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

[fredjanx]

/equip ear1 "Graiai Earring"?

I'm not sure what the problem is, what does autotrans have to do with it?

that doesn't work! figured it out, though... gotta be /equip ear1 "Grarai Earring "

[zagex]

That uses one whole unnecessary character, so why would you waste all that time typing that out!?

Cuz I learned L.ear and R.ear before I knew ear1 and ear2 worked

[Yugl]

I'm in Ein atm but I'll draw up some pictures for you in a bit. The trees in the back make you capable of controlling when he casts. You'll get used to it very quickly. He almost always rotates fire 4 and firaga 3. Sometimes he'll surprise you but it's very easy to outrun. I also would suggest just setting up a macro set for this that keeps your move speed on full time if you're having issues. I'm not sure if the difference between 8% and 12% will make you get eaten, but I literally only ever get hit with firaga 3 when I'm distracted by something that has nothing to do with this fight.

Pics to come.

Edit: Spoilering the pics cause I have time to crop them at all. Ignore the other people too, they were killing Ruthven when I ran up to take the screenshots.

Right behind me here is where the line is for pinning. It will come all the way around counter clockwise to you here.

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http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...804_181443.png

Standing on the other side of the line will force it to run clockwise. I usually stand about here. You can manage to pin it to the point where it will not even bother to cast on you. Take this time to recover MP if you are struggling.

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http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...804_181436.png

It will start casting when it rounds the corner on this tree. Use that knowledge to your advantage and you can get a few steps head start on him. I'm not sure the exact time between his spells, I'd guess somewhere around like 30-40 seconds. Maybe someone else will know for sure. Just remember you can force it to not cast on you at all if you need time.

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http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...804_182457.png

About how far you should run for ga3, in case you don't use distance.

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http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...804_181452.png

Hope these help. Camp is at H-7 in case you aren't familiar.

Very nice guide! I'll give him another whirl sometime tonight and try to keep him pinned farther (And use the tree to force cast). Thanks for the pics since those give me a good idea of where to stand since I don't use distance plugins.

[Aerynlia]

To Urat:

I don't have dancer leveled so forgive me if this is retarded. Can you just tp on the king and violent flourish the queen during ga spells? It's my understanding that it doesn't do a great amount of damage so it wouldn't force the queen to melee you earlier than needed. I'm guessing on this but you might be able to use the pathing of how monsters like to form a circle around you to avoid the second queen, depending on the range of flourish. If you stun it then immediately run away from its face the King should run through you and the mobs and cause it to take a wider path. That might get you out in time that it doesn't completely wipe your shadows.

It probably won't make it soloable, but it sure as hell would be nifty if it worked. Diaga from the other queen will probably just rape your face in the end

Edit: Np Yugl.

[Falaras]

Are there any low man strategies people have done for Alectryon? No way I'm paying 2m for Hoard Ring.

[cdgreg]

Just realized a mule I normally use as a TH whore has 75BLU. I'm interested in putting together a basic cannonball set for Yilb fights. He has 5/5 homam if that matters and various other rare/ex gear but I really have no idea what to buy for a cannonball set. Any recommendations are appreciated, thanks.

edit: also what spell setup should I be using if he's basically going to be a SATA cannonball whore.
edit2: what's the best food?

[urat]

To Urat:

I don't have dancer leveled so forgive me if this is retarded. Can you just tp on the king and violent flourish the queen during ga spells? It's my understanding that it doesn't do a great amount of damage so it wouldn't force the queen to melee you earlier than needed. I'm guessing on this but you might be able to use the pathing of how monsters like to form a circle around you to avoid the second queen, depending on the range of flourish. If you stun it then immediately run away from its face the King should run through you and the mobs and cause it to take a wider path. That might get you out in time that it doesn't completely wipe your shadows.

It probably won't make it soloable, but it sure as hell would be nifty if it worked. Diaga from the other queen will probably just rape your face in the end

Edit: Np Yugl.

Violent flourish requires you to be within melee range, as do all other finishes/steps/etc for dnc.

As soon as you get too close they close in and start meleeing as well, just like other mage type mobs. Thus if I wanted to stun the Queen's spells Id be fighting all three of them at once. Which puts us right back to the problem, maybe 2 mobs at once I could handle maintaining shadows, but three of them + agas is just too much to keep up with >.<

However a stun and run method may be possible, but violent flourish, like other dances, locks your character for a second or two, which would be enough time for the other two cardians to eat up my shadows. Then I'd have to kite the king + whm queen out and start fighting.

It'd require hairline precision and every stun to land. Also that would mean Id be fighting the kind out of melee range of the queen to avoid fighting all three, which means I'd need to see the queen start casting, run away from king, and then violent flourish the queen as I run by and keep going to the opposite side.

I don't know if I'd have the time to react to most spells, it'd definitely work for AMs thats for sure, but an aga3 or 4 will still go off pretty fast, potentially faster than I can get there.

[Isawa]

Soloing Tammuz, are there any specific spots in Mea, Dem, or Holla to pin him on?

[Yugl]

Soloing Tammuz, are there any specific spots in Mea, Dem, or Holla to pin him on?

http://kegsay.livejournal.com/tag/pinning!

[Isawa]

Thanks :3!

[Lyramion]

A quick note on my reinstalling WIndows / FFXI / Windower Crashing problem:


I had put Windower in the Playonline Directory. Don´t do that, Windower doesn´t like it.

[Wakabo]

Simurgh still 21-24 hour pop? Past week it's been right up to the 24 hour mark. Shit's annoying waiting 3 hours if they changed it.

[Massimo]

Simurgh still 21-24 hour pop? Past week it's been right up to the 24 hour mark. Shit's annoying waiting 3 hours if they changed it.

lol.. it's the same, just popped last window

[Wakabo]

For a week straight? god damn

[rog]

Shit happens.

[LordTrey2]

Cuz I learned L.ear and R.ear before I knew ear1 and ear2 worked

lear and rear work without the periods, which makes them just a short as ear1 and ear2. I find l+r to be slightly easier to keep straight when rewriting xmls.

[spider123]

Anyone have a link to the updated icons that someone made after the last update? Can't seem to locate them. :<

[rog]

Anyone have a link to the updated icons that someone made after the last update? Can't seem to locate them. :<

http://www.filefront.com/16842989/57.DAT

[spider123]

I love you, Rog. <3 Thank you again for the updates!

[Scritch]

Around 0/20 on Chasmic Hornet, but I think we've only !!'d him once. So a couple questions:

1. Can anyone confirm a Lancer's Torque drop without making him !!?

2. Does anyone have a list of things that can make him !!? Assuming that each NM draws from a pool of possible weaknesses (which I may be entirely wrong assuming) it'd be nice to know what possibilities there are.