Random Question Thread VI: I'm No Mathologist, But...

[Vodou]

So what you're saying then is a weapon skill head only, but even then, does WSDMG2% seriously outperform 3 STR and 3 AGI?

If you're speaking on the matter of Sidewinder for the WSACC15, then I guess I can kind of see your point, but I thought you'd want to use Namas Arrow entirely, unless you were fighting something where you can decimate it in three weapon skills or so.

Your request was rather imprecise.

IMO this headpiece does not outperform Maat's on Namas. These are however the best stats on anwig to maximize Namas.

Neither of these (anwig with these stats) or Maat's are the best TP head pieces.

If I had Maat's, I would use that on Namas, and likely use anwig with slightly diff stats on SW.

[Viq]

I would just WS in Maat's Cap and use Salade for Snapshot + r.acc/r.att, unless you have Barbut or Ebon Visor in which case use the hat for another job.

[IronPandemonium]

That's one thing I never understood: How much snapshot is Zha'Go's Barbut anyways, five?

If so, I assume TP in that thing, WS in Maat's Cap then (or more effectively the STR/AGI/etc Salade)?

Edit: Beginning of this page, asking about polearm against katana on gears in salvage? Polearm (Tomoe/Engetsuto) destroys katana (Hagun) in pretty much 80%~ of all Salvage (exceptions being Arrapago Remnants floor 1/2/3 and Citadel Chelonian), even on the chariots if you're using pizza, but be ready to without question notice a little more TP spam from them (even though we never had a problem with them).

[Viq]

As far as I've seen, no one has nailed down exact Snapsnot figures on anything that just says "Enhanced Snapshot". I can say almost certainly that Ebon Visor is 3%, though it's from a fairly unscientific test where I fired a series of shots with Visor and no belt, and then fired another series of 15-20 shots with Snapshot+2 belt but no Visor, just timing the shots with a stop watch. Salade Snapshot is 3% according to the Moogle Kupo d'Etat website. I don't have a Barbut to play with personally, so I can't say one way or the other what the Snapshot is there. It's really almost irrelevant what the actual value is for your purposes though. Unless Barbut is only 1% Snapshot, which would surprise me, it's going to be the best TP option if you have it due to the r.att, r.acc, and -enmity to go along with the Snapshot.

[IronPandemonium]

Ah, alright then in that case, though that's effectively one question of two... can we honestly confirm the salade geared for WS is better than Maat's on both Namas Arrow and Sidewinder?

Either way, time to spam some turtle bcnm this week for her I guess as a shell event... or find out how the fuck to get rid of the exclusive sticker on my barbut which is exclusively used as my SAM/RNG TP head piece (which I don't have Yoichinoyumi, so...).

[Vodou]

can we honestly confirm the salade geared for WS is better than Maat's on both Namas Arrow and Sidewinder?

IMO, no such thing. Namas and SW are terrifically different WS with regards to racc.

Maats over any combo on anwig for namas because with Namas you can go for damage over racc.

Anwig over Maats on SW (probably both : 4 str / 15 WS acc + 10 racc / 5 ratt, and 4 str / 15 WS acc + 4 agi / +2% WS damage) assuming you are no where near cap on racc. Because on SW you need to take racc opportunities where they are available.

This is just how my math concludes. If you disagree, post your math, so we can see if I / you made a boo boo.

[IronPandemonium]

That is (as much as I'm not meaning to shunt you though)... your opinion; I'm looking for a concrete answer, even though I imagine they're very close as is.

[Vodou]

That is (as much as I'm not meaning to shunt you though)... your opinion; I'm looking for a concrete answer, even though I imagine they're very close as is.

I don't feel ignored, but I find this request somewhat ironic.

Perhaps someone will comply.

[ronin sparthos]

Do Birdbanes keep the hidden effect under a sync? Im going to default to no.

[Karbuncle]

Do Birdbanes keep the hidden effect under a sync? Im going to default to no.

I'd like to think they do, i'm pretty sure the other "Special Damage type" Weapons do.

[Terravcota]

That's it? I've had the token forever, that doesn't matter? So I can make this POL account, register it with my Square Enix account, put the same token as my main account on it, and have both accounts up and running, at the same time?

That seems... way too easy, too reasonable. We are talking about FFXi? From SE?

edit - Do I still get 30 days of free subscription for using the new CD keys with a new account? It's asking for my CC info, I'd like to know if I'm getting charged for this month or not.

I got one of those trial CD's from GameStop a few years ago trying to get a friend to play. I had to put in my CC info, but it didn't charge me. I assume it's just if you keep the account for over the 30 days it'll auto bill you, but I'm not sure because my friend hated the game and I canceled it before the month was up lol.

[pchan]

Anyone have a fair amount of parsing done for PUP on merit/dynamis/limbus level mobs? Just trying to get an idea of what their TP/WS damage ratio is w/ Stringing Pummel.

I don't have a parse since meriting on PUP never happens, however I've done plenty of assault ("azure experiment", the one that drops divisor ring and ataractic solea) where Full usu monks don't even cap accuracy, and PUP don't either (90% with sushi+1 I think, so that's what you'd get pretty much). I can confirm it's the same as my monk, 60% melee / 40% ws ; but keep in mind that this is with the 13 store TP from full usu, which increases the weaponskill frequency compared to other gear with equal accuracy.

[Jakson]

When should and shouldn't I use crafting support? If there are only four levels between my skill and a craft's cap, am I going to benefit greater from not using support?

[Furionstormrage]

Being a functionally retarded WAR, since I'm always on PLD, I want to see about 6-hit setups.

Assume WAR/SAM, for a 6hit (Using Perdu or Rune) I'd want 7 STP in addition to /SAMs 15, correct?

Best way to get this, with what I have?

I assume Rajas, Brutal, and either Chiv Chain (Have Fort Torque), STP earring (Have Assault), or Rose Strap (Have Pole).

And/or can I WS in Rajas/Brutal and get enough from RR/KJ to maintain current gear?

[Callisto]

And/or can I WS in Rajas/Brutal and get enough from RR/KJ to maintain current gear?

This will typically work fine, if you're worried about a natural use Ecphoria or something.

[Furionstormrage]

This will typically work fine, if you're worried about a natural use Ecphoria or something.

Cool, thank you, that's 30,000 less AN I have to spend. (Or ditch Fort/Assault for something with STP on it)

[FailureMidgard]

BQ is easiest without tanks, WAR WAR BRD RDM can kill it fine if they dual wield for better TP gain and use weaponskills on adds. SAM works okay too, but not a huge fan of SAM/NIN personally and /WAR would probably mp sponge.


Last baha2 I did had a DRK parsing in low 80s for acc with feint and 1 HQ mad + 1 NQ mad. You can do multiple back to back with them, bring 4 DRKs and have 2 2hr per run.. still need significantly less people than you would with other DD.

I'm sorry, you're really going to sig that quote? Feint is commonly accepted (including on BG wiki) as -50% evasion...you really fucking think that you need a goddamn SVed Madrigal? Let's assume you need 600 accuracy to cap on Bahamut 'cause he's a goddamn fucking dragon god. So after feint, you need 300. A hume drk/nin has 220 skill and 69 base dex for 252 accuracy so far. You get 13 accuracy from homam feet/hand/leg, 25acc from souleater, and +34 accuracy from a non SVed madrigal. That is 324 accuracy, so you're goddamn capped vs a 600 evasion target. We can go ahead and drop all the homam and you're still fucking capped.

Get a thief who isn't slow as fuck, tell your thf to flee at the start so he can beat your DRKs in, and maybe your drks won't parse at 80% accuracy.

By no means am I saying minuet is good for DRK zergs, but presumably you have other people there (like the thf) that benefit from minuet, and even the KC drk will get more benefit from attack than accuracy when he is already accuracy capped. Oh ya, and your 2nd bard is a waste of space if all you're using is a drk zerg, just get a naked dragoon to Ancient Circle~

[Recaldy]

My windower "shuts down" when it reaches the "checking for update" section before the character selection screen. Should I reinstall or what? Can't remember where I downloaded it from.

[Xaru]

Which Elite Training would be best to try and get decent augments on a Philomath Stole?

Answers on a postcard

[Ezhno]

If you follow my personal philosophy, anything higher than the minimum required Elite Training target for the item's level is nothing more than a waste of tabs.