Random Question Thread V: But does it 6-hit

[stewie]

If I were to pay for a new months of ffxi right now Nov 29th, will it last till the 30th and charge me 12.xx for just that little time or will it last till Dec 31st? I don't feel like risking the 12$ right now to find out so hopefully someone knows D;

You'll be charged again Dec 1st, better to just wait to reactivate.

[Wakabo]

You'll be charged again Dec 1st, better to just wait to reactivate.

Sad news is sad. Lots of stuff I wanted to do.

[Thorny]

Please, folks. Help me help my friend, who doesn't participate in HNMLS activites, so he has limited options. I don't know anything about optimizing a Dark Knight on a budget/outside serious endgame events for melee, and he'd like aid, so I come to you folks.

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/9927/ffxijomdrk.jpg

As a side note, he does have Haubergeon and a Woodsman Ring. He was wearing the Askar Korazin and Ulthalam's Ring due to capping on ACC, as he hadn't brought a Marinara Pizza to Dynamis - Windurst, so he was using Sole Sushi instead.

Also, he puts on Hecatomb Mittens, Hecatomb Leggings, Wyvern Helm or Optical Hat, and Life Belt or Potent Belt for WS.

He's aiming for the ASA ACC+7 Haste+3 pants, and will be up for the ACP and MKD pieces soon, too.

What are some of the easier optimizations? What should he swap around/use differently/get rid of?

EDIT: Should've posted this in "What's Better?". Ah well.

ANOTHER EDIT: Oh, yeah, and his right earring is Hollow.

fire bomblet, blitz ring, cuch mantle

also, you can get apollyon chips and kill omega with less than 6 people so no excuse to not have or be working on homam nowadays

[Kyte]

Also, Rose Strap for 6-hit when he's not using Askar.

[Kohan]

Thanks much for the advice.

[Raen Ryong]

Don't need Rose Strap for 6hitting Perdu if /sam + Rajas + Brutal!

[Despain]

fire bomblet, blitz ring, cuch mantle

also, you can get apollyon chips and kill omega with less than 6 people so no excuse to not have or be working on homam nowadays

Whats the ideal set up for 6manning Omega? Would it be something along the lines of NIN/DRK, BRD/WHM, RDM/WHM, SAM/?, and 2 BLMs?

EDIT: I said NIN/DRK because Omega's a fucking joke to tank.

[Hegarty]

Whats the ideal set up for 6manning Omega? Would it be something along the lines of NIN/DRK, BRD/WHM, RDM/WHM, SAM/?, and 2 BLMs?

EDIT: I said NIN/DRK because Omega\'s a fucking joke to tank.

It\'s Thorny, he\'s gonna say RDM/NINs, 2 tanks I would imagine too.

[Shinryuu]

DRK/NIN x2 BLM/NIN x2 RDM BRD

[Despain]

Theoretically wouldn't my set up work?

[Shinryuu]

It would yeah. NIN can solotank easily. SAM unloads at <25%.

[Thorny]

It'd work, but if you're going for 6 you're probably better off using DRK tanks. Absorb-TP is very nice, and they can put on a zerg weapon at 25%(works great for ultima too btw!).

Ideal 6man is exactly what FG said: DRK/NIN x2 BLM/NIN x2 RDM BRD
Lowest you can reliably go(5man) is RDM/NIN RDM/NIN BRD/WHM BLM/NIN BLM/NIN.

You could probably cut out the BRD for 5man and still win if you had top notch gear/merits.

[Raen Ryong]

Honest question, have you tried using DRK/NINs using Absorb-TP on Omega? It might just be my bad luck/inferior dark skill set (I had bad luck with many drops which should've gone here) but I've never had any luck landing it with any kind of consistency on him, let alone with good TP return.

[Despain]

Honest question, have you tried using DRK/NINs using Absorb-TP on Omega? It might just be my bad luck/inferior dark skill set (I had bad luck with many drops which should've gone here) but I've never had any luck landing it with any kind of consistency on him, let alone with good TP return.

I think you answered your own question. I'm sure you'd need a nice dark skill set.

[Kyte]

Don't need Rose Strap for 6hitting Perdu if /sam + Rajas + Brutal!

Sure about that? FFXIcalc says you do (puts Perdu at 16.4 TP/hit with just /SAM, Brutal, and Rajas).

[Raen Ryong]

I was just wondering whether Thorny has tried this (which it's very likely he could have) or whether it's just an idea; my Dark set is:

---/---/---/Phantom Tathlum
Chaos+1/Dark/Dark/2INT
---/Abyss/Omega/Snow
---/Crimson Belt/---/---

Only listing the pieces which amplify accuracy (INT being iffy but hey). I suppose if you weren't DDing at the same time you could use a Pluto's. My set isn't great, but it's not too bad and I'd be honestly surprised if a few changes on that would suddenly make you Absorb-TP like a beast. Perhaps Pluto's is the key? Not sure at this point.

EDIT: Yah, just land 3/4 Guillotine hits which is fairly elementary.

[Chen]

Y's scythe!

[arshesney]

Sturm's report for ammo and Insect ring for Snow, Anrin Obi in Apollyon too.

[Raen Ryong]

I actually have a Y's Scythe too will trade for Knife! Obi definitely, was very lazy about those. Sturm's Report I was working on when I quit Insect Ring, I'm not sure... tests have "shown" that INT does not affect Dark Magic potency but I don't think any have been conducted disproving INT affects accuracy? It would be consistent with other types of magic if it did affect accuracy.

[Thorny]

My DRKs use it as a hate spell for both omega and ultima, it lands better on ultima but it's still enough to negate the minimal regain on both of them(and with BLM damage very little tp fed on it's own).. as far as I know they do not have specialized builds for abs-tp. Yay for 0 TP moves before 25% though ^-^