Random Question Thread IV: ROCKY WINS

[arshesney]

Enmity caps at +100 and -50, Kaeko figured out the unit/values/caps etc: everything is on his blog

[Cairthenn]

I thought slow2 and para2 were barely worth upgrading past the 1 merit (obviously 1 merit in each is a must) because the potency increase is miniscule and Macc is rarely an issue with a decent mnd buid.

On the contrary, an extra 4% is actually really nice, both for tanks and solo situations. As for Paralyze II..I never particularly liked it other than the fact that if you have it, a gimp Paralyze II won't overwrite your own.

[Siniroth]

Am I the only one who feels the need to calculate the rate of return on every casino shout? <_<

[Nerull]

I found phalanx 2 to be by far the most underrated spell when maxed, -28 damage and a very decent duration saves huge amounts of mp in lowman situations.

Shit is always situational. If you do things with a sch on a regular basis, phalanx2 is pretty useless.

[payu]

decent site thats not virus ridden?

[Aeowin]

Huh?

[jimbobsonofgod]

decent site thats not virus ridden?

None.

[FailureMidgard]

decent site thats not virus ridden?

192.168.0.1

[payu]

[Tirrock]

How good is scholar's roll? In dynamis I'm with 4BLMs and a SCH usually and I usually keep BLM roll up and just throw on SCH roll when I know they're about to hit a green-eye statue or are at near-full MP. Otherwise they get evoker's + BLM. But since they seem to nuke pretty often, I was wondering if SCH+BLM all the time would be better.

I figured I'd be able to tell after a dynamis, but I found I was usually too busy fighting to pay much attention.

[Caligo]

How do I transfer ffxi to a new computer using an external hard drive? Windower guide didnt help much, was there a thread around here somewhere showing how to do it?

[jimbobsonofgod]

How good is scholar's roll? In dynamis I'm with 4BLMs and a SCH usually and I usually keep BLM roll up and just throw on SCH roll when I know they're about to hit a green-eye statue or are at near-full MP. Otherwise they get evoker's + BLM. But since they seem to nuke pretty often, I was wondering if SCH+BLM all the time would be better.

I figured I'd be able to tell after a dynamis, but I found I was usually too busy fighting to pay much attention.

Personally.
For the most part( zones like xar come to mind)
Evoker's + Warlock's > Evoker's + Wizard's > Evoker's + Scholar's > Scholar's + Wizard's.
For city zones I'd swap the first and the second.

Sch rolls don't do shit, when you aren't casting.

[Z.Z.]

Because the Wiki (both of them) is so lacking can someone point me in the direction of good guides for all 4 salvage zones?

[Shinryuu]

Am I the only one who feels the need to calculate the rate of return on every casino shout? <_<

Economics major here, I do it too

[Thorny]

Because the Wiki (both of them) is so lacking can someone point me in the direction of good guides for all 4 salvage zones?

A good guide is going to vary based on your gear, setup, player quality, and many other things. There are several proper ways to do most things and you shouldn't take any guide as word-of-god. That said, there's a thread for each salvage zone on these boards >_>

[Nitrous24]

How do I transfer ffxi to a new computer using an external hard drive? Windower guide didnt help much, was there a thread around here somewhere showing how to do it?

Copy the entire FFXI folder to external HDD.

Open Regedit and goto HKey_Localmachine\Software and export the Playonline specific registry entries. Copy this to external HDD.

open notepad. Paste the following.

regsvr32 .\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\viewer\com\app.dll
regsvr32 .\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\viewer\com\polcore.dll
regsvr32 .\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\polhook.dll
regsvr32 .\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\unicows.dll
regsvr32 .\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\polcfg\sysinfo.dll
regsvr32 .\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\util\unicows.dll
regsvr32 .\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\viewer\ax\msvcr71.dll
regsvr32 .\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\viewer\ax\polmvf.dll
regsvr32 .\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\viewer\ax\polmvfint.dll
regsvr32 .\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\viewer\contents\polcontents.dll
regsvr32 .\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\viewer\contents\polcontentsint.dll
regsvr32 ".\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\Final Fantasy XI\ffxi.dll"
regsvr32 ".\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\Final Fantasy XI\ffximain.dll"
regsvr32 ".\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\Final Fantasy XI\ffxiresource.dll"
regsvr32 ".\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\Final Fantasy XI\ffxiversions.dll"
regsvr32 ".\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\Final Fantasy XI\imeuidll.dll"
regsvr32 .\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\Tetramaster\tm.dll

Save it with the extension of .bat inside the folder right above the playonline folder. If it's on D:\FFXI\Playonline you would save in ffxi. If just on D:\Playonline save to the D:. Copy this to new HDD one folder above the playonline folder.

After all this is done. hook up external HD to new computer. Copy FFXI to new computer. Run the exported registry. Move the bat file over (remember one folder above playonline folder) and run it. Everything should run fine if you did this correctly so just run ffxi and enjoy.

[Caligo]

Thanks so much!

[Killkenny]

Shit is always situational. If you do things with a sch on a regular basis, phalanx2 is pretty useless.

Yes obviously shit is situational, thats a redundant comment. It doesn't change the fact that 5/5 phalanx2 is somewhat underrated. The vast majority of people don't do stuff with sch on a regular basis.

The extra 4% on slow2 is nice but in a party/alliance situation you've already got elegy on so you should be able to tank with your eyes shut with or without the extra 4%. Solo situations I can see it being useful but unless you do the really difficult solos then I would rather spend the extra merits elsewhere. Para2 is only worth one merit just so some shitty rdm can't overwrite you.

[Starr]

I have 5/5 Phalanx 2, never get to use it really, wish I had done 5 para 2.

[Arouz]

Whats a good mind total i should aim for as rdm for slow II potency? Right now I have slow II merits capped and 75+70 mind as rdm/whm while keeping terra's staff. I heard from some people 140 is the magic number.