Random Question Thread XV: This Is Not The Sticky You're Looking For

[Plow]

Will be interesting to see what happens in December, when XI gets it's next update and free trials start expiring for FF14; and then again in March with the XI update and PS3 release. Frankly though, my main XI-14 worry is that 14 fails so hard it undermines whatever support can be given to XI financially as SE try and stop themselves going under.

SE wouldn't "go under" if 14 had sold 0 copies.

[Jeryhn]

the best part about the atma system is the flexibility it offers. One time, you can go in with dd atmas and wreck house. Mage job? change those up to boost your spellcasting. tanking? hp/whatever. That's the true fun of it.

This, a million times.

[Greatguardian]

I know this 2 questions may raise an uproar but I'm going to give it a try anyway since this seems to be the forum with the most experience in FFXI:

1)Since I'm a "pretty newish" player(been playing for long but had long hiatuses,surely you noticed by my other question in the thread, which by the way helped a lot even tough I'm stuck at the moment), I wanted to ask if anyone could give me some pointers about gil making.I'm taking up craftings since I always ignored those, trying to do some NM's farming/bcnms but don't have a lot of manpower and people are really into an abyssea craze.I know this will get me flamed really much but I can't seem to be able to solo farm with mnk(gimped) that much of an income.For crafts I'm something like 6 leathercraft 9 alchemy, something WW, and that's it.I usually do for farming something like: go to a zone, slaughter something that drops for 10 hrs a day, keep being poor.Read the resources available here,zam forums, blogs, whatever, seems pretty much everything outdated, and I really don't want to give up on things.

2)After the outrage on the first question the second one should be even worse: should I keep trying soloing with jobs/partying with the 3-4 people in seek? I mean, I don't like the whole abyssea leech idea, but fields of valor soloing 5-to-8 jobs seems a bit too much to ask.I did solo for basically...well forever, so I'm considering being hardly gimped leeching and then learning hard to play.I know I should learn the proper way, but there's a serious lacking in party action at any lvl and everyone I've heard is encouraging me to leech while I'm quite dubious about it.Would not be my first job tough.

gogo flame now! Atleast I started doing rdm as other posts said, lvl 31 for now, hit a huge slump on invites/solo <.<

clarification: I already got something like 2-3 milions cruor from my main job, anyway thanks for the answers already! less flame than expected.

Best advice I can give (though not the best anyone here could give I'm sure), is you have to spend money to make money. If you already have MNK at 75+, work with that. Use what gil you make from basic farming to improve your gear. I'm sure plenty of people here will be able to help you ascertain what you could realistically work on buying if you asked sincerely. Most of the rage at people asking for money/gear tips here comes from people wanting instant gratification and refusing to put any sort of effort into improving themselves.

With a well geared MNK, you'll be better able to handle yourself in solo/duo/lowman situations. MNK is a very powerful job in the current state of the game and a trio of Mnk, Rdm, Brd can kill most NMs out there right now. As your gear improves, you'll be able to take down stronger targets, and will become more appealing to Linkshells that deal with endgame. While everyone has their own preferences as far as joining linkshells and working in large groups go, there's no denying that joining a linkshell will almost always give you more personal contacts to draw from. Meet people with jobs that complement your own and team up with them to take on stronger targets, that's where the real money is. It definitely takes a decent amount of effort to reach that point, but you'll find yourself in a much better position because of it.

[Eleven19]

Pretty sure this is gunna be a no, but if I'm doing a trial requiring x reps of a WS, do AoE WS's count multiple times if they hit multiple mobs or just for 1 usage of it?

[Andradi]

It's a no.

[Eleven19]

Bother. How about this:

Also probably a no, but say I did 2 WS DMG+10% single-hand weapons and dual wield them? Does the game only register those sTP/10% weapons on main hand or will they stack to 20%? Or will neither (sTP OR 10%) work offhanded?

[Greatguardian]

STP will work offhand, WS DMG will not even if you stack them.

[Eleven19]

Got it, alright, thanks. Last one, is there any info either way about grabbing the sTP axe? Not sure if its worth using. I'm not trying to make anything ground breaking for war dual wield, just some things to keep up with the level cap rises.

[Kilorilo]

Have there been comparisons of Completed Empyrean Weapons WSs vs the WoE versions WS ? other than the ODD and stat+ i'm wondering if the WS are significantly stronger on the empy version.

[Massimo]

The weaponskills will be the same. There's still the other factors you mentioned that makes Empyreans quite a bit better though.

[Darkmagi]

How does DW war compare with Gaxe war now with razed ruins and such? Also, how much will the difference between Gaxe and DW be with DW3? I'm thinking 2x PDT axes would be great for DD tanking as well, probably 11%? per weapon next update.

[Plow]

How does DW war compare with Gaxe war now with razed ruins and such? Also, how much will the difference between Gaxe and DW be with DW3? I'm thinking 2x PDT axes would be great for DD tanking as well, probably 11%? per weapon next update.

The same way virtually anything compares to Gaxe war, pathetically. Retaliation is nuts, as are RR/VV raging rushes.

[Dooom]

Which is the opposite of what I remember Bryn posting a few weeks ago, where he napkin-mathed axe/axe overtaking GAs as of next update.

[Plow]

Which is the opposite of what I remember Bryn posting a few weeks ago, where he napkin-mathed axe/axe overtaking GAs as of next update.

Was this before or after RR, and did it factor in retal?

[Byxfluzba]

Which scars zone T2/3 VNMs are easiest to tackle? I'm DRG only before I'm told to duo with rdms.

[Thorny]

Was this before or after RR, and did it factor in retal?

Protip: RR helps Axe/Ridill more than GA. Real talk.

[arus2001]

Admittedly, part of me's curious to see what a WAR/NIN with two DA% Axes and appropriate gear would fare in comparison. 10% from trait, 5% merits, 10%(?) from VV, 9% from Axe1, 7% from Axe2, 4% Mask+2, 5% Cuisses+2, 5% Brutal. That's 55%, with possibly more from other things like Askar body or Aesir Mantle. Would DA cap at 50%?

[Plow]

Protip: RR helps Axe/Ridill more than GA. Real talk.

Retaliation can crit.

[Thorny]

Retaliation can crit.

/nin isn't forced to cast utsu, lower pdif increases value of crit drastically.. lower acc increases value of dex drastically, etc

GA war isn't bad, but if it's not behind axe/ridill yet it will be soon(I'm pretty sure it has now though.. especially considering WAR can cap haste while rocking Nusku's Sash). Granted, irrelevant, since MNK and NIN trash both options.

[Clash Perez]

WAR had been sitting at 70 for a couple of years now, and I decided to take it up to 85 on something of a whim. My gear is pretty much SAM left-overs, such as Byakko's Haidate, Haub+1, Dusk Gloves, etc etc.

1. What's some non-Abyssea, indispensable WAR gear that I should be picking up?

2. I've seen people remark that going for the Store TP Great Axe would prevent one from getting the WS DMG+10%, which apparently is nice for Cleave parties. Is the WS DMG+10% more suitable for Cleave burns than, say, the STR/ATT path or Maschu +1?

Thanks.