how much attack = 1 str in a weaponskill with Azoth...

Right now using smilodon mantle+1 for 5 str while saving up for forager's but wondering if the -1 str is that big of a jump for the 15 attack to be worth 600K, or should I invest it in something better?

[rowmark]

When is it a good idea to switch from r.acc daggers/axes to a fire staff on rng? ( for exp parties, 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. Or is it really just "shit is situational"

[Bakthi]

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. Or is it really just "shit is situational"

My RNG just hit 60. 37-57 was in East Ronfaure [S], and 57-60 has been in Wajaom Woodlands. I can't imagine subbing anything but NIN, honestly, especially if you're joining pickup parties. In Wajaom, I often take hate after one shot (two, if you count the pull). Even if the tank is better, it's still easy to rip hate, intentionally or not. We didn't have a designated tank in my last Ronfaure party, and most of the mobs stayed glued to me until they started taking interest in the DRG around 39-40. I drag around a 75 RDM to prevent myself from dying and my parties from being too slow, and I still wouldn't sub WAR or SAM.

As for your first question, I've stuck to the knives. I stand at 3.3, so they help me gain some TP. I wouldn't want to miss any more slugs than I already do, and it's very hard for me to keep food on at colibri. Squid sushi/pot-au-feu is slightly expensive to be spamming. It's not too bad, but still, after half a stack or more in an hour, and nobody else is really eating much if at all...

[Kaelen]

What is the average duration of Gravity and Bind? I want to say 30-45 seconds, but I wanted to ask around a bit.

[Yugl]

What is the average duration of Gravity and Bind?

Not enough.

[pchan]

What is the average duration of Gravity and Bind? I want to say 30-45 seconds, but I wanted to ask around a bit.

It's random between 0s and 120s, so 60 s.

[Thunder]

A really long time ago I saw something about an on screen ammo counter, never downloaded it and now I'd like it but the link I found on my own doesn't work, can anyone help find a working download link?

[Eldelphia]

What's the crappiest combination of mobs you've had in Tier II Einherjar? We just had bats (easy) followed by 12 clots and 12 Slimes and ran out of time

[Rocl]

Whats the cap on exp in campaign with Moonlight medal? per min cap i mean.

I think most medals increase it by +2 exp/min, meaning Moonlight would cap at 94 exp/min. I would assume, anyway.

[Cream Soda]

When doing ws % increase from Xhit builds, going from 6 to 5 would be like
6/5 = 20% increase.

But lets say i'm doing h2h or dual wield and just an arbitrary value
17 hits to 16 hits

would i do 17/16

or would i look at it like

9 attack rounds to 8 attack rounds

9/8?

[Tomino]

What would be the most effective way to cap Enfeebling on a fresh 75 RDM?

I was suggested to wait for Besieged but it happens quite randomly.
Some EP mob like Cape Terrigan bunnies maybe? I really dont know if a decent RDM can solo mobs outside Aht Urghan, colibris and spiders.

[Tsuko_Asura]

Spam Dia in Besieged or in some random skillup party(do people still make those?).

[Rocl]

What would be the most effective way to cap Enfeebling on a fresh 75 RDM?

I was suggested to wait for Besieged but it happens quite randomly.
Some EP mob like Cape Terrigan bunnies maybe? I really dont know if a decent RDM can solo mobs outside Aht Urghan, colibris and spiders.

You won't cap Enfeebling fighting EP Bunnies. I don't know what skill you're starting at, but for 75 you'll need to fight EM+ etc.

[Tomino]

I'm currently at 230 Enfeebling.

I really dont know much about RDM solo. Or better, I really dont know what a "fresh new" RDM75 could handle in terms of EM+ mobs... Maybe nothing >.>

[ringthree]

I've never had problems w/ asuran on LBC and I use C subs in salvage, don't waste a pizza for 5-10 min boss

LBC is weird.

All of the other Chariot bosses have consistent stats. LBC's stats appear to change based on the gears that are killed and I believe, without anything but anecdotal evidence, killing the Chariot on the penultimate floor.

I have full Usukane for my MNK, and I still prefer to use Marinara Pizza +1 for Salvage. Yes, it is horrible overkill for the first couple of floors, but I am willing to deal with that for the benefits on higher floors.

Besides Marinara Pizza +1 is so insanely cheap compared to the benefits I have no problem using one for all of a Salvage run.

[ringthree]

I'm currently at 230 Enfeebling.

I really dont know much about RDM solo. Or better, I really dont know what a "fresh new" RDM75 could handle in terms of EM+ mobs... Maybe nothing >.>

The way that I kept Enfeebling capped on WHM while leveling was just to cast Dia on every pull. So get a merit party and just make sure you Dia every pull (in my opinion you should be doing this anyway), you will find your enfeebling skill goes way up.

As a side note, you can skill up on anything, it just becomes more rare the farther away from Even Match you move. This applies to both higher and lower level mobs. It's actually a kind of stupid design, because the party system is designed to allow you to kill mobs higher than your own level, but this inherently limits your skill ups because you are out of the optimal skill up range.

[ringthree]

When doing ws % increase from Xhit builds, going from 6 to 5 would be like
6/5 = 20% increase.

But lets say i'm doing h2h or dual wield and just an arbitrary value
17 hits to 16 hits

would i do 17/16

or would i look at it like

9 attack rounds to 8 attack rounds

9/8?

If you check the last couple of pages of the Rindomaru thread (it might have fallen off the first page of Advanced by now) you will see a good post about why judging the % increase in speed is really irrelevant.

When you are trying to figure out your damage it is better to figure out the number of swings and WS you will be getting and calculating it in a side-by-side comparison rather than trying to just say I will have X% increase in damage from lowered number of swings.

[Fen]

What would be the most effective way to cap Enfeebling on a fresh 75 RDM?

I was suggested to wait for Besieged but it happens quite randomly.
Some EP mob like Cape Terrigan bunnies maybe? I really dont know if a decent RDM can solo mobs outside Aht Urghan, colibris and spiders.

Do you have sea? If so, enter through one of the crags and spam slow/blind/para on the harder goldfish.