Random Question Thread (FFXI Related)

vs 95 WoE. I'm not "not" taking this to 90, its my friends. I'm just trying to see of two people who has the better weapon.

I don't have the numbers atm, but I'm gonna assume 85 Vere is still better.
The aftermath is very strong :3

are items like this, for example, +5 or +7 macc in legion?

Anyone know what Font color i change to make Abbysite of Discernment messages easier to spot ?

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I would think that if it doesn't subtract it, ie Diabolos's earring, then you can just add the stats together.

So it would be +7.

Iirc, no. The conditional stats replace similar stats under those conditions. Like, Diabolos's Earring would be -3 Acc and +2 MAcc in Dark weather.

For instance:
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Storm_Loop

i believe i remember reading there was a way too but i can't remember where after searching, how do you specify a xml that you want to link up with a specific subjob? thf/nin for example

Any "New" "Must have" Armor added on the last 6 months ?

while not really ffxi related , ever since the achievment system update certain portions of pages dont load or display on my crappy Pantech. specificly bazaars , price history , POL news , or the tabs on player pages . is there a way to fix this thru settings or do i need to update something like java ?

See this screenshot: http://www.ffxiah.com/screenshots/69713

How do I get those status icons (yes, using windower). Thanks!

Bleep bloop.

Awesome, thanks!

Are the stats known for Salvage II bosses and Dvali Jonah that I can plug into a spreadsheet? Thanks~

Very random question, I wonder what was the general reaction to abyssea the first few months it was released ? I came back when the cap raised to 99.

Also what were 'end game' event ls doing in there. I mean other then building empy, other stuff could be done in first few weeks or so (atma/+2s/abbysites)

From what I remember, people were very curious about Abyssea.

We weren't even leveling in it until a few weeks after when people figured out how to. (or a few days, not sure really).

Then almost everyone was doing Abyssea. If you weren't doing it to get the new armor everyone was excited about you were getting all your jobs to 80 > 85 > 90 > 95 > 99 over the next year.

Most people actually competely ignored abyssea when it first came out. It took a few weeks before people figured out time extensions, at which point it became popular for exp. Procing remained a pretty strong mystery through the first expansion so many people ignored the blue!! drops because they were effectively 5%. Along those lines very few people had atmas.

Most of the groups after gear in abyssea (on my server at least) were relatively small, normally 5-6 people that would get/merc stuff like viking helms and serp hands. Lots of people would pin the hell out of mobs and mage solo them. The only "endgame" ls on my server was dismal, and couldn't kill anything. I'm sure most good hnm shells primarily merced stuff.

Are sea gorgets still relevant for macroing into weaponskills at level 99?

Yes, Breeze(or equivalent gorget/belt) for resolution, light gorget/belt for last stand are 2 that I use. They are still useful, it just depends on the weapon skill in question.

I was thinking about Rampage (soil belt/gorget) Thoughts?

I know that personally I found Abyssea very fun. As a DNC who liked to solo random crap I had a ton of fun killing everything I could at the time, then trying and trying when I couldn't do it the first time. The NM's being forced pops (for the most part) made it all the more fun.

for Rampage there are most likely better options, but if you're going for axe WS, you should look into ruinator, and then gorget/belt is most likely a good option

See now I'm confused.

Rampage = 5 hit
Ruinator = 4 hit

My Rampage almost always does more damage...but what you're saying is, gorget/belt is still good with axe ws's, yeah?

The way I understand it, on ws`s where the FTP modifier carries over onto all hits, Gorget/Belt is almost always best option. And as far as I know Rampage`s ftp is only for the first hit.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

the ele gorgets/belts only work on the first hit of a WS, except for the merit WS Ruinator on the merit WS fTP is the same for all hits making gorget/belt an excellent option for them. if you merit ruinator 5/5 it has a 100% str mod also, so you should be hitting 3-4k pretty easy on most content that you would be using an axe.

If you're trying to say more hits = more damage. Not always true. Differences in WS mods, FTP values, and possibility of FTP affecting more than one hit of the ws make certain of this.

In the case of Ruinator, while it loses the ability to crit that Rampage has, it has a 100% STR modifier as well as a higher FTP that carries onto all hits of the ws. Meaning it gets a larger increase in damage from adding more STR as well as a nice increase from things that increase FTP such as the belts/gorgets.

On top of this since it is not a crit weaponskill so you are not relying on crits to deal the best damage for the weaponskill. Meaning it's much more reliable and will tend to average higher in damage in the long run because of this.

Someone can feel free to correct me on any points but I think I got it about right.

Put a little more simply:
Rampage - 30% STR Modifier, +~0% Critical Hit Rate at 100TP for ~35% Critical Hit Rate overall, 5 hits

Ruinator - 100% STR Modifier, +35% Attack, 4-hits but replicates fTP, so 1.2 or 1.3 fTP/hit with Gorget/Belt/Mekira-oto +1.


So Ruinator has (much) higher base damage, more attack, and higher http://fTP. In exchange, it cannot critical. Even in Abyssea, some BSTs prefer it to Rampage because it is just that strong.

Thanks for the explanations!

lookin at a new laptop dont feel like paying extra for windows 7 and problem with ffxi and/or windower on 8 ?