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[tahs]

is there any easy way to skill shield? i have a lv85 pld with lv74 skill. an 8 hr abyssea party left me with 2 points.

[Jhoira]

Is it possible to solo in abyssea and get actual chests like a party does? I know how lights etc. work for an alliance to get time extensions, more exp or more items but was wondering has anyone worked out a way to solo or low man light like this?

Just an odd thought

[Fereydoon]

Is it possible to solo in abyssea and get actual chests like a party does? I know how lights etc. work for an alliance to get time extensions, more exp or more items but was wondering has anyone worked out a way to solo or low man light like this?

Just an odd thought

It'd probably work like an alliance but on a smaller scale. Low man would probably work, but solo seems harder. Unless your a blu and can produce all 4 lights you'd need to at least duo it. /sch Kill shots might work but it'd be hard. Also you'd kill far slower so you'd see less chests.

[Castonell]

Does enlight not allow for excalibur's additional effect to kick in? pretty sure enspells on RDM fuck it over.

[Fievel]

Does enlight not allow for excalibur's additional effect to kick in? pretty sure enspells on RDM fuck it over.

Wasn't this literally just asked a page back? Yes, it fucks with the add effect.

[Byrthnoth]

Is it possible to solo in abyssea and get actual chests like a party does? I know how lights etc. work for an alliance to get time extensions, more exp or more items but was wondering has anyone worked out a way to solo or low man light like this?

Just an odd thought

You can build blue light to the point where you get TEs very quickly solo, but you won't be able to maintain a kill speed that gets at least 1 TE per 10 minutes so you will eventually time out.

[Martel]

spellcast doesn't account for fastcast. Also, for hb you change gear AFTER it finishes casting, whereas you want to start running BEFORE it finishes. It's not the same, you can't do it, except manually setting a delay for each spell.

Just start running at X% of the spellbar, based on lag/fc gear, it really isn't that hard to get the timing down.

SpellCast can in fact account for fast cast. You just have to tell it how. And tell it exactly how much fast cast you have. You need accurate values on your FC gear and trait totals, and it can take some tinkering to get it working right. But once it is, it's really cool.

This beautiful little snippet of code is from IneptVagrant's SCH Nuke Tier Reduction xml. The rest in in the user subbmitted XMLs on the windower site. Assuming you have your fast cast info set accurately, it can calculate exactly when a spell should go off.

Spoiler: show

<if subjob="RDM"><if sLvlLt="15"><var cmd="set isRDM 0.0" /></if><elseif sLvlLt="35"><var cmd="set isRDM 10.0" /></elseif><else><var cmd="set isRDM 15.0" /></else></if><else><var cmd="set isRDM 0.0" /></else>
<if advanced='$isAlacrity + $isArts + + $isRDM + $NukeFastCastbase &gt; 50.0'>
<var cmd="set myFast 50.0" />
</if>
<elseif advanced='$isAlacrity + $isArts + $isRDM + $NukeFastCastbase &lt; -100.0'>
<var cmd="set myFast -100.0" />
</elseif>
<else>
<var cmd="setcalc myFast $isAlacrity + $isArts + $isRDM + $NukeFastCastbase" />
</else>

<var cmd="setcalc myCastTime %casttime * ((100.0 - ($myFast)) / 100.0)" />

<var cmd="setcalc myTotalTime $myCastTime + $myRecast" />

<cmd when="midcast">sc var set Nukerecast$myTier%spellelement NotReady</cmd>

<var cmd="setcalc myCastTime $myCastTime + 1.0" />

<cmd when="midcast">wait $myCastTime;
input /echo $myRecast :: Recast;
input /recast "%spell"</cmd>

<cmd when="midcast">wait $myTotalTime;
sc var set Nukerecast$myTier%spellelement Ready</cmd>

Its pretty sweet. I use a modified version of it to set the midcast times of spells on my pld and rdm. I didn't like standing in my casting gear for 3~4 seconds after I cast long spells.

On pld, I want to be back in my TP/tanking gear as soon as a spell is off, and on rdm any delay on getting movement+ back on sucks for soloing.

This is also fairly reliable for making almost any spell blink out, assuming you swapped visible gear for it.

[Fereydoon]

Best magian (Non empyrean) gun for cor for stuff that isn't QD? I know MAB Mayhem +1 beats out every other non armageddon gun for QD.

[Jeherrit]

+10% WS damage gun will give you the highest numbers for Slug shot and Leaden salute, r.acc gun gives you the most acc for slug, martial still beats everything else for detonator. depending on what WSs you use under what conditions those 3 guns are your best picks. Personally I'd just do MAB and and WS+10% and just keep using martial detonators when I wont have the acc for slug.

[Castonell]

Wasn't this literally just asked a page back? Yes, it fucks with the add effect.

looked last 3 pages back, where?

[Francisco]

If a magic or breath based attack from an enemy causes 0 points of damage, is that a "full resist" or just the mob sucking compared to my current level?

Aggroing EP Wolf just hit me with Methane Breath for 0 damage. It seemed weird.

[Maguile]

Is fire weather common at all in Ifrit's Cauldren? Doing fire path h2h and Im only getting a couple dozen kills per firesday, if that...

[Massimo]

looked last 3 pages back, where?

I know you're just getting 10 posts, but meh.

[cassiraa]

is there any easy way to skill shield? i have a lv85 pld with lv74 skill. an 8 hr abyssea party left me with 2 points.

/blu and use cocoon and phalanx so you take 0 damage from Boyahda Mandragora, and get 5-10 of them attacking you at once.


For my question: Fastest/most efficient way to do Wanted:_Medical_Supplies or a better way to do NIN AF3 leg seals?

[hykiri]

Here's a few questions:

#1: How do you exp off worms? They can't be pulled right?
#2: Can you still only have a max of 7 completed Magian weapons?

Thanks.

[Darkmagi]

Did you just seriously ask if worms can be pulled? What the fuck.

[Rocl]

For my question: Fastest/most efficient way to do Wanted:_Medical_Supplies or a better way to do NIN AF3 leg seals?

Fastest way would be to get 2-3 friends and kill the NMs. The time spent building up light for chests + chance of failing is so ungodly frustrating I can't in good conscience recommend even completing the quest after the initial abyssite reward.

[rog]

#1: How do you exp off worms? They can't be pulled right?

Messing with your z position should still make them warp to you.

[Francisco]

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Sand_Eater

Says they're level 51-59... pretty wide range...

Are there two spots for them, one higher level and one lower level - or is it just that random with them?

[Darkmagi]

Do any zones at all have semi frequent fire weather?