Fully meritted Focalization vs. Elemental Seal

[Nevex]

Elemental Seal bypasses target's m.eva check but doesn't ignore elemental resistances and status immunities, which is why you may get a random resisted ES nuke on high level NMs, and something like ES Thunder4 or ES Stun will never fully land on a Thunder Elemental (or land at all, in Stun's case).

Fully merited Focalization is useful if you can take advantage of it during Tabula Rasa with proper macro sets, it's not worth using outside of it.

[Tortalius]

If it's just slightly resistant I imagine klima+focilization should give decent land rates (at least 20% better), but i dunno if that's going to be good enough for you.

[Michelob]

In fact, fully merited, it doesn't even seem to match the power of an HQ staff, which increases elemental magic accuracy by about 30% for the associated element (I remember this number coming from Elmer's translation of some Ultimania FFXI equipment guide).

The translation read +30 Macc, not +30% Macc.

[Sifer]

This has more to do with the elemental in question having an automatic trait of receiving damage from their own element by a large percentage, and little to do with the accuracy-enhancing effects of Elemental Seal.

pretty sure elementals dont have such trait, a too weak thunder elemental will take the same damage from a thunder 4 as any other mob (or so I believe, never tested it myself).

[Ultimagi]

pretty sure elementals dont have such trait, a too weak thunder elemental will take the same damage from a thunder 4 as any other mob (or so I believe, never tested it myself).

It won't.

Stuff.

More Stuff.

You're both idiots.

[Chen]

That is 100% false, as the person above stated, it is not 100% acc, not even 95%.

on mobs which be debuffed (for example: landing grav on puddings) it is 95%+ garuntee with ES, probably even 100%. so it's you who's wrong sorry ;/

[Ultimagi]

Magic Accuracy does not cap at 95%, nor does it floor at 5%.

[Michelob]

on mobs which be debuffed (for example: landing grav on puddings) it is 95%+ garuntee with ES, probably even 100%. so it's you who's wrong sorry ;/

Virtuous Saint was referring to Nuking with ES up, I believe. There have been numerous times where I have popped ES, cast AMII and had it resist. The JA description says enhances the accuracy of your next spell, not just your next enfeeble. I'm inclined to agree with VS.

[Sephoroth]

apparantly i cant post a pic, so heres a link to the pic... twiztid-irc.com/lolblm.jpg

[Virtuous Saint]

on mobs which be debuffed (for example: landing grav on puddings) it is 95%+ garuntee with ES, probably even 100%. so it's you who's wrong sorry ;/

First of all that is no where near what I was talking about lol... the 'not 100%, not even 95%' was about someone stating 'it is 100% land or near it'. Added note: you have no clue what you are talking about.

[Ultimagi]

Virtuous Saint was referring to Nuking with ES up, I believe. There have been numerous times where I have popped ES, cast AMII and had it resist. The JA description says enhances the accuracy of your next spell, not just your next enfeeble. I'm inclined to agree with VS.

Pretty sure this happens with any enemy if you cast the same element on it repeatedly.

[Virtuous Saint]

It won't.


You're both idiots.

Look what you first posted, reread it, realize you are dumb as fuck, reread it again, examine this fact. ES is not 100% land even on everything, not even normal monsters, that is 100% fact, although I never said it couldn't bring you to 100% land rate on something. You first said ES basically ensures you land a spell unresisted and this is so far from the truth it is mind boggling. So next time you call someone an idiot, make sure to remember what you are.

[Virtuous Saint]

Pretty sure this happens with any enemy if you cast the same element on it repeatedly.

Oh jesus christ your posts couldn't be any worse. ES nuke a normal monster and examine a resist, once you do this you will change your mind.

[Ultimagi]

Go nuke 100 wild hares, I guarantee you won't get resisted.

[BRP]

Magic Accuracy does not cap at 95%, nor does it floor at 5%.

This was my assumption.

[Sephoroth]

Go nuke 100 wild hares, I guarantee you won't get resisted.

apparantly you never went to the pic in that link i posted... but resists are random, ele seal is not perfect look at the pic... resist on a T wyvern using ele seal FREEZE! last i checked wyverns werent exactly "buffed" to resist magic other then wind, and is a pretty damn good spell to nuke one of them with and ohlook ele seal resisted, so therefore not 100% and im sure if i did it to 100 bunnies i could get the same results

http://www.twiztid-irc.com/lolblm.jpg

[Virtuous Saint]

Go nuke 100 wild hares, I guarantee you won't get resisted.

I don't give a fuck about a wild hare buddy. I never ever said it couldn't bring you to 100% land on something. I said that ES does NOT guarantee you will land a spell 100% of the time. What I can tell you is that you can nuke a normal monster even, and get resisted with ES 100% fact. No this doesn't mean ES nuke a lvl0 monster, because you could be 100% land on that, but just for example, an aern in sea.

[Virtuous Saint]

apparantly you never went to the pic in that link i posted... but resists are random, ele seal is not perfect look at the pic... resist on a T wyvern using ele seal FREEZE! last i checked wyverns werent exactly "buffed" to resist magic other then wind, and is a pretty damn good spell to nuke one of them with and ohlook ele seal resisted, so therefore not 100% and im sure if i did it to 100 bunnies i could get the same results

http://http://www.twiztid-irc.com/lolblm.jpg

Precisely. Thank you, although he won't believe the picture, he doesn't know how to.

[BRP]

I don't give a fuck about a wild hare buddy. I never ever said it couldn't bring you to 100% land on something. I said that ES does NOT guarantee you will land a spell 100% of the time. What I can tell you is that you can nuke a normal monster even, and get resisted with ES 100% fact. No this doesn't mean ES nuke a lvl0 monster, because you could be 100% land on that, but just for example, an aern in sea.

In all my years of ESing, I haven't seen this happen...


EDIT: Two people named after Sephiroth and they are both making typos while talking to each other. Brain destroyed.

[Ultimagi]

Let me clarify my post for the illiterate;

Elemental Seal will make your next spell 100% accurate, but still subject to resistances to specific elements and/or status effects on the target, including resistances acquired through repeated exposure to the same spells being casted.