Random Question Thread X: Fucking 99 Level Cap, How Does it Work?

[lolwut]

Is there a way to cancel a Trial Weapon quest? I apparently thought it would be worth unlocking Spiral Hell at some point, and now that active quest is keeping me from starting the H2H trial.

[rog]

Is there a way to cancel a Trial Weapon quest? I apparently thought it would be worth unlocking Spiral Hell at some point, and now that active quest is keeping me from starting the H2H trial.

Not if you've done the 500 ws points.

[Maurauc]

Okay, this is gonna be a random request..
Has anyone got the music140.bgw file in C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\sound5\win\music\data ? It's the login music, but it's also used in many of the WotG cutscenes, and since I switched it out to the Dawn battle music, it gets a bit odd hearing it everywhere I go.

[rog]

Okay, this is gonna be a random request..
Has anyone got the music140.bgw file in C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\sound5\win\music\data ? It's the login music, but it's also used in many of the WotG cutscenes, and since I switched it out to the Dawn battle music, it gets a bit odd hearing it everywhere I go.

http://www.filefront.com/16597051/music140.bgw

backup your files next time !

[Maurauc]

http://www.filefront.com/16597051/music140.bgw

backup your files next time !

Thanks ever so much. I thought I had, but couldn't find it anywhere. Next time, I'll just reinstall the whole thing!

[rog]

Thanks ever so much. I thought I had, but couldn't find it anywhere. Next time, I'll just reinstall the whole thing!

That seems like the smart thing to do. And you really owe me, for 10 seconds it took to find it, one minute to put attach a virus, and another 20 seconds to upload it!

[Neosutra]

This may sound silly, but have you actually opened any tabs? When you start KParser, they're all closed by default, resulting in a blank display. Also, no results will be shown until someone actually does something the respective tab will report (e.g., the Offense tab will probably remain blank until the first enemy is defeated).

Confirmed all that. The only thing I can think of is that I couldnt figure out how to set the properties into "run as administrator" as the read me suggests for Vista. That option is greyed out for my Vista system when I right click properties..

[Buffy]

For the Lebros Cavern Assault where you first knock down the walls - does the strength of the walls get lowered for the fewer people you have?

Could a tri-boxed RDM, whm/nin, and thf/nin clear it?

[Neosutra]

No.

[Chen]

Is there any server with a strong EU population and a healthy pug-culture?

idk about the pugs, but phoenix has 3 reasonably large event LS's

[miokomioko]

That's a bold assumption. Why exactly did you ask the question if you are going to insist you know better when you get an answer? The grand total macc vs mab trade-off you can make is 13 macc at the cost of 16 mab. And that is assuming you have spammed all those addon fights long enough to get both the max macc and max mab pieces. And making that swap will lower your damage overall, not improve it.

I gave you the only example I can think of where adding 5% or so landing rate will be enough to help you. In cases where you are getting resisted more often than that you need to swap in tranquilizer, and then you are either over 95% and don't need the macc gear again, or still getting resisted way too often for 10 macc to help and you need to either switch frames or switch jobs. And in reality, it is quite possible that you should never use macc gear over mab gear for pup, the 2 macc boots instead of relic is a definite loss of damage, and all the 1:1 trade-offs are likely equal at best. It's not like blm where you get ~18 macc vs 5 mab trade-offs to make. (See below for actual math.)

Finally: if you want to pretend pup excels at something that's up to you. But don't expect the rest of the world to treat your fantasy as reality. It's ok to play a job because you like it, you don't need to pretend its awesome. Pup can do adequately on jol, but is easily outparsed by an actual DD. The only way you can get valoredge to "excel" is to kite so actual DDs can't do anything. Are you seriously convincing your ls to kite kirin just so you can feel useful?

Having done the math now, I'm editing in some actual numbers here. Never swap out relic feet for the augmented 2 macc boots. Swapping in 1:1 ratio pieces like cat's claws is a benefit when you need the macc. Assuming an 85 int target and perfect pet mab gear/merits/attachments, swapping out 5 mab for 5 macc at 90% unresisted rate will raise your average nuke from 1624 to 1630. The improvement is greater the worse your resist rate is, until you hit 50%. From 80% to 85% you go from 1524 to 1537. So parse yourself, get a vague idea of your resist rate and adjust gear/attachments as follows:

25-50% resist rate: swap loudspeaker for tranquilizer (or change frames/jobs if you already have tranq on)
7-25% resist rate: swap in macc gear to bring you to the 5% floor or as close as you can get (1 macc = 1% less resist)

There's a point where you can need only 25+ or so in -easily obtainable- gear MAcc to cover your resist rates so you can take out the Tranquilizer, which is dropping your potential MAB by 20. That's more of what I was asking about, where is that point where it becomes acceptable to swap some MAB out for MAcc, assuming you would be putting Loudspeaker I back in since there's a lot more MAcc gear than MAB available. Even Cat's Claws have either MAB+5 or MAcc+10, it's not an even swap most of the time, so you're gaining more MAcc than you're losing in MAB if you really have to swap a gear slot.

I'm not retarded enough to think that MAcc+2 is ever going to really outweigh MAB+5 on the feet, so please give me the benefit of the doubt there. :[

I know it's difficult not to, but "switch jobs" is the most douchebag thing to throw in there, considering it's not part of the question whatsoever.

[Mercilessturtle]

There's a point where you can need only 25+ or so in -easily obtainable- gear MAcc to cover your resist rates so you can take out the Tranquilizer, which is dropping your potential MAB by 20.

Except there's not that much pet macc gear where you have to choose between it and pet mab, like I said. You have cat's claws, augmented earrings, and augmented back. That's it: 16 macc. All the other pet macc gear you should be wearing no matter what, since there is nothing else to put in those slots anyways (ignoring feet which we've established is a bad trade). And I said do the gear swaps before resorting to tranquilizer, its just that most stuff is either too easy to need to make swaps at all, or too hard for 16 macc to be enough. I was thinking cat's claws are a 1:1 trade-off before, but since it is 1:2 that's obviously the first one to trade out. And I did the math for you to find out that even the 1:1 trade-offs are worth doing as long as you make full use of the macc.

I know it's difficult not to, but "switch jobs" is the most douchebag thing to throw in there, considering it's not part of the question whatsoever.

Not really, it's not like I said "don't be pup ever, end of story". I gave you a rough guideline for when you should swap in gear, when you should swap in tranq, when you should swap in both, and when you should just plain not be nuking. If you think "you shouldn't be nuking if you are getting a 50%+ resist rate" is the most douchebag thing possible, then you are just looking to be offended.

[Buffy]

Are puddings more resistant to sleep/grav/bind on lightsday?

Just got owned 3x in a row.

[rog]

Are puddings more resistant to sleep/grav/bind on lightsday?

Just got owned 3x in a row.

No.

[Cairthenn]

Are puddings more resistant to sleep/grav/bind on lightsday?

Just got owned 3x in a row.

Do you own enfeebling skill gear?

[Buffy]

Do you own enfeebling skill gear?

I love BG, lol.

What is enfeebling gear? Is this some new mythical gear that requires 1500 pudding kills under earth weather?!!?!


Anyway, yes: +35 in gear and +16 in merits. Was curious if I didn't know about something or if I simply got unlucky.

[Cairthenn]

I love BG, lol.

What is enfeebling gear? Is this some new mythical gear that requires 1500 pudding kills under earth weather?!!?!


Anyway, yes: +35 in gear and +16 in merits. Was curious if I didn't know about something or if I simply got unlucky.

I love how you're trying to passively insult me whilst questioning if Lightsday makes you resist more.

[rog]

I love how you're trying to passively insult me whilst questioning if Lightsday makes you resist more.

It'd be one thing if he was just asking about sleep, but he asked if lightsday affected bind/grav too! lol

[Buffy]

I love how you're trying to passively insult me whilst questioning if Lightsday makes you resist more.

I wasn't trying to insult you, I was making a more general observation that the BG community tends to correct....sarcastically (to be nice).

If I was offended by it or didn't expect it, then I would go to lollakhzam.

However, I've only been playing for 11 months, only had blm @ 75 for about 5 months, and I don't solo often because I don't enjoy it.

As a result, I have probably only done puddings a grand total of 5 occasions solo, and was curious if this was a common known phenomenon that I was unaware of.

Instead, it simply appears that I got unlucky.

[Xajii]

I love BG, lol.

What is enfeebling gear? Is this some new mythical gear that requires 1500 pudding kills under earth weather?!!?!


Anyway, yes: +35 in gear and +16 in merits. Was curious if I didn't know about something or if I simply got unlucky.

+35 is low. Even with very basic gear...

Igqira tiara +10
AF body +10
Igqira lappa +10
Enfeebling torque +7

For more srs gear,
Genie tiara is pretty cheap for another +1, HQ AF body +2 more. Enfeebling earring +3, oracle's gloves +5, altruistic cape +5, avocat's feet +3 (though I just use Goliard).

Granted you might not expect yourself to land sleep often but bind and grav shouldn't be failing often at all.