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[ejiboo]

tomahawk removes the damage reduction if i remember correctly so you could just have a war and DD zerg it in under 30 seconds like all the other t2vnm can be(without 2h) with a full pt.

is wiki wrong in saying tomahawk does NOT remove the dmg reduction? if that's the case i guess i'll just get a couple rng.

[BoomStick]

What's a good lowman strat for Carabosse? Only ever fought with 12+

Sam or MnkX2, Dnc, Whm, Brd, Cor has worked pretty well. HP Cruor Buff + good solid DoT + only one of the melee amnesia'd at a time = easy kill. Just be fast to reapply shell after winterbreeze (if it gets dispelled) and keep melees topped off for Aeroga 4 and AM.

[Sekundes]

quest from Resistance Sapper incrase reputation of the area?

They do, but your limited to one per game day.

[rog]

With DRK as a main a RDM as the other job I use, is there any reason not to go 8/8 on HP merits?

Depends on how much you play rdm, and how much you care about it. 80 mp is pretty nice.

[Khajit]

is wiki wrong in saying tomahawk does NOT remove the dmg reduction? if that's the case i guess i'll just get a couple rng.

Before pinning was thought up people talked about it but id do a regular pinning run with a war testing out tomahawk myself to be sure.

[Radec]

attempting feuerenke with a melee tank is dumb right? magic dmg only? even if melee dmg is unresisted during hf? to low-man pinning would be required, yes?

MNK RNG WHM(bot) RDM(bot) was more than enough, MNK+real RDM could probably do it. Same idea as Yacumama, just sucks getting it into HF stage. Pop > Formless Strikes to 80%, counterstance in PDT gear+Phalanx until dead. Never left HF after entering. Keep HP High for WS landing in the 2-3 seconds between Fists. This: http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Ultion_Mantle probably a good idea, Perfect Counters ran around 190-220.

[spider123]

Is the evasion+ from Mambo static or influenced by skill/instrument? Wondering if Vihuela is worth the 1 inventory space from not having to carry both a Harlequin's and a Gemshorn.

[Tsuko_Asura]

Any word on where Clement Skean comes from?

[rog]

Is the evasion+ from Mambo static or influenced by skill/instrument? Wondering if Vihuela is worth the 1 inventory space from not having to carry both a Harlequin's and a Gemshorn.

All buffs have their potency depend on skill/instrument.

[Hawking]

Any one know what the mob ID for the La Velue's PH is?

[Khajit]

All buffs have their potency depend on skill/instrument.

To follow up on that almost every important song(75 and under) except for victory march(the only important one) could get capped at natural skill. instruments of course go above that natural cap.
TLDR. yes having 2 +song buffs on a single instrument is great for your inventory health.

[Fievel]

Possible low man strats for Briareus?

[Bootykilla]

Whats the average conversion rate on clear abyssite for vnm? I have never done vnm before and I am currently 0/13 on it changing color. Am I doing something wrong?

[Fievel]

Whats the average conversion rate on clear abyssite for vnm? I have never done vnm before and I am currently 0/13 on it changing color. Am I doing something wrong?

Not at all, conversion rates are fucking AWFUL.

[Yugl]

Question for friend: "Does ruminator use shadow spread?".

[Nattack]

is Perdu blade still worth using? i see that these magian katanas are pretty awesome. although something like Kannagi looks like relic material, im just looking at my options - it looks to me like sekka +1 using the acc+14/dex+8 augment may outmode it in terms of an offhand, or the sTP+13 if it brings hits up a percent (doubtful of that though, i dnt remember how it all works). Blade: Hi looks like it could be amazing, 4x damage under a crit rate, something ninjas need.

and then drk scythes, how about perdu sickle? I actually still have that probably...

as far as bst axes go, one of the best ones appears to be relatively easy to get off a certain imp nm... farsha looks........ okay. i dont know. depends on how good cloudsplitter is, Primal Rend was already pretty amazing giving light elemental damage in the high numbers. and then there's rampage... doubt that it's worth it

[Zadimortis]

Possible low man strats for Briareus?

I'm quite curious about this myself. I have a couple friends who I mess around with occasionally in Abyssea: Me - WHM/BLM/BLU/BRD, a NIN/SAM/THF/RDM, a DRG/NIN/BLM, a NIN/SAM, a DNC/WHM, and a RDM/BLM/BST; all available at random intervals (i.e. when they feel like it), and I'm in the process of calculating what all we can't do in Abyssea. Briareus is pretty high on my wish list, mostly for the Atma and the Lunar Abyssite. Would he be out of our league, or no?

[Fievel]

I'm quite curious about this myself. I have a couple friends who I mess around with occasionally in Abyssea: Me - WHM/BLM/BLU/BRD, a NIN/SAM/THF/RDM, a DRG/NIN/BLM, a NIN/SAM, a DNC/WHM, and a RDM/BLM/BST; all available at random intervals (i.e. when they feel like it), and I'm in the process of calculating what all we can't do in Abyssea. Briareus is pretty high on my wish list, mostly for the Atma and the Lunar Abyssite. Would he be out of our league, or no?

I remember reading before from someone, I want to say it was Thorny, that all mobs in abyssea can be done by 6 inbreds (or something like that, regardless the point was everything is low mannable)

We just need a strat

[fredjanx]

For atma, you'd probably want to kite him at the huge lake by the pixies and flies.
If you already have it, you might be better off using a Fanatics Powder zerg strat.

[Darkmagi]

Crit hit +1% light earring worth keeping at all?