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

[Sodalitas]

Rajas + Tor > * for TP phase

TP gain is critical and Rajas beats even a second Toreador's for that. I also recommend Bream or Squid Sushi; you shouldn't be losing food all that often and it frees up slots/adds needed accuracy. I don't think you can afford to use both Tiercel and Acuben's Helm, but even if you can you'll only get a fraction of haste from one of them with Velocious Belt and Dusk Ledelsens +1. At this point a trade for Store TP such as White Tathlum, Fourth Division Mantle, or both (you're giving up 10 acc for neck or head after all) would be better for TP generation. I'll double check acc numbers momentarily and edit accordingly unless there's another reply.

edit: you've enough acc to cap with Bream using Tiercel + Acuben's but not with Crab or NQ Squid.

Rings have been covered, but stressing that even if you don't have rajas Lava+Kusha is garbage. Use Toreador x2. Cuch > Etoile Cape for TP, DNC can use black tathlum, and if you don't think vbelt is out of the realm of possibility then you should have dusk gloves+1 too, since it seems you're going for an ideal set. DNC af2/+1 feet are also very good for WS and will often beat denali.

Thanks for your comments. Strongly considering dropping Tamas for Rajas now (probably should've done it ages ago ; ; ).

I saw a link the other day to testing on Avatar PDIF; however, I can't remember where I saw it. Can anyone provide me with a link?

http://kegsay.livejournal.com/5510.html ?

[Xera]

Question from a friend.

I'm currently testing X's knife "increases critical hit damage" by comparing it to a dagger with the same base damage (dakini evasion dagger 25 + 9), but I'm finding that the damage formula that I used doesn't match up with the damage in the game.

Assuming dakini has base damage of 34, it has a weapon rank of 3, which puts the maximum fSTR at 11.
The damage formula I'm using is: ( Damage + fSTR Max + Total DEX ) x pDIF.
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Base_Damage
I just modified the formula on that web page to omit AGI, since I'm just using SA.

I'm fighting level -1 monsters (tiny mandragoras), which assumes that I'm capping pDIF anyway, and forcing a critical with sneak attack so the maximum pDIF I should use is 3.15. I have a total of 123 DEX, 70 from base, and 53 from equipment. The damage I should see if my formula is correct is:

( 34 + 11 + 123 ) x 3.15 = 529.

My first critical with the dakini was 593. I'm not sure what's up. Maybe the SA formula is different? Halp prz. Or maybe my math is wrong. Hasn't been the first time!

[Niiro]

Question from a friend.

Mandies are weak to piercing.

[Plow]

any 3hr acc foods? about to go on another afk skill up run in castle S

Edit: that's not pizza, trying to avoid dd stats

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Bream_Risotto

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Eyeball_Soup

[nyaraa]

I saw a link the other day to testing on Avatar PDIF; however, I can't remember where I saw it. Can anyone provide me with a link?

I cant post links yet, but its kegsay's livejournal, the post below the blu soloing ODS.

[Cream Soda]

Hmmm, what's the deal w/ Raging Rush? Unlocking King's Justice now and this is my first time using gax since lv 37 birds (capped it on w/ dmg 1 gax on mob that doesn't attack back)

Doing page 3 on DC-EM mobs and averaging under 1k >.> (have kabob on)

/equip ammo "Bomb Core"
/equip head "Hecatomb Cap"
/equip neck "Snow Gorget"
/equip ear1 "Brutal Earring"
/equip ear2 "Bushinomimi"
/equip body "Haubergeon +1"
/equip hands "Hecatomb Mittens"
/equip ring1 "Rajas Ring"
/equip ring2 "Thunder Ring"
/equip back "Cuchulain's Mantle"
/equip waist "Warwolf Belt
/equip legs "Byakko's Haidate"
/equip feet "Hct. Leggings"
/ws "Raging Rush" <t>

[Plow]

It's only 3 hits, gotta crit to get sexy numbers.

[Cream Soda]

Fail, thought it was supposed to be a good ws, lol.

[Draylo]

What skill level does the fortalice in castle zvhal cap at?

[Cream Soda]

What skill level does the fortalice in castle zvhal cap at?

I'd assume fully cappable i got to 271 on lv 74 war

[Carraway]

Can the addon registration codes from the latest Ultimate Collection be used interchangeably for NA/EU accounts?

[rog]

Don't think so.

[Chen]

someone mentioned use apradar 2 for finding VNMs, i always thought you needed v.3.

if it's possible with #2, how so? yes i have it unlocked(icdeadppletc)

[ZhiGaruda]

someone mentioned use apradar 2 for finding VNMs, i always thought you needed v.3.

if it's possible with #2, how so? yes i have it unlocked(icdeadppletc)

After you've unlocked, go back to the same area of the menu you unlock it, and click Show All.

Now you'll see all mobs, alive and dead. You can enable the filter to only see the ones you want.

[Byrthnoth]

Fail, thought it was supposed to be a good ws, lol.

It really isn't that great. Warrior is just a beastly job. For reference, DRG gets a four hit 50% STR crit piercing ws with the same ws gear selection practically. RR is 30% STR slashing three hits crit.

[nyaraa]

It really isn't that great. Warrior is just a beastly job. For reference, DRG gets a four hit 50% STR crit piercing ws with the same ws gear selection practically. RR is 30% STR slashing three hits crit.

So what is the 'best' GA ws to use?

[Byrthnoth]

Raging rush unless you are attack buffed to shit fighting something where you don't have a reasonable expectation of critting but still have good Acc.

I am just noting that it isn't super amazing.

[Jado818]

What would an ideal / good devotion set look like?

[rog]

What would an ideal / good devotion set look like?

It would have lots of hp gear.

[Jado818]

Was hoping for something more along the lines of a copy and paste of somebodies windower macro >.>

yes im lazy but will research it if necessary