Random Question Thread V: But does it 6-hit

[Argettio]

I think the only time that it might beat VFork would be with Wyrm Mail+1, Rose Strap but I\'m not sure even then.

Rose isn't needed.

Rajas and brutal covers the 6 hit.

1 DMG + 2% haste vs -6% delay (3% from sword, 3% from the lower base delay) + 2 DA + 8STR + 8 DEX and 15 att

I am still going with fork.

[Hegarty]

Yeah there is no way it can beat VFork, I checked the speed with FFXICalc, let\'s hope it can have stats added although it seems doubtful with Lyft Lance looking to be the Synergy weapon for DRG if they are indeed that.

[TheMysteriousX]

Back on third eye vs. meditate from a few pages back... Assuming that you have Kote + Kabuto, Meditate Merits vs Third Eye merits will give you 1.6 more Weaponskills every 12.5 minutes.

In real terms, you get around 64TP/minute with merits, 53TP/minute without, a difference of 11TP/minute.

Turning that into damage is another matter though. Unless you have a 5 hit, you're going to be wasting up to 19 TP by ticking over 100.

Then there is the delay of ~4s between a ability cooling down, you being able to use it, and the game registering it being used, waiting a few seconds so you can bust off your current weaponskill then use it with sekkanoki, waiting a few seconds because you're on 100TP already and sekkanoki is down, waiting because there is nothing to WS on yet.

After all that's considered, meditate merits probably give you 1 extra WS every 10-15 minutes.

So if you're using SAM in zerg/TP burn situations, then meditate merits will help. If you do a lot of stuff that requires third eye, then you're not losing all that much tbh.

[Argettio]

Just a random thought,

If this is indeed an upgrade weapon (like relics) from the base weapon dropped by the new fomors, then what is to say that Sarissa is the last stage?

The main difference between the stage 4 and stage 5 relics is the delay, so if in fact Sarissa is the second to last stage (and the final stage isn't in the .dats yet) then it could become competitive.

But that doesn't really make sense as the GS has the perfect delay for /SAM + Rajas + rose + brutal 6hit, and dropping it any lower would make that weapon worse.

[Hegarty]

I find it highly unlikely they\'d add a new Relic/Mythic set so soon after Mythics but maybe they need to be upgraded and ony the final versions can have stats added via Synergy?

[TheMysteriousX]

Just a random thought,

If this is indeed an upgrade weapon (like relics) from the base weapon dropped by the new fomors, then what is to say that Sarissa is the last stage?

The main difference between the stage 4 and stage 5 relics is the delay, so if in fact Sarissa is the second to last stage (and the final stage isn't in the .dats yet) then it could become competitive.

But that doesn't really make sense as the GS has the perfect delay for /SAM + Rajas + rose + brutal 6hit, and dropping it any lower would make that weapon worse.

I especially liked the part where you assume SE has any clue about what their players really do with weapons.

[Argettio]

I especially liked the part where you assume SE has any clue about what their players really do with weapons.

Some times they do eg, Salvage gear (yes I know it was released years ago) was well thought out.

But you are right, they could do anything they want and it doesn't have to make sense to any one other than themselves.

[Kyte]

Ehhhhh......not all salvage gear is terrific....

(although what you say certainly holds true for Usukane and Morrigan's)

[Xanthe]

Random question! Has anyone figured out the latent for Papilio Kirpan, the COR/DNC dagger that drops off Scylla? Does it behave like the other level 72 latent weapons?

[stewie]

Random question! Has anyone figured out the latent for Papilio Kirpan, the COR/DNC dagger that drops off Scylla? Does it behave like the other level 72 latent weapons?

I believe I read it works like Blau Dolch, though I couldn't say for sure.

[Evane]

Is it possible that every "Katar" type h2h has piercing damage and not just birdsbane?

[Hadriel]

Is it possible that every "Katar" type h2h has piercing damage and not just birdsbane?

I don't think so, I did some informal testing back when I got Indra Katars and saw no signifigant increase on birds. A better test would be to try them on jailer of temperance, but I think I may have tossed them...

[Onorgul]

No, they're all blunt except for Birdbanes. I suppose maybe the new Tyro Katars could be piercing, which would explain why they even exist, but I wouldn't bet money on it.

[LinktheDeme]

random question.

what was the website someone made with blue magic and other things as well? it should all the ftps modifiers and etc

I think it was like vzxi or something like that in the URL?

[stewie]

http://www.freewebs.com/vzx-01/index.htm ?

[Despain]

Fucking.. is there a way to stop yarnball from fucking up? i.e, I have to relog everytime after I load it for it to show a party member's name. All it does is show their ID numbers.

[LinktheDeme]

http://www.freewebs.com/vzx-01/index.htm ?

thanks this was it

[Falaras]

Does anyone know what the subcaps are for Unicorn Cap?

[Thorny]

Fucking.. is there a way to stop yarnball from fucking up? i.e, I have to relog everytime after I load it for it to show a party member's name. All it does is show their ID numbers.

It's an outdated unofficial plugin, it won't ever get updated in all likelihood. Load it on startup and the first login will count, or zone once after loading it and it'll count as well. For some reason it doesn't translate player IDs to player names if you load it without zoning.

My question: How does 3rd floor promyvion(30 cap) work? I have yet to be ported to the wrong floor for Satiator(in about 9 attempts), though he has been on both 3fs and I have landed on both. If I go up to 4f then go back down, I seem to always land on the same 3f I was at, same if I go down to 2f and back up again(I have not tested this extensively, but about a half dozen times). So, what gives? Does it automatically port you to the floor Satiator is on?

[Valisk]

Nvm ffxiah counted rajas as less than 5. I'm exactly at 117.

Wow, excellent catch. Never noticed Rajas only gives +2 str/dex on ffxiah. Time to change some things up since I'm 3 dex over cap now.