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

[Xno Kappa]

Do trial weapons work in Abyssea?

[Massimo]

Do trial weapons work in Abyssea?

Yes, you can get trial kills from mobs in Abyssea.

[Francisco]

For 250 Bombs on Firesday/Fire Weather, Ifrit's Cauldron seems like the obvious choice. Is there anything better that I might have overlooked?

Snolls, Clusters and Djinn all do not count.

Is there a good spot to camp, or a general path to follow in Ifrit's?

And finally, for the math people, are Destroyers outclassed by the DMG:+19 Delay:+61 STR+4 Attack+12 Cat's Claws?

[Onorgul]

Here's the loop that I used. Apologies for how crude this is.

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Quoting myself for you, Francisco.

I think it's a very close run between final-form Cat's Claws and Destroyers. Taipan Fangs are the clear winner, though.

Random question of my own: does the Stun effect Platinum Grip contribute to NM resistance building?

[cdgreg]

Random question of my own: does the Stun effect Platinum Grip contribute to NM resistance building?

Yes afaik

[Zieara]

Are KS30's capped to 75? In particular Royale Ramble~

Few pages ago, but just did Royale Ramble last night. Definitely not 75 capped.

[Khajit]

Quoting myself for you, Francisco.

I think it's a very close run between final-form Cat's Claws and Destroyers. Taipan Fangs are the clear winner, though.

Random question of my own: does the Stun effect Platinum Grip contribute to NM resistance building?

Yes. It was noticed by people who got a khimmy who resisted stun outright on them due to platinum grip.

[Marcicus]

DW without ridill makes me sad.

ehhh you say that now, I don't really see ridill holding up its spot as the best offhand weapon for DW WAR for much longer.

(and i dont want to shell out 30M for it so f you!)

[Naratu]

Would Boyahda tree still be the best place to skillup at 242 or is there somewhere better?

[Terravcota]

Strat/setup for low manning the pudding for Usu Body 15?

[Onel]

Maybe I missed it but... does anyone have a new map DAT pack for the Abyssea Areas? I've heard APRadar has an updated map, but if I chose not to use that, is there an alternative for in-game ease?

[Carraway]

Would Boyahda tree still be the best place to skillup at 242 or is there somewhere better?

Abyssea, T1 VNMs.

[|Heretic|]

Is Odin (the Avatar) effected by Summoning Magic Skill or purely MP remaining? Increased accuracy on 1 shot-ing multiple mobs at once perhaps? Any testing done that someone could link me to?

[Francisco]

Would Boyahda tree still be the best place to skillup at 242 or is there somewhere better?

Not exactly an answer to your question - but I'm 99% sure what you can skill up on isn't determined simply by your skill level, but also by what level that skill caps at for your current level...

Example: Assume PLD's sword skill caps at 250 at 75, and shield skill caps at 270 at 75.

A level 80 PLD would be able to get shield to 270 on a level 75 Steelshell, but would not be able to get sword past 250 on the same Steelshell.

[Riiaider]

Strat/setup for low manning the pudding for Usu Body 15?

Depends how low you are talking, RDM BRD MNK/NIN could probably trio it. Additionally BLM + RDM can duo with a mnk to clear the room. It hits really hard to a subjobless melee.

[Aerynlia]

Pin spot for Chasmic Hornet? Tried searching around a little bit but didn't want to waste too much time looking for a spot.

Thanks.

Is there one? Looking to finish Kurodachi without using up too many friends stones.

[TTL]

I haven't done much digging around for an answer for this, but has anyone else found it impossibly hard to color an abyssea T1 vnm to a T2? Has anyone even tried? No joke, I've used easily 7 tags killing stupid T1's and have only got 1 color up, then I went 1/2 on T3 and am stuck having to color my T1 up again. My first color up i went 1/30~ and now im 0/40+, I'm doing this solo as rdm/sch and they're pretty easy to kill. I just find it very frustrating, even more so the the regular vnm.


My question is, is there a trick to doing this, is it different from the regular vnm, or is my luck that bad.

[Dathus]

Is there one? Looking to finish Kurodachi without using up too many friends stones.

Had someone else ask me this. Same pin spot as Tammuz in La Theine.

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Hope this helps.

[Benevolentone]

What is a good pin spot for Mic~~ in Tahrongi? I haven't tried to pin him yet because I was just trying to straight tank/kite him but that wasn't very reliable due to sleepga and DA's mixed with Drain. For that matter a good pin spot for anything in that zone would be much appreciated.

[drwaffles]

What is a good pin spot for Mic~~ in Tahrongi? I haven't tried to pin him yet because I was just trying to straight tank/kite him but that wasn't very reliable due to sleepga and DA's mixed with Drain. For that matter a good pin spot for anything in that zone would be much appreciated.

Not a pinning spot, but I always fought it next to the Martello just SW of the adamantoise area. Really you're best off treating it like Suzaku and just straight tanking, using long-casting spells to get a bit of distance. Outside of Drain it's not a particularly difficult mob so long as you don't get unlucky with Final Retribution. Its Drain is cheap as fuck honestly, and there's nothing you can do about getting unlucky with an insta-cast from time to time. It's kind of the new Rapido.