Random Question Thread XIII: If You Get Linked Here, You're Retarded

[Wakabo]

RDM is going to be climbing up quickly now that I've leeched some xp >.> but at 80, what is the "must get" AH buy-able gear? Other than HQ staves I haven't kept up with what gear is out there and so a list of what piece would be great if anyone knows some off the top of their head.

[Mercilessturtle]

Eh, I'd take etoile shoes over dancer shoes+1.

You shouldn't be that desperate for acc.

[stewie]

RDM is going to be climbing up quickly now that I've leeched some xp >.> but at 80, what is the "must get" AH buy-able gear? Other than HQ staves I haven't kept up with what gear is out there and so a list of what piece would be great if anyone knows some off the top of their head.

A refresh body.

Any suggestions for what to get? Can get -9% off the AH in the form of two coral rings and a coral scale mail but that's about it, it seems.

Kebbie.

[Pendulum]

Any suggestions for what to get? Can get -9% off the AH in the form of two coral rings and a coral scale mail but that's about it, it seems.

Hexerei Cape

[arus2001]

Tonberries finally put out the Abyssite of Celerity for me earlier, so I'm thinking about trying to fetch what others I can solo. Can a RDM without crimson take out Bhumi solo for Merit? Is it only the Ephemeral Clionids in Tahrongi (Guessing NM solo is out) that drop Avarice? If not, does their element matter? Have spawn locations and usual wandering paths been figured out? Been poking at otherwiki for any other possible Abyssites, but I guess that can't guarantee all are listed, either.

Edit: And I guess building fame wouldn't be a bad idea. I know I've seen mention of repeats before, but can't recall what's good to do or when an individual quest may be easy enough.

[Kalisa]

Bump from a couple pages ago--

Is there a "Gear Collector for dummies" guide out there anywhere?

I've downloaded it, I've read the guide included, and it's still not working. I set my windower directory... I think... but nothing happens. I have a global.xml in with my spellcast files, copied straight from the guide. I've edited my spellcast xml files to use the abbreviated gear names. I don't get an option to choose the windower instance, I don't see my character name anywhere, and most importantly, I don't see a list of the gear that's in my spellcast's dnc.xml. I'm sure I've skipped something, but I have no idea what.

[Eleven19]

Not sure if I should ask this here or Magian thread, but I need a not-shitty spot to killshot vermin with Amano. Previous spot I had was jugner [S] on the ladybugs in the NE area, but some of them are fairly spread out and I can't just jump right to the next one usually.

Any suggestions?

[arus2001]

CN on Simurgh side. Some of the Dragonflies may pop TW, but you have them, 2-3 scorpions, then like 6-8 crawlers to play with. If you can do 1k+ with Kaiten consistently, you could possibly try Grauberg chigoes, maybe building TP on nearby mobs. They come in pairs, usually around trees, with there being a spot in the south where there are about 8 within 200 yalms of each other. S'what I did working on my BLU vermin stuff. But yeah, if the WS damage doesn't kill them, you probably won't get credit.

[Ellimist]

Attowha Chasm has a nice assortment of Vermin, just not as easily killable as ladybugs.

[Eleven19]

Ah nice, I hadn't considered those few spots. Thanks, I'll check them out.

[Kirschy]

I just got done arguing with some noob RNG on my server who has yoichi and doesn't play sam.

Basically they said bow is better for -RNG- than gun. They basically said guns only better because of a 0 hate ws and with a good tank bow is better.
They also said bows damage is better. Ok w/e, here my question. I'd liek this to be answered by either a MAIN RNG who does not have yoichi or annhi,
RNG who has both, or someone who has personally witnessed or tested this themselves with or without friends. (Hey Kirschy! Help me out gurl!)

Which is better for Ranger, Annhilator or Yoichi? And why. And what situations would make one better than the other, if it's situational.

Heres my understanding in my 7 years of ffxi, Gun is superior to bow. Bow is a sam weapon, and RNG without sam or don't play sam who do yoichi over
annhilator are either confused/gimp/wtf or just have a hard on for bow. Heres why according to my understanding:

Gun WS allows the RNG to not hold back or hold back very little, because the aftermath swipes/lowers hate significantly.
Example here what I've seen on DI/Fafnir ETC >>> Slug Shot>>>Barrage>>RNG gets Hate>>Coranach>>Loses hate. I've witnessed
this myself and it is quite nice. Simply put, they pump fuck ton of dmg then pop WS and lose that.

Guns base DMG is lower than bows but Guns dmg comes from the bullet and arrows have significantly lower DMG than a Bullet, which evens out
Gun and Bows damage output overall.

I am neither a Yoichi/Annhi RNG but I am a main RNG and after arguing with this dude for 30 minutes I decided to just come on here and ask!
So could someone educate me? Or am I right? If I'm the noob, np, but I'd like to know why.

THX!

In general I do feel like Bow had a few more advantages than Gun RNG, but with the recent changes to the game and addition of new items, I think that's been changed a bit.

It realli comes down to the better mods on Namas/Sidewinder, better distance when shooting, and lower delay vs higher Weapon/Ammo damage on Gun/Bullet, better fTP on Coronach, better AM, and easier x-hit options. I've seen arguments both ways, but I personalli don't see a clear winner. What I do see is that Yochi is incredibly powerful weapon for both SAM and RNG which gives it a much greater versatility and value.

Also contrary to popular opinion, Relic Gun and Bow don't let you go all out in a DD frenzy. A properly played/geared Relic Gun/Bow can definitely deal out a lot of damage without taking hate though~ As someone who has been able to play and parse against Yochi and Gun, I've seen them stay at/near hate cap while spamming their relic WS.

[Yugl]

Ah nice, I hadn't considered those few spots. Thanks, I'll check them out.

Not sure how feasible this is, but you may be able to do beetle pets at Sau Champ [S] if you go through the Citadel up to the Roc area. There is one goblin on the upper level and one below. When one-hitting them on SCH, it was enough to keep me busy. Essentially, you would need to TP on surrounding mobs and use ranged attacks on the beetle when you have TP, but you should be able to kill the beetle after 1-2 hits + WS (They have roughly 1.1k HP).

[Nightfyre]

Tonberries finally put out the Abyssite of Celerity for me earlier, so I'm thinking about trying to fetch what others I can solo. Can a RDM without crimson take out Bhumi solo for Merit? Is it only the Ephemeral Clionids in Tahrongi (Guessing NM solo is out) that drop Avarice? If not, does their element matter? Have spawn locations and usual wandering paths been figured out? Been poking at otherwiki for any other possible Abyssites, but I guess that can't guarantee all are listed, either.

Edit: And I guess building fame wouldn't be a bad idea. I know I've seen mention of repeats before, but can't recall what's good to do or when an individual quest may be easy enough.

Bhumi has like 4.5k HP and is entirely non-threatening. Dunno if the Qutrub is soloable for the other abyssite, Quetzalli might be. You'd probably want to save Chainspell for the final 10%.

[Jeherrit]

What Abyssea NMs are reasonably cor soloable?

[Yugl]

What Abyssea NMs are reasonably cor soloable?

Anything that can be pinned and doesn't cast wtfaga/ranged attack. Monkey, Bird, Rabbit, VNM1-2 (Idk about 3), and the bee are just a few I can recall atm.

Edit: This is regarding La Theine.

[Deader2818]

Id guess mostly NMs in La thine. Bird, Rabbit. id assume T2 VNM you could solo. Could most likely do Mikey just make sure you are /BLM or /RDM to keep bio or dia on it.

[Alyric]

Is salvage gear obsoleted? And do you think the Magian Trials for armor will upgrade salvage gear? Or has that epic, epic struggle for this gear just gone the way of WoW? (Useless after level patch.)

[Bee]

Is there something out there better than STR+4 WS dmg+2% WS accuracy+15 for penta? Viking helm beats it hands down for YGK, so once I get my hands on one, I may re-augment MKD hat into something for mnk. On that note, same stats if I changed it to anwig? Or is there something better I could shoot for on mnk?

[Dooom]

Is salvage gear obsoleted? And do you think the Magian Trials for armor will upgrade salvage gear? Or has that epic, epic struggle for this gear just gone the way of WoW? (Useless after level patch.)

Some pieces are less desirable now, but the event is not obsolete. If SE fails to put Magian trials for them it'll be a huge mistake imo, unless they add new sources of Alex.

[Draylo]

There are gears and chariots in the new scars of abyssea, I wouldn't doubt SE will make them drop a lot of alexandrite. Either that or they will lower the people cap to 3 so it will be easier to get inside at least.