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

[Argettio]

is DRK af2 cape useful if you have cuch/foragers/darkskill sea cape?

if so, when!

14 acc for WS is the only use it has if you have all of the above. But you are giving up all your offensive stats from your back for the 6 acc you get over Cuch.

Foragers = acc capped
Cuch = uncapped acc TP
Sea cape = Casting

* And now my own question

Are Relic Aftermaths 20 or 30 seconds @ 100TP?

Both BG and other wiki say 30 seconds, but I am sure I remember it getting (ninja?) nerfed to 20seconds around the time the mythics were released.

[Narse]

14 acc for WS is the only use it has if you have all of the above. But you are giving up all your offensive stats from your back for the 6 acc you get over Cuch.

Foragers = acc capped
Cuch = uncapped acc TP
Sea cape = Casting

* And now my own question

Are Relic Aftermaths 20 or 30 seconds @ 100TP?

Both BG and other wiki say 30 seconds, but I am sure I remember it getting (ninja?) nerfed to 20seconds around the time the mythics were released.

I have to disagree with this, concerning casting. On things like sleep where you are not going for any level of potentcy, I would prefer 7 M. Acc over 5 Enfeebling skill. On stuff such as Absorb-TP it's a bit more arguable as people don't really know how it works vs. skill.

And yes, 100% TP Aftermath is 20 seconds.

..although, speaking of aftermath, this raises a question for me...

On most aftermaths this question isn't relevant, but in trying to set up a gear set for Kaiten it seems extremely relevant in my decision: I know that the aftermath will trigger regardless of whether or not the WS fires successfully ('too far away' and loss of TP will still result in aftermath effect), but does the aftermath kick in before or after the WS? On Kaiten, this means I can WS in less Store TP than I would need otherwise. Unfortunately my GK is still stage 4 so I can't test this myself at the moment. Anyone know/willing to check?

[Positive]

I'm fairly certain that Failure found that Amano's Store TP aftermath does affect the Kaiten that triggered it. He's generally around BG so it's likely he'll reply to this with a more extensive explanation.

[Argettio]

I have to disagree with this, concerning casting. On things like sleep where you are not going for any level of potentcy, I would prefer 7 M. Acc over 5 Enfeebling skill. On stuff such as Absorb-TP it's a bit more arguable as people don't really know how it works vs. skill.

AH I wasn't thinking of enfeebling, I was only really thinking about Dark magic.

And thanks for confirming what I thought.

[Kirschy]

For Drain/Aspir there's a potency cap around ~300 dark magic skill(it could be less) where adding more dark skill only helps resistance rate. Assuming 1mg acc = 1 dark skill in terms of affecting resistance, abyss cape is going to have slightly better results. Abs-tp is not a potency related spell. Landing unresisted drains 50% TP, half resist is 25% tp, and full resist gives a message. (Could be more tiers, I'm not 100% sure, but I am certain on the 50/25/resist ones.) In general an average dark magic skill set should consist of w hands/af2 hands + dark torque + af2 legs + af1 head. This puts you around 300 dark skill making Abyss cape the best back casting piece for DRK~

Yea, when Mythics were released they added Aftermath icons for Relics and reduced their duration to 20 sec for 100% TP. They also made aftermath wear off when weapon was removed. (There was also a bug where the aftermaths wouldn't overwrite for a few days!) Relic aftermath kicks into affect before the WS damage/hit occurs~

[Kidnoftle]

I know this is probably too late, but zoning should do the trick.

Actually for some reason it doesn't always work x.x

Normally if you switch it then zone a couple times or just wait an hour it should set.

[Genrye]

Camping Magnotaur

Hearing mixed results on what his placeholder is.

Anyone know for sure?

[Massimo]

Camping Magnotaur

Hearing mixed results on what his placeholder is.

Anyone know for sure?

From the new NM thread

[Vodou]

Is there any way to make sure Auto-Disconnect settings are saved on a character other than shutting down?

These appear to be saved on the client at the account level. You do not need to zone or log-off, just use the menu in game and it's set. (Not sure if you mean that they disappear if the client crashes as does macro changes unless you zone.)

If you are a using a guest login, it will be a temp setting and will need to be reapplied if the account is logged off.

[Narse]

Anyone know what dynamis currency prices are running on Fairy? Particularly bronze/silver.

[Nevex]

Any solid lowman (as in, 10 max) Tyger strategies? Only done it as a full ally so far, tanks requiring a lot of support because Slow/Elegy immunities and retarded TP moves...

[Byrthnoth]

2 PLD/NIN, RDM, WHM, BRDx2 Tank party, 4 SMN for DD? It isn't like he depops and stun has never seemed very essential on him to me.

We had one PLD/NIN solo tank him a few times and almost everyone else came summoner to skill up.

[stewie]

Any solid lowman (as in, 10 max) Tyger strategies? Only done it as a full ally so far, tanks requiring a lot of support because Slow/Elegy immunities and retarded TP moves...

NIN/RDM
NIN/RDM
BRD/WHM
RDM/DRK
SMN/WHM
SMN/WHM

Evasion tank, SMN Spring Water to get rid of Petrify.

[RyaWHM]

I hope someone finds my lack of research disturbing, here goes:

which EQ slots have we seen FoV Augments get +Haste? (and for bonus points, highest values seen for each slot?)

[Kipling]

I have no idea on this subject, so I'm going to ask for clarification. I am trying to get the Moghancement: Fishing from "The Big One" Furnishing, it has a water aura strength of 5.

My question is this:

I know I need to have water as the dominant element, but does "The Big One" have to be the highest aura strength water piece to get the fishing enhancement? Or can I use something like a 9-Drawer Almirah to overpower it (I heard these were different than normal water furnitute?)

I don't have signboard or Hole map yet to do this easily.

[Nightfyre]

I hope someone finds my lack of research disturbing, here goes:

which EQ slots have we seen FoV Augments get +Haste? (and for bonus points, highest values seen for each slot?)

Only slot I can think of right off hand is +3 in the waist slot.

[Fottiti]

Got rng to 30 to solo promy dem NM for stone gorget.

What subjob and weapon/ammo should I be using, and is it possible without trotters/strider boots?

Edit: Also whats general strat for killing MR and whats best food to use?

[Benevolentone]

Anyone know what dynamis currency prices are running on Fairy? Particularly bronze/silver.

It ranges from 13-15k but that is the price for singles generally ranging on the upper side that compared to the lower side. That said currency in all forms has been rare lately for some reason so good luck finding any reasonably priced.

[Yugl]

I hope someone finds my lack of research disturbing, here goes:

which EQ slots have we seen FoV Augments get +Haste? (and for bonus points, highest values seen for each slot?)

3% Waist and 3% Wyvern Helm I think.

[TheMysteriousX]

How do I test spellcast user variables for rules?

I.e. I want to test to see if I've pushed the "tanking" button.

I've tried <if advanced='"$stance"=="tanking"'> but that throws an error.

Edit: Worked it out, had a rogue " in the contents of the variable.