Random Question Thread V: But does it 6-hit

[Khajit]

AltanaViewer if you mean where to find the .dats? http://ffxidats.com/page.php?id=4072

Nah i mean one that skips me rummaging through folders etc.
I used to have one on my old laptop but didn't have a backup. I could save a "set" of .dat mods and swap them in/out easily without having to do anything extra after the initial trouble of picking from the list of files that had which were prelabeled for my convenience.

EG: select the original files to be changed. select the .dats to swap in for em. If i go further save the ones I changed as a set if an update deletes my changes i can click them back in 2 moves. I could even alternatively take the modded set and swap it with a different group of gear.
Eg i wanted to swap blessed gear with something but decided that nobles was a better idea instead.
It even had a selection for music.dats, motions and other stuff so it was really useful. If i did something wrong I just clicked a button and it restored my original SE dats from the .dat mob changes i select.
Sure i could do things the manual way but clicking a nobles tunic then selecting a mod to swap it with has alot less steps in between with less room for error too thanks to the automatic backups. If i can do it the easy way there's no reason not to.

[Darkei]

Blau dolch or Fane Baselart (dmg+ 5~6 TA+2)

Sirocco as offhand

[Andradi]

Gonna say Blau, no contest with auments like that.

[Ivve]

Can anyone point me to any conserve MP testing that's been done? Google doesn't turn up anything worthwhile.

[Thorny]

Can anyone point me to any conserve MP testing that's been done? Google doesn't turn up anything worthwhile.

1 conserve mp = 1% procrate

a proc reduces mp cost by 1-8/16 of total cost, equal probability at any of the 8 possiblities

This values 1 conserve mp at 0.28% mp saved per cast, and goliard saio's 5 at 1.4% mp saved per cast

really, it's a pretty garbage stat and you'd be better off casting in refresh pieces.. magnetic if you have no reason to take a good earring and fourth mace/seveneyes if you care enough to waste the inventory

[Ivve]

I thought it was; I just heard different opinions from different people and wanted to see if there were any numbers to validate the claims. It's funny you say that, because I am choosing another AN earring currently. Basically magnetic looks like the poor man's astral earring + lazy man's relaxing earring, and static earring looks like a ghetto novio (MB ONRY) + free communion earring. I'm highly unimpressed with both options unless 8% spell interrupt is the next coming of jesus, and from the thread I saw a while ago that I'm also looking to dig up, it is probably not.

So like, what's less shitty? Magnetic or static.

Edit: ethereal is basically useless to me, and I just tossed mine after it sat in safe just wasting my inventory for a year.

[Kyte]

If you have any melee jobs, Hollow is nice.

[Ivve]

WHM, BLM, RDM, BRD. Is hollow a better choice than other earrings available to melee?

[Dramafinderftw]

Get hollow.

[Kyte]

I can't think of an earring besides Brutal, Wyvern, Suppanomimi, Bushinomimi, or Abyssal that would be better.

[Aragon of Odin]

I had Static prior to leveling PLD, used it as a free Comminion for my RDM and used it for MB's with my BLM, I liked it and it had it's uses. If you plan on leveling a melee job though, Hollow is a nice choice.

[Khajit]

None of the choices are sounding that great to me. if i had to absolutely choose any of em although tbh i'd grab the mnd+2 mdb+2 for the +1 invo if i carried a merman's or the gil if i didnt have a +3 earring. The options are underwhelming for those jobs.

[Kyte]

It's not like a Hollow Earring is useless for a RDM either, and you might like doing some melee on WHM as well

[Khajit]

It's not like a Hollow Earring is useless for a RDM either, and you might like doing some melee on WHM as well

Suppa for dual wield is better is meleeing. Brutal in the other slot. THere's no 3rd slot so underwhelming still. Hollow is for 2h , blu, rng/cor, or some ws on 1h DD like thf.

[Callisto]

I melee often as RDM, but almost never as /NIN(same goes for COR), and Abyssal generally gives me much more use for Dark Magic and as a 2nd earring for nuking. I get a whole ton of use out of Hollow, whereas Magnetic would basically only be used for...Refresh and Haste, pretty much. Static is meh when you can get a Communion or Star Earring.

[Ivve]

So pretty much every earring is shitty and I should just go with whatever saves me the most money? I do pretty much 0 meleeing outside of campaign, and for that I have suppa (everyone said get it! and now look) and a diabolos earring, which pretty much covers all the useful stats here -2 dex. None of these choices are good. :/

[Yugl]

So pretty much every earring is shitty and I should just go with whatever saves me the most money? I do pretty much 0 meleeing outside of campaign, and for that I have suppa (everyone said get it! and now look) and a diabolos earring, which pretty much covers all the useful stats here -2 dex. None of these choices are good. :/

Can you save the choice for later?

[Ivve]

Yeah, that's what I've done so far. I guess I'll just keep it on hold until such a time that anything becomes appealing.

[Kyte]

Suppa for dual wield is better is meleeing. Brutal in the other slot. THere's no 3rd slot so underwhelming still. Hollow is for 2h , blu, rng/cor, or some ws on 1h DD like thf.

You're not always going to be dual wielding when on RDM or WHM. In fact, there are plenty of situations where you aren't. Examples:

1) You're farming for sky pop items. If you're going straight to gods, you aren't going to want to be on /NIN (unless said RDM is tanking, of course)

2)You're doing campaign as RDM/DNC or /BLU or /PLD or whatever.

3) You're soloing something on RDM with ceremonial dagger/genbu shield.

[Cream Soda]

Suppa for dual wield is better is meleeing. Brutal in the other slot. THere's no 3rd slot so underwhelming still. Hollow is for 2h , blu, rng/cor, or some ws on 1h DD like thf.

No love for h2h jobs?