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

[gnat]

The "Enhances Ebullience" effect from 20% to 25% on Savant's Bonnet +1 (head) worthwhile over other nuking pieces? Needs to be worn during casting.

[Kouu]

Anyone else experiencing really terrible AF3 feet drop rates in Vunkerl? 11 hours combined in the past 2 runs with capped amber light have only seen about 6 pairs total, and only 2 that weren't duplicates. (2 SCH 2 PUP 1 COR 1 DNC)

[Nightfyre]

Had 1 SCH 1 SAM 1 BLU (outlotted FFFFFFFFFFFFF) in about 5 hours here with me generating more than enough amber light, shit is definitely miserable. Not a lot of people seem to do Vunkerl Bastion though, so I'm not sure what the state of the Pulse Martello cores is here.

[Kouu]

We would've traded all of ours for that one SAM you got. >:

[Byrthnoth]

Wiki lists Vivid Strap as 5% fast cast. As usual there's no link to source or any testing at all. I was wondering if anyone heard of any legit testing. I remember cdreg did testing on the recast, and noticed it worked like a few other pieces of fast cast gear in that it wouldn't give a reduction in recast unless stacked /w other fast cast gear or traits~ (Similar to Fast Cast+ on ACP Body.) cdreg's testing would put the strap at Fast Cast+1 or +2 at most.

Unless this is changed in the last update or two, I think it's probably a case of lolwiki.

[Eldelphia]

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.

Did you try not warping there and just running? Might not help at all but just a thought.

[Eldelphia]

No doubt paranoia but please can someone confirm they got a seal from the Boxwatcher's quest http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Th...her%27s_Behest when they warped back via a conflux rather than running? Only time I've gotten, I ran.

[Massimo]

No doubt paranoia but please can someone confirm they got a seal from the Boxwatcher's quest http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Th...her%27s_Behest when they warped back via a conflux rather than running? Only time I've gotten, I ran.

If you finish the quest, you can get a seal. You're definitely being paranoid.

[Cream Soda]

What was the delay/swing needed to where your WS over time actually goes up over time, regardless of x-hit when getting delay-%?

[Aja]

Is ffxiclopedia sending anyone else to some Facebook bs?

Nvm, it quit doing it.

[Vinedrai]

would it still be a waste to go 5/5 para2 5/5 slow2 considering the new JA and bigger MND differences against old content stuff?

[Clash Perez]

Had 1 SCH 1 SAM 1 BLU (outlotted FFFFFFFFFFFFF) in about 5 hours here with me generating more than enough amber light, shit is definitely miserable. Not a lot of people seem to do Vunkerl Bastion though, so I'm not sure what the state of the Pulse Martello cores is here.

We had quite a few yesterday, but we went for amber right after getting 30 azure/pearlescent. Exp sucked balls as we never capped in the three hours I was there, but we got something like NINx3, SMNx2~3, SAM, DRG, and a BLU which some winner named Xiurdeadix (who hadn't even made it to camp yet) ninja'd from me just before it fell by dropping/rejoining. Apparently his original double-digit lot was unsatisfactory.

Camp was on the skulls near conflux 7, which give all lights unlike their Tahrongi counterparts. No clue about the core status.

[Salodin]

Is there a way to field Kparser in order to better tell how many lights you have in aby?

[Finwich]

No doubt paranoia but please can someone confirm they got a seal from the Boxwatcher's quest http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Th...her%27s_Behest when they warped back via a conflux rather than running? Only time I've gotten, I ran.

I've never run back and gotten 6 seals out of ... well, let's not talk about how many runs I've done. Makes me sad.

[Yugl]

Efflux and Enchainment stack; also keep in mind that Enchainment only applies when CA is active. I did 5 Assimilation 3 Enchainment 1 Diffusion 1 Convergence, but the Convergence merit definitely depends on what you do. I like it for making AoE enfeebles single-target from time to time along with a little extra oomph on nukes for the hell of it. If you don't feel you'll get much out of it, by all means put 4 merits in Enchainment.

What do you use Diffusion for? At best (Max merits), we have an AOE Refresh every 5min, but it's nothing significant in my opinion.

[Clash Perez]

What do you use Diffusion for? At best (Max merits), we have an AOE Refresh every 5min, but it's nothing significant in my opinion.

5/5 Diffusion is still 10 minutes, not 5. If it were, it'd be a lot more useful, as a single BLU could keep a party refreshed or hasted full-time.

Edit: Also, it's a shame that CA merits knock off four seconds instead of five. Fully-merited CA would line up nicely with Efflux that way.

[Yugl]

5/5 Diffusion is still 10 minutes, not 5. If it were, it'd be a lot more useful, as a single BLU could keep a party refreshed or hasted full-time.

Edit: Also, it's a shame that CA merits knock off four seconds instead of five. Fully-merited CA would line up nicely with Efflux that way.

Hence, why a person with fully merited Diffusion would only be able to keep Refresh up every 5min for 5min. Notice that I'm including the duration of Refresh.

[FailureMidgard]

Anyone else experiencing really terrible AF3 feet drop rates in Vunkerl? 11 hours combined in the past 2 runs with capped amber light have only seen about 6 pairs total, and only 2 that weren't duplicates. (2 SCH 2 PUP 1 COR 1 DNC)

There's absolutely nothing to suggest capped ambers helps in any way for getting boots. They drop in small gold chests, and with a way too small sample size, it seems like they drop more frequently in small chests. Past that, kill faster is the only way to increase how many you see~

[Radec]

What was the delay/swing needed to where your WS over time actually goes up over time, regardless of x-hit when getting delay-%?

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/File:Tpgain.jpg
<200, 480-530

Edit: using my brain, it's actually everywhere but 480-530, but you'll see best results trying to land in 480-530 range if you can't get <180 or so

[Nightfyre]

We would've traded all of ours for that one SAM you got. >:

Would have happily traded the SAM for your DNC :<

No doubt paranoia but please can someone confirm they got a seal from the Boxwatcher's quest http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Th...her%27s_Behest when they warped back via a conflux rather than running? Only time I've gotten, I ran.

I can.

What was the delay/swing needed to where your WS over time actually goes up over time, regardless of x-hit when getting delay-%?

180 per hand

would it still be a waste to go 5/5 para2 5/5 slow2 considering the new JA and bigger MND differences against old content stuff?

Yup, because you don't have Dia III.

We had quite a few yesterday, but we went for amber right after getting 30 azure/pearlescent. Exp sucked balls as we never capped in the three hours I was there, but we got something like NINx3, SMNx2~3, SAM, DRG, and a BLU which some winner named Xiurdeadix (who hadn't even made it to camp yet) ninja'd from me just before it fell by dropping/rejoining. Apparently his original double-digit lot was unsatisfactory.

Camp was on the skulls near conflux 7, which give all lights unlike their Tahrongi counterparts. No clue about the core status.

I was sniping killshots with Sanguine Blade every time I got TP, regardless of what lights we were otherwise building. We definitely had strong amber for the majority of the run. Problem is, after 2-3 hours in they stopped dropping completely...

We were doing River Murex.

What do you use Diffusion for? At best (Max merits), we have an AOE Refresh every 5min, but it's nothing significant in my opinion.

AoE Refresh for our WHM (we rarely have a RDM when lowmanning), Triumphant Roar, Exuviation for tanking and the occasional AoE erase, Magic Barrier, Amplification, Plasma Charge. Not (usually) huge, but I feel that it's worth more than an extra 10 TP for CA.