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

[Yugl]

Can WS trial weapons be broken inside Abyssea? Can't find Apnea's Latent Checker any more otherwise I'd use that to check.

Noted earlier that you earn WS points in Abyssea.

[Diddy Kong]

How much acc is needed to cap on Salvage bosses?

[Kidnoftle]

How much hp does Mictlantecuhtli have? Possible to solo in 120 mins on rdm/nin?

1500 gekko takes off 5%ish so that puts him around 30k, idk how well rdm nukes land but I'd say prolly doable.

[Eleven19]

Sorry this is more abyssea related, but does killing Piasa reset your XP chain on birds like clionids?

[rog]

1500 gekko takes off 5%ish so that puts him around 30k, idk how well rdm nukes land but I'd say prolly doable.

Nice, that's only 93 mins with pure dots, and iirc my nukes did liek 500 or so, so it should be a joke. Thanks.

[Johnblaze]

Sorry this is more abyssea related, but does killing Piasa reset your XP chain on birds like clionids?

Yeah it resets it. When it aggros, we usually CFH it.

[rog]

Nice, that's only 93 mins with pure dots, and iirc my nukes did liek 500 or so, so it should be a joke. Thanks.

For anyone that cares, it took me ~70 mins to solo, but i didn't nuke much for the first 20-30 mins, and could have cut that down to under an hour probably.

It moves fast (+30-40% or so), so kiting it didn't work too well, but it was easy to psuedo straight tank/kite (kiting during/after it nukes), or you can pin it around the rock at F-5, in between the corse and turtles (be careful of hp aggro). It's kind of a dick, but more than doable.

Got my cuffs 1/1

[Francisco]

1 Skill = 1 Evasion = 2 AGI, basically.

Is that really "it"?

It seems there'd be more than just that - especially with there being gear for "Evasion" and gear for "Evasion Skill", with the latter much rarer.

[rog]

Is that really "it"?

It seems there'd be more than just that - especially with there being gear for "Evasion" and gear for "Evasion Skill", with the latter much rarer.

Why does it need to be more complicated? You can compare it to skill/macc, which are equal.

[Gorstag]

What merits to get for PLD in category 2?

Also what magian weapons to get for THF and NIN? Gonna try and get the Oa2-3 for both, but no idea what weapons for main hand.

[rog]

5 chivalry is standard. I'd probably toss the rest into fealty, but i'm not sure what most plds do after chivalry.

[BerenTebogo]

Strategy and set up for Yilbegan with 6 people?

Haven't played since level 80. Insert better SJs where appropriate. This strategy was made for level 75s.

RDM/BLU or very good PLD/RDM
WHM/SCH
RDM/BLM (or /WHM and make BRD/BLM)
BRD/WHM
BLU/THF

6th = second BLU/THF or another support mage depending on your comfort level.

Tanking is obvious, avoid the shit you can avoid and don't be fucktarded. Own A+ PDT, MDT, self-cure, etc sets. Don't half-ass.
WHM shit is obvious, prioritize -na's over any spell less than Cure V, generally be a boss
RDM support - Bio 3, spam slow 2 over and over until it sticks in between ES timer. It will land without ES rarely. Support cure as needed, tend to the BLU as needed. Have A+ Bio3 setup.
BRD Minne x2 hitting both the tank and the BLU, double ballad on self, WHM, RDM, elegy spam in between obviously
BLU SATA/SATACA Cannonball every time it goes into the mode you can damage it in (wings up? sorry, haven't played in a bit, can't remember everything!) Don't suck, don't fail to TA the tank, don't have a half-assed CB set.

Don't try this strategy if your BLU is anything less than a massive pro with A+ gear. Seriously, you will time out.
http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/155774
Don't show up with anything less than that, basically. As of level 75, anyways. (That's what I used as benchmark as that is what Caiti had.)
+BLUmagic8/8, Phys5/5 + other stuff.

Tank at back, dodge the shit with the name that I can't remember, stand like this

BLU------singhere------Tank--BackyilbeganFront


----------------------- RDMWHMBRD

Elevation is good, not necessary.

Second BLU speeds things up, support works too. You'll be pushing the limits time-wise with 1 BLU depending on the fight, but it's doable. Two is assured unless you just massively fuck up.

@lv80 you should have no problems.

[rog]

Possible to solo brooder? What's it like?

I assume the t1 is an easy solo on rdm? What's the drop like on it? How long does it take to solo? Is it not worth wasting stones to solo it 500x to get a t2 pop?

[Yugl]

Spoiler: show

Haven't played since level 80. Insert better SJs where appropriate. This strategy was made for level 75s.

RDM/BLU or very good PLD/RDM
WHM/SCH
RDM/BLM (or /WHM and make BRD/BLM)
BRD/WHM
BLU/THF

6th = second BLU/THF or another support mage depending on your comfort level.

Tanking is obvious, avoid the shit you can avoid and don't be fucktarded. Own A+ PDT, MDT, self-cure, etc sets. Don't half-ass.
WHM shit is obvious, prioritize -na's over any spell less than Cure V, generally be a boss
RDM support - Bio 3, spam slow 2 over and over until it sticks in between ES timer. It will land without ES rarely. Support cure as needed, tend to the BLU as needed. Have A+ Bio3 setup.
BRD Minne x2 hitting both the tank and the BLU, double ballad on self, WHM, RDM, elegy spam in between obviously
BLU SATA/SATACA Cannonball every time it goes into the mode you can damage it in (wings up? sorry, haven't played in a bit, can't remember everything!) Don't suck, don't fail to TA the tank, don't have a half-assed CB set.

Don't try this strategy if your BLU is anything less than a massive pro with A+ gear. Seriously, you will time out.
http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/155774
Don't show up with anything less than that, basically. As of level 75, anyways. (That's what I used as benchmark as that is what Caiti had.)
+BLUmagic8/8, Phys5/5 + other stuff.

Tank at back, dodge the shit with the name that I can't remember, stand like this

BLU------singhere------Tank--BackyilbeganFront


----------------------- RDMWHMBRD

Elevation is good, not necessary.

Second BLU speeds things up, support works too. You'll be pushing the limits time-wise with 1 BLU depending on the fight, but it's doable. Two is assured unless you just massively fuck up.

@lv80 you should have no problems.

Sweets, a battle I can rock the BLU/THF in (Set up is slightly better on weapon/grip/neck, but missing relic helm+1). The sad part is like 5min after making that post I accidentally depopped Yilb while searching for T1s, so I need to work on the set again.

[BerenTebogo]

Sweets, a battle I can rock the BLU/THF in (Set up is slightly better on weapon/grip/neck, but missing relic helm+1). The sad part is like 5min after making that post I accidentally depopped Yilb while searching for T1s, so I need to work on the set again.

Use shield for this fight imo. I'm not a BLU expert and Caiti is asleep, but my money is on needing a ridiculous amount of DEF to maximize your damage on Yilb.

Also, what is better for neck? Last I knew Auditory was best in the game?

[Cantide~]

Whats the name of the plugin that allows for more than 8 lines of chat to be displayed?

Thanks in advance

edit: put in 6 instead of 8 @@

What i use is called LogXpander by windower's aceofspades
a quick search on their site should bring either it or a similar program up
should note it isn't actually a plugin but a standalone app.

[Onorgul]

Does the massive Accuracy boost that applies to the first strike of weaponskills apply to ranged weaponskills?

[Chen]

i though this massive ACC boost only applied to some WS's

and pretty sure no for ranged.

[rog]

i though this massive ACC boost only applied to some WS's

Nope, all of them (not sure about ranged though).

[Byphareast]

anyone know if the HP based DMG thingy's proc rate is higher on the LV80 excalibur?

the lv75 one is approx 7% proc rate from a sample size of 1300.