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

[Fwahm]

For a weapon trial, I have to kill 200 morbols in wind weather or windsday.

However, Morbols are extremely solitary, so I was wondering if there were any places, such as Yuhtunguh or Rolanberry, with several up in one spot at the same time.

My current plan is just to go for Ameretats in Wajoam, but that promises to be painful without a signet/sigil solo boost and their buff absorb TP move.

[ferigor]

Treasures and Tribulations BC, any tips to solo it?

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

Bring antidotes. Death Trap does AOE stun and poison, and the poison is pretty potent. I'd also suggest bringing au laits and hi potions just in case. The big box hits slower, but it also hits harder. If it Death Traps and catches you with shadows down, its not pretty. I'm also going to suggest not meleeing it at first, outside of death trap its pretty easy to avoid taking damage.

[Byrthnoth]

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.

Your best options for soloing at that level are either H2H or Sword if you have either pre-skilled up. You will probably notice Parrying Knives if you're at capped skill from a 75 job already, but when it comes right down to it it is most efficient for DNC solo to FoV EP-DC mobs and spam Fast Blade/Combo.
If you're looking to solo DNC, it might be worth soloing BST up at the same time. DNC/BST and BST/DNC are badass combos for low-mid range solo xp.

[NotGreyheim]

Your best options for soloing at that level are either H2H or Sword if you have either pre-skilled up. You will probably notice Parrying Knives if you're at capped skill from a 75 job already, but when it comes right down to it it is most efficient for DNC solo to FoV EP-DC mobs and spam Fast Blade/Combo.
If you're looking to solo DNC, it might be worth soloing BST up at the same time. DNC/BST and BST/DNC are badass combos for low-mid range solo xp.

Yeah, I've got evasion and parry capped from having thf75, and 2 dagger merits (which is the max at this level iirc). With the merits, would it still be better to go swords or h2h?

Also, I actually was thinking about leveling up bst sometime soon subbing dnc. Seems like it'd do really well

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[Belipo Jones]

i started a 14day trial yesterday and im rather confused

i was banned for no reason after reaching level 6

i just dced tried to log back in and got lm-17

this happen to anyone else?

[Cream Soda]

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[Shinryuu]

What... that's an amazing sequence of posts right there. Well fucking done CS.

[Byrthnoth]

Yeah, I've got evasion and parry capped from having thf75, and 2 dagger merits (which is the max at this level iirc). With the merits, would it still be better to go swords or h2h?

Also, I actually was thinking about leveling up bst sometime soon subbing dnc. Seems like it'd do really well

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If you're in a party and you need the accuracy from daggers to land sambas and get TP so you can heal, then you're better off using daggers. In solo situations where you're mauling EPs and DCs with capped accuracy, Sword or H2H are going to be your best bet until the late 50s. Much better DoT and WS selection than daggers.

Also, I enjoy /BST for DNC as it removes the main solo weakness of the job (your pet does the damage that you can't do), while using the job's strong points (can survive tanking two EM mobs at once in the event of mischarms, links, pet going uncharmed, etc). I go DNC/BST and BST/DNC, and I'm at 57 now. I strongly recommend FoV and just cruising through EP-EM mobs. Also, on BST solo I recommend using jug pets any time your target mob is something >3-4 levels lower than you. The pets match your level more closely and demolish anything weaker than them. You can just use Stay to make them regain HP while you solo. Much less hassle from missed charms/etc.

I really miss when pets got Samba buffs q.q

[Tyramut]

So I recently got a backlash torque. +1 counter would be better then +10 acc for counter procs i'd assume?

I'd like to put it into casting and PDT sets for mnk.

[Tsuko_Asura]

Capped Acc, Backlash. Uncapped Acc, ..Acc

[Cream Soda]

So I recently got a backlash torque. +1 counter would be better then +10 acc for counter procs i'd assume?

I'd like to put it into casting and PDT sets for mnk.

+1 counter = 1% counter rate (not sure if that's multiplied by CS or not, so a maximum of 3%, we'll say)

10 acc is 5% hirate.

Counters can miss, but instead of saying you missed, you'll just not counter (go naked to a mamool lurker w/ full counter gear + counterstance, no acc gear. Tell me how many times you counter before you die)

That being said, any time your acc isn't capped, 5% hitrate is essentially 5% counter rate, since 5% less of your counters will miss.

All that said, PDT and counter builds don't play nice together. If you're trying to counter, cap your acc first. If you're worried about taking the least dmg possible, don't have CS up at all and do your turtle thing.

[ferigor]

When you suspend your content ID, can you play through the end of the month ? And they don't delete your character after 90 days anymore?

[Telliani]

When you suspend your content ID, can you play through the end of the month ? And they don't delete your character after 90 days anymore?

right, you can play til the end of the month, since you've already paid for the month.

The two times I've stopped my account, i came back after 6 months and they were still there, just don't type in delete.

[Thorny]

i started a 14day trial yesterday and im rather confused

i was banned for no reason after reaching level 6

i just dced tried to log back in and got lm-17

this happen to anyone else?

did you sign up with the same credit card your 'brother' got you banned on?

[rog]

Does -cast time from light/dark arts stack with fc multiplicatively or additively? ie is 22% fc+light arts = -32% cast time, or -29.8%?

Anyone know?

[Chen]

should i feel stupid for being unable to find the live support on pol.com, or has it been removed?

[Callisto]

Is there some sort of special conditions for Hovering Hotpot, or is it just really, really shy?

I've seen 2 pops in over 30 hours of camping and wondering if I'm missing something or if the PHs really are just the 3 skeletons...

[Byrthnoth]

Is there some sort of special conditions for Hovering Hotpot, or is it just really, really shy?

I've seen 2 pops in over 30 hours of camping and wondering if I'm missing something or if the PHs really are just the 3 skeletons...

The PH is the one skeleton in that corner that switches between Mage and WAR. I never had to camp him longer than 4 hours, but he's a lotto so anything is fair game.

[Akyrey90]

i'd like to have some suggestions about cor merits:QD acc and recast capped on group 1?what in group 2?

[nekura]

IMO:
5/5 Snake Eye
1/5 Loaded Deck
4/5 Fold