Random Question Thread (FFXI Related)

Not just acc, also haste. Allowed a lot of freedom in the other slots (I used the ambu legs with stp and 1% haste).
These days, and for a long time already, I just go nyame 5/5 with alabaster earring, double chirich+1, null stuff etc.

Geo melee with 5/5 nyame and null accessories is essentially unable to be enfeebled and practically unkillable.

Don't be that guy.

gazu + jhakri pants is in my geo/dnc high acc set still. but i haven't used that set in probably a year now.

I used it for sortie 8boss. If you're running aminon, you gotta /drk so no tp bonus offhand option in the first place. i used null pieces and still only got around 92% acc at Aita, so uncapped offhand still, but close.

My current set as more acc than the previous set I was using (with Gazu+Jhakri) simply because of Null stuff and Alabaster R30.

Now... you could combine the old set with these new accessories for even more acc! But honestly I think I'm good on Aita and even Aminon.
ML46 or something on GEO, which I guess does provide another lil bit of help in terms of acc, of course.

To be candid, I'm building a whm dd set for fun for CP and wasn't sure if I was missing something regarding just how much acc & haste one slot would give and if I would replace any other gear. I don't have any Bunzi RP but planned on using those hands instead of Gazu anyways.

WHM has a few more options and CP/EP with WHM/NIN using Misery is fun! You should get in touch with Asura.Mims, he's a master at WHMdd.
You can totally start with 5/5 Nyame R25.
Shetal Stone & Suppanomimi
Alabaster Earring
Null Cape, Null neck (otherwise Combatant I guess?)
Chirich+1 x2.
I'm sure it can be improved aplenty but that's a pretty nice TPset for WHM.



Anyway, question on my side about Brigand's Chart quest, I've never done it.
It lasts only 3 minutes so I guess I could go PUP and use the Automaton to tank the Pugil if I get it? Can you even Fish while your automaton fights? Or does he disengage the second you start fishing?
Which baits should I be using?
Other tips for someone who has never done this thing before?

I just used something cheap that stacked to 99 (probably lugworms) since it doesnt matter what bait you use as far as I'm aware. I had someone come with to sleep the goblins and I cancelled cast on 'ferocious bite' messages to prevent fishing up the pugil. I think I only got a couple pugil bites.

Sigh...
Thanks Madotsuki though, very useful!

what discord?

Come sit on my lap and you'll know.

Oddly enough found it right after you posted that, so i guess sitting on your lap worked :) Thanks

Soooo here we are again, anybody got info about "Pirate's Chart (Quest)" in modern days?
Never tried the thing.

I assume I can go on PUP, engage the puppet, overdrive then swap target fast, at that point the pet can likely survive and kill all the nms and I don't need to fish any items.
Or am I underestimating them?

Never seen it done with a pup, don't know why it wouldn't be quite simple, except you have to be fast on the deploy to get all 3 on it.

You'll have to deploy to get hate on 1 then tank the other 2 for 10 seconds until deploy is up again. Bring a mulsim or 2 and an aulait/potion drops, should be a nonissue.

If not PUP, which other job could make it trivial? I'm afraid none

Typically smn. pup you have to survive 20 seconds waiting on deploy. Shouldn't be much harder, just a little bit.

For fights where repeated Mewing Lullabies are nerfed, how long do you have to wait between Mewings for the penalty to not be present (or at least very lenient)?

Bring 2 SMNs, both use Astral Flow and everything will die.

Might be able to pull it off with a single SMN, but it's very very risky.

This is the exact same strategy that has been in all the guides for decades and it still works "in modern days"


Maybe you already finished this one but if not:
-Don't pull up monsters
-Other players can handle them if you do
-SMN also does this since Carbuncle will auto-engage it
-No idea about automatons because I'm not a filthy PUP, but SMN pets will continue to fight while you fish
-Any bait is fine, doesn't matter.

Tips: Fish fast, open chests as you get them (it sucks to time out with chests on the ground)

It's much easier than it seems though. I had LOADS of time left when I did it the other day. It's much, much, much easier than Pirate's Chart. Just clear the goblins (and probably have someone there to clear them again, they respawn fast) and the rest is easy as hell.

Brigant's chart was easy. Granted it lasts only a couple of minutes but I got lucky, got the Penguin Ring inside one of the chests, I think the last one I opened when the timer was about to end.
Don't remember the job I was on but I simply did not fish any monster and it worked lol.

So basically for Pirate's I need to find another person, which will get absolutely nothing out of it.
Someone with SMN of course.

It definitely helps to have the extra body though it's not necessary. The fight is still a challenge like the mini forks, but they are still doable. The charts are easier to come by these days too.

Another personal fishing advice/opinion I'd like to chip in is I feel Albatross Ring, while nice, isn't really that necessary to chase after. All of the most troublesome fish I was able to reel in just fine with Penguin + Duck ring combo. Duck rings are usually pretty easy to stock up on with doing a single boat ride to/from Selbina/Mhaura catching some Tiger Sharks (provided you don't get critically unlucky with gutting but I find Duck Rings to be relatively not that rare. Could also buy them off AH if you don't yet have the KI necessary for catching them yourself).

R0d on Lakshmi and can't connect to POL

Only me, I think. There's still 500 people online.

It's escaping me and I couldn't easily find the answer:

What's the addon(s) that cause you to softlock/brick when talking to the Curator Moogle?

Or alternatively, is the recipe for the new item out yet? or is it tomorrow

If I'm remembering this correctly, on Mboze, we had to wait over 30-40 seconds before we could absorb any TP (we would get some sort of failure message anytime before that), and even then, it was only partial. After maybe 60 seconds it was the full amount?

Just for clarity, it's Demonic Axe not Demon's Axe.

Does anyone know of a few trusts which do not engage? I'd like to update the page here: https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Trust_Behavior

Each individual Trust's behavior in regards to engaging is noted in their description card on the main Trust page.

What are people doing for Tumult Curator kills these days? I know we're long past the bits on the BG wiki talk page of "adhemar in TP sets".

I know Yaegasumi can just burn it down through all the Astral Flows, but I'm really hoping for a strat with no 2h use to avoid MMM/Abyssea trips.

It's super old content with super high stats. Just stack DT/MDT, Geo for Vex/Attune/fade/fend and mow it down. It really shouldn't be too much harder than that. Mantra MNK to boost HP and just zerg it. One For all, Rampart, Shell, Phalanx etc.

One for all + fade will be needed to avoid death without 2hrs.

Still need to kill it within one for all duration, stack everyone together for curagas and the bubbles, and have a whm (or auto-whm) with some balls.

Never tried it with rampart, maybe? Didn't think rampart could cut down magic dmg, though don't play pld much.

Have done it with as few as four characters, single dd.