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

[Draylo]

Best way to go about killing Behemoth in Tier 3 Einherjar?

[CDF]

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".

The idea is that DA checks before TA based at least on the observation that DA trait seems to overwrite Assassin's Charge (based on observed TP return after WS). For example, in the one-hit WS case, Sneak Attack + Assassin's Charge is supposed to guarantee all three hits land, but with a 201 dagger (5.5 TP base), 6 TP return may be observed with THF/WAR and one explanation for this is that DA from /WAR "overrides" the TA from AC.

If this has been shown for normal hits, then you could be more confident that DA actually precedes (overwrites) TA. I haven't found anything via search though.

[zeal5050]

I recently upgraded my Corsair's Tricone(AF Head) and want to request the original for storage purposes, will i have to re-quest the entire set, or only the weapon in order to get another hat?

[Johnblaze]

Just gotta do Weapon and Legs then head. hat's why I upgraded feet 1st.

[sruon]

Best way to go about killing Behemoth in Tier 3 Einherjar?

RDM/WHMs curaga, rape its face? Nothing special about it.

[spooky]

what do people this about the idea of having a thread to compile a list for PeerBlock to allow all FFXI IPs for all servers? or has someone already done such a thing? >.>

[Iremire]

Best way to go about killing Behemoth in Tier 3 Einherjar?

we used to rotate melee parties in there but that just got to be a hassle now we just go in there like any other boss and have all the melee try and stand on its side and not have it face the mages.

[Vendeen]

Possible to get banned if I drop Rajas, GM restore it, get Tamas and have both?

[Cairthenn]

Possible to get banned if I drop Rajas, GM restore it, get Tamas and have both?

The GM would have to be retarded enough to not recognize that the rings are re-obtainable, but I don't think you'd get banned, just get one taken away from you if it was noticed.

[Deader2818]

I remember someone on Ramuh did that and was dumb enough to wear both rings at the same time and he got banned.

GM can mostly likely site it as an exploit.

[Kirschy]

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).

Mostly experience and minor testing. IIRC, aspir and drain cap at 100 and 300 respectively. This is modified by staff/day/weather(and a few other unique bonuses.)

If you take a main job without dark skill, and /drk and use drain on mobs outside a starter city, you're gonn get about 90-114 on your drains (assuming 114 dark skill.) If you do this with drk or blm main, you'll drain about up to ~300 depending on your skill. This stays true on all mobs without some kind of cut on drain/aspir. (Can use Elemental Seal to verify when using /drk)

Also from experience I have 16 dark magic skill merits, and close to the best dark magic skill possible. (I'm near 340 skill on BLM if I recall?) My drains/aspirs are no better than other well gear'd mages, although I do resist less sometimes.

My ascertain has always been that potency is directly based on dark magic skill, and not compared to any stat. And that accuracy is based on a dINT/Mg Acc formula that's similar to elemental/enfeeble accuracy.

[mdkuser]

The idea is that DA checks before TA based at least on the observation that DA trait seems to overwrite Assassin's Charge (based on observed TP return after WS). For example, in the one-hit WS case, Sneak Attack + Assassin's Charge is supposed to guarantee all three hits land, but with a 201 dagger (5.5 TP base), 6 TP return may be observed with THF/WAR and one explanation for this is that DA from /WAR "overrides" the TA from AC.

If this has been shown for normal hits, then you could be more confident that DA actually precedes (overwrites) TA. I haven't found anything via search though.

so that would mean that under 100% accuracy, 5% DA and 10%TA, the chance of doing
1 hit is 0.95*0.9, the chance of doing two hits is 0.05 and three hits is 0.95*0.1 ? guess ill have to afk melee some squids lol.

[Callisto]

Is M.Kris RNG meleeing for TP viable compared to shooting/K.Club in merits?

[MaachaQ]

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

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...I/vanafest.jpg

My husband is in bed (he speaks Japanese better than I do ^^; ), but it looks to me like it opens at 4pm JP time, and the event begins at 5pm JP time. It also seems to say it should end around 8:30 PM JP time.

[Edrakali]

Possible to get banned if I drop Rajas, GM restore it, get Tamas and have both?

Wow I wonder if you can use that trick to have 2 ridills at the same time, that'd be like best DD rdm/nin ever right?!

[hykiri]

Do items like the master caster bracelets work in sea/dynamis?

[Vendeen]

Wow I wonder if you can use that trick to have 2 ridills at the same time, that'd be like best DD rdm/nin ever right?!

Yea, if only you could bypass game mechanics by having multiple rare items at the same time right?

[Arauge]

Does Seismic axe work for any GAxe weapon skill? Tried searching, and I find a lot of references to KJ but not RR. Any info is appreciated.

[pchan]

Do items like the master caster bracelets work in sea/dynamis?

yes

[mdkuser]

Do items like the master caster bracelets work in sea/dynamis?

just need to have signet. It works in pre TAU BCNM areas as well.