Random Question Thread VII: I Find Your Lack of Research Disturbing

[Yugl]

Three things I read in that post:

1. Opposition against the way the shell in question is run.
2. The leaders feel their WHM too incompetent to perform the duties of healing and hasting.
3. Your LS won't change their set up regardless of what you tell them.

[Raffi_XI]

Three things I read in that post:

1. Opposition against the way the shell in question is run.
2. The leaders feel their WHM too incompetent to perform the duties of healing and hasting.
3. Your LS won't change their set up regardless of what you tell them.

1. The strategies and item distribution I don't have a problem with so much as I'd rather see the shell become more successful as a whole, which currently I believe we are not maximizing the potential (large memberbase) we have to get stuff done.

2. I think its more so the leaders feel their smns are far greater assets.

3. They wont change what I say because I argue a lot towards becoming more efficient, to the point where I know i'm a broken record

I'm more so curious as to whether my views on this stuff is right. I'd love to see reasons to prove or disprove if we are doing it right. But my gut tells me that if you get over 150k ichor with only 5-6 odin wins, something must be wrong....

[jimbobsonofgod]

1. The strategies and item distribution I don't have a problem with
2. I think its more so the leaders feel their smns are far greater assets.

3. They wont change what I say because I argue a lot towards becoming more efficient, to the point where I know i'm a broken record

I'm more so curious as to whether my views on this stuff is right.

1. Just cause you don't have a problem with item distribution doesn't mean the rest of the free world does not

2. Stop using smn's unless its odin.

3. Don't argue, to prove your point. just prove your point. if you are providing enough evidence to support your fact, ask them to try it out on T1.

and lastly people always think they are right. Just ask Pchan.

[cdgreg]

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New random Q, will Eastern Shadow agro a standing 75 character?

[Suiram]

For your question #1, if you guys do decide to go to a fixed schedule, we do T2 > T3 > T1 > "free run" > Odin > repeat. Adding the free run has 3 benefits, as I see it.

First, you alternate between Tuesdays and Saturdays being the day you fight Odin. That's nice for people who can only make one scheduled day a week, because they still accumulate the appropriate feathers on that day and will make every other Odin assuming they have good attendance on that one day they can come.

Second, it affords you a makeup run in the event that you lose or cancel an earlier run (that's why T3 is scheduled 2nd, so that it falls on the same day of the week as the makeup run in that cycle, since if you're going to lose any run it's most likely to be that one).

Third, since you will not typically need that day to makeup a win for everyone, you can use it to get Odin access for a few people who missed one run that cycle. Usually I ask, "who is definitely going to be here for Odin and is missing one zone for access, and which wing is it?" then tally that up and go for whichever one will net the most people for the Odin run.

I guess the drawback to this is that you do up to 5 fewer Odins a year than otherwise, assuming you would have won all the runs and not canceled any.

[Secksi]

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New random Q, will Eastern Shadow agro a standing 75 character?

Western will.....have to assume Eastern will as well.

[Mrp]

How do you set your blinkmenot ?

1 Melee job

2 Support Job

3 Healer Job

I'm trying to find the best config

alwaysself <on/off> - Prevents blinking of yourself completely.
alwaysothers <on/off> - Prevents blinking of other players completely.
combatself <on/off> - Prevents blinking of yourself while in combat.
combatothers <on/off> - Prevents blinking of other players while in combat.
targetself <on/off> - Prevents blinking of your current target of yourself.
targetothers <on/off> - Prevents blinking of your current target of another player.

[Mateuns7]

Just don't use it when meleeing. On WHM/RDM/BRD/PLD/etc I'd go
alwaysself off
alwaysothers off or on
combatself off
combatothers on
targetself off
targetothers on

I usually autoload like so:
load blinkmenot
.bmn alwaysself off
.bmn alwaysothers on
.bmn combatself off
.bmn combatothers on
.bmn targetself off
.bmn targetothers on

and just turn it off if I'm DD'ing

[Mojo]

What's a good idle piece for PLD waist? I'm thinking Lieutenant's, but maybe there is something else?

[Chen]

What's a good idle piece for PLD waist? I'm thinking Lieutenant's, but maybe there is something else?

when not meleeing, yea lieutenants

[drwaffles]

What's a good idle piece for PLD waist? I'm thinking Lieutenant's, but maybe there is something else?

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/ff...odium_Sash.PNG

And Lieutenant's at night.

[Ricekid]

Hey every1 new poster, but long time lurker on BG. So yeah I got Sorcerer's Tonban today in dyna. I was wondering how it compares to Mahatmas. Assuming 0 potency merits (my blm is new at 75).

[Yugl]

Hey every1 new poster, but long time lurker on BG. So yeah I got Sorcerer's Tonban today in dyna. I was wondering how it compares to Mahatmas. Assuming 0 potency merits (my blm is new at 75).

I'm not a BLM, but I'm betting it works like this:

-Use Igqira Weskit for nukes (Same Elemental Skill as that body + MAB)
-Use BLM Relic for Idle set

[Darlantan]

Hey every1 new poster, but long time lurker on BG. So yeah I got Sorcerer's Tonban today in dyna. I was wondering how it compares to Mahatmas. Assuming 0 potency merits (my blm is new at 75).

Welcome to BG Ricekid. Sorcerer's Tonban beats Mahatma when casting elemental nukes of the day (blizzard spells on ice day for example), given 5% bonus is going to be better than the 5 int difference. Mahatma will always be better if you are not under those previously said conditions, of course. Grats on your new piece!

Edit: @Yugl: Tonban are legs. // @Ricekid: Dont dare sell your mahatma until Morrigan's!

[NynJa]

Welcome to BG Ricekid. Sorcerer's Tonban beats Mahatma when casting elemental nukes of the day (blizzard spells on ice day for example), given 5% bonus is going to be better than the 5 int difference. Mahatma will always be better if you are not under those previously said conditions, of course. Grats on your new piece!

Edit: @Yugl: Tonban are legs. // @Ricekid: Dont dare sell your mahatma until Morrigan's!

I believe however that if you're in a double weather+day situation that Mahatma are better. http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Ca...g_Magic_Damage

+0.05 for Sorcerer's Tonban when magic matches the current day.
+0.1 for magic of the day
+0.25 for magic matching double weather

This term is capped at 1.35, even in the presence of day, double weather, and Sorcerer's Tonban.

[Yugl]

Edit: @Yugl: Tonban are legs. // @Ricekid: Dont dare sell your mahatma until Morrigan's!

I don't even know how...

[Argettio]

Hey every1 new poster, but long time lurker on BG. So yeah I got Sorcerer's Tonban today in dyna. I was wondering how it compares to Mahatmas. Assuming 0 potency merits (my blm is new at 75).

Tonban (when active) will beat any other legs in the game in terms of damage.

You will take a small hit in m.acc (as you are losing 5 INT from Mahatmas), so you way want to avoid using them on more resistive targets, but that depends on the rest of your gear.

The Tonban give a straight 5% increase in damage (similar to how staves work) so they only get better as the rest of your gear gets better.

Edit: Obviously when it isn't the day of the week use Mahatmas... There is a special place in hell for people who full time Tonban.

[Meepein]

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New random Q, will Eastern Shadow agro a standing 75 character?

I know, old question and all... But Eastern Shadow will aggro a lvl 75 toon, this I can 100% confirm (I know, it was answered before, but the answer seemed vague and I have funny-to-me story to back up this answer.) A while back, I decided to get off my ass and finally get a Vali's Bow for my RNG (I had been borrowing an E. Bow, but had to give it back.) So, I went to Fei'Yin, thinking I could narrow down the pop time, in hopes of getting when the window was. I kill some mobs, just to pass time, come back to Eastern's room, and there he is, wailing on some afk camper. I casually pull him, and go 1/1 on Vali's Bow, all while the previously afk camper watches me kill it.

To this day, I still crack a smile at that. Moral of the story is: Eastern Shadow will aggro you if you afk and it pops.

[Xno Kappa]

"Error code: POL-5312
The Square Enix ID, Square Enix password, or one-time password entered is incorrect."

Okay, wtf do I do to get this to stop happening?

[Isiolia]

Having not used BLU for higher level fights...

How well does a Regurgitation build work on higher tier ZNMs, particularly Tinnin? Is that, as I expect, a poor matchup poor due to Water element? Just asking about that particularly due to ZNM group starting to attempt them soon. This is my "I guess it'd work" BLU nuking build comprised of stuff I already have, if that's not too shitty.

I've certainly got other options, including BLM, so the only real attraction is the rapid hate decay on that spell.