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[Kirschy]

A question about Haste Samba:

The wiki says the following about Haste Samba: "Haste Samba is considered to be a "Job Ability Haste", much like Hasso, and as such will stack with Haste from other sources, such as equipment and magic, but unlike Hasso, it does not count toward the Haste cap."

I took this to mean that Haste Samba does stack with other Job Ability Haste (like Hasso or Desperate Blows) but it can break the Job Ability Haste cap of 25%. I also assumed that it still wouldn't break the overall Haste cap.

Is my interpretation correct? Could someone clarify the issue for me?

It's false. Unless something has changed in the last year and half, my old tests disproved this: http://www.bluegartr.com/forum/showt...ht=haste+samba

Specifically:

Test 2: Is Haste Samba JA Haste?

75DRK /w Apoc(513 Delay)
Hasso + Last Resort(Lv 5 DB) + Haste Only (~39.65%)

6 Hits - 5 Attack Rounds
~313.6 Delay = ~38.87% Haste
39.65% - 38.87% = ~.78% Haste

There's a bit of extra haste... In my opinion this is just margin of error. I feel strongly this is proof that Haste Samba is considered JA Haste.

As was tested other times, Hasso + 5 Desperate Blows merits caps at around 25% JA Haste. (It would be 35% if there was no cap.) If Haste Samba went above this cap there would be a large and significant improvement, which test proves there is not. In fact I should have seen 39.65% haste, but only showed 38.87% haste, which leads me to believe that JA haste might actualli cap at 250/1024, instead of 256/1024, which would fit much better~

[nitsuj]

Not to be a dick but is it that hard to open up FFXIAH Clubs section and just sort by DPS or DMG? And then just take your pick?

Same with #2 Clubs ... Seems like Lyft Ferule if not Relic or Mythic

That's what I did, but there are quite a few on AH that are comparable in stats (lower DPS, but STR bonus etc) so I was curious what other people who took WHMJA a bit more seriously than I do were using.

[ringthree]

It's false. Unless something has changed in the last year and half, my old tests disproved this: http://www.bluegartr.com/forum/showt...ht=haste+samba

Specifically:



As was tested other times, Hasso + 5 Desperate Blows merits caps at around 25% JA Haste. (It would be 35% if there was no cap.) If Haste Samba went above this cap there would be a large and significant improvement, which test proves there is not. In fact I should have seen 39.65% haste, but only showed 38.87% haste, which leads me to believe that JA haste might actualli cap at 250/1024, instead of 256/1024, which would fit much better~

Thank you for the information, I will fix the wiki.

Kirschy, thank you for being awesome like usual.

[noodles355]

Well I found them, and was fighting and all was well, but it wasn't the one you suggested, (though I followed your route but must have gotten lost somewhere), it was past some soulflayers.
Anyway, was fighting, yadda yadda, then some skelees aggrod from out of bloody nowhere, and after some CS stoneskin/utsu/bind (cus my manta had dot QQ) got to 5sec of logging out then som other random skele cme from out of nowhere and raped me. the fucker.

[Havok]

So have we decided if there is any point do the Lyft weapons? I have the voulge sitting in my storage doing nothing still.

[Kyte]

What are people's experiances with waiting to receive gifts from the Adventurer Appreciation events? I've always wanted a gold moogle belt but have never managed to get one. Does waiting seem to have an effect, or am I better off just collecting everyday?

[Darkmagi]

So have we decided if there is any point do the Lyft weapons? I have the voulge sitting in my storage doing nothing still.

Well if for some reason you don't have refresh for rune chopper and not using fort/magian Gaxe you can 6hit /nin with lyft voulge at least.

[Zirk]

Does anyone have any relevant info pertaining if AGI is considered;
2AGI = 1 shield skill.

This randomly came up in some other thread and something something Sath, something something the consensus was that AGI does nothing for anything except 2 AGI = 1 evasion.

[Baelorn]

What are people's experiances with waiting to receive gifts from the Adventurer Appreciation events? I've always wanted a gold moogle belt but have never managed to get one. Does waiting seem to have an effect, or am I better off just collecting everyday?

Same question. Never managed to get one.

[Nightfyre]

Thirding the Gold Moogle Belt question ._.

[Darkmagi]

Whats a good int based enfeeb set for rdm without: Af2 hat, crimson mask, any goliard, etc.? About to finish rdm and I don't have access to dynamis gear, nor HNM gear atm, and I'm too lazy to deal with shitty nyzul drop rates for now.

[cdgreg]

Whats a good int based enfeeb set for rdm without: Af2 hat, crimson mask, any goliard, etc.? About to finish rdm and I don't have access to dynamis gear, nor HNM gear atm, and I'm too lazy to deal with shitty nyzul drop rates for now.

I know my set doesn't meet all your criteria but maybe some of it will help:

input /equip sub "Bugard strap +1"
input /equip head "Duelist's chapeau"
input /equip body "Warlock's tabard"
input /equip back "Altruistic cape"
input /equip neck "enfeebling torque"
input /equip hands "yigit gages"
input /equip waist "Penitent's rope"
input /equip Ear1 "Loquac. earring"
input /equip Ear2 "abyssal earring"
input /equip Ring1 "Omega ring"
input /equip Ring2 "Tamas ring"
input /equip legs "morrigan's slops"
input /equip ammo "phtm. tathlum"
input /equip feet "goliard clogs"

Off the top of my head I can think of yigit feet and gleeman's cape as alternatives for feet/back. A somewhat easy way of searching is going to ffxiah.com>browse>hands>sort by level (just to make it easier)>Control F find feature, and start from a high number and work your way down, type in int+7, nothing, int+6 hit, check if rdm is on it, just saw mahatma cuffs while doing it rq lol.

[Darkmagi]

Oh that's a good idea. Thanks.

[cdgreg]

Oh that's a good idea. Thanks.

Np, it's how I found agi+ crap for COR QD set.

[Karbuncle]

Are there any Magian trial h2h Weapons that beat or come close to Destroyers?

Edit: I see the discussion for PUP using the search function but could not find it for MNK :\
Edit2: I think i found an answer on page 36. Says Destroyers beats Mantis, sad day if thats true :\

[Soho]

Says Destroyers beats Mantis, sad day if thats true :\

It seems like several of the weapons were either side-grades or slight upgrades from the current "standard" in each group. Only a few of them were clear winners.

But the important thing to keep in mind is:
They've basically told us that Trial of the Magians is going to keep adding quests to expand these weapons. So even if it's a side-grade right now, they should most likely be a definite upgrade with one more round of Trials no?

[Karbuncle]

I Was still going to get the Mantis for that reason actually, that it will more than likely be better with the next wave of Magian Trials being introduced.

One can hope =)

[Zirk]

I don't recall them saying they were going to expand the weapons, they were going to expand Trial of the Magians to include gear. I think if any additional quests are going to be added for weapons, its going to be the 3rd, 4th, and 5th trials for relic/mythic weapons, which is expected to happen.

[Kyte]

Q:Will there be additional trials added to the final stages of the weapons currently available? In other words, if you have completed a quest sequence to augment a Kartika dagger with +5 DMG, will there be more trials included in the future to enhance that weapon even further?


A:New trials that pick up where the existing ones left off will be introduced in the next version update, with a sneak peek forthcoming on Topics in the coming weeks.

According to the interview, they will.

[Martinius]

I know my set doesn't meet all your criteria but maybe some of it will help:

input /equip sub "Bugard strap +1"
input /equip head "Duelist's chapeau"
input /equip body "Warlock's tabard"
input /equip back "Altruistic cape"
input /equip neck "enfeebling torque"
input /equip hands "yigit gages"
input /equip waist "Penitent's rope"
input /equip Ear1 "Loquac. earring"
input /equip Ear2 "abyssal earring"
input /equip Ring1 "Omega ring"
input /equip Ring2 "Tamas ring"
input /equip legs "morrigan's slops"
input /equip ammo "phtm. tathlum"
input /equip feet "goliard clogs"

Off the top of my head I can think of yigit feet and gleeman's cape as alternatives for feet/back. A somewhat easy way of searching is going to ffxiah.com>browse>hands>sort by level (just to make it easier)>Control F find feature, and start from a high number and work your way down, type in int+7, nothing, int+6 hit, check if rdm is on it, just saw mahatma cuffs while doing it rq lol.

i'd suggest an elite beret if you need the skill, otherwise you can pick up your af1+1 hat for 5 int. also, if you don't have morrigan's legs, go mahatma slops.