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

[Kipling]

Yessssss

[rog]

Is there any download links to the ffxi expansions (alive torrents or anything) keep finding dead torrents sadly.

There's one on demonoid with 17 seeds.

[ZhiGaruda]

Can a taru + hume open the qsc pressure doors? I know Taru+Elf can but I doubt taru+hume can.

I think if you eat enough cookies beforehand, you might have a shot of opening it yourself.

[Raen Ryong]

STR is effectively a 25% mod

30% you BAD MAN since the 0.83 alpha modifier (25 / 0.83 =~ 30) is being mean.

[Meat]

Can a taru + hume open the qsc pressure doors? I know Taru+Elf can but I doubt taru+hume can.

really? no one's going to touch on this? not with the obvious

1) you can do it yourself fataru
2) your fatass can
2) a hume and a fat taru can, so you just need to find a hume
4) you're fat

blah blah

*edit*
Zhi nvm

[wyred]

Not very much. Matter of demand, really. Just like HQ PDT and MDT used to be cheap. The Jinpachi is a NIN's best ninjutsu nuking headpiece, and it's also 1 more enmity than Arhat's Jinpachi +1. 1 enmity isn't worth that much and NIN is a pretty dead job so your best bet is to find someone who cares about ninjutsu nukes (a good soloing tool, mind you). I'd buy it for uh, 500k or so.

Thankyou : )

[Kirschy]

People I know with Apoc, but if anyone wants to post a parse with their average/min/max CATA I'd love to see it. Here's to betting the average won't exceed 700 and the max will be sub-1000 without even negating double attack ones. Now, I think I made a mistake when I chose 2.6 pDIF, because that value might not be reachable on monsters higher than T. Should be able to hit 2.3 on about anything though.

150*2.3*2.85 = ~1000 damage, no DAs

1000 damage converted to HP, Taru DRK would be maxing out their HP every WS.

I always parse above 700 in Ein/Merits. I never noticed an attack penalty, just missing an Attack Boost that other WS have.

Here's from the Ein I just did: (Logi, Demons, Flying Wam, Froggies)

Kirschy                     30617    45.02 %      34/1    97.14 %    506/1170   900.50
 - Catastrophe              30617   100.00 %      34/1    97.14 %    506/1170   900.50

Also the drain from cata is about 40-50% with mild variations~

[TheTaru]

Can a taru + hume open the qsc pressure doors? I know Taru+Elf can but I doubt taru+hume can.

Late:

A hume wouldn't be able to fit on the pressure circle thing with you.

How are you even fitting through the hallways of QSC?

Oh god you're fat, fattaru, etc.



And Kirschy gave a much better response to the Cata thing than I did.

[Byrthnoth]

Ok, that's sweet. I'd always heard numbers quoted lower than that by about 200 for averages, but that was probably under non-ideal conditions. 700 average is about what I'd predict for 80+ monsters using Masa's pDIF curve and rough approximations for INT/gear/etc.

What set do you use for Cata?

[Kirschy]

Ok, that's sweet. I'd always heard numbers quoted lower than that by about 200 for averages, but that was probably under non-ideal conditions. 700 average is about what I'd predict for 80+ monsters using Masa's pDIF curve and rough approximations for INT/gear/etc.

What set do you use for Cata?

My set for Catastrophe is lacking atm. There's a few changes I plan to make when I get the time but:

Apoc/Pole/Core
MKD Helm/Gorget/Abyssal/Brutal
Ares/AF1+1/STR/Rajas
Cerb+1/Warwolf/Onyx/Heca

I pulled a random bird merit parse for you:

Kirschy                    104741    38.56 %     124/7    94.66 %    249/1639   844.69
 - Catastrophe             103589    98.90 %     123/7    94.62 %    249/1639   842.19

BRD + COR (March x2, Chaos Roll). Ein was BRD + COR + DNC.

[xIndustrialxAngelx]

Treasures and Tribulations BC, any tips to solo it?

I remember hearing nin could solo it, I assume just /war, debuff ninjutsu, and profit?

[rog]

Treasures and Tribulations BC, any tips to solo it?

I remember hearing nin could solo it, I assume just /war, debuff ninjutsu, and profit?

Probably would want /rdm. The ele wheel is going to be significantly better damage than katanas at that level, so gear for that.

[Nightfyre]

My old shell leader did it NIN/RDM spamming the elemental wheel. Fight the large box, it attacks really slowly.

[xIndustrialxAngelx]

alright, thanks for the tips! :D

[nitsuj]

My little brother put two accounts on POL on the PS2 that are password protected. Since I can only have 4 accounts total, I'd like to remove the 2 weird ones.

Is this possible without a complete reinstall? (The "delete" button is hidden behind the password, obviously)

[nitsuj]

COR/DRG with 22% Haste and MK feasible for Merits?

You lose WS dmg from /DRG but gain quite a bit of WS frequency from /DRG, was curious as to whether or not the parse is better, I could always /DRG myself though and find out, but I don't have an earring to try.

I'd vote yes, but I haven't leveled DRG yet to try it.

You can get 26% haste on /DRG, with an MKris I imagine the total damage *could* be insane.

(set here: http://www.ffxiah.com/item_sets.php?id=41862 )

[KoD]

I Know prob posted somewhere, did search couldn't find it thow please forgive me for asking this,
Does Angon + Acid Bolts, or weapon Def down effects Stack
I know Dia III Stacks with all of them, but not sure about the rest and was debated in LS thnxs i said they dnt stack, wiki says the same but want 2make sure !

[sruon]

They don't stack.

[Shinryuu]

I'd vote yes, but I haven't leveled DRG yet to try it.

You can get 26% haste on /DRG, with an MKris I imagine the total damage *could* be insane.

(set here: http://www.ffxiah.com/item_sets.php?id=41862 )

The haste you get from /DRG adds roughly 17% more damage if you're getting hasted, marched, and haste samba'd and it's a decent chunk less if not. Jumps are a very small improvement because you should be at high haste, and the ACC bonus is like 5.5% damage if you benefit from it (depends on gear and food choice I guess). This is totally ignoring that more weaponskills have you walk back more often to land Slug (should at least step back to 5'ish). Berserk is around 18% more damage, double attack is roughly 5% (yes, you should be using Joyeuse, /DRG or /WAR doesn't matter). /WAR wins in situations that highly benefit /DRG and even moreso when your RDM doesn't seem to want to haste the COR.

[NotGreyheim]

Just hit 25 (and 26, great party) on my dancer. Would Parrying Knives be a worthwhile investment for soloing? I'm kind of on a tight budget, but if they'll last me a good while I'd consider it. I picked up a pair of Windurstian Knives already.