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

[Deader2818]

Off the top of my head, frogs don't have any ws, and mandies don't do aoe zzz.

frogs didn't have any WS outside of abyssea either.

[spider123]

Of course.

Just had to make sure~ Thanks.

[rog]

Err...what?

[Mojo]

Is it possible for blood bats to drop ruby lights?
Will killing a different type of mob reset your aura?

[Dathus]

How much sTP do I need for V.Bow and Siege Bow for a lower hit build? Currently leveling to 80 so I can use the Siege, and curious.

[rog]

Will killing a different type of mob reset your aura?

No.

[Zirk]

Is it possible for blood bats to drop ruby lights?
Will killing a different type of mob reset your aura?

I wasn't there when my LS did bats, but they said they had problems getting certain lights, can't remember which.

And yeah, once you start killing a type of mob, if you kill anything else it resets all of your progress. If some other mob wandering by happens to get hit with an AoE sleep or something, you have to CFH and kill it to keep your "chain".

Edit: To clarify, you might not lose your aura you've built up, but the exp you earn for each mob will drastically fall (maybe totally reset?) if you kill a mob with a different name then go back to fighting what you were killing.

[Mojo]

Do amber/azure/ruby lights interfere with eachother?

[Darkmagi]

I believe each light has frequency tiers based off of an unknown amount. I think if you have far more azure than ruby (but still capped potency), you won't get nearly as much ruby as Azure. At least it appears this way in my experience.

[Mojo]

My group is stuck getting almost nothing but gold/blue crates. Our EXP is capped at around 350-370/kill, which goes up slightly when we get a gold or ebon light from the rare red crates. This eventually goes down though, back to 350-370. Maybe lay off amber/azure lights until we start getting healthy amounts of red crates?

[Darkmagi]

Yeah that should work. Just spam WS kills til they start popping up a lot if your fine on time.

[Mojo]

Well, we can't build red lights, we're fighting bats... have to hope for crates

[Draylo]

True, i forgot how often those jobs are idling around, that 1/tic regen would actually be useful.

Actually very useful.

[rog]

Edit: To clarify, you might not lose your aura you've built up, but the exp you earn for each mob will drastically fall (maybe totally reset?) if you kill a mob with a different name then go back to fighting what you were killing.

You'll still get the bonus from gold light. A few reports i saw on alla were saying they still got 400 exp/kill after switching away from mobs that were giving 600/kill.

[xIndustrialxAngelx]

With a water resist build, and barwater it shouldn't break SS. If it does it won't be by much.

Can I replace water resist gear with MDT gear? Some of this stuff doesn't even sell on the AH... and it'd kill my inventory as well, for like a measly 2-5 resist a slot at best.

Blood Cuisses, Bibiki Seashell, Coral Body, I currently have, and Jupiter's Staff. These atleast stand out as best so far, and are in my current inventory setup. Any other suggestions for decent slots to use?

I also have a green ribbon +1, jeweled collar, these seems like worth while pieces to use (which I do own)

what other pieces should I look for then, that are worth the inventory?

[Cairthenn]

True, i forgot how often those jobs are idling around, that 1/tic regen would actually be useful.

Hope that wasn't sarcasm. Arguably less useful on all the other jobs these things are no longer good for.

[rog]

Hope that wasn't sarcasm. Arguably less useful on all the other jobs these things are no longer good for.

How much time do you typically spend standing around doing nothing with <100% hp? I don't know about you, but i'd never take off 3% haste 5 atk for 1/tic regen, which leaves it only being used in between fights, which shouldn't ever be enough time to make much use of 1/tic regen.

Mages always spend a considerable amount of time in idle gear, so it's much more useful for them, even if they do take less damage.

[Draylo]

It has its place, especially for solo use. When I was doing magian trials on mnk, after clearing a bunch of mobs and waiting on repop the +4 a tic regen from my pieces is nice.

[Byrthnoth]

if someone wants to give me a basic run down of how stuff functions that would be great. im learning fast and all.

or if Byrthnoth (sp) has a decent dnc spellcast id be overwhelmingly happy. im trying to put together some stuff for a level 50 and a level 75 cap as well as reg stuff.

Sorry, I play on PS2.

[Cairthenn]

How much time do you typically spend standing around doing nothing with <100% hp? I don't know about you, but i'd never take off 3% haste 5 atk for 1/tic regen, which leaves it only being used in between fights, which shouldn't ever be enough time to make much use of 1/tic regen.

Mages always spend a considerable amount of time in idle gear, so it's much more useful for them, even if they do take less damage.

In solo or duo situations, the Regen can be a nice touch. On mage jobs, whilst the regen can be beneficial, you can always cure yourself as well.

To be honest, I was never a fan of Regen gear.