Random Question Thread V: But does it 6-hit

[Raen Ryong]

According to wiki, PLD/DNC can slaughter it and I'd imagine RDM can too. THF has trouble with casters ;x

[Fryte]

Anyone who takes THF seriously have a good spellcast for it they can point me to? and thanks Raen for answering the previous question.

[Callisto]

Is 1/tick Sanction Refresh enough to keep Rune Chopper active fulltime?

[Khajit]

Is 1/tick Sanction Refresh enough to keep Rune Chopper active fulltime?

Nope.Only half the time.

[Callisto]

Next: anyone know if there are any Haste+2 RDM feet you can get aside from Dusk via ANNM or anything?

[Dramafinderftw]

Are there any solo strategies for Ixtab?

PLD/RDM atonement.

[tsola]

Next: anyone know if there are any Haste+2 RDM feet you can get aside from Dusk via ANNM or anything?

Pretty sure you can get Dance Shoes with Haste +2 augment in Rolanberry Fields ANNM. I have a pair with Haste +1 myself.

[Callisto]

Ah right, forgot about those, and that RDM could even wear them, thanks.

[Dramafinderftw]

Is it possible to straight tank solo Amikiri on RDM?

[Raen Ryong]

Yah, so long as you're careful about TP moves (it has high Store TP, so when you apply Bio or if it hits you, it's going to TP move after every 4 casts or so (iirc)). This means if you take a hit it can then Death Scissors you straight out :D

The hardest part of this fight would be the patience to straight tank it that long though. The thing seriously lasts forever!

[Dowzer]

That would be the biggest waste of shihei. lol

[Rafike]

Since I'm in the process of leveling WAR and am looking toward future builds I figure I will ask this here. I do not yet have a Cuchulain's mantle, but I did get quite lucky on an appraisal and got an Aileron mantle. Am I right to presume that for the time being before I can purchase a Cuchulain's mantle I should TP in Aileron over Forager's? Reason why I ask is I am unsure if +6 Acc is worth it to sacrifice +3 STR and +15 ATTK? Especially when I was under the impression Cuchulain's while in fact superior to Forager's is so only because of the STR and DEX in addition to ACC on Cuchulain's?

Spoiler: show

Sorry, if that came off wordy. Was really tired when I posted!

Edit: Sorry to Mod I totally thought I had posted this in the "What's Better?" thread. Posting there now since I would expect a better response from that thread.

[Caerloc]

A 10acc 3dw mirke could be better for your blu, but if you have magus jub+1 with enkidu's, I doubt it would be that worth it. If you were really interested in nin, dw/acc is their best tp body I believe.

I had thought about that, but since i wont have any katana-merits i figured i would have to use Usukane body in most situations. And a few of the situations where i dont, i could get away with Af1+1? Just seems like such a small window to use it in. And for BLU im guessing most of the time i would want a refresh body.

Depending what you use your monk for, you could make a fastcast/enmity macro piece, which is the only piece that would really help your monk. Could also benefit your blu, forget if you can swap in stat gear after intial cast, or if it registers fast enough for blu spells.

This is what im mostly leaning towards. Maybe not with enmity, but fast cast atleast, for blu, mnk and nin.

The difference between 3% haste and 5 fastcast is also not going to be that big of a shift for blm, not even sure if that's going to be more than a second difference for stun (the only spell that comes to mind that blm regularly use immediately).

It can make a stellar pet piece for any of the pet jobs, so if you ever plan to level bst, pup, or smn it would definitely be a boost you couldn't match.

It can also make great ranged tp or ws bodies if you were planning on leveling ranger or corsair (or shuriken builds!).

It's only 10 dollars and it will be exponentially harder to complete the closer it is til 14 is released, so you might want to just get it out of the way in case you change your mind.

Yeah, i dont think it would do much for blm, and i dont see myself lvling any petjobs or ranged jobs. It'll probably be a fastcast piece for MNK, NIN, BLU. I just dont know what other stat to put on.

[Falaras]

1MP/tic Refresh can keep Rune Chopper active 100% of the time right? So there's no need to ask for refresh when meriting or doing Einherjar?

[NynJa]

1MP/tic Refresh can keep Rune Chopper active 100% of the time right? So there's no need to ask for refresh when meriting or doing Einherjar?

I'm pretty sure the rune weapons are 3mp/tick drain.

[Snprphnx]

Does having a higher skill level on a weapon effect how often parry will proc/skillup?

Friend of mine says he read this somewhere, and it kind of makes since, since I will parry more on nin when I am soloing, vs. actually tanking with a staff out. Also, my best skillups to date have been soloing sharks in sea

[Dramafinderftw]

Yah, so long as you're careful about TP moves (it has high Store TP, so when you apply Bio or if it hits you, it's going to TP move after every 4 casts or so (iirc)). This means if you take a hit it can then Death Scissors you straight out :D

The hardest part of this fight would be the patience to straight tank it that long though. The thing seriously lasts forever!

I did the kite-nuke strategy last night in 36 minutes :3

[Byrthnoth]

1MP/tic Refresh can keep Rune Chopper active 100% of the time right? So there's no need to ask for refresh when meriting or doing Einherjar?

I think I remember that this isn't true. Iirc, someone worked out that for some reason it's active every other tick on KI Warrior forums maybe two years ago. I believe that logic might have been based on BST's Rune Axe + Gaudy Harness combo, where you get 5HP every two ticks.
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Rune_Axe

This would mean that it'd work out to an effective 4.5% Haste if you were 9% or more from cap, 3% Haste if you were 6% from cap, etc.

[Nemesio]

Does having a higher skill level on a weapon effect how often parry will proc/skillup?

Friend of mine says he read this somewhere, and it kind of makes since, since I will parry more on nin when I am soloing, vs. actually tanking with a staff out. Also, my best skillups to date have been soloing sharks in sea

When you are tanking things, they are a higher level, thus you parry more. Think of parrying like evasion. Do you evade as much when tanking with a staff as you do with soloing? The higher the level, the less chance of parry, the lower the level, the more chance.

Or I could be totally wrong and will get bashed to all high hell, thats just what I thought. So no, weapon skill does not effect parry, only parry skill.

[Byrthnoth]

When you are tanking things, they are a higher level, thus you parry less. Think of parrying like evasion. Do you evade as much when tanking with a staff as you do with soloing? The higher the level, the less chance of parry, the lower the level, the more chance.

Or I could be totally wrong and will get bashed to all high hell, thats just what I thought. So no, weapon skill does not effect parry, only parry skill.

ftfy, etc.

You had the right idea but wrote part of it backwards. I'm not sure there have been any tests done with 2H vs. 1H vs. 2x 1H weapons as far as Parrying proc rate goes, but I'm inclined to believe that they're equivalent and that weapon skill has little to nothing to do with it.