Random Question Thread IX: Mathology 101

[Dontkare]

So I'm leveling synergy, and i just capped Fewell Feeding, now what is the next best skill to train in? I was thinking of furnace thwacking.

[ronin sparthos]

So I'm leveling synergy, and i just capped Fewell Feeding, now what is the next best skill to train in? I was thinking of furnace thwacking.

Id go with thwacking since explosions are the main thing that screws up synths.

Anywho, how much Store TP would be needed to 6hit the OAT Kurodachi? Same for a 5hit.

[Kipling]

Fuck, totally forgot the damage gets divided among all present. Definitely didn't proc. Late, etc Off to bed for me~

My hp was at 400 something from the cactuar hitting me when it decided to fire. If it had worked it should have saved my life.

[Terravcota]

I have a THF mule that gets super slow but steady exp while farming. What would be the most efficient order to do merits to help me kill faster, in regards to Dagger, Critical Hit Rate or Triple Attack? I do nothing else with him other than farm EM or lower mobs. He has fairly mediocre AH gear - nothing spectacular - and has 0 merits if that changes the order.

[Byrthnoth]

Triple Attack 1->4, Crit 1->4, Triple Attack 5, Dagger 1->3, Crit 5, Dagger 4->8

The order I gave was pretty arbitrary, but if you're farming EP mobs then Triple Attack > Crit > Dagger merits for increasing your damage, still when you get into the higher merit-cost merits it might be worth dropping to a lower/cheaper tier.

[Thorny]

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[Terravcota]

Triple Attack 1->4, Crit 1->4, Triple Attack 5, Dagger 1->3, Crit 5, Dagger 4->8

The order I gave was pretty arbitrary, but if you're farming EP mobs then Triple Attack > Crit > Dagger merits for increasing your damage, still when you get into the higher merit-cost merits it might be worth dropping to a lower/cheaper tier.

Sounds like a plan - thanks!

[StevenW]

Ok so my corsair is coming up to 75 at a decent rate, I'm curious now.

For endgame Corsair, which subjobs are a necessity?

I have WAR and NIN at 37, WHM is only 23 atm, RNG 19, and RDM ... 8

[ZhiGaruda]

Ok so my corsair is coming up to 75 at a decent rate, I'm curious now.

For endgame Corsair, which subjobs are a necessity?

I have WAR and NIN at 37, WHM is only 23 atm, RNG 19, and RDM ... 8

In any situation where you have decent healers and other REAL tanks (SAM, WAR, DRK) you can COR/WAR. When non-AoE moves can be a problem, and you might pull hate, COR/NIN.

/WHM for things like HNM as you won't be able to DD.

/RDM for solo on COR

/RNG for scanning DI/Sandworm

[Tsuko_Asura]

/BLM, or at the very least /BLU for situations where Quickdraw is going to put out fair damage.

[Wrathbone]

I'm thinking of upgrading the Thunderstick gun for my Rng. As of this posting, I'm heading out the door, so I cant pore over the 30+ page on the subject, so quick question:

Are the possible end upgrades worth taking on the process of upgrading Thunderstick?

Any info is helpful. Thank you.

[FailureMidgard]

/BLM, or at the very least /BLU for situations where Quickdraw is going to put out fair damage.

/blu is the same as /rdm for MAB, but /blu allows you to equip some spells for agility, and more importantly gives you access to "curaga" while keeping a MAB trait. I'd say it's worth it, but it's a bit different than /blm (which forgoes most all utility) IMO. Not sure why you listed them together. ;p

[Tsuko_Asura]

In retrospect, I have no idea why I listed them like that.

Shut up.

[Kipling]

Shut up.

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[Maguile]

About how much of a dent will a drk zerg (capped gear haste, m.kris, feint, 2x SV madrigal) put into byakko?

[Thorny]

About how much of a dent will a drk zerg (capped gear haste, m.kris, feint, 2x SV madrigal) put into byakko?

depends on your hp, but he has 20k hp and mkris tops around 11k

[ZhiGaruda]

/blu is the same as /rdm for MAB, but /blu allows you to equip some spells for agility, and more importantly gives you access to "curaga" while keeping a MAB trait. I'd say it's worth it, but it's a bit different than /blm (which forgoes most all utility) IMO. Not sure why you listed them together. ;p

Due to the fact /RDM gives you access to things like stoneskin, phalanx, cure3, and a load of useful things like protect, shell, bar-spells, and the same MAB as /BLU, it's obviously the best sub for anything involving solo. Anything that COR can solo is already pretty weak, and doesn't require more than basic gear to get unresisted Quick Draw's on, so the minimal +AGI spells from /BLU won't really do a bit of good.

If you're in a situation where curaga is needed, /WHM would probably be more beneficial, with the aforementioned shellra, protectra, cure2/3, magic defense bonus, bar-spell's...etc etc

[ZhiGaruda]

depends on your hp, but he has 20k hp and mkris tops around 11k

I would say the deciding factor is whether or not they can keep it stunned long enough and reliably enough to not let Byakko swing, because when he gets a round off, I'd say byebye DRK

[Tsuko_Asura]

Don't think anyone is suggesting /BLU for solo

As far group-play, Breeze and Carrot are both more MP-efficient than their alternatives, Protectra and barspells will be useless, and both Shellra and MDB will have extremely limited uses.

/WHM if you need -na, /BLU if you don't need -na but a curaga would be helpful, /BLM if none of the above

[Fwahm]

Does anyone know where Qutrubs pop in Arrapago Reef? I need to kill 200 of them, and I'd rather stay away from the VT ones outside Dvucca if possible.