Random Question Thread VIII: Wait, There's a Sticky?

[ZhiGaruda]

Joining a Dyna shell for the first time in a few years. I may have to main tank as PLD, a job I didn't have the last time I did Dyna. Advice?

Two options: 1. Take the high road. Explain to your shell that PLD is useless for Dyna and convince them to allow you to come on a different job.

2. PLD/RDM, BLM's sleepga, your only job is to make sure that when the mobs wake up, they want you, not the BLMs. Hit each mob with a dispel, then go back over and hit them with another dispel before they wake up.

Other than that, you are a healer. Keep DD's alive, pretend to tank a few mobs if you so wish. You'll get bored.

[Pearlsea]

Trial 373 - Defeat 300 monsters of the cluster bomb family.

On WAR whats the best way of doing these, preferably with no help. Mount zhayolm clusters are mostly EM. If I had marksmanship leveled would it be viable to WAR/BST and use bloody/sleep bolts/defender with sushi to mitigate damage from mischarms and self-destructs?

[Byrthnoth]

Well! You can try to go WAR/DNC on them if you have a decent damage down set. I don't really know how successful you'd be.

If it doesn't work out (and it may not) then your options are basically:
1) Find a Healer/DRK to go with you and duo them.
2) Do NI over and over hoping for Arcana floors.

[Rionel]

So I've been meaning to try doing the Brothers ENM with my sister.

But there's not much strategy guides to this thing, so I was wonder if anyone could offer some advice on how to approach this.

I've got SAM RDM DNC, my sister has SMN WHM.

I have a feeling we're gonna have to do this RDM+SMN, but who knows.

Any suggestions?

[Finalnub]

RDM/BLM and SMN would be your best bet. RDM/BLM can comfortably solo this with experience so I'd imagine the SMN would only speed things up. If the SMN has /BLM you can use that as an emergency ES+Sleep in case something goes horribly wrong.

1)Enter and buff up
2)Start by binding the Mindetaur and gravitying the other. Keep on the light nukes as you lead it back to the tunnel.
3) When you see the Mindetaur charging at you the RDM ES+Sleep II.
4)Chainspell and whatnot and zerg down the Eldertaur. The ENM is basically won if you can kill the brother before the other one wakes up.
5)Once the first one's dead, keep dots on and grav kite the thing, waiting for convert/ES to cool down. You can grav/bind the thing on one end and rest on the other end of the map. Leave the taurus at 51% to prevent it from cure Ving.
6)Once your JAs are back up ES silence(Optional) and just gravity+zerg it down.
7)Collect your Cassia Lumber

[Fottiti]

Sam + Whm: Whm ES repose the larger one, 2hr the small one down (obviously 160tp + meditate up before you engage if its first time). Small one should be dead long before the smaller one wakes. Depending on how fast you killed small one and how much mp whm has left can maybe rest a few ticks. Then melee down bigger one (its melee attacks are less dangerous).

Rdm/blm + Smn: Again ES sleep 2 the larger one and grav > chainspell/BP the smaller one down. When big one wakes up can keep it bio/poison to damage it while regaining your mp until 50%, at 50% it will begin to cure V itself so you'll want as much mp as possible to help smn kill it off.

Rdm + Smn is exactly the sam as Rdm solo strat which there are plenty of videos for (a good one is here

[Killo]

Whats the lowest number of people you seen take down Fafnir? w/o ragging

[Neosutra]

Whats the lowest number of people you seen take down Fafnir? w/o ragging

2 Brd/nin tanks, 3 blms, and 1 rdm. Back before mazurka nerf.

So Ive been meaning to do Brothers ENM with my sister

Anyone else find this humorous?

[Kaisha]

Pankration: Any suggestions for a decent mob to start with, and the kind of stats to build on it?

Been getting into ZNM, so I be needing Jetton, and throwing Imp. Gold coins at the NPC isn't worth it. Was thinking of going with a Dahak or Chigoe mob.

[Kaisha]

Pankration: Any suggestions for a decent mob to start with, and the kind of stats to build on it?

Been getting into ZNM, so I be needing Jetton, and throwing Imp. Gold coins at the NPC isn't worth it. Was thinking of going with a Dahak or Chigoe mob.

All I got is a dinky lv14 Mimic from when that event first came out.

[Mercilessturtle]

If you just want jettons, throw any low level mob into the diablo cage to lose against the champ over and over. You get max jettons for losing to something that is much higher level.

[Ocara]

Has anyone ever found MND values for salvage bosses? My friend wants to cap slow II or at least have an estimate and I couldn't find anything except people saying it would be difficult to do.

[Kaisha]

If you just want jettons, throw any low level mob into the diablo cage to lose against the champ over and over. You get max jettons for losing to something that is much higher level.

Thanks, I'll try that in a bit.

Got my old mimic back in action, and he's been on a winning streak so far (8 mobs), absolutely obliterating all the stock mobs. Forgot how often mob stats proc in Pankration, my thing is attacking near non-stop with his Triple Attack bonus. May just stick with my Mimic, it should be crazy when it gets enough FP to add an EN~ to the list.

Thought I'd be bored levelling my mob, but with my DS here to play inbetween my mob's fights it's turned out quite productive.

[EDIT] Ok, is there really no catch with losing to gain XP/Jetton or something? Been using the Diablo-deathcage method for awhile now after realizing I was just wasting time gained 50/75xps (seems I'm outlvl'ing the mobs the game randomly throws at me?) when I appear to get the same results from levelling by losing repeatedly on this beast of a Acrolith someone has going here.

Almost kinda kills the reason to properly bother with Pankration when you get the same results for no effort on your part, unless you want bragging rights by owning the Diablo cage.

[Metta]

Whats the phone number to call SE support in EU, ive looked over the website 100times and cant find it anywhere, is there even one anymore?

[Manf]

Sam + Whm: Whm ES repose the larger one, 2hr the small one down (obviously 160tp + meditate up before you engage if its first time). Small one should be dead long before the smaller one wakes. Depending on how fast you killed small one and how much mp whm has left can maybe rest a few ticks. Then melee down bigger one (its melee attacks are less dangerous).

Rdm/blm + Smn: Again ES sleep 2 the larger one and grav > chainspell/BP the smaller one down. When big one wakes up can keep it bio/poison to damage it while regaining your mp until 50%, at 50% it will begin to cure V itself so you'll want as much mp as possible to help smn kill it off.

Rdm + Smn is exactly the sam as Rdm solo strat which there are plenty of videos for (a good one is here

They are immune to repose, and lullaby.

[Karbuncle]

Anyone having problems popping Eastern Shadow?

I'm probably being paranoid but its been 34 Hours since its last ToD and it hasn't spawned and i've been killing placeholders since about the 15hour mark onward.

Nada, nothing, and zilch so far...

Coulda sworn the max was 32 hours

[LinktheDeme]

Anyone having problems popping Eastern Shadow?

I'm probably being paranoid but its been 34 Hours since its last ToD and it hasn't spawned and i've been killing placeholders since about the 15hour mark onward.

Nada, nothing, and zilch so far...

Coulda sworn the max was 32 hours

For the window to open, doesn't guarantee a spawn. They used to guarantee a spawn at the end of the window iirc, but that was patched for some odd reason.

[QuePsiXI]

Random questions go!
1) Otherwiki apparently does not have a list of "Weapon Skill Accuracy +" gear...do you? Can I buy it from you?
2) If Meikyo is up and you hit the mob, do you not get tp? I was apparently sitting at 102 and I at least hit once, I think...(no assholes, I wasn't at 300 tp wondering if my tp would rise)
3) I use Kparser, is there a way to delete(from that program) a outsider/mob who has falsely been added to a parse? Or do I just need to make sure my filters are right in game.
4) Yuki is my most consistent WS...is that true for y'all?(don't have Rana yet, stfu bout Kaiten)
5) If you gear swap before the skillchain animation finishes, you can't see that damage? What's the best way to remedy that?

[Karbuncle]

For the window to open, doesn't guarantee a spawn. They used to guarantee a spawn at the end of the window iirc, but that was patched for some odd reason.

Aye, 35 Hours and it spawned, Of Course no drop, with TH4, and im now 0/5

[Nemesio]

10STP for 450GK with capped STP merits? How many for 480Polearm?