Random Question Thread XIV: No Not XIV, XI

[Aerynlia]

Do some quests.

[Karbuncle]

Beaten to death but i've never been a SAM =.

Sea Gorgets any good to Y/G/K? If yes, What amount of STR would be required to beat Gorget?

If no, What amount of STR would be required to beat gorget D:!

[Snick]

Anyone ever see a Cure trigger !! ? On undead mobs, of course.

[Nightfyre]

Beaten to death but i've never been a SAM =.

Sea Gorgets any good to Y/G/K? If yes, What amount of STR would be required to beat Gorget?

If no, What amount of STR would be required to beat gorget D:!

Yes, depends but the main point is that there's no neck with enough STR to compete.

[Thorny]

How can i build fame fast in Abyssea?

Very experimental methods, but I'd recommend either:

A) selling your soul in a pact with the devil

or

B) discovering a magic lamp

Spoiler: show

La Theine - Unbreak His Heart 50x to cap
Konschtat - Do Hope Blooms on the Battlefield -> Of Malnourished Martellos -> Refuel and Replenish -> 24x The Soul of the Matter to cap.
Tahrongi - About 30-35x Weapons, Not Worries will unlock For Love of a Daughter. Completing that 5x for the abyssite unlocks When Good Cardians go Bad. More bones if you want true fame cap for some reason.
Misareaux - 30x Smoke Over The Coast with +3 sausage to cap
Vunkerl - 20x A Ward to End All Wards or 8x (heavy) The Boxwatcher's Behest to get access to both abyssite quests. More of either if you want Jester's Hat one.
Attohwa - Threadbare Tribulations until fame 2(I know, gross.) Flown The Coop/Looking for Lookouts until capped. Can do both on same entry to save time.

[Yugl]

I think a ward to end all wards got nerfed by the last "mini-update." I briefly read the notes, but I recall it saying there is not a 1hr wait period between each quest completion.

[Aerynlia]

I did it last week, and turned in about 20 pop items in a row. Only maint I've seen on the zone since was all the scars zones, so not sure if they changed it then.

[Tanag]

I'm thinking of coming back to get 85 and try out the new stuff.
I hear Abyssea is the new exp hot spot. How fast can I expect to reasonably level there? Will I need scars a well? Are random parties just as good or will I need LS based experience parties?

[Thorny]

Pickup parties 60-80k/h. Top tier parties can break 200k/h, experienced duos can get as high as 100k/h. All of these require lights capped, which takes up about the first hour to 2 hours of a party depending on quality. You'll get exp as you go, just gradually increases until cap. 75-85 in a competent group is under 3 hours.

[Devinry]

Somewhat similar question: any tips on duo/lower-man parties in abyssea, mainly for the purpose of capping time? Once merits are capped, I don't really want to have to join full alliances just for the purpose of getting time extends, when I could just grab a few friends and do it. Any advice on locations, what to kill, decent job combos would be much appreciated.

[Gun-it]

Working on a 5hit for my sam, was thinking this set up for TP
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...91/Capture.png
Just need AF3 head seals, GKT is STP+10
But i was wondering what i would have to WS in to keep my 5hit?

Any help with this please?

[Dooom]

Your link doesn't work, sends me to my own item sets menu.

[Gun-it]

Thanks edited it

[Nitrous24]

Thanks edited it

You're only getting 20.0 tp/hit with that setup if i'm right about what the stuff is.. 10 weapon 4 rose 5 head 5 rajas 5 legs. 29 store tp.. you'll need the same on ws. If you have a better hat. I would suggest domaru or +1 on ws. or any other way to make up the 5 store tp you'll lose switching to different hat. Hachiman feet would work as well.. but you lose 1 more str.

Edit: That's also assuming you have capped merits.

[Gun-it]

ok thanks was thinking it was just domaru over KO for WS

[Castellano]

The store tp break down for 5 hit (w/ 464 delay) is like this:
Store TP needed on hits to maintain 5 hit:
TP WS
29 29
30 26
31 23
32 20
33 16
34 10
35 6
36 3

this is assuming you have capped merits

[Nitrous24]

Sorry i forgot brutal so you're actually gettin 20.1 tp/hit.. but doesn't change the fact that you'll need to ws in domaru assuming you ws in those legs.

[Karbuncle]

Yes, depends but the main point is that there's no neck with enough STR to compete.

Curious what amount of STR would be required for the neck?

http://www.ffxiah.com/item/11582/ire-torque-1 is +7 but must be too low.

I believe you just wondering what might be the minimum =x

[Motenten]

Napkin math: For non-Haguns, somewhere in the vicinity of 16-18 str to match a gorget, not counting some of the higher Abyssea str buffs, which would raise the required amount of additional strength needed.

[Fwahm]

Was the level correction function changed recently? Both BG wiki and Otherwiki list it as it acting after you cRatio is capped, like this.

Attack/Defense > Capped at 2.0/2.2 > -0.05 for every level the opponent is above you > calculated Pdif

However, I'm getting damage numbers on Incredibly Toughs that equal my damage on Too Weaks, so I'm thinking that level correction must work before your cRatio is capped.