Random Question Thread V: But does it 6-hit

[Darlantan]

...since the guy on the last page was trying to argue that you had to idle fast cast gear for it to matter. If that were a real macro, change the wait line to 1.5 seconds or whatever fraction you would want, which would also include other fast cast gear.

I didnt say that, or I didnt meant to imply that, anyway. I said you dont idle in it, and thus, you got to macro it in for the spells before the spell actually starts if you want the benefit of the casting time reduction. I thought that with the lag from the macros and server if you just make your scripts so it changes to the ACP body just as you start casting, the piece is going to effectively be put slightly later than the spell start and thus not get the benefit, but I may be wrong and am willing to eat my words. If you make a small wait so the gear changes are done before the spell starts, you might as well just go ahead and cast as soon as you want/need with non fastcast piece.

Let me know if I am wrong and the equip is effectively changed before the casts even without making a wait no matter the lag.

[Callisto]

I have the FC/Enm+5 myself, I don't have I.R. Body yet since I'm trying to get Rose Strap/Cobra Gloves first, but I use Nuevo for pretty much every single spell, with Homam/Loq. it at least gives a noticeable boost in getting off Ichi/Cures a bit faster aside from just the recast reductions. I may eventually trade it in for 10Acc/4sTP but I don't think the extra 1 Enmity on I.R. Hauberk comes anywhere near obseleting the FC option of Nuevo.

Edit: and yeah, heavy lag will sometimes negate the precast FC, though Spellcast gets much closer to being able to get past that than simple windower scripts.

[Omniyoji]

Does anyone know the link to complete photos of all of the new armors ebon furia ebur armors. I remember the day they all got .dat mined someone posted what they all look like on a hume male or some junk. I've searched and cant seem to find it. Any links to outfits on a hume female will be extra appreciated!

Complements to Spira!

http://wilddragonchase.blogspot.com/...at-mining.html

[requim]

I misunderstood you about lag concerns Darlantan. Though Deimos explained the FC issue below this post.

Callisto, no one is saying that the ACP body was made obsolete, but rather that since the introduction of Iron Ram, with more enmity, people are much less included to use an addon's unique bonuses for a body that they will help them on a max of 4 spells.

There are better bodies to use any JA in, which also function for low recast spells, and there are better bodies to idle in. You can still get plenty of use out of it, but if you have any of the other jobs that greatly benefit from ACP bodies, Nuevo isn't really worth keeping if you eventually get Iron Ram.

[Deimos]

Protip: You use fast cast for the recasts unless you can get a decent quantity of it(proportionally increasing returns), nobody gives a fuck about 5% casttime on anything. Ichi is 4 seconds, that's cutting it to 3.8..

Also, unless you're idling in Nuevo, which you shouldn't be, you have to add a delay before you start casting, or it won't actually do anything. This pretty much nullifies the benefit. I typically use 0.3 second delays, so if I only used Nuevo as Fast Cast that would even be an overall slower cast.

My RDM spellcast handles this by only swapping in fast cast and delaying for spells with a cast time of 4 seconds or longer, it just slows things down for the faster spells. And even that is debateable whether it's worth doing.

[Callisto]

Also, unless you're idling in Nuevo, which you shouldn't be, you have to add a delay before you start casting, or it won't actually do anything. This pretty much nullifies the benefit. I typically use 0.3 second delays, so if I only used Nuevo as Fast Cast that would even be an overall slower cast.

My RDM spellcast handles this by only swapping in fast cast and delaying for spells with a cast time of 4 seconds or longer, it just slows things down for the faster spells. And even that is debateable whether it's worth doing.

Yeah, I also use a .3s delay, Nuevo with Homam/Loq as well. While it's not actually needed for several spells like you said, I didn't really bother setting a rule for shorter spells because at worst it generally breaks even.

[Tsuko_Asura]

What's the actual attack speed increase from increasing your haste 64% to 65%?

[requim]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you find the seconds delay by (1-haste%)*weapon delay/60

Comparing haste would just be (1-.64)/(1-.65)=1.029 wouldn't it since everything else cancels

If you're looking for the actual seconds you would just do
weapon delay*.36/60-weapon delay*.35/60

If it were for GK you would have 450*(1-.64)/60 to get 2.7, then 450*(1-.65)/60 which would be about 2.63 seconds, or about a 2.9% increase in attack speed depending on how you want to look at it.

Although, the actual delay might be wonky because doesn't FFXI round everything to whatever /256?

[Antithesis]

Has the Lycopodium Sash been confirmed to give 3 HP / Tick during the Daytime?

[Fottiti]

What's the actual attack speed increase from increasing your haste 64% to 65%?

2.857% increase

[nivlakian]

Has the Lycopodium Sash been confirmed to give 3 HP / Tick during the Daytime?

Yes, it does.

[Martinius]

i almost feel silly asking this as my group has been doing salvage for like seven months... but i'd rather ask and feel silly with an answer.

2F flans in BR... most of the crap on wiki is vague as hell, so we generally avoid skillchaining on them. but i've done some poking and some things say yes others say no... the problem is that a lot of the salvage threads are upwards of two years old, or 60-100pages.

so is it safe to SC of any kind on flans and keep their spikes? we already know about formless strikes, magic ws and en-spells. at most it'd save us 3-4 minutes, but 3-4 minutes can be 2-3 gears on 4F. thanks!

[Thorny]

It's either a total amount of magic damage must be dealt to remove spikes, or over a certain amount in one hit.. not positive which, but am positive skillchains count.

[lotmorning]

EDIT: MISREAD

[Callisto]

Can you do Healing Breath swaps well using Spellcast? An example of how to handle it would be nice, not sure how to make things delay properly to do HP Gear > Wyvern HP Gear > Aftercast gear.

[Yugl]

Can you do Healing Breath swaps well using Spellcast? An example of how to handle it would be nice, not sure how to make things delay properly to do HP Gear > Wyvern HP Gear > Aftercast gear.

Xanthe has a HB spellcast set if I remember correctly. Send him a PM.

[magicjack]

where should i go to augment amemet mantle +1, wiki says yhoater or western altepa, not sure if those are the best or are people getting better results else where

[lotmorning]

sky has some good augments

[Antithesis]

Yes, it does.

Thank you.

[Fryte]

We skillchain the flans on 2F all the time and they always pop. It doesn't count as magic damage in this regard.