Random Question Thread XII: Don't Believe Advanced's Lies

[chazzyphizzle]

blu nuking i guess, idk

[Nightfyre]

Ambrosia's the only way I know of to get all 3 in combination. For both INT and MND, there's Brain/Sophic Stew.

[Khajit]

WHM Group 1 merits

Currently 5/5 for Cure cast time, 5/5 regen best or is putting in bar potency worthwhile?

I have a semi hazy memory of it being discovered that cure cast time is easily capped while /sch so given todays gear options I personally think you can cap cure cast time without meriting it. if you couldnt before without Celerity then you damn sure can now thanks to the cure cast% neck.

[Kirschy]

Has anyone done any Vivid strap testing? I just played around a bit with one and I can't get it to make any difference on recast time. I am keeping it equipped the entire time using blm/whm & reraise cast, the recast is 1minute. If I remove strap, and try Loq. earring it's 59seconds, if I remove earring and equip R pumps the recast is 59 seconds.

If I stack Loq + R pumps the recast is 58 seconds, but stacking vivid + either of those items gives me 59 second recast.

I tried using 10% haste + vivid strap and get 54s recast compared to 10% haste + loq. earring and get 53s recast.


As for cast time, I can't eyeball if it is making a difference on the % at which the spell is being cast even using a long spell like RR. Maybe I can try ancient magic I tomorrow or something.

If you're getting those results, it seems to act like a few other pieces of fastcast gear. It doesn't grant any reduction to recast, except when paired with other fastcast gear. (In which case it'll add 1%.) I haven't found any rhyme or reason to why certain items work this way. In the end seems the fastcast from the strap is barely worth it =/

[Greatguardian]

Is Boost still worth using before WS? If it's a close call, does it change depending on the WS? And at what level of Haste would it become less efficient to use Boost pre-WS, if any?

[FailureMidgard]

I have a semi hazy memory of it being discovered that cure cast time is easily capped while /sch so given todays gear options I personally think you can cap cure cast time without meriting it. if you couldnt before without Celerity then you damn sure can now thanks to the cure cast% neck.

It seems odd to me that cure cast time would be tiered while no other spell is? Regardless of that, Fast Cast caps at 50% afaik, but celerity breaks that cap afaik, so shouldn't even be in this discussion.

It really depends on gear though what's worth it. Personally, I wouldn't pay 5-6mil for that piece of shit necklace. That being said, I do have cure cast time merits, but I can almost cap cure cast time anyway with:

Boots - 15%
Light Arts - 10% // RDM Sub - 15%
Earring - 2%
Merits - 20%
= 47% /sch, cap 50% /rdm.

As for merits, it's really up to you, if you have all the fast cast gear (and want to waste gil on that neck...) you can almost cap fast cast without merits (5% Jubbah/ACP, 2% back, 10% neck), putting you 6% short as /sch, or 1.5 merits short.

Really in the end, it's up to you, I would aim for 50%, or as close to it as you can, however (merits, boots, then earring+back or body).

[Nightfyre]

Is Boost still worth using before WS? If it's a close call, does it change depending on the WS? And at what level of Haste would it become less efficient to use Boost pre-WS, if any?

Basically, don't Boost if you're getting Marches.

[Eldelphia]

I have a semi hazy memory of it being discovered that cure cast time is easily capped while /sch so given todays gear options I personally think you can cap cure cast time without meriting it. if you couldnt before without Celerity then you damn sure can now thanks to the cure cast% neck.

I think it was later proven at best inconclusive and certainly curagas weren't covered.

[Niiro]

It seems odd to me that cure cast time would be tiered while no other spell is? Regardless of that, Fast Cast caps at 50% afaik, but celerity breaks that cap afaik, so shouldn't even be in this discussion.

With AF1 hat, AF2 body, Loq, and the appropriate Arts my casts go off just before 40% as RDM/SCH, so the cap isn't as low as 50%.

With celerity they seem to go off at 25%, if there's a cap it would appear to be 75% but I've hardly done much testing on it.

[buddha_masta]

Another Spellcast q:

How can I specify a rule to wear certain gearsets depending on what Main weapon is equipped? I'd like to have different idle sets for PLD when using either Joyeuse or Hauteclaire. Thanks!

[TheMysteriousX]

Got a friend with a free trial ending tomorrow. Will he be billed full price for a part month, or do SE do billing on different days for people?

[cdgreg]

Got a friend with a free trial ending tomorrow. Will he be billed full price for a part month, or do SE do billing on different days for people?

Always a full month afaik.

[Lonoha]

Another Spellcast q:

How can I specify a rule to wear certain gearsets depending on what Main weapon is equipped? I'd like to have different idle sets for PLD when using either Joyeuse or Hauteclaire. Thanks!

<if EquipMain="Joyeuse"> <equip when="idle" set="JoySet" />
</if>

Anybody else crashing because of Spellcast? I tried downgrading to 2.22 and not loading any xml, and it still makes me crash.

[Tambor]

Got a friend with a free trial ending tomorrow. Will he be billed full price for a part month, or do SE do billing on different days for people?

Been ages since I used my free trial period that came with the game but I remember it being only for the amount of time remaining in the month.

Found this in my ye olde manual:

"Prorated monthly fees for Content IDs that are active as of midnight Pacific time on the day your free trial period ends are included in a charge. Additionally, the fees for Content IDs purchased or reactivated after the end of your free trial period but before the end of the month are included in a charge. Full monthly fees are prorated based on the number of days between the end of your free trial period and the end of the month. Please note that this is the only time monthly Content ID fees are prorated."

[Byrthnoth]

Does 1H mythic AM3 affect both hands?

Does anyone know if an 80 Terpsichore gives 4 finishing?

Is there any place you should actually bring DNC to where you need even more Step acc? Mine seems capped with af hands, relic feet, and some acc gear.

Trying to work out how good Terpsichore is. Seems like halving flourish recast would have complimented the extra moves much better than step acc.

[FailureMidgard]

With AF1 hat, AF2 body, Loq, and the appropriate Arts my casts go off just before 40% as RDM/SCH, so the cap isn't as low as 50%.

With celerity they seem to go off at 25%, if there's a cap it would appear to be 75% but I've hardly done much testing on it.

And with 0 fast cast at all, my casts complete around 80%, wtf is your point? 50% is the fastcast cap, and if you bothered to read my post at all, I mentioned the fact Celerity breaks the cap. Guess what, so does chainspell.

[rog]

With AF1 hat, AF2 body, Loq, and the appropriate Arts my casts go off just before 40% as RDM/SCH, so the cap isn't as low as 50%.

With celerity they seem to go off at 25%, if there's a cap it would appear to be 75% but I've hardly done much testing on it.

Go cast a spell with no FC, and see what % it goes off at.

[Radec]

<if EquipMain="Joyeuse"> <equip when="idle" set="JoySet" />
</if>

Anybody else crashing because of Spellcast? I tried downgrading to 2.22 and not loading any xml, and it still makes me crash.

Was an issue with spellcast loading too fast that happened on one computer, would try to load before all of FFXI was done - put spellcast at the end of your init, maybe pause 5sec before it as well, it'll still be ready well before you're playing.

[buddha_masta]

Just came back from break so am brand new to Abyssea. Can I warp out of Abyssea any time and keep the time I have stored up? Or do I need to go give back Visitant Status or w/e? Currently have 3 stones, if that matters.

[rog]

You can warp out.