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

[shepardG]

Marketing, sales, advertising, management, R&D, building rent, accounting, legal, training, HR, payroll, contributions, licenses, fees, income tax, real estate tax, workman's compensation, insurance, social security matching, pensions, depreciation, amortization, customer service, shipping, communications, travel, interest, supplies, and maintenance.

Almighty Apkallu spends about 87,976$ a day on toothbrushs. You, um.... forgot to list that one.

[Byrthnoth]

It doesn't.

http://ffximath.risen-guild.com/?p=61

That's a pretty incomplete comparison and the logic is flawed to the point where any conclusion he draws is meaningless, but I agree with the sentiment. 5 Berserk 5 DA ftw.

[Snprphnx]

For the hydra harness from dyna-tav, how LNG does the enchantment ark+25 / r.atk+25 last, and will it be remved if I swap gear?

[Cairthenn]

For the hydra harness from dyna-tav, how LNG does the enchantment ark+25 / r.atk+25 last, and will it be remved if I swap gear?

I'm going to assume 5 minutes and yes it will be removed based on counterparts.

[FailureMidgard]

That's a pretty incomplete comparison and the logic is flawed to the point where any conclusion he draws is meaningless, but I agree with the sentiment. 5 Berserk 5 DA ftw.

Care to defend that point with anything?

[pchan]

That wouldn't even be a general consensus. It's fact it hasn't been tested. It's a general consensus that they don't because they haven't been tested and it's sort of assumed that they only affect potency.

You are an idiot. Don't pretend the general consensus is something when in fact it's not tested.

[Salodin]

Am I correct in assuming that when ppl talk about having capped acc and nonsense on these forums, they are including things like gods or higher level NMs, as well as hunters or madrigal?

Or when people talk about capped acc, we're talking lolibri here, cause if that's the case then who the fuck cares?

I'm using this for tp, and on things like gods, with sushi+1, my acc is parsing in the 70s, low 80s if I happen to be lucky. Wth?

I also ask because that link talking about 5da/5zerk mentions near capped acc, but as is the case with my sam (who by any means should have the same if not more acc pre-agg then a war) isn't capped on acc. Wouldn't that make zerk not as effective as some agg merits? Please explain, thanks.

[FailureMidgard]

Am I correct in assuming that when ppl talk about having capped acc and nonsense on these forums, they are including things like gods or higher level NMs, as well as hunters or madrigal?

Or when people talk about capped acc, we're talking lolibri here, cause if that's the case then who the fuck cares?

I'm using this for tp, and on things like gods, with sushi+1, my acc is parsing in the 70s, low 80s if I happen to be lucky. Wth?

I also ask because that link talking about 5da/5zerk mentions near capped acc, but as is the case with my sam (who by any means should have the same if not more acc pre-agg then a war) isn't capped on acc. Wouldn't that make zerk not as effective as some agg merits? Please explain, thanks.

Melee shines in bird-esque situations. This means Limbus, Einherjar, Dynamis, Merits, Salvage, etc. In all of these situations you should be accuracy capping. Melee on gods is kinda eh to begin with. You may not care on "lolibri", but I think the intelligent line of though would care more about that than gods. Furthermore...do your god fights really last that long if you have melee? The times i've had melee, we had ~12 people and it died in less than 5 minutes, so both aggressor and berserk merits would be close to useless...also, on the higher level nms that melee is good on, you generally zerg with madrigal+feint, and again, not a 5min fight...

[jimbobsonofgod]

I'm going to assume 5 minutes and yes it will be removed based on counterparts.

Lasts 3 mins and yeah you cant swap it out.

[Pearlsea]

I have some more warrior questions. Sorry if these are common or easy but I've been in and out of the game and I find it hard to retain whats correct with all the different theories out there.

Whats the attack cap? I'm going to assume it's where you get no benefit from increasing your ratio of attack over enemy defense. How do you know you have hit it?

Is it still accepted that attack is better than STR for multihit weapon skills? I have RR/KJ in mind here.

Is it even worth trying for a Perdu Voulge when I can get this sexy beast with enough tries? I'll never find an assault static to rank up. I don't think the tags are worth it over nyzul at least in my stage of gearing up.

http://www.ffxiah.com/images/ss/full...8h94G34S2m.png

[FailureMidgard]

Whats the attack cap? I'm going to assume it's where you get no benefit from increasing your ratio of attack over enemy defense. How do you know you have hit it?

You only hit it on single hit WSes that get a pdif boost, or vs very low lvl targets, basically.

Is it still accepted that attack is better than STR for multihit weapon skills?

Depends on current strength, current attack, and the ratio of the 2, but generally attack gear is a safe bet.

Is it even worth trying for a Perdu Voulge when I can get this sexy beast with enough tries? I'll never find an assault static to rank up.

If you can get that, then I believe it beats Perdu...

I don't think the tags are worth it over saving points for salvage, at least in my stage of gearing up.

fixed.

[Mateuns7]

You are an idiot. Don't pretend the general consensus is something when in fact it's not tested.

As a matter of fact, pchan, I am not an idiot. If you are referring to intelligence as the word idiot implies, than I cannot fucking facepalm harder at you. Forgive me if I was ignorant on the matter. You really need to work on your arrogance, for fucks sake.

I've heard people say on several occasions that from eyeballing it does not affect macc.
Another line of reasoning I thought of:
It seems logical to assume so since klimaform increases macc with weather active, and that would seem to imply that there is no innate macc bonus on the weather/day itself, because it would seem that stacking the two would be unbalanced from the design perspective. Please correct me if this line of reasoning is flawed.

Of course, as you said this is in dire need of a proper test. However, given the implication of my previous line of reasoning as well as eyeballing w/ obis equipped, it is reasonable for the community to draw a general consensus that it doesn't. I grant you that this is a weakly based consensus, but one I've heard on more occasions than not.

By all means pchan, go out and test it, prove me wrong or right. But don't be a little fucking cunt about it. I have no desire to get into this discussion with you. I know you know what you're talking about more than a lot of the members of this site, and I respect that.

[Argettio]

If you have capped exp (43,999/44,000) and capped merits (9 merits + 9,999/10,000) do you still get Imperial Standing/Conquest Points for killing mobs?

[Thorny]

If you have capped exp (43,999/44,000) and capped merits (9 merits + 9,999/10,000) do you still get Imperial Standing/Conquest Points for killing mobs?

capped merits is 10 merits + 9,999/10,000
and no

[Argettio]

capped merits is 10 merits + 9,999/10,000
and no

Woops, (insert something excuse about posting pre 9 am)

And thanks.

[mdkuser]

you still get IS.

[mdkuser]

I have some more warrior questions. Sorry if these are common or easy but I've been in and out of the game and I find it hard to retain whats correct with all the different theories out there.

Whats the attack cap? I'm going to assume it's where you get no benefit from increasing your ratio of attack over enemy defense. How do you know you have hit it?

for merit mobs, about 550-650 attack. At least according to the wiki page that states that cRATIO caps before level correction. For 2-hander that would be cRATIO=2.2-0.05*7=1.85 on level 82 mobs; mobs have less than 350 DEF, and likely about 300DEF with diaIII, so you're caping attack at 650 if the mob isn't dia'd, and 550 if it has dia3. You should be capped with bersek + chaos. Also attack cap isnt specific to SAM Ws, for example a monk just needs pizza+ boost or pizza+chaos+no boost to cap.

[Kaeko]

stuff about macc day/weather

There was actually a test for day/weather effects on MACC. They were actually discussed a bit on BG years back.

http://bluegartr.com/forum/showpost....8&postcount=16

Bottom part of post talks about 1000 trial test involving para on ice vs. firesday. This test was deemed flawed though since he assumes partial resist is non-resist (systematic error). Other than this, I've never seen another real attempt at testing out this question.

I do actually agree with you that if I HAD to lean one way on this, I would say it only has an effect on potency and not MACC (without Klimaform). This is just based on "eyeballing" and the thing you mentioned before about Klimaform and its description. I don't think anyone's going to be betting their first born that it doesn't though.

[pchan]

I've heard people say on several occasions that from eyeballing it does not affect macc.

This means nothing. I've read people claim the opposite based on the fact that a pudding resisted stun on earth weather.

[Windfoxster]

Can Dynamis Lord be low-man? What is the minimum? It is fine if you have to job change before fight, looking at ~12?

Rdmx2
Brdx2
Drkx7 3 KCs/ridillx2/krisx2
THF