Random Question Thread IX: Mathology 101

[Thorny]

Trade them one at a time to the box next to the moogle.

while wearing the weapon

[ronin sparthos]

I've been interested in MMM lately after learning you can just get a copy of the popular bird-XP maze, but was wondering, is there an etiquette for forming a PT for one?

Only got invited to two groups so far on my DRG, leveled from 26-30 so god damned fast, and I want in on more of that since it's simple to order a maze. Granted for both groups we had a PL, not sure if that's a necessity or not given the mobs don't appear to hit us much due to everyone going /NIN. Is the general population aware of it for an EXP alternative? I wouldn't mind forming some DRG & SAM burns for them during gaps between Colibri PTs.

Usually JP on Lakshmi specifically ask for MMM or just put in seacom that it's ok for them. Id still give every member a heads up that im running an EXP pt in MMM which usually sets off a string of questions about it.

Low-levels (sub 50ish), a PL works better for the group as a healer likely wont be able to keep up without resting a ton but past that any normal PT setup works.

[ringthree]

What is the installation process for POL and FFXI on a new clean Windows 7 machine?

[Airenn]

Was Phalanx ever buyable from a vendor?

I seem to recall it being for sale in Rabao at one point? Or am I thinking a different spell?

[ringthree]

Get the Vista/7 compatible version of POL from the POL site. Otherwise use your discs normally.

Is there still a full version of the game that is available on BG? I haven't seen that thread in a while, and haven't found it through searching yet.

[Airenn]

To answer my question, I was thinking of Dispel.

[Tsuko_Asura]

E.Ron [S] until 55, then go skill your shit up. After that, enjoy getting good invites and being the level sync target for a little while (which will keep your skill up, obviously).

I really feel like Saruta[S] doesn't get nearly as much credit as it should. Its got about twenty dhalmel in one single area, and while Healing Breeze isn't the most fun ability to deal with, Berserk more than makes up for it. Any party that is killing birds faster than they're respawning(which you should be, always) should get significantly higher EXP/H there.

[Terravcota]

Saw a picture in Media of a MNK/WAR and RDM/WHM duoing the Jugner Forest ANNM and I was wondering if anyone could give some more details here. Wiki just mentions Defender and defense food, the post in media said a -25% pdt build - but I'm not sure if that was in conjunction with Defender and food, or solely a pdt build.

I have 5/5 Phalanx II merits and can get 27 damage absorbed but the MNK I would want to bring doesn't have much pdt gear - arhats head/body and jelly ring, basically. I wouldn't mind picking up some other gear for him if needed, but I didn't know if there was a specific trade off between good DD gear and pdt gear - eg, keep Byakko's on or go for Darksteel Subligar for -2% ptd.

Thanks!

[ronin sparthos]

I really feel like Saruta[S] doesn't get nearly as much credit as it should. Its got about twenty dhalmel in one single area, and while Healing Breeze isn't the most fun ability to deal with, Berserk more than makes up for it. Any party that is killing birds faster than they're respawning(which you should be, always) should get significantly higher EXP/H there.

What level span are we talking for these?

[Tsuko_Asura]

What level span are we talking for these?

I finish up soloing my SJs there, and they end up all being ~high EM. I'd imagine either the early thirties would be best, possibly 29-30 with both a BRD and COR.

Seriously, there's just so freaking many of them, I don't see how four local bird spawns and a few really evasive/annoying ladybugs tossed in occasionally could be better.

[Nishida]

If I was to theoretically use SAM only for zerging in endgame and for meritting, and use 100% of the time a Tomoe instead of Hagun..and assuming no Usukane due to lack of time to do Salvage..what would be the optimal TP and WS sets to use? :3

Edit: Assume 8 Polearm merits and Pizza..and MKD head.

Sup.

[Chen]

Lv. 41-45 batillia downs [s] has about 20 beetles and is far better exp than syncing to east ron.

we went there with brd cor cor dd dd dd and 3 dualboxed pls and got around 28k/hr the entire time. can get an easy 15k/hr with a single buffed pt though

[Radec]

Couple ye-olde responses

Whats the best way to level up the Goblin in MMM? Been trying for 75 belts but can't manage to level him/her/whatever up enough.

Not the only way but a way - swap to barrager and pull several mobs at a time. I'm on sch, phalanx is helpful but I'd say Cure4 is needed for this - if you have only c3 maybe make smaller trains.

I have a 2nd account clearing the boxes, but usually finish with ~12-15 left so you should manage still.
3-4 worms, level 5
Swap Barrager
5-6 beetles
Let Chap engage the first bat in left, train the 2nd to the ???, then back to Chap, let him engage the 2nd, then train the rest up to the fungaur.
At this point 2nd account hits the ??? for more bombs in R3
I hope you have cure, after his first toss he'll die unless you top him off quick, once he levels (14 > mid30's) he'll be fine for the rest.

Once he's safe train the rest to the scorp room and wait for him there, will end up ~56-58. Can go back to M3 for a few spiders to finish if you really want 60.

I've been consistently getting a glitch in campaign pretty much almost after every battle where the battle has ended but my tags are still on, even after all treasure pools have been distributed and I don't notice any other players in the zone with the same problem.

is there any way to fix this, it's getting really frustrating because I have to zone out and back in wasting time and AN to warp when I just want to stay in the same zone and farm in between battles.

Everyone has this, you just can't see the tags. Relog or zone in/out, or don't use Union only ways to fix this.

[Tsuko_Asura]

Lv. 41-45 batillia downs [s] has about 20 beetles and is far better exp than syncing to east ron.

we went there with brd cor cor dd dd dd and 3 dualboxed pls and got around 28k/hr the entire time. can get an easy 15k/hr with a single buffed pt though

Meh, I'll take squishy dhalmels over paladin-beetles

[mdkuser]

Sup.

melee:
tomoe/rose strap /x/tiphia sting
turban/Love torque/brutal/hollow
haubergeon+1/hachiman gote/ecphoria ring/rajas ring
cuchu mantle/swift belt/byakkos/fumas.

sushi

19 stp gear+ 35 from merit= 54 store tp, true 5 hit, 17% haste.

alternative: ros strap <-> ACP body with 10 acc 4 store tp.

WS: can remove hachiman and ecphoria if you're confident about landing at least 3 hits of penta.

[Nightfyre]

Don't need Ecphoria Ring.. Rajas/Rose/Brutal/Hachi hands for TP, WS in the first three and land 3 hits including the first will put you at exactly 100 TP. If you're going for a true 6-hit then yeah, you'd need additional STP.

[zagex]

Are the only Bugards in Vunkerl Inslet the ones among the Gigas and Djinns?

[Dooom]

Meh, I'll take squishy dhalmels over paladin-beetles

True enough, but beetles follows on nicely from Colibri. I think it was with Chen's samurai we went 37-40 or so on birds, then the next night started on the beetle camp. Only "bad" thing about the beetle camp is getting there, as you have to run from one side of the zone to the other, and the number of links you can get. I'd also wager that with people leveling subjobs again it's probably easy to find someone in the low 40s willing to sync within your LS.

[Radec]

Reading from fatality belt thread about seeing more capped crits on 2hand than 1hand weapons because weight from pDIF > cap gets transferred to cap - does this also apply for minimum pDIF? Assume somehow cRatio is 0, min pDIF is -0.5, max is 0.4, would you see an average of ~0.2 ( negative chances removed, (0.4+0.0)/2 ) or ~0.1 ( estimated, (0+0+0+0+0+0+0.1+0.2+0.3+0.4)/10 ), or something else entirely?

[Nishida]

melee:
tomoe/rose strap /x/tiphia sting
turban/Love torque/brutal/hollow
haubergeon+1/hachiman gote/ecphoria ring/rajas ring
cuchu mantle/swift belt/byakkos/fumas.

sushi

19 stp gear+ 35 from merit= 54 store tp, true 5 hit, 17% haste.

alternative: ros strap <-> ACP body with 10 acc 4 store tp.

WS: can remove hachiman and ecphoria if you're confident about landing at least 3 hits of penta.

That seems like a pretty excessive amount of accuracy..for merits at least..for zergs maybe not as much, but sv madx2 + pizza is a hefty amount of acc though..am i wrong?