Random Question Thread (FFXI Related)

Remember when we used to get nuked by light damage from one of the limbus bosses

This RNG just wants the same love COR has seen for a decade!!! :P

In a previous post, Fujito mentioned new master trials (plural). I've been waiting to see if we got them before the end of the year. But, it seems no one else is anticipating this. Did he walk back on that?

Source

There was a new master trial added just this month.

Right. I was under the impression there would be more, but it seems others think that's it.

There is no time table set in that interview that I can see for the release of new master trials other than after the completion of VR. I don't see what he would be walking back on. We literally just got the first one. We will get what we get when we get it, just give it time :)

Anyone know how I get Sanraku to sell isle passes if the character has not done znm? I had to talk to Ryo first...

Everything else exactly as expected:
Rotation of Ambuscade mobs.
Moving Khimaira.
And whatever this is gonna be:
Traditionally though, their bug fixes are the anti-hydra: Fix one bug, two more will rise in its place!

Is it specifically Sudden Lunge that the last boss to TVR is hyper stunnable by, or is it just Stun in general?

Most stuns, with the exception of sometimes Shock Squall, don't last very long. Stun (spell) and other stuns (Headbutt, stun from WS, etc.) last 0.1-1 second or so. Sudden Lunge can last upwards of 10 seconds. This is why it's typically recommended when talking about keeping an enemy stun-locked.

If you're just trying to interrupt a spell or ability of his, any stun is fine. If you're trying to keep him stunned for prolonged periods of time, there isn't much replacement for Sudden Lunge specifically.

Keep in mind though that this potency/duration will go down with repeated use. After a few longer duration SL, you will find it lasting only a second like the rest of the stuns, so don't count on this for an entire drawn-out slow solo fight, and use it as needed.

In my experience SL duration drops by at least 1/2 to 2/3 on the 2nd one landing and pretty much only interrupts what ever move the mob is currently doing on the 3rd one.

Just wanting to throw this out there cause stunlocking to me means shutting the mob down till it's dead. The first SL buys you enough time for ~2-4 spells, second maybe for another 1-2 and after that it's imho just a hail mary due to the short duration and SL beeing generally somewhat unreliable.

If you're reading this getting the impression you can pin down TVR boss on BLU solo with sudden lunge alone please be aware that this is just the usual hyperbole this board is infamous for.

Hyberbole?? Bro dont even. Speak for yourself man. I soloed the last TVR boss in one SL, guy was dead before the stun even wore off.

Does the su5 great katana get access to mumei?

Nope, it's broken but no one wants to make the bug report. Of course they wouldn't fix it, but it's the principle.

ALL ws means ALL and it currently does indeed not have them ALL

Does fast cast from gear cap exactly at 80% or do you need more like 81 or 82% to cap?

I dont think I've ever seen a note on a piece of fastcast gear suggesting "even though the listed amount is FastCast+4, the actual amount is 30/1024", nor have I ever seen anyone discuss needing to go to 81 or 82% to cap.

Its possible that you may need to go to 81/82 to cap, but people never cared to go to those lengths because there are other variables at play that will render saving 0.1 seconds on casting time moot. Think spamming BP's during AC: if you spam that BP too fast, you're now behind the 8-ball because of lockout.

It doesn't allow the campaign/trust GKT WS either. Bug report is a complete waste of time for either case, though.

All player usable ws, that should be obvious

(even though it does not specify)

Edit; even that's not fully accurate, no Tachi: Suikawari either

Issue is more that it's incredibly hard to measure. Casttime can't be measured that precisely at all. Most fast cast was quantified using recasts, but even if you take something like Reprisal (6 min while weakened), you're looking at.. 0.5/1024 * 360 = less than 1/5 a second, and that's assuming they don't round the recast factor after dividing the casttime factor by 2. If 31/1024 FC becomes 15/1024 recast or 16/1024 recast, it would be effectively impossible to measure. Otherwise, a rigidly designed test could probably manage it, but you'd need to incorporate knowledge of server communication time and packet flow so it's not something that's ever been looked into that precisely.

I would assume it probably is in /1024s since they did most calculations that way for performance and would have no reason to revise them, but like you said, it doesn't matter all that much.

What's the exact rounding for the weaponskill damage statistic?

Specifically, the 3% war wsdmg job gift, is that 7/256? or is it on a 1024 scale?

Same question for a general 10 pdl found on gear, would that be 25/256?

How much HP per tick does a vim torque+1 drain?

50

Um...

Thanks!

I just noticed that for Ambuscade each month you can get 3 capes and full mats to augment three capes.
Oh wait no, because you get mats for 3 EXCEPT for Dyes, which you get enough just for 2.
I mean... why? Dyes are not even the last addition to capes, that's Resin.

So I mean, are they aware of this or is it a mistake? I assume they're aware.
But the question is... why?
What could be the reason behind this? Can you think of anything, other than a personal anti-OCD grudge by one of the devs.

Just being ***.

So I'm a nubcake, and I'm not familiar enough with post 2015 endgame at all to know but...

What do I need to do to access:

Sortie
Odyssey
Domain Invasion
Omen

Any other stuff?

Finish the whole damn game (complete rov and seekers)
Exist for 45 days (you can enter Sheol A from minute 1 day 1)
Exist (minute 1 day 1 you can enter zitah DI)
Finish RoV (and half the game)

Zitah DI needs ROV chapter 3 for access to Escha Zitah.

Also Dynamis Divergence needs dreamland Dynamis clears for some reason (but not original city Dynamis clears because that would make too much sense).

You get it on 1-1 by walking outside killing one mob and walking back inside (set roes to get 2 levels)