Random Question Thread IV: ROCKY WINS

[Dooom]

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

As do I, if only to stop moronic full-enfeeb-on-slow-and-para rdms over-writing my full-on-mnd enfeebs Phalanx2 is nice, but para's which proc are even nicer still.

[Thunder]

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.

No magic number. Go full potency unless you have trouble landing.

As for the slow vs phalanx discussion. 4% slow is reducing damage taken as phalanx is; although not as much as -28 damage taken it's making your tank cast utsu less, resulting in more damage, and making mob WS less. Not to mention extra macc on slow2!

[Aero]

What would be the easiest way to attempt to find out the racc+ on pot-au-feu. Id assume its just 1000's of /ra's. If so how many shots do I need to take to get the margin of error down to a reasonable size?

[Martinius]

make sure that you have someone tanking the mobs so that you're exactly the same distance from them at every shot. other than that (which you probably already thought of ), the more samples, the more information.

[konoko]

I just got an Enkidu's harness, and im wondering what jobs and when should i use it on.

i have THF COR RNG 75, and i have Skadi's Body, Homam, Raparee, and just about evrything else body wise for those 3 jobs, also leveling dnc, which i know it is good for, just wondering what situations it would be best in ^^;;

[wipers]

I could see it being a good TP body for COR or THF.


Edit: Mainly COR though.

Double Edit: Actually Skadi is probably best for COR but this is pretty nice also.

[Dooom]

Similar question came up a few days ago. For thf, Rap wins at capped acc, Homam at uncapped acc, though Enkidu if the acc from Homam would be over-kill. For other jobs? No idea. I'd just wear it 'cos it looks *horrible*

[Despain]

Alright so a friend told me about a glitch that allows you to run at ultra fast speeds without much effort by using your computer clock (not gonna go into more detail). Has anyone been banned for this? I'm obviously not gonna do it again, but the fact that I did it in Jeuno :/ I'm thinking about reporting it, but it might be a glitch with windower so.

[takito09]

guys maybe this was allready answered but...

can u lose all cities in camp battle ? ( for example losing windurst waters is possible)

did it ever happened in any server if the answer is yes ?

if there's a thread i didnt find it

[Tirrock]

Alright so a friend told me about a glitch that allows you to run at ultra fast speeds without much effort by using your computer clock (not gonna go into more detail). Has anyone been banned for this? I'm obviously not gonna do it again, but the fact that I did it in Jeuno :/ I'm thinking about reporting it, but it might be a glitch with windower so.

I seem to remember reading a story on FFXIonline's forums several years ago about somebody running into that problem and reporting themselves to a GM who helped them out. Then got temp-banned by another GM for speed hacking.

I've done that system clock thing myself on accident. I noticed my tail was moving as fast as a dog just given bacon and I shut the game down without moving and rebooted. I don't know if anybody else would have seen my tail moving like crazy, I was in a house in bastok for a quest all by myself. I knew about it then, which was why I didn't move, and this was probably 2005 or 2006, so it has been around for a long time now.

[Despain]

I don't know. I fucked with my clock, and I sped across Port Jeuno. If someone reported me or a GM saw me, I'm fucked haha. Shit was insane though.

[Yugl]

That's an OOOLLLLDDDD "glitch". SE just bans for it now though, so people stopped using it.

[Starr]

It can happen accidently though apparently.

[Starr]

Sinus' account is for sale on EGS, is it for real?

[Dooom]

For ACP, if I want to swap my Mirke for another body-piece, do I have to toss it before I re-do the climb, or before I do the fight, or at another time? Are there any other pre-requisites I need to do, other than just the climbing? Wiki isn't coming across as very clear to me.

[Viq]

I just got RNG to 75 last night, so I need to figure out what's up with some merits. I know I want to cap Rapid Shot and Snap Shot, but beyond that I'm unsure. For category 1 I'm leaning towards capping Unlimited Shot. I figure the more Sidewinder's with PPA the better, and I typically only use Sharpshot when Barrage is up, so it seems like a bad idea to have those timers not line up.

For Category 2, I really don't know what to do after Snap Shot. I'm just in a little 5-man LS, so I'm not going to be using RNG on HNMs or anything. It will probably only get used in Limbus sometimes, maybe some ZNM, and in merits/MMM. Are the two shots worth having for me, or should I just save a little money with Recycle?

[Siniroth]

I just got RNG to 75 last night, so I need to figure out what's up with some merits. I know I want to cap Rapid Shot and Snap Shot, but beyond that I'm unsure. For category 1 I'm leaning towards capping Unlimited Shot. I figure the more Sidewinder's with PPA the better, and I typically only use Sharpshot when Barrage is up, so it seems like a bad idea to have those timers not line up.

For Category 2, I really don't know what to do after Snap Shot. I'm just in a little 5-man LS, so I'm not going to be using RNG on HNMs or anything. It will probably only get used in Limbus sometimes, maybe some ZNM, and in merits/MMM. Are the two shots worth having for me, or should I just save a little money with Recycle?

I have same feelings about Unlimited shot over sharpshot merits.

If you NEVER do anything endgame then recycle is probably most helpful to you, if you do any endgame ever then at least 1 merit in flashy shot is nice to have, and it's fun to use on colibri every 20 minutes... I don't do endgame shit either so I can't tell you how useful stealth shot is though

[spider123]

For ACP, if I want to swap my Mirke for another body-piece, do I have to toss it before I re-do the climb, or before I do the fight, or at another time? Are there any other pre-requisites I need to do, other than just the climbing? Wiki isn't coming across as very clear to me.

Toss it at any point BEFORE you enter the final BC with the super Glow thingy you collect across all the floors in the tower.

[jimbobsonofgod]

Sinus' account is for sale on EGS, is it for real?

Man . . . even if he didn't give his name, way to hard to hide that it was sinus.
You'd have to be rich, or crazy to buy that account now.

[Byrthnoth]

Alright so a friend told me about a glitch that allows you to run at ultra fast speeds without much effort by using your computer clock (not gonna go into more detail). Has anyone been banned for this? I'm obviously not gonna do it again, but the fact that I did it in Jeuno :/ I'm thinking about reporting it, but it might be a glitch with windower so.

This is the mechanics for how you Flee hack. They'll autoban for it now if you travel between zones faster than is reasonable.

Other interesting tricks are:
If you want to avoid agro (for instance, pulling Ix'Drk past pots because you're too lazy to run around) you can start to DC yourself and run past the pots while R0ing, then plug your ethernet back in. It's like POS hacking basically. As far as the server sees, you're one place one moment and the other the next (like when you watch someone DC and then pretty much warp somewhere else). It may get you killed more often than it works though, just because you're sitting there at the start of the pots with Ix'Drk beating on you until you plug back in as far as the server knows.

I've used the ghetto-POS hacking before (discovered it accidentally) but I could never mess with my clock to try the Flee hacking. It's dangerous. I really don't recommend using either.


For the RDM Tier 2 merits, 3/5 Slow II, 2/5 Dia III, 5/5 Phalanx 2 is win for a Salvage RDM.