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

[Karbuncle]

Anything decent for a rdm/sch to get done solo in abyssea tahrongi? My current pt has alot of excess time chests so i'd like to actually do something.

Chukwa.

He's stupid easy as long as you Get out of range in time...



Though i dunno, might be risky without shadows?

[rog]

Oh, yeah chukwa is easy with /sch,

[Priran]

What's the easiest t1 vnm to solo. Non abyssea

The sandy-area ones (crab and pugil) were an absolute joke at 75. If you lose to one of those at 85 your FFXI privileges are revoked.

[Karbuncle]

Little Repeat.

In the Abyssea Missions you're required to kill Certain NMs to complete the Mission.

Is it the Title that triggers the cutscene or simply killing it? Can i kill the NM, get title/etc, then say go kill another Title-Giving NM (Thus changing my title), and still exit later and get Finishing Cutscene?

I personally believe yes, Attempting to settle a debate/rumor hopefully one way or the other :\

[Istun GA's]

anyone have the respawn time on ironclad Severer? not sure if i spelled that right ; ;

[jimbobsonofgod]

Can you re-acquire the title from NPC if having the title is really the requirement and not just the kill ?

[Karbuncle]

Can you re-acquire the title from NPC if having the title is really the requirement and not just the kill ?

Yah, I'm 99% Positive, but you know how people are, i figure an answer from someone whos tried it before would convince them.

Again, I think you just need to kill it, I'm only asking to try and convince some other people :\

[rog]

anyone have the respawn time on ironclad Severer? not sure if i spelled that right ; ;

90-120

[Nightfyre]

Thanks I guess we'll give that a try. I guess hate gets kinda wonky when even one person gets hit and then things go downhill and it ends up roaming about and nobody feels safe to cast cause it's all over the place, and the chaos has kinda screwed us up. Would probably help if my friends knew what the hell a pdt set was too...

In my experience their hate is really, really weird. Just keep an eye on who has hate and act accordingly. Don't be surprised if he shifts targets as you start casting, did that all the time to us.

[Phraust]

Thinking of leveling mnk soonish, what's the general consensus on weapons? (Exp, Farming, HNM, Etc...)

[Karbuncle]

If i recall the STR H2h Path is really epic right now, its what i'm working on.

You know, after completing the Occ.atk.2-3 Failure just to apparently have Footwork builds take backseat to another teir of Martial Arts and the epicness that is the +1STR h2h thing -.-;

[Amok]

In my experience their hate is really, really weird. Just keep an eye on who has hate and act accordingly. Don't be surprised if he shifts targets as you start casting, did that all the time to us.

I've only fought Executioner, but hate seemed completely normal to me. Its melee swings go off at set intervals no matter what, and it hits everyone in range of it. So people need a safe distance even when they're not the target. Once you do that it's very simple. I have no movement speed and /nin worked well for turning it around without taking damage (didn't have a good obstacle to kite around).

[Rellikard]

I searched a bit and couldn't find an answer.

For the I Dream of Flowers quest, is there an issue where the grave won't take the Lilac?

Edit: Ok to make things clear I:

1) Went and talked to the galka then I traded him the flower. Afterwards he tells me to go SE to the grave.
2) I teleport to conflux 08 and trade the Lilac to the patch of grass, nothing happens. I've also tried talking to it first and get its standard dialog but nothing happens after trading the Lilac. I activated this quest after the update.

[Nightfyre]

I've only fought Executioner, but hate seemed completely normal to me. Its melee swings go off at set intervals no matter what, and it hits everyone in range of it. So people need a safe distance even when they're not the target. Once you do that it's very simple. I have no movement speed and /nin worked well for turning it around without taking damage (didn't have a good obstacle to kite around).

We've seen him change targets for no apparent reason. Not swing at random, we figured that mechanic out within minutes of our first encounter, but change who he had hate on with no actions taken. You could maybe chalk it up to VE decay, but it still seemed odd at the time. Maybe I'm remembering wrong though.

Rellikard: there was, but I believe it was patched.

[Dooom]

We've seen him change targets for no apparent reason. Not swing at random, we figured that mechanic out within minutes of our first encounter, but change who he had hate on with no actions taken. You could maybe chalk it up to VE decay, but it still seemed odd at the time. Maybe I'm remembering wrong though.

Did the Attowah one last night, hate was definitely funky. I was on blm/rdm, was the first one to act on the NM, did more stuns and nukes than other people in my pt. Someone zoned in late with the NM around 50% or so, did one T4 nuke, and had hate. Was constantly shifting targets and just generally acting very very weird with regards to hate. Made the fight far more annoying than it should have been.

[Ocara]

Did the Attowah one last night, hate was definitely funky. I was on blm/rdm, was the first one to act on the NM, did more stuns and nukes than other people in my pt. Someone zoned in late with the NM around 50% or so, did one T4 nuke, and had hate. Was constantly shifting targets and just generally acting very very weird with regards to hate. Made the fight far more annoying than it should have been.

Yeah that's the kind of thing we saw with that one at least. Everyone was too timid to nuke cause it'd randomly turn around and hit them at 80% cast for no reason and they'd be in red before they escaped, meanwhile whoever was kiting it last would be wandering off somewhere thinking it was still on them.

For an actual question, for sam with erebus' lance tomoe is completely useless right? Wanna make sure before I toss it... despite all our good times.

[Byrthnoth]

So, wiki lists 8 Ivory Abyssite.
3 Buyable in the first expansion.
2 from the first three bosses
3 buyable in the second expansion

Is their list incomplete, or should we look forward to more Lunar Abyssites?

[Dominico]

Byakkos Haidate or Unkai Haidate +1 for TP?

Also: Do Abyssea Abyssites wear after 1 use, or are they permanent (i.e. you can hold 4 traverser stones at once from now on, instead of just doing it once). Asking because they're all under Temporary key items.

[Byrthnoth]

Could you list total INT/MAB in each setup (also did you do the No Ring test with an empty Ring2 or something in its place)? Is that an Uggalepih or a Lemegeton Medallion?

I'd give you 5:1 they put a Snow Ring or something in slot 2 when they weren't wearing the Day enhancing ring. Every other test with the thing has shown it to be a straight 3% added to the day/weather term. Just eyeballing it, a 5 or 6 INT ring would entirely explain their findings.

[Ravant]

Byakkos Haidate or Unkai Haidate +1 for TP?

Also: Do Abyssea Abyssites wear after 1 use, or are they permanent (i.e. you can hold 4 traverser stones at once from now on, instead of just doing it once). Asking because they're all under Temporary key items.

Not sure but I believe what I read earlier was Unkai with Hasso up, Byakkos without (Seigan). As for Abyssite the 4 stones is always, not one time.