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

[Celebrindor]

Is it worth trying to put together a decent Death Blossom WS set? I could probably put together a decent WS set for it from the gear I have from DRG/BLU/SAM/COR. I'm not really sure which stat I should stack more of MND or STR.

I'll list what I have so far:

Head: Gnadbhod's Helm
Neck: Snow Gorget
Ear1: Brutal Earring
Ear2: Suppanomimi
Body: Morrigan's Robe
Hands: Not sure
Ring1: Rajas
Ring2: Communion
Back: Cuch mantle
Waist: Not sure. Maybe Virtuso Belt or Witch Sash?
Legs: Not sure
Feet: Mahatma

Not really sure of what to go with for Death Blossom WS set, but that's what I have so far. I can change w/e needs to be changed if I have it. And yes, I use Pizza/+1

Your WS set options are MUCH better than mine, so take what I have to say with a grain of salt.

hands: I'd use alkys over devotee's mitts. +11 STR with a 30% modifier is a larger bonus than +6 MND at a 50% modifier, plus the added strength.

legs: I have been planning to use Morrigan's once I have them. Not that I'm close at the moment, but its clearly the best option for that slot. Jet is also a good suggestion as no neg. stats from mahatma.

ring2: I'd opt for Aqua over Communion- same MND, +2 STR.

waist: I use warwolf. Witch sash is probably better due to the 50% MND vs. 30% STR with both being +5...again I just like adding STR to improve overall base dmg. Probably talking out of my ass here!

feet: again Morrigan would be ideal, mahatma a very solid choice though.

Just some thoughts from someone else who enjoys trying to do the RDM melee respectfully, not a martial anelace and AF hands/feet, hale ring and a rainbow cape.

[Hyriu]

What would parse better at mamook staging point, fully merited nin vs. Fully merited (for dding) Dnc? Assume best gear, good macros, which ever food either chooses. ?

If you mean which one would do more damage, then NIN will win hands down but for the Party as a whole, the benefits of a DNC with 5/5 Haste Samba(10% haste) wrecks everything else.

use sushi.

[Callisto]

Is there a way to output KParser data into an easily viewable form to post on forums?

[Raen Ryong]

I just print screen it personally

[Windfoxster]

RDM/NIN tanking food (earth staff style). Dorado sushi, carbonara, or something else?

Depends on what NMs are you talking about, i alternate between HP food and taco but never use dorado sushi before.

[Hyriu]

The +3ENM shouldn't even be considered over 150hp or quite a bit of defense.

[Aero]

Few spellcast questions:

1. When spellcasting how do you section off the rules to apply only to your SJ choice.

For example:

PLD/NIN I want to aftercast into my TP set.
PLD/RDM I want to aftercast into my PDT set.

2. Can you put rules based on which weapon/ranged you currently have equipped?

Ex.

KC RNG I can be subbing NIN, WAR, or DRG; but I also /NIN and /WAR when I /ra RNG, but I need completely different gear.

3. Kind of like question 1~~but how do you change aftercasts even if you have the same SJ.

Ex. NIN/DNC in duo/trio I want to aftercast into my melee gear; but if Im solo Id like to aftercast into my EVA gear.

[Renzokuken]

I decided to do a spur of the moment Dynamis - Tavnazia with some friends tonight. Due to some slight mis-communication the glass was broken without me knowing it. Best we can tell we entered about 4 1/2 minutes after glass was broken. Upon entering we got the 30 second warning and everyone was kicked.

You're supposed to get 15 min upon entering Tav and everything I've been able to find said it was a permanent reservation. GM, of course, wouldn't do anything. Does dynamis auto-cancel after a certain amount of time if no one enters?

[Stromgarde]

Yeah, it cuts out early if no one in is in there, but IIRC you should have had longer than that. IIRC ~20 minutes for Zilart dynamis? Not sure about CoP.

[Cairthenn]

Yeah Hope is pretty much the most normal mob with triple HP ever. Only other NM I can think of with nothing threatening whatsoever is Diabolos in CoP missions.

I hope you were being serious. Both are soloable.

[sruon]

I decided to do a spur of the moment Dynamis - Tavnazia with some friends tonight. Due to some slight mis-communication the glass was broken without me knowing it. Best we can tell we entered about 4 1/2 minutes after glass was broken. Upon entering we got the 30 second warning and everyone was kicked.

You're supposed to get 15 min upon entering Tav and everything I've been able to find said it was a permanent reservation. GM, of course, wouldn't do anything. Does dynamis auto-cancel after a certain amount of time if no one enters?

Pretty sure there is a 5 minute timer if not more than X person enters it's cancelled or some shit. Same system as in einherjar except it's 6 members in there.

[CDF]

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.

I was just wondering if this has been shown or this is just from experience. (Or is there a demonstrable upper bound on Drain and Aspir values?) The only data I've seen involve bulk increases in dark magic skill up to ~290 (demonstrating additional skill increases potency).

[Mazmaz]

Would the 4STR on a Kubira Beads be better than the 0.1fTP bonus on WS Gorgets under capped accuracy situations for WS like King's Justice?

I was told this was so.

[Cairthenn]

If someone were to make a thread about a petition about a thread about a petition thread, what would happen?

Also, when does VanaFest start? (Not just "On the 28th", like, what time?)

[Mazmaz]

It would be deleted apparently.

[azagarth]

fenrir, lakishmi (sp) or siren as best server for ballista?

[mdkuser]

Would the 4STR on a Kubira Beads be better than the 0.1fTP bonus on WS Gorgets under capped accuracy situations for WS like King's Justice?

I was told this was so.

No.

+0.1 ftp is +10% on the first hit, +0 on the last two hits, so overall +3.3% increase when 3 hit land, more when less than two hits land.

+4 STR is +2 WSC and +1 fSTR. after adding your total WSC and fSTR to your base DMG ( 91), I'm sure you get at least 150 base dmg pre gorget. 153/150=+2% only. and it gets worse with a higher base dmg than 150...

I can see both be equivalent at 300% TP.

[Windfoxster]

Also, when does VanaFest start? (Not just "On the 28th", like, what time?)

Can't seem to find the specific time, gonna assume it begins around noon JP. Probably in 17hrs from now.

[Tonko]

Cairthenn: If they want to appeal their bans, they need to go through the proper networks. Sonomaa would be a good place to start, his contact information is in his profile here on the forums.

Learn from Genrye's mistake, don't make more posts about it.

[mdkuser]

double attack and tripple attack questions, for THF ( mathy)

THF has t=10% Trick attack, d=5% double attack with brutal earring and max merits. How do they work together. Does the game check for double attack before triple, or the converse, or are they handled as a whole "15% multi attack rate".

For example, I want to compute the chance of landing zero hits with one dagger, with a=95% accuracy....


- If TA is checked before DA, then that would be (1-a)*(1-t)*(1-d) ( single miss,no TA, no DA)+(1-a)^3*t ( tripple attack miss)+(1-a)^2*(1-t)*d (no TA, DA with two miss)=4.2875%

-if DA is checked before TA then it's (1-a)*(1-t)*(1-d)+(1-a)^2*d+ (1-a)^3*(1-d)*t=4.2886%

- if DA and TA are combined as multi attack rate then it's (1-a)*(1-d-t)+(1-a)^2*d+(1-a)^3*t=4.2637%


The difference is bigger when trying to compute the chance of landing 1 or 2 hits... It doesn't make sense to me to check TA or DA before the other. Anyone knows?