Hunts and Evolith Discussion

[Gunslinger]

And you got a size 6 evolith, where the max size for the 3rd slot is 5.

And, much like me, he settled for a size 4 in the 3rd slot :D

[Thiefami]

yea also Likho's was wrong, it said versus dragon evasion bonus, but what I received was magic attk or magic crit rate I forget. I know this doesn't help because I can't be specific... but it is wrong lol

[Hadriel]

True on all accounts, however the oversize is moot since it's the wrong element. Now that I'm re-etching for ice in the third slot I think I will go for perfect 8/8/5 this time.

[Dyno]

Double post like a boss.

[Shamaya]

Lol, took long enough to get that final evolith found ^^

[Spira]

yay we got the final Evolith.. now to sort for errors...

i was looking thru the list for the trends.
as we all know all Vs Evoliths come in
acc/atk/def/eva/
magic acc/atk/def/eva/
range acc/atk
for 10 stats.

according to compiled records, this is correct for all mob families except for Empty, which strangely has no Ranged Acc + evolith..

another thing I noticed being odd was Elusive Edwin and Pahh the Gullcaller.
Both by record say Vs Empty: R.Atk+, but came with DIFFERENT recorded elements... which isn't supposed to happen for the same specific stat.

so.. I have reason to believe Elusive Edwin was recorded wrongly.. since atk usually corresponds to Fire, and Pahh was recorded fire, whereas Edwin was recorded wind - which is weird because all the r.atk evoliths are fire...

another one which seems to break the stat/element trend is Golden Bat, whose element is listed as wind for Ranged Acc.. the rest all seem the same so far though

[Katas]

Possible error on wiki along with other sites.

Autarch 8 9 80 35 Phys. Blue Magic: Attack +6~

Have killed this 4-5 times and only gotten +2. On the +2 it has a slot of 5, so unless 2-6 is a 5 slot no matter the stat, i dont see this being a +6. Though if it is a +6, which I will try 6 more times to make sure, that would bring blu's to the next tier.

[enilanerda]

Kikouken got +12 Ranged Attack from Dune Boots NM today, and I just put it on his Hellfire +1 for him.

As a side note, I don't know if it's already been mentioned, but there are in fact "levels" of HQ's possible. The max size was listed as 7 from the NPC. The first was synth was a successful 'Smooth Synergy' but only etched a size 6 slot. Reverted it, and tried again, second time HQ'd again for the full 7.

Ok, not only can I not post a picture, I'm not even allowed to post the URL.
If someone needs the pic for proof, PM me, and I'll shoot you the link so you can post it on site.

[Guppy]

+9 magic critical hit rate is roughly 0.9mab if I'm not mistaken, so it's not too bad. Plus the hat looks really awesome!

Maybe more. The "Increases magic critical hit damage" trait will skew this number, in the same manner as the Tatsumaki Sitagoromo M.Crit augment. I haven't seen any numbers regarding just how much bonus the coat adds.

[Coraphane]

Ill try to post that pic of that hellfire +1 if it lets me lol

[Coraphane]

Kikouken got +12 Ranged Attack from Dune Boots NM today, and I just put it on his Hellfire +1 for him.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o.../hellfire1.png

Here we go Enil :D

[Hegarty]

See that's a good example of how the Hunts and Evolith system could be a REALLY good, even amazing addition to FFXI if only they opened it up to ALL weapons and armor but just have smaller size slots on them than items made specifically for the system. For example have like Thalassocrat with a maximum of WS ACC+4/Crit+2, elemental staves with a maximum of element:MAB+2, etc, I know it would kill FoV Augmenting (lower maximum boosts but consistency and knowing what you will get) but it was a rediculous system from the start.

[NynJa]

yea also Likho's was wrong, it said versus dragon evasion bonus, but what I received was magic attk or magic crit rate I forget. I know this doesn't help because I can't be specific... but it is wrong lol

I did Likho myself, unless I mixed up which of my 3 chars were responsible for Likho's evolith... which seems possible now since Sabnock has the same evolith and I filled that one in.

[ringthree]

See that's a good example of how the Hunts and Evolith system could be a REALLY good, even amazing addition to FFXI if only they opened it up to ALL weapons and armor but just have smaller size slots on them than items made specifically for the system. For example have like Thalassocrat with a maximum of WS ACC+4/Crit+2, elemental staves with a maximum of element:MAB+2, etc, I know it would kill FoV Augmenting (lower maximum boosts but consistency and knowing what you will get) but it was a rediculous system from the start.

Honestly, the simple answer to this is that the Synergy system is still capped at a rather low level, so those items might be able to be etched at a higher level of Synergy skill.

We won't know until the whole system has been introduced.

[Hegarty]

Honestly, the simple answer to this is that the Synergy system is still capped at a rather low level, so those items might be able to be etched at a higher level of Synergy skill.

We won't know until the whole system has been introduced.

Yeah I kinda see that but it doesn't make sense that although it's capped you can do a level 70 gun which is the BEST in it's category or a Rosenogen and not a Polearm or an elemental stave for example.... I do hope that's what they have planned but I'm not gonna keep my hopes up.

When is the next major patch due anyway?

[ringthree]

Yeah I kinda see that but it doesn't make sense that although it's capped you can do a level 70 gun which is the BEST in it's category or a Rosenogen and not a Polearm or an elemental stave for example.... I do hope that's what they have planned but I'm not gonna keep my hopes up.

When is the next major patch due anyway?

I gave up trying to understand SE's reasoning when it comes to gear selection and itemization. My guess is that they want to see if there is any major abuse/exploit/glitch involved before they roll out the big guns.

Next major patch should be March/April, but with FFXIV beta/launch coming this year I believe that all bets are off.

[Toth]

Knowing SE's twisted nature, I bet the next update will come March 9th

[ZhiGaruda]

Knowing SE's twisted nature, I bet the next update will come March 9th

What's significant about March 9th? FF13's release in Japan?

[Serra]

What's significant about March 9th? FF13's release in Japan?

No, that's it's NA (and EU?) release date >.>; Fuck, if there's an update anytime in March, I'm not gonna care~

[Talli]

Been camping Sagittarius X-XIII for the Hunt just wondering if anyone has managed to get better than "Archery WS: Rng.acc. +6" from what iv seen from previous posts marksmanship seems to be getting much higher stats.