Random Question Thread XI: You're Wrong

[Mateuns7]

Can martial arts trait be compared to haste? If so, about how much haste would one level be?

No.

martial arts reduces the delay of h2h by 20, which is quite a bit different than haste. Haste does not decrease TP gained from attack rounds as martial arts does. Haste is also calculated as a percentage reduction in delay, unlike martial arts (which is a static -20).

EDIT: Actually, increasing martial arts traits set the base h2h delay from 480>400>380>360>...>300. Same thing practically as -20 delay per trait level barring the first one.

[lovehatehero]

Are there any trial Bows that top E-bow atm? Can i stop camping this gay ass NM for it and do some trials lol

[Jado818]

Does haste gear level sync at all?

Ie. Walahra turban have any haste in sync 70?

[Nightfyre]

Nope.

[Marcicus]

Is it possible to kill mobs in Abyssea and have them count towards your kills for a Magian weapon?

[Eleven19]

Is it possible to kill mobs in Abyssea and have them count towards your kills for a Magian weapon?

On the day of the week you need, probably. Rabbits were working for amano trials in Abyssea.

[Cream Soda]

From my observations, Zhayolm and Arrapago Apkalu have different behavior.

When hate builds in Zhay, the apkallu get near invincible. Damage (magic and melee) becomes very low. I went from hitting 200+ to hitting under 20 in less than 20 kills.

In Paggo, I haven't noticed any changed in my damage, but when hate builds, they begin to aggro and link, have a rather large link range, and also will run away from you (if there are no other birds up, just randomly run, but if more apkallu are present, they will run to it, get it to link, and come back to you).

Any other observations that I may have missed out on? Or maybe diff apkallus (if any. I don't want to mess w/ the emperors though too high lv).

Although paggo is annoying seems like the best spot for magian apkallu at the time.


Edit: Paggo slowly became more resistant to damage. I'd say about 200 kills before I couldn't kill anymore, where as Zhay was 20 kills, so I'd say the dmg resistance is about 1/10th of zhay's

[miokomioko]

What non-negative gear stats do scale down with Level Sync?

DEF
HP/MP
STR/DEX/VIT/AGI/INT/MND/CHR
Attack/Ranged Attack
Accuracy/Ranged Accuracy
Evasion

Anything else? hMP/hHP? Magic Accuracy? etc?

[sruon]

What non-negative gear stats do scale down with Level Sync?

DEF
HP/MP
STR/DEX/VIT/AGI/INT/MND/CHR
Attack/Ranged Attack
Accuracy/Ranged Accuracy
Evasion

Anything else? hMP/hHP? Magic Accuracy? etc?

DEF / DMG / HP-MP / Acc/Atk / R.acc/R.atk / Enmity / M.Acc-M.atk / hHP hMP / Evasion / Enmity

[Cairthenn]

Is it possible to kill mobs in Abyssea and have them count towards your kills for a Magian weapon?

Believe so.

[Darkmagi]

Does the magian trial log that pops from magian spectacles hold exp chains lol? Just generally curious because it seems like it would and seems like a pretty obvious although not that useful exploit.

[JnnnnnL]

Does Box Step stack with other froms of Def- (def- from Gungnir for example) and does it overwrite it ?
Can anyone give me any accurate info about it please ?

[Cream Soda]

can u MB w/ quickdraw?

[Deader2818]

No.

[Dooom]

Does Box Step stack with other froms of Def- (def- from Gungnir for example) and does it overwrite it ?
Can anyone give me any accurate info about it please ?

My gut feeling is it would stack. Box Step doesn't itself inflict defence down; instead it gives a "Daze" effect, which gives the -def.

[cdgreg]

AF burned SCH to /37 last night for RDM sub. I haven't played with it at all, but at what events/situations will RDM/WHM still be better than RDM/SCH?



ps, yes I know I need it higher than 37

[Cream Soda]

I got to the point where apkallu are no longer killable by me solo (due to not being able to kill f aster than repop time + links = fucked). how long do i have to wait before I can go back out? I was about to kill about 200, need 220ish more

[Byrthnoth]

Re: cdgreg
Basically just situations where you need Stona, as far as I can see

Re: Tigerwoods
I don't know that there's ever been real incentive for people to kill Apkallus before. You may be venturing into untrodden territory.

[Cream Soda]

True

On the bright side, I got 5 stacks of apkallu feathers (23k/stack) and 2 stacks of eggs (40-50k/stack) in tonight's ventures. First magian that hasn't been a total waste of time

[requim]

This new Hoard Ring (STR-4 DEX-4 Store TP+4), would that be worth it for any build requiring 6-hit setup?

Any build where you could just use Rose Strap instead of giving yourself -1fstr, -3atk, and -10acc would be superior. 2% DA alone would be negated by just using an accuracy ring (when acc isn't capped), plus if you didn't need the accuracy, Blitz/Rose would be better than trying to use hoard/pole grip.

Now, if you were trying to get an x-hit build and you were previously short by 4 (even with all your other+STP gear), then it might be worth it. Personally can't think of any combos where you would actually use this since rose strap isn't that hard to get and most people ranked up for shadow lord. The closest scenario would be a non SAM subbing DRG who was also using Aurum and Rose Strap (though if soloing you'll be taking melee damage and be better off with Blitz still).

More realistically, the only people trying to use this are people without Rajas Ring, Rose Strap, and Askar (for DRG at least). Chances are if you fall in that boat you would be even more in need of accuracy and this would be a downgrade.

Can martial arts trait be compared to haste? If so, about how much haste would one level be?

Like everything related to H2H, it's all relative. You can basically think about 1 tier of MA being about 4-5% haste at low haste situations and once you get passed the 50% mark it's about half as useful (~2% change).

If what you're meaning to ask is if the new MA belt is worth it for PUP (over swift), the answer is probably yes.

at what events/situations will RDM/WHM still be better than RDM/SCH?

/SCH is better suited for single target curing/nuking and /WHM is better for aoes and status ailments. You don't NEED to use sublimation as RDM (though has situational use), and that you need 1 strategem to get addendum white to be able to cast reraise.