Random Question Thread IX: Mathology 101

[rog]

It's my understanding that setting the background res to 4x the display res would actually lower the quality compared to 2x. Though i'm not exactly sure on the reasoning, and could be wrong. Maybe someone more knowledgeable could explain it (or correct me ?).

[Draylo]

Is there any reason to go after V fork now from Einherjar? I heard the new magian weapons make it pretty obsolete.

[Dooom]

Could do with some input on MKDE head choices. I currently have haste+3, acc+10 Anwig from when i was hardcore into ninja and thief, but I barely use either job anymore in a situation where dropping 2 haste for 10 acc seems good, so I'm wanting to change it. My 75s are:

war *
sam *
rdm *
mnk
thf
pld
brd
nin
drg
smn
dnc (74 atm, so close enough) *

Jobs with stars next to them are ones I use most/enjoy most, though I'm starting to use mnk more in Salvage. If I level anymore jobs it'll probably be drk, 'cos of inventory constraints (have almost everything I'd need for it already except a Scythe). Notable hats I already own are O-hat, Maat's Cap, and D-chapeau. So options which occur to me are:

uber WS-acc Anwig for Asuran for Salvage bosses.
uber WS-acc Galatea for Samurai Penta
Turban+1 for samurai and warrior, with +2 str or dex
Stay as I am for dancer with 3 haste, 10 acc.

I'm under the impression that for Y/G/K, Maat's is best, hence why I didn't list that. Cure potency on rdm seems a waste as I normally use it for low-manning, not in party situations. Any other options I may have over-looked?

[Salodin]

Worth goin after the OAT great katana? Enough of a damage difference to not make it a ?

[Khajit]

If you get it you're getting it in the hopes that the next update adds those occasionally attacks 2~4 times stats that we .dat mined in the update.

[Neosutra]

Is there any reason to go after V fork now from Einherjar? I heard the new magian weapons make it pretty obsolete.

Still looks cool?

But that being said, I wouldnt waste too many points on it if you have access to a group that can reliably get your VNM items.

[travOtaku]

So I am returning from nearly an 8 month break, and have come to find that my character was not as wealthy as I thought. I saw earlier in this thread someone (Thorny, maybe?) mentioned that its easy to get 100k/hr from simple farming. Is this some kind of niche thing? My old method of farming was decent enough, but 100k/hr would be much better, haha.

Obviously I'm not interested in ruining anyone's coveted farming methods if they are "best kept secret" type things, but perhaps there were new mobs introduced that are easy to kill with good NPC'd drops?

[nitsuj]

So I am returning from nearly an 8 month break, and have come to find that my character was not as wealthy as I thought. I saw earlier in this thread someone (Thorny, maybe?) mentioned that its easy to get 100k/hr from simple farming. Is this some kind of niche thing? My old method of farming was decent enough, but 100k/hr would be much better, haha.

Obviously I'm not interested in ruining anyone's coveted farming methods if they are "best kept secret" type things, but perhaps there were new mobs introduced that are easy to kill with good NPC'd drops?

Start Fishing.

[Darkmagi]

Worth goin after the OAT great katana? Enough of a damage difference to not make it a ?

If you play aggressively its 5%? better than hagun iirc.

[Karbuncle]

Was Yonin's +eva amount ever determined?

I think it was +30?

Though that my have been the Enmity Bonus

[Salodin]

Ok this is a little weird. Has any one else noticed a weird type of lag in game?

What I mean is I can be running, and every 2 or 3 seconds, repeatably, there will be a very slight pause, and then it continues like normal, and another 2 or 3 seconds later there's a pause. It happens in any zone, and it's very minute. In fact if you aren't looking for it you might not even notice it.

It was easiest for me to see it while moving the camera to see myself running side ways, where if I looked at my char, I could tell there was a very very slight pause in his running.

[rog]

Ok this is a little weird. Has any one else noticed a weird type of lag in game?

What I mean is I can be running, and every 2 or 3 seconds, repeatably, there will be a very slight pause, and then it continues like normal, and another 2 or 3 seconds later there's a pause. It happens in any zone, and it's very minute. In fact if you aren't looking for it you might not even notice it.

It was easiest for me to see it while moving the camera to see myself running side ways, where if I looked at my char, I could tell there was a very very slight pause in his running.

Yes, though i'm in the middle of wg, @ ~18 fps. Doesn't happen if i move away from everyone and have 30 fps.

[Salodin]

I'm noticing it at 27fps =( everywhere.

[rog]

Not happening to me unless i'm below 23 fps or so.

[Karbuncle]

Happens to me ALL the time, i don't lag or lower FPS or anything, but everyone stops moving and then Speeds up, only happens every 50~1min for me i think, its annoyingly noticable when you're trying to recast shadows and it decides to do it :\

[Mercilessturtle]

Ok this is a little weird. Has any one else noticed a weird type of lag in game?

What I mean is I can be running, and every 2 or 3 seconds, repeatably, there will be a very slight pause, and then it continues like normal, and another 2 or 3 seconds later there's a pause. It happens in any zone, and it's very minute. In fact if you aren't looking for it you might not even notice it.

It was easiest for me to see it while moving the camera to see myself running side ways, where if I looked at my char, I could tell there was a very very slight pause in his running.

That sounds like the multicore problem. Are you using a multicore CPU? If so, try setting the CPU affinity so it is only running on one core. (task manager, right click on pol.exe).

[Yubar]

Start Fishing.

On that note, is there a reliable fishing guide that you or someone can point to that takes me to 100 please? I'm interested in fishing since it goes well with my cooking.

[Darkmagi]

East ron (s) is decent lazy farming also. Instant gil from ladybug wing > npc. 9k/stack

[Dooom]

East ron (s) is decent lazy farming also. Instant gil from ladybug wing > npc. 9k/stack

Never gonna make 100k/hr though, I used to do this when I was more reliant on the AH for money than I am now and didn't have a second account. Topped at around 45k/hr with TH4, random boosts from Skogs Fru too back when it was worth something. Not bad if you're building up from scratch, though.

[Gosyac]

Ok this is a little weird. Has any one else noticed a weird type of lag in game?

What I mean is I can be running, and every 2 or 3 seconds, repeatably, there will be a very slight pause, and then it continues like normal, and another 2 or 3 seconds later there's a pause. It happens in any zone, and it's very minute. In fact if you aren't looking for it you might not even notice it.

It was easiest for me to see it while moving the camera to see myself running side ways, where if I looked at my char, I could tell there was a very very slight pause in his running.

I think I know what your problem is. It used to happen to me before too. Under Device Manager-> Human Interface Devices, I had to disable some (maybe all?) of the HID-compliant devices. That should fix you right up.