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

[Hyriu]

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.

No, it works like a Soil Gorget, so only for KJ.

[azagarth]

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

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[Mateuns7]

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I don't think anyone on here can help you out there man.

[stewie]

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Siren only does 60/uncaps but 90% of the time there's 40+ people at those.

[Cairthenn]

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PVP in my FFXIs?

[Salodin]

6man Long Armed Chariot. Setup?

Tried:
Mnk/nin
Mnk/nin
Brd/whm
Rdm/whm
Whm/smn
Cor/rng

Died at 20%, main issue was we just couldnt recover hate long enough to keep half the support members alive after a brain jack. Now we want to try:

Mnk
Sam
Rdm
Whm
Cor
Blm or Mnk

But before/while we do that, what have others done while 6manning this fight?

[Cairthenn]

6man Long Armed Chariot. Setup?

Tried:
Mnk/nin
Mnk/nin
Brd/whm
Rdm/whm
Whm/smn
Cor/rng

Died at 20%, main issue was we just couldnt recover hate long enough to keep half the support members alive after a brain jack. Now we want to try:

Mnk
Sam
Rdm
Whm
Cor
Blm or Mnk

But before/while we do that, what have others done while 6manning this fight?

Your problem s that you aren't bringing a Thief to Salvage. Also, your WHM's sub is meh. Aside from that you probably just need to practice.

Your setup is fine bar COR<>THF.

[Salodin]

It was first run, so we went straight to mega boss cause we didn't know how long it would take. That's also why we didn't bring a thf. Whm sub was eh, but he doesn't have /sch atm.

Practice eh? Guess so.

[TheMysteriousX]

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? >.>

What?

[spooky]

What?

when i use PeerBlock (the new PeerGuardian for 64x Windows 7) i can't log in to FFXI as it blocks SE's servers for some reason, so you have to create exceptions for them, each time you add an exception you get a little further along the logging in prosess, it takes ages to build up a list so you can play FFXI and have PeerGuardian running. This is made worse by the fact that even if i publish my set of exceptions they are different for all the servers.
i thought it might be a nice idea if people from different servers worked together to make one list that people could download for any server.

[Thorny]

If you're having the cor shoot, don't. Minimize TP. Brainjack occurs at 75%, 50%, 25%, OR after a specific amount of time has passed since the last one. Soul voice after the 75% brain jack, troubadour + one hundred fists after the 50% brain jack, use wild card + other hundred fists after the 25% one. Ideally, the tank without hate can run and outrange charm(especially with hermes!) when it turns to the first to charm them. This way, only one person's hate is reset at a time. Even if you don't manage this, though, having 2hrs set for each section will make it much easier to establish hate and minimize the fight length.

[Cairthenn]

It was first run, so we went straight to mega boss cause we didn't know how long it would take. That's also why we didn't bring a thf. Whm sub was eh, but he doesn't have /sch atm.

Practice eh? Guess so.

Serious about Thief though, Collaborator on mages can make a huge difference.

[Salodin]

Yeah, but I only got 6 ppl to play with. While two of them do have Thf, that means we'd be losing out on a dd or extra heals or something. Less you know of a 6man setup involving thf.

[Cairthenn]

MNK DD RDM WHM (Or SCH or RDM) THF BRD

[Salodin]

We just won with:

mnk
mnk
sam
rdm
whm
cor
blm

Fight lasted about 35min. Took us about 10 to recover from a messy brainjack mid way thru. Other then that it was fine. How long do you venture it'd take your 6man group with thf in it to kill it (assuming the members are experienced)?

[Siatdiat]

I was usually in solo party by myself as BLM doing this fight. It takes some practice but on BLM you can pull hate right before brainjack percentages. Get charmed, and then chase everyone with your lvl 51 staff. Tanks kite til it wears then continue fight. You have to know how to ride the line and be able to dependably pull hate right at the correct percentages. I dont know if this is worthwhile in a 6 man set up though.

[Hyriu]

We just won with:

mnk
mnk
sam
rdm
whm
cor
blm

Fight lasted about 35min. Took us about 10 to recover from a messy brainjack mid way thru. Other then that it was fine. How long do you venture it'd take your 6man group with thf in it to kill it (assuming the members are experienced)?

10-20 mins, the trick is to have it brainjack only 4 times(and like thorny said, only have 1 person with hate jacked at a time is best).

[Rasantath]

have the monks bring a level 1 club and make a macro to equip it at a moments notice. when they see brainjack starting, spam it. this way they wont rape other players if (and when) they get charmed.

[mdkuser]

I was usually in solo party by myself as BLM doing this fight. It takes some practice but on BLM you can pull hate right before brainjack percentages. Get charmed, and then chase everyone with your lvl 51 staff. Tanks kite til it wears then continue fight. You have to know how to ride the line and be able to dependably pull hate right at the correct percentages. I dont know if this is worthwhile in a 6 man set up though.

~10 minute, having bard or cor hardly makes a difference because most of the time spent is kiting time during brain jack. Try to have only TWO DDs, 3 do not speed the fight it just drains your MPs.

[azagarth]

Just did run today with mnkx2 brd whm rdm thf. We timed out though literally at 10% lol we where mad to say the least thats less than a min for us. We didnt even kill CC until 10 min hit so was cutting it very close.

He shouldent take more then 15 mins for any group, can do it in 10 if both mnks have 2hr (we didnt since used earlier).