Random Question Thread V: But does it 6-hit

[Wolfknight]

Edit: Here is the set I would strive for: http://www.ffxiah.com/item_sets.php?id=128347

Three things active Auditory Torque should beat justice torque, if elvaan RSE sachet should be better no?, and shouldn't mirage[with merits correct level] beat orc on non-CA if I recall.

[Yugl]

Three things active Auditory Torque should beat justice torque, if elvaan RSE sachet should be better no?, and shouldn't mirage[with merits correct level] beat orc on non-CA if I recall.

I remember having a conversation where Suiram told me to get Gnads instead of Mirage. There might have been other factors that influenced his advice though.

Auditory will beat Justice torque, but that is song dependent so I didn't include it.

Elvaan RSE should be roughly equal to bibiki shell depending on the situation. It's an either or situation until we figure out exactly how CB works. Current gear choices are based on an incomplete formula.

[Bakthi]

Learning how to play COR, anyone direct me to end game sets?

I didn't see an answer yet, so here are mine; I like to think they're pretty good (I'm hoping to get my hands on Setanta's Ledelsens, and then slowly drive myself insane trying to get MAB on back/feet/rings. That and a Novio.)

http://www.ffxiah.com/item_sets.php?id=126447
http://www.ffxiah.com/item_sets.php?id=126449
http://www.ffxiah.com/item_sets.php?id=126451

Obviously there are plenty of options, but that should give you some idea; post what you have if you're unsure what would be better to use. My merits are 5 QD acc/recast, 5 Snake Eye, 4 Fold, 1 Loaded Deck, but those can vary too depending on what you'll be doing most.

ASA pants with haste/acc would be great for TP, but I went with -damage/+movement for BRD/BLM/WHM (I don't have gaiters, and BRD can't use those anyway).

[Deader2818]

All seems good with those cor sets though I wouldnt use rajas for Melee TP and use a 2nd acc ring instead.

[TacoTaru]

So in attempting to get a friend X's Knife, I wound up adding another tracker weapon to my inventory and getting Z's Trident. Wiki has changed the latent information from needing all 3 tracker weapons in the party at once to being latent on weapon skill but from the discussion page, it doesn't appear to have any solid backing on that. Is this scythe worth a shit if/when I leveled DRG and would the +12 make it any better?

[Spagnutty]

Any use for a Emerald Ring augmented with Enmity+1?

[Callisto]

I got one with the exact same thing on it from FoV, I use mine for Quick Draw because I don't think it warrants a Breeze Ring, but aside from that, probably not...single-hit Trick Attack WS on THF maybe?

[Wolfknight]

So in attempting to get a friend X's Knife, I wound up adding another tracker weapon to my inventory and getting Z's Trident. Wiki has changed the latent information from needing all 3 tracker weapons in the party at once to being latent on weapon skill but from the discussion page, it doesn't appear to have any solid backing on that. Is this scythe worth a shit if/when I leveled DRG and would the +12 make it any better?

I'd toss honestly, I mean at best it's 3 fstr and 9 attack which isn't gonna make up for -7 damage from Thal. It was a good weapon when it came out, but drg has gotten a lot better stuff now, so it's crap.

Any use for a Emerald Ring augmented with Enmity+1?

Second Enmity ring for rdm, nin, drk, blu, or etc[non-pld, or war] tanks since they only get mermaid ring, assuming no sattva.

[Chen]

is polearm WAR any use? (bird camp only)

i got 8/8 polearm, and have almost all useful WAR gear waiting from all other jobs

or.. should i just stick with using drg/sam?

[Callisto]

I'd stick with DRG, I personally just toyed with Polearm on birds(solid gear/crab sushi, Gondo), and it wasn't terrible, but when I changed to GAxe with all other buffs remaining the same I definitely blew away what I was doing with Polearm.

[Yugl]

The last time we had this debate, it came down to the idea that WAR with Polearm is the best out of the other types of WAR (G Axe and such), but requires merits and gear to back it up. I'll try to find the thread so you can see how it concluded.

[Shinryuu]

RC/Fort WAR > Gondo WAR > Perdu/Ridill/other shit

[Tulun]

Question for RDM Idle:

What's your realistic / ideal RDM Idle set? I'm trying to suggest stuff to my buddy, it seems like Refresh > Regen > obvious PDT choices is ideal.. do you idle in mp gear at all (like Loq, Tamas), do you generally just stick to PDT and not MDT/MDB, etc?

[lolwut]

I idle in refresh>regen, and mix and match pdt/mdt gear with mp so I have roughly the same amount of mp as I do in my casting gear swap. It allows a reasonable amount of protection, and keeps you from wasting mp when you begin casting. You can always swap into your full pdt/mdt when you take hate or find yourself in aoe range (draw in, w/e).

If you're looking for a specific set, let me know and I'll post mine. It's far from perfect, but I think the concept is in the right place.

[Callisto]

Question for RDM Idle:

What's your realistic / ideal RDM Idle set? I'm trying to suggest stuff to my buddy, it seems like Refresh > Regen > obvious PDT choices is ideal.. do you idle in mp gear at all (like Loq, Tamas), do you generally just stick to PDT and not MDT/MDB, etc?

I don't tend to idle in a lot of MP, just enough to where it's about even with most my other sets, since anything more than that will just result in you dumping a lot of MP the first time you cast something. If you don't have a Refresh body/hat available I'd take PDT.

I don't idle in much MDT/MDB either just because of Stoneskin/native MDB typically being enough to not die to anything normal, and I change to an actual MDT set when some sort of obvious large magical attack is possibly coming up(Mijin, Citadel Buster, Astral Flow, etc.)

Otherwise yeah, Refresh > Regen > PDT > HP/MP > MDB/MDT personally.

My own is:

Terra's/Grip/Tathlum
Duelist's/Orochi/Star/Loq
Morri/Duelist's +1/Omega/Tamas
Umbra/Witch/Crimson/Goliard

I should be using Patronus over Omega probably but I'm kinda low on inventory and lazy.

[Byrthnoth]

Try Jelly ring

[Callisto]

Eh that always seemed like a wash since most times that I get hit with something random it's just as likely to be a nuke as a physical hit, like I said I'm typically comfortable with my magic defense level against that stuff between native RDM MDB and Relic+1 hands, but that doesn't mean I want to be wearing magic damage+.

[Pendulum]

If Steam Cleaner wipes the group with claim and despawns will the window be closed for several hours as if he was killed/window be closed till his detector repops/still able to spawn straight after?

[Massimo]

As if it was killed.

[Chen]

how much HP does the KS99 wyrm have?
how much is a regular blm going to take off it per nuke?

and finally! with 2 good rdm/nin tanks, decent support, and 6~ well geared blms, is this gonna be difficult? i know people have done it with 6, but i want a realistic difficulty for average players