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"Quick" and easy job lua building with AI
Serveur: Bahamut
Game: FFXI
Posts: 16
By Bahamut.Surealistic 2026-06-23 10:03:07
I was asked to make a guide of sorts on how I build my Lua sets for all my jobs, so here it is.
I'll start with a TLDR as a brief overview.
I use Google's notebooklm.google.com.
I have linked all the job guides from bgwiki.
I downloaded all my gear with Gearswap using //gs export all, and took that info and copy/pasted it into a notebook as copied text.
I linked the custom gearswap I use (name redacted for SE reasons) on GitHub.
I have a set of rules I have told Notebook to follow.
1. JSE (Job-Specific Equipment) Tier Mapping: All JSE shortcuts must be mapped to their highest possible tier (+4 for Artifact and Relic, +3 for Empyrean) directly at the top of your Lua files, regardless of whether you currently possess those upgraded pieces in your inventory.
2. CSV Inventory Verification: Every non-JSE piece of gear used in your sets must be strictly cross-referenced and verified against your provided Vana'diel Exported Item Manifest. If an item is not in your inventory, it cannot be used.
The Warp Ring Rule: The Warp Ring must be hardcoded into all of your idle sets.
3. Movement Speed Gear Rule: The optimal movement speed item for your specific job (e.g., Fajin Boots for Puppetmaster, Carmine Cuisses +1 for Paladin, Jute Boots +1 for Black Mage) must be applied to your idle and Kiting sets.
4. Ambuscade Cape Rule: It is assumed that you have the proper Job-Specific Ambuscade cape variants (e.g., Rudianos's Mantle for Paladin, Visucius's Mantle for Puppetmaster, Taranus's Cape for Black Mage) with the optimal augments required for the specific set being built (such as Fast Cast, Weapon Skill Damage, or Double Attack).
I then take an example of a job Lua and delete all the gear, just the gear, not the set names. Copy all, or half of it, as Notebook has a limit on how much can be in one text box, and tell Notebook to fill out the sets for (insert your job here).
I take what it gives me, and I paste it into my Lua, and bam, full Lua with your gear for each job.
ok, so now the full walkthrough.
1. Go to NotebookLM and create a notebook for your Character.
2. Go to Job Guides and link all the job guides you want, or all of them as websites that actually have info. If they are outdated, still add them; they may have some random gear piece that no other guide has
3. Link the gearswap and any relevant gearswap setup GitHub
4. Export all of your gear with GearSwap. //gs export all Open the file generated in your Windower/Addons/GearSwap/data/export folder and copy all the information there. Don't worry about random items; Notebook will ignore them. Go back to Notebook and add another source, but this time go to copied text instead of websites
Paste your inventory in there.
You should basically, at this point, have a Notebook with all job guides, your gear, and any relevant gearswap GitHub, and it should look something like this
5. Insert rules:
JSE (Job-Specific Equipment) Tier Mapping: All JSE shortcuts must be mapped to their highest possible tier (+4 for Artifact and Relic, +3 for Empyrean) directly at the top of your Lua files, regardless of whether you currently possess those upgraded pieces in your inventory.
CSV Inventory Verification: Every non-JSE piece of gear used in your sets must be strictly cross-referenced and verified against your provided Vana'diel Exported Item Manifest. If an item is not in your inventory, it cannot be used.
The Warp Ring Rule: The Warp Ring must be hardcoded into all of your idle sets.
Movement Speed Gear Rule: The optimal movement speed item for your specific job (e.g., Fajin Boots for Puppetmaster, Carmine Cuisses +1 for Paladin, Jute Boots +1 for Black Mage) must be applied to your idle and Kiting sets.
Ambuscade Cape Rule: It is assumed that you have the proper Job-Specific Ambuscade cape variants (e.g., Rudianos's Mantle for Paladin, Visucius's Mantle for Puppetmaster, Taranus's Cape for Black Mage) with the optimal augments required for the specific set being built (such as Fast Cast, Weapon Skill Damage, or Double Attack).
These are the rules I came up with that best fit what I want from this. Experiment and update as you see fit for your needs.
6. The gearswap setup I use has default or example luas for all jobs. If yours has that, take the relevant one and delete all the gear, but not the sets out of it.
Copy as much of it as will work in one text box in Notebook and tell it to "fill out these sets for (insert job here), (insert copied lua)"
The first thing you get back should be something like this
Copy everything from gear.Artifact ={} to gear.Empyrean.feet = "Fili Cothurnes +3" and paste it at the top of the Lua you are making.
I have always set all reforged gear to max, then adjust down to what I actually have. This also always uses reforged gear regardless if i actually have it, i do this so its less changing later on when i do get gear i dont have now. Obviously, you can change this in the rules however you want, but having all the reforged gear at the top makes it super easy to change when you upgrade a piece, just change the +1 to a +2, and every use of it is changed throughout the whole lua.
Then copy and paste the rest of the Lua over the gearsets it just made
This is my first guide; any input would be appreciated.
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By Lakshmi.Avereith 2026-06-23 10:20:56
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By Bahamut.Surealistic 2026-06-23 10:21:49
I do not have brd geared at all lol, I just grabbed a random job
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By Lakshmi.Avereith 2026-06-23 10:40:16
By Genoxd 2026-06-23 11:06:34
This is why you cannot ask AI to do this with weak rules like this. It makes ***up and will cut corners all day.
You're just not going to get good results unless you bound it to checks. You'll need to ask it to create tests for sets to validate if the set has real items, are the items in the right slot, can they actually be equipped, etc.
Asura.Suteru
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By Asura.Suteru 2026-06-23 11:24:18
Where's my minus button for posts
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By Bahamut.Surealistic 2026-06-23 11:26:37
sorry, it made a mistake, guess what, humans do too
it works really good, but sorry for trying to help people
 Carbuncle.Nynja
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By Carbuncle.Nynja 2026-06-23 11:45:34
"it made a mistake" is something that comes up after a couple people have used it and bugs are found, not right in the preview pics.
 Asura.Psylo
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By Asura.Psylo 2026-06-23 11:46:02
Its not a problem to help people, but its works better when people learn to do thing, and sorry but made a lua, understand set etc is one of those things.
Shiva.Thorny
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By Shiva.Thorny 2026-06-23 11:46:33
Bahamut.Surealistic said: »it made a mistake, guess what, humans do too
Humans learn from mistakes. If you're of reasonable intelligence and spend a few hours learning how both the stats and luas work, you might mix up gear from time to time but you're probably not going to put Dunna in your BRD's sets. Since it's the song midcast effect, that swap alone is probably putting your performance below someone who just fulltimes their buff set because you're losing song+, wind skill, and access to honor march. No moonbow whistle either.
The entire reasoning behind using GS instead of a simpler system is that you can squeeze out every drop of performance. If you offload your choices to a system that doesn't understand that performance, you're probably not gaining anything. Just make some equipsets and call it a day: despite what people say, it's a perfectly viable way to do all content besides new MTs.
By RadialArcana 2026-06-23 11:51:25
Gearswap is needlessly complicated for new players, there does need to be some system to auto build sets from a program or whatever. It also needs to put sensible limits on them too, people make outlandish sets that hammer the server with all kinds of needless swaps. Lots of people using gearswap in an instance is effectively a minor ddos when it's all built on 56k limits.
Shiva.Thorny
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By Shiva.Thorny 2026-06-23 11:54:49
I think gearswap is complicated because the equipment swapping system and the nuance of ffxi's damage calculations are complicated. Players who don't want to learn those things will probably not play at the highest level. If you're of below-average intelligence your best chance of competing is to get a premade lua and go farm or buy all the gear already in it. And, that's what a lot of people seem to do.
I don't really see a great solution. People get into the game for the feel of it but don't have the time, intelligence, or desire to learn all the stat interactions. Players using these tools have inflated the difficulty of content to be scaled for their use. The desire to have something automatically set up the best sets based on what you have makes perfect sense in that context, but this isn't it.
 Asura.Eiryl
Serveur: Asura
Game: FFXI
By Asura.Eiryl 2026-06-23 11:55:30
Gearswap is cake. It's a mountain of absolute *** you add to it that makes it complicated.
Nothing easier than taking a montenten gearswap and filling in gear. Blindfold easy.
But it doesnt autoengauge and autofollow and autocast and autows and autofood and automed I have to actually do stuff QQ
By RadialArcana 2026-06-23 12:00:45
Quote: Players using these tools have inflated the difficulty of content to be scaled for their use.
Actually I take back what I said, the less people using gearswap the better for the game. I don't blame whoever made it / spellcast cause they had no idea how crazy it would become, but it's absolutely turned into a terrible thing from the pov of view of content creation and server stability.
Pandoras box of ***.
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Leviathan.Kozumi
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By Leviathan.Kozumi 2026-06-23 13:53:29
Bahamut.Surealistic said: »sorry, it made a mistake, guess what, humans do too
it works really good, but sorry for trying to help people More AI slop that doesn't even work properly is the last thing the internet needs.
By zeta 2026-06-23 13:54:25
Quote: Players using these tools have inflated the difficulty of content to be scaled for their use.
Actually I take back what I said, the less people using gearswap the better for the game. I don't blame whoever made it / spellcast cause they had no idea how crazy it would become, but it's absolutely turned into a terrible thing from the pov of view of content creation and server stability.
Pandoras box of ***.
I dont think SE evers build content around players that use gearswap. Gearswap can be as complicated as you want it to be. Not hard to write a simple job file with simple logic.
However I absolutely love gearswap and happy it exists. Personally love to tinker with sets and like adding in stuff like item usage reports that lets me know how many of an item i have after use. Or mode changes.
Also to my understanding GS isnt hard on the server because GS. Isnt lot of it due to the movement swaps some people have? GS itself only sends the final equip() after all rules have ran for the events?
By zeta 2026-06-23 14:01:52
Bahamut.Surealistic said: »sorry, it made a mistake, guess what, humans do too
it works really good, but sorry for trying to help people More AI slop that doesn't even work properly is the last thing the internet needs.
I have a love hate relationship with GPT at time point. At first months ago when I first started messing with some coding tasks it was terrible. However I think now the model and info i fed it over time has improved it.
I am by no means a real coder but I know enough to be dangerous. I also dont have a very good imagination of what I want and sometimes as I prompt it ends up giving me ideas I never would have considered or how best to bring to life.
Not saying AI is good or bad but when it does work right it is fun. (sorry if i am the problem)
By Blazed1979 2026-06-23 14:21:54
+1 from me, dude.
These forums have become more and more bubbled over the years, and the same small group of bitter, socially broken posters seem to dominate every discussion with negativity and toxicity. Anything new, or even slightly challenging to their fragile sense of superiority in a 25-year-old game = the type of childish drivel demonstrated above.
Keep innovating. Keep experimenting with AI. The game needs more people trying things, not fewer.
Shiva.Thorny
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By Shiva.Thorny 2026-06-23 14:27:58
The issue isn't 'AI' or 'trying new things', it's a completely unbounded model that vomits out garbage because the person who set it up doesn't understand how AI works and the AI doesn't understand how FFXI works.
A functional tool that does the same thing *could* be made using AI, but it would use a much different model. Addon or other tool exports all valid items for job by slot. The model would be equipped with skills to evaluate how well sets do common things (magic damage, ws damage, and tp damage can all be estimated with reasonably light python scripts). The cost of recursively checking every combination is too high, but comparing a few options and seeing that a piece typically wins will be sufficient to mostly hit the best options. These are things that can be done using well-established techniques.
JA pieces with no tradeoffs should be hard-defined. There are only a couple hundred of them, it's not an insane amount of manual data-entry. People have spent much longer on these half baked solutions than it'd take to make universal includes for things like that.
Taking a list of equipment and comparing it against guides loosely isn't an approach that will drive optimal outcomes. There's no meaningful way for the model to interpret how pieces interact and verbal directives won't ensure it properly handles key things like haste cap (or song+ on midcast...).
By Blazed1979 2026-06-23 14:31:26
Bahamut.Surealistic said: »This is my first guide; any input would be appreciated. use co-work on claude or genspark.
for Claude, set the outcome you require. It WILL achieve the outcome you want.
example - I'm tired of typing in all the POL/SE IDs and PW's for all my 12 accounts. Asked co-work to come up with most practical and time saving solution. Maybe someone's done it, i don't know. doesn't matter. One click button on my desktop now, launches all 12 characters across 3 screens. That was phase 1.
Phase 2: Asked co-work to create a means to create 3x pts of 4 characters - pt composition based on character names.
In game command from my main character "Launch all" - boom. all other 11 characters logged in. 5 mins later parties formed.
up, running as intended.
Phase 3: main character issues commands in LS chat during battle, relevant actions taken to interupt their automated conditional routines.
Co-work is currently learning how to move characters through quests.
I've never done any coding outside of basic gearswap.
By Blazed1979 2026-06-23 14:33:29
AI doesn't understand how FFXI works. which A.I and when? what part of FFXI? what kind of A.I?
We've automated consulting and built A.I board advisors, finite limited set of mechanics that is FFXI ain't got ***on that.
Shiva.Thorny
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By Shiva.Thorny 2026-06-23 14:39:15
You're using generalities and bragging about clunky tools that existed 15 years ago. 'learning how to move through quests' is abstract enough to mask that you've clearly not gotten the results you're hoping for from it.
The issue isn't that AI cannot comprehend how FFXI works. It absolutely can, but no existing model has all of that already built into training data. That won't be accomplished by throwing a bunch of outdated user guides into a low end model. High context window models can certainly work within boundaries like haste cap, but they don't have a dataset of reliable inputs to get to what the user wants.
Like I said, it's possible to make this kind of tool with AI, it just takes a different approach. Give the AI well-defined skills that allow it to put a numeric value on a complete set, and it can absolutely test out your gear and find one of the best options for that set from what you have. That still requires a more direct hand in the creation of those skills.
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Shiva.Thorny
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By Shiva.Thorny 2026-06-23 14:46:56
We've automated consulting and built A.I board advisors, finite limited set of mechanics that is FFXI ain't got ***on that.
It's an interesting comparison, because obviously an AI board advisor operates on much higher stakes than a gearset decision for FFXI. I don't doubt that you've been able to offload a ton of work to your AI tools and your consulting has become exponentially more profitable. However, it's also much harder to objectively say whether their advice led to an optimal outcome. There are too many moving parts to fully evaluate whether it gave the best decision, but as long as it followed industry accepted practices it's probably going to be above criticism.
Not really the same here, we can look at the output and decide if it was wrong based on finite criteria.
By Blazed1979 2026-06-23 14:47:04
You're using generalities and bragging about clunky tools that existed 15 years ago. 'learning how to move through quests' is abstract enough to mask that you've clearly not gotten the results you're hoping for from it. probably. But i'm not a coder and entirely alergic to it. If a few mins or hours of playing with co-work gets me the results I needed, without the required expertise, that's the entire point.
'learning how to move through quests' is abstract enough to mask that you've clearly not gotten the results you're hoping for from it. Not yet. But it's an iterative process. but no existing model has all of that already built into training data again not yet. but once someone does, it is easy to replicate. literally just ask it to provide you with a thorough prompt.
but they don't have a dataset of reliable inputs to get to what the user wants. what about the damage simulators? and what does the user want in this case, automated lua generation? at first, sure.
That still requires a more direct hand in the creation of those skills.
Shiva.Thorny
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By Shiva.Thorny 2026-06-23 14:54:02
what about the damage simulators?
Packaging damage simulators into skills is exactly what I was referring to by taking a more direct hand. There are only so many different core sets (TP, WS, nuke, magic accuracy[bounded by magic skill]). Using a skill for each to deterministically decide which set will perform best will create an environment where the AI can actually test options and verify results.
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By Blazed1979 2026-06-23 14:56:18
ah I see. that's actually pretty cool, didn't think of that.
By Blazed1979 2026-06-23 14:57:33
what about the damage simulators?
Packaging damage simulators into skills is exactly what I was referring to by taking a more direct hand. There are only so many different core sets (TP, WS, nuke, magic accuracy[bounded by magic skill]). Using a skill for each to deterministically decide which set will perform best will create an environment where the AI can actually test options and verify results. another way of saying this for people who don't know what you mean by "skills" in this co-work context
"Don’t let the AI just give opinions about which gear set is better. Give it actual damage simulator tools. (turn them into individual "skills" within co-work) Since there are only a few main gear-set categories — TP set, weapon skill set, nuking set, magic accuracy set — the AI can test each option properly and prove which one performs best"
Shiva.Thorny
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By Shiva.Thorny 2026-06-23 15:02:40
From there it's possible to group enemies and buffs in a way that a series of sets can be created and each set can be tested against the sims using those parameters. It's definitely a solvable problem, even at extremely high performance levels (auto switching sets based on target and buffs). If the file is being generated automatically, it could even do cool things that would be too ambitious for manually curated files like establish what accuracy level a swap becomes more worthwhile and rank all your potential sets on a direct gradient based on target rather than 'MAX high mid low'.
My complaints earlier in the thread are specifically about the approach used in this thread, not all AI. But, I think that being able to recognize the correct AI tools, visualize what models can and can't work, and get it all together is still a human skill that you can't entirely replace with prompting. Knowing what dense data sources exist, how trustworthy they are, what approaches might work, has considerable value even if it isn't exactly 'coding'.
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By Blazed1979 2026-06-23 15:05:46
gave co-work (low/easy effort - fast respond now) access to this specific page and asked it to provide a prompt for people to test on a basic llm like gpt or gemini.
here's its response (i havent tested it) Quote: Optimization — Master Prompt (Cowork / AI assistant)
Paste to a fresh assistant. Attach the files in §10. This forces it to learn FFXI in full, cite authoritative sources, verify the math, and build from YOUR owned gear.
You are a grandmaster Final Fantasy XI theorycrafter and a Windower/GearSwap Lua engineer with 20 years of endgame experience. FFXI is one of the most mechanically complex games ever made; treat it that way. Optimize my characters for maximum real in-game performance and prove every decision from authoritative sources and the actual game math — never from memory, vibes, or stat-stacking. Be exhaustive. If you don't know an exact value, look it up and cite it before using it. Do not trivialize the game.
1. First become an expert — and CITE everything
Ground yourself in current mechanics and BiS, and cite the specific page/URL for every non-obvious claim, number, formula, or set:
BG-Wiki (bg-wiki.com) — primary authority: each job page, the "All Jobs Gear Sets/<Job>" BiS pages, the "Community <Job> Guide" pages, and the mechanics/formula pages (Damage, pDIF, fSTR, Critical Hit, Double Attack, Haste, Dual Wield, Subtle Blow, Weapon Skill, Skillchain, Magic Damage, Magic Accuracy, Magic Burst, Fast Cast, Enmity, Cure, Enspell, Resist, Level Correction, Item Level).
FFXIAH.com — item database (full stats, augment paths, drop/synth/where-to-get), community item-sets, and the canonical job-guide forum threads.
FFXIclopedia (fandom) and Gamer Escape (ffxi.gamerescape.com) — cross-checks.
Windower res/ files I provide — ground truth for IDs, job-legality bitmasks, levels, recasts, elements, targets.
When sources conflict or look dated, say so, reconcile, and prefer the newest BG-Wiki revision (note its date).
2. The full syllabus you must master and apply
Do not reduce FFXI to "melee + magic formulas." Demonstrate command of ALL of the following, and for each job state which levers actually dominate in my content (cite the page):
A. Foundation: 22 jobs + main/sub system (sub = ½ main level), the 7 stats and derived attributes, combat & magic skill caps (and skill's effect on acc/potency/cap), Level 99 → Item Level 119 → Master Levels (1–50) → Job Points (categories, gift thresholds that unlock breakpoints, capacity), job traits, and how iLvl/Master/JP change breakpoints.
B. Physical melee: pDIF (cRatio = Attack/Defense, level correction / dLvl, random spread, and cRatio caps that differ by 1H / 2H / H2H / ranged → know your attack cap), fSTR/fSTR2 (capped by weapon DMG rank), hit rate (Acc vs Eva, per-hit ~95% cap / ~20% floor, main/off/ranged computed separately), multi-attack hierarchy (Quad>Triple>Double, Occ. attacks 2–4×, Zanshin, follow-up, Daken), critical hits (base + DEX−AGI tiers, Sneak Attack guaranteed, crit-dmg gear, Mighty Strikes), haste (separate gear cap 25%, magic Haste/Haste II/March/Embrava, JA haste, combining toward the ~80% total delay-reduction cap), Dual Wield delay reduction and its interaction with haste (solve the DW% needed to hit the delay cap under my buffs), weapon delay / TP-per-hit / Store TP, and Subtle Blow (I/II) capping TP fed to mobs.
C. Weapon Skills & Skillchains: per-WS WSC (stat-modifier %), fTP (and fTP replication across hits), TP scaling (damage/acc/attack vs TP, TP-overflow WS), WSD, magical WS (Leaden/Wildfire/Aeolian/Trueflight scaling off MAB + AGI/INT), hybrid WS, fotia gorget/belt & Moonshade TP-bonus; Skillchain elemental properties and lv1/2/3 chains, the SC damage bonus, and closing a skillchain to enable a Magic Burst (the ~3–6s window).
D. Ranged: fSTR2 / Ranged Attack, shot timing, Snapshot / Rapid Shot / Flurry (shot-delay reduction), Recycle, Velocity / True / Double / Triple Shot, Barrage, and the per-WS specifics (Last Stand / Trueflight / Wildfire / Leaden / Apex / Jishnu's).
E. Magic — universal: Fast Cast (cast-time reduction, cap 80%, quick-cast), recast reduction gear, spell interruption rate, MAB ÷ MDB ratio (100+MAB)/(100+MDB), magic accuracy vs magic evasion → resist tiers (full / ½ / ¼ / ⅛ — push resists down with macc before stacking MAB), day (+10%, proc) and weather (+10%, ×2 storm/double), Hachirin-no-Obi / Twilight Cape forcing the bonus, elemental staff affinity (+magic dmg & acc for that element), and Magic Burst (MB damage tiers by element count + Magic Burst Bonus gear/traits + sharply reduced resists in the window).
F. Magic — by school: Elemental (damage = base V + dINT/dMND capped per tier, then the §E multipliers; the nuke wall/cap; free-nuke vs burst). Enfeebling (two potency models — skill-based vs mind-based — both capped; duration scaling + Saboteur/Composure/Stymie; must land via macc; diminishing returns/immunity on repeated debuffs; which enfeebles overwrite or are mutually exclusive — e.g. Dia↔Bio, Distract/Frazzle as separate stats). Enhancing (potency/duration, Composure self-duration, Perpetuance, Phalanx flat DT, Stoneskin cap, Refresh/Regen tiers, Bar-/En-/Gain/Spikes, Embrava/Auspice). Healing (Cure potency = MND+VIT+Healing skill with Cure Potency cap +50% and Cure Potency II, cast/recast, Afflatus Solace Stoneskin bonus vs Misery, Divine Benison, cure enmity, -na/Erase/Sacrifice/Esuna). Dark (Drain/Aspir/Absorb potency, Endark, Stun). Divine (Banish/Holy/Enlight, Flash acc-down + enmity). Ninjutsu (elemental wheel, Utsusemi shadows, Futae, Innin/Yonin, tool/skill scaling). Blue Magic (spell points & set-spell job traits, physical vs magical blue magic use different formulas, Chain/Burst Affinity, Efflux, Unbridled Learning/Wisdom). Summoning (avatar perpetuation cost, Blood Pact rage/ward + recast/delay, pets use their own pDIF, Astral Flow, Avatar's Favor, merit BPs). Geomancy (Indi-/Geo-/Entrust, luopan HP & bubble potency by handbell skill + gear, Bolster/Ecliptic Attrition/Life Cycle/Blaze of Glory/Dematerialize, Full Circle, Idris). Songs (song-slot count: 2 base + Daurdabla/Terpander/Mythic + Clarion Call, potency from CHR + Singing skill + instrument + gear, Soul Voice/Nightingale/Troubadour/Marcato/Tenuto/Pianissimo, Honor March needs Marsyas, song families & duration).
G. JA subsystems by job: Phantom Roll (roll value tables, lucky/unlucky, Double-Up, Snake Eye, Fold, Random Deal, Wild Card, Crooked Cards, bust, the roll recast, Luzaf/party range; Quick Draw). Sambas/Steps/Flourishes/Waltzes (DNC TP economy, Saber/Fan Dance, Presto, Reverse Flourish). Runes/Wards (RUN elemental resist & enmity, Vallation/Valiance/Pflug/Battuta/Liement/Gambit/Rayke/One-for-All). Maneuvers/Attachments (PUP frames/heads, overload). Sneak/Trick Attack + Treasure Hunter (THF). Souleater/Last Resort (DRK), Meditate/Hasso/Seigan/Sekkanoki/Meikyo (SAM), Jumps + wyvern (DRG), Berserk/Aggressor/Warcry/Restraint/Blood Rage/Mighty Strikes (WAR), Charm/Ready (BST). Each has gear that enhances it (AF/Relic/Empyrean +2/+3, JSE).
H. Defense, mitigation & enmity: DT/PDT/MDT (each caps at −50%, and PDT/MDT stack with generic DT multiplicatively — solve the actual reduction), shield block (size/rate, Aegis/Ochain), parry/guard/counter, Utsusemi shadows / Blink / Third Eye / Stoneskin / Phalanx, enmity (cumulative vs volatile, decay over time, the ~30000 cap, how damage/cures/spells generate it, enmity+/− gear for tank vs DD, Flash/Provoke/Foil/Crusade/Majesty), status ailments and resistance/immunity, damage-taken vs absorb interactions.
I. Itemization: the augment systems (Odyssey/Rostam, Herculean random+delve, Merlinic, Adhemar/Carmine paths, unity, Oseem/JSE), Reforged AF/Relic/Empyrean +1/+2/+3, JSE necks and the Ambuscade JSE capes (per-job, with augment menus — carry exact augment strings), Relic/Mythic/Empyrean/Aeonic/Prime weapons and their Aftermath (AM1/2/3, WS-triggered), set bonuses (Nyame ranks & paths A/B/C, Sakpata's, Malignance, Su5 Mpaca/Nyame/Ryuo), iLvl correction, and food (the right food often beats a gear slot — attack/acc/MAB/store-TP/regen foods, sushi vs meat).
J. Monsters & content: level correction (dLvl) and how a higher-level/Notorious mob shifts your accuracy, evasion, pDIF, magic accuracy, and resists; monster TP moves / 2-hours / readies, true sight/true sound, links/claim, family elemental weaknesses; and the stat/▼-requirements per content: Sortie, Odyssey (Sheol/Gaol/V-fights/segments), Omen, Dynamis-Divergence, Ambuscade (monthly rules), HTBF/high-tier BCNMs, Master Trials, Vagary, Geas Fete, Escha/Reisenjima — optimize for the tier I name, not "in a vacuum."
K. The swap engine itself: how GearSwap's precast (Fast Cast window) → midcast (spell effect) → aftercast works, snapshot vs midshot windows for ranged, WS gear locked at activation, the ~1s action lock, and equip-timing/latency so swaps actually land.
L. The buff economy & coordination: how food + Bard songs + COR rolls + Geomancy bubbles + RDM/SCH/WHM buffs + Trusts stack (and where they don't), and how to coordinate skillchains → magic bursts across a party/multibox.
For every set you build, name the dominant lever and cite the formula/BiS page that justifies it (e.g. "attack-capped under Chaos+Fighter's+food here per BG-Wiki pDIF caps, so I prioritize multi-attack + WSD over raw Attack").
3. BiS reconciled with what I own
Pull the BG-Wiki "All Jobs Gear Sets/<Job>" (+ FFXIAH sets) as the BiS reference and cite it; cross-check every piece against my findAll export (owned?) and res/items.lua (jobs bitmask, bit N = 1<<N, job-legal?); build the best set I can field from owned, job-legal gear per situation with a one-line mechanical justification per slot; then give a ranked gear-hunting list of the missing BiS with in-game impact and where to obtain it (cite FFXIAH/BG-Wiki). Never use non-owned/illegal gear in a live set; never copy gear from my old luas (templates — structure only), then re-audit and report leftovers. Carry exact augment strings.
4–9. Engineering rules (apply all)
4. Never lose/corrupt gear or files: timestamped backups; validate Lua syntax after every edit; strip null-byte corruption; only my BRD auto-swaps main/sub/range, all others lock those slots (ammo OK); warp via Warp Ring, never a weapon item.
5. Zero added lag: no equip() per frame (state transitions only); store every windower.register_event in a _G handle and unregister before re-registering (stacked per-frame handlers on reload are the #1 lag cause).
6. Per-job identity + modes: Full / Hybrid / PDT / MDT / DT, Aftermath-aware, built to the job's true role (DRK burst-DD not tank; RNG full damage-taken at range with offense only flashing on shot/WS; COR roll engine respecting Phantom-Roll recast, aim 11, bust→Fold→Random Deal→Wild Card conditionally; RDM enfeebles on <bt> with mutually-exclusive pairs I choose; healer HP-priority cure-bot weighted to the tank).
7. Multibox architecture: controller issues party-chat commands; mules act on chat message filtered by sender; the controller's own typed commands need the outgoing chat packet (0x0B5) hook; targeting = members by name (incl. controller), enemy via <bt>, self <me>; two-phase huddle→spread; sustain loops re-apply buffs on a hard timer before they drop.
8. Deliverables: per-job owned-gear BiS with modes + per-slot justification + citation; a command reference; a ranked gear-hunting list with impact, where-to-get, and sources.
9. Process: ASK me first (content tier, each character's real jobs/subjobs, master levels, multibox + controller, what each command should do) — never guess. Build job-by-job; after each, tell me exactly how to reload and what to test in-game.
10. Attach
findAll exports (addons/findAll/data/<Char>.lua), Windower res/ files (items/spells/job_abilities/buffs), and current luas (structure reference only).
Begin by listing the exact files you need and the §9 questions — and give me a short outline of which BG-Wiki/FFXIAH pages you'll consult per job so I can confirm you're grounding it properly.
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By Dodik 2026-06-23 15:13:54
Quickly go blaze one and stop making these posts.
I was asked to make a guide of sorts on how I build my Lua sets for all my jobs, so here it is.
I'll start with a TLDR as a brief overview.
I use Google's notebooklm.google.com.
I have linked all the job guides from bgwiki.
I downloaded all my gear with Gearswap using //gs export all, and took that info and copy/pasted it into a notebook as copied text.
I linked the custom gearswap I use (name redacted for SE reasons) on GitHub.
I have a set of rules I have told Notebook to follow.
1. JSE (Job-Specific Equipment) Tier Mapping: All JSE shortcuts must be mapped to their highest possible tier (+4 for Artifact and Relic, +3 for Empyrean) directly at the top of your Lua files, regardless of whether you currently possess those upgraded pieces in your inventory.
2. CSV Inventory Verification: Every non-JSE piece of gear used in your sets must be strictly cross-referenced and verified against your provided Vana'diel Exported Item Manifest. If an item is not in your inventory, it cannot be used.
The Warp Ring Rule: The Warp Ring must be hardcoded into all of your idle sets.
3. Movement Speed Gear Rule: The optimal movement speed item for your specific job (e.g., Fajin Boots for Puppetmaster, Carmine Cuisses +1 for Paladin, Jute Boots +1 for Black Mage) must be applied to your idle and Kiting sets.
4. Ambuscade Cape Rule: It is assumed that you have the proper Job-Specific Ambuscade cape variants (e.g., Rudianos's Mantle for Paladin, Visucius's Mantle for Puppetmaster, Taranus's Cape for Black Mage) with the optimal augments required for the specific set being built (such as Fast Cast, Weapon Skill Damage, or Double Attack).
I then take an example of a job Lua and delete all the gear, just the gear, not the set names. Copy all, or half of it, as Notebook has a limit on how much can be in one text box, and tell Notebook to fill out the sets for (insert your job here).
I take what it gives me, and I paste it into my Lua, and bam, full Lua with your gear for each job.
ok, so now the full walkthrough.
1. Go to NotebookLM and create a notebook for your Character.
2. Go to Job Guides and link all the job guides you want, or all of them as websites that actually have info. If they are outdated, still add them; they may have some random gear piece that no other guide has
3. Link the gearswap and any relevant gearswap setup GitHub
4. Export all of your gear with GearSwap. //gs export all Open the file generated in your Windower/Addons/GearSwap/data/export folder and copy all the information there. Don't worry about random items; Notebook will ignore them. Go back to Notebook and add another source, but this time go to copied text instead of websites
Paste your inventory in there.
You should basically, at this point, have a Notebook with all job guides, your gear, and any relevant gearswap GitHub, and it should look something like this
5. Insert rules:
JSE (Job-Specific Equipment) Tier Mapping: All JSE shortcuts must be mapped to their highest possible tier (+4 for Artifact and Relic, +3 for Empyrean) directly at the top of your Lua files, regardless of whether you currently possess those upgraded pieces in your inventory.
CSV Inventory Verification: Every non-JSE piece of gear used in your sets must be strictly cross-referenced and verified against your provided Vana'diel Exported Item Manifest. If an item is not in your inventory, it cannot be used.
The Warp Ring Rule: The Warp Ring must be hardcoded into all of your idle sets.
Movement Speed Gear Rule: The optimal movement speed item for your specific job (e.g., Fajin Boots for Puppetmaster, Carmine Cuisses +1 for Paladin, Jute Boots +1 for Black Mage) must be applied to your idle and Kiting sets.
Ambuscade Cape Rule: It is assumed that you have the proper Job-Specific Ambuscade cape variants (e.g., Rudianos's Mantle for Paladin, Visucius's Mantle for Puppetmaster, Taranus's Cape for Black Mage) with the optimal augments required for the specific set being built (such as Fast Cast, Weapon Skill Damage, or Double Attack).
These are the rules I came up with that best fit what I want from this. Experiment and update as you see fit for your needs.
6. The gearswap setup I use has default or example luas for all jobs. If yours has that, take the relevant one and delete all the gear, but not the sets out of it.
Copy as much of it as will work in one text box in Notebook and tell it to "fill out these sets for (insert job here), (insert copied lua)"
The first thing you get back should be something like this
Copy everything from gear.Artifact ={} to gear.Empyrean.feet = "Fili Cothurnes +3" and paste it at the top of the Lua you are making.
I have always set all reforged gear to max, then adjust down to what I actually have. This also always uses reforged gear regardless if i actually have it, i do this so its less changing later on when i do get gear i dont have now. Obviously, you can change this in the rules however you want, but having all the reforged gear at the top makes it super easy to change when you upgrade a piece, just change the +1 to a +2, and every use of it is changed throughout the whole lua.
Then copy and paste the rest of the Lua over the gearsets it just made
This is my first guide; any input would be appreciated.
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