Random Question Thread (FFXI Related)

Spry gear can get ~3% Spell interruption rate per piece and legs can get Ninja Tool Expertise ~+5. There was a Refresh piece that everyone wanted, at some point.

Can anyone translate this from the official forums? Google is less helpful than usual and Carmate's translation was worse.

If it's discernible, I'm curious to what they're actually doing with shield skill.


Camate's translation was:

http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/38941/dev1152-item-levels-equipment-help-text/10/#2428376

Last part of Kali's post.

It may be related to imprimatur use, or even doing part of the new mission line they put out.

We did all the cutscene missions last night and got the *Evolution quest cutscene this morning \o/

Edited for correct quest name >.>

Ok so humor me with this question:

Do people farm plasm from killing mobs for shards?

ie: kill mobs in ceizak for shard 3/4, and use for plasm. Sounds like a pain-staking way to get plasm, but is it feasible? I have a great -pdt set with my bst, curious which pet would work best for this hardcore farming effort. I'd probably go after Careening Twitherym...

Sure it's feasible... but it's not really practical.

I really, really enjoying soloing mobs in this game and since I'm not in the Ochain/Daurdabla crowd I don't often go with plasm farming groups...

Not bitching at all, just want to get ***done and lately all the time I've spent Bayld farming I could probably do well plasm farming just the same.

Has anyone else noticed plantpassage slugs in rala waterways teleporting to them? I went down there on sch in order to complete the "behavioral research" coalition assignment, and upon first cast, it teleported directly behind me. It wasn't lag because after i bound it and ran a good distance, it appeared at me again only a second after bind wore.

Is this some weird mob mechanic like jailer of prudence, or just a bug? I don't see anything on bgwiki or ffxiclopedia about it.

I noticed glitchy behavior like that when fighting them while standing on the bridge. It's not just lag; one of the times it happened I had slept it with my RDM.

If you're in a place a mob can legally be, but the pathing algorithm fails to get the mob a path there, it'll teleport to you. Sounds like the zone's terrain is done poorly and it was warping as a result.

This could be an explanation for it. Just very strange that it ported constantly. And it did take a few steps so it wasn't completely immobilized due to a pathing error.

Anyone know the cheapest current deal on SoA codes?

So I haven't played since 2008-2009, bought that pack with all the expansions but Seekers of Adoulin a few months ago but didn't get to play until this week.

Besides leveling, is there anything I should do first or where to start. Not sure which class to level though, been THF main since forever, are they any good now? Should I buy SoA? I will mostly play duo with my brother's WHM or RDM. Thanks.

just reporting this is wrong...
i just lost my znm items this way cause you don't get the ws and its not showing on yagrush pre bahlrans fight or in the ws list during the fight.

Never really considered an expansion as optional in this game. At a certain point, you will need SoA. Older events are pretty dead for the most part and there won't be anything new added to older areas anytime soon.

I still see some people in game boycotting SoA for whatever reason. And those people have just been sitting in Port Jeuno for the last 4 months with nothing to do.

Even at low levels the expansion can be useful. The Runes purchased from the courier's coalition will give you easy access to the three nations, selbina, mhaura, and rabao. Norg and Kazham as well but do need to have the airship pass first. Warps only require points gained from trading crystals as well.
You can do coalition assignments at any level, so you can start building bayld from the start, and gain some exp for whatever job you choose.

There isn't much or any real duo content in SoA. Reives I guess and quests. It's a group focused expansion.
Thf is fine, serves the same purpose it always has at least. Maybe level another DD as well though.

anyone know where pit antlions pop need me some scarlet stone love

nvm sheer dumb luck saves the day!

Anyone know the exact number of +accuracy and attack the new combat skill stat gives for the new weapons? Since it's calculated differently from the other +skill stat.

I was under the assumption that the only difference was that it was only counted for the weapon hand it was on. This was to prevent dual wield jobs from getting like 500 Att and Acc.

I believe this is true.

I can't seem to find the context from the rest of this.. are you 100% sure? I'm making Carn and getting close to done, and don't have Mordant Rime unlocked. I was told that the ws unlocks after he uses it against you for the first time. Did you check your ws list after Zahak, on Balrahn *after* he used Mystic Boon on you?

I'm pretty sure that the ability to unlock mythic ws came awhile after mythics were released, so it doesn't make too much sense that you'd have to have them unlocked first when you couldn't even unlock them when the quest was first released?

Either way, sucks about your trophies =(

Didn't Sylow do the Kenkonken fight w/o Stringing Pummel unlocked and got the ws to unlock after Balrahn used it on him? I think someone just didn't look carefully enough at their ws list or Balrahn didn't use the ws on them.

Why would you even attempt to go in without it unlocked in the first place....

Is Exenterator the way to go on THF now with the Delve Dagger?

I believe Evisceration should perform better.

Anyone know if the reives bonus from the 30k weapons are active during delve also like how some salvage/assault gear is?

Why would i unlock of ws if its unnecessary and you get it free later.
Thats was the info i got provided.



i checked the ws list before entering the fight and inside the battle area. but i got out before i actually meat bahlran >.<

I wasted some time in this battle because i tried to do zahak with my dd-whm gear which does not hurt him then changed to yagrush and gave him dmg ( i update wiki about this) then i checked if i did have the ws, i didnt so i abandoned project. >.<

now it begs the question, am i curious enough to risc a new znm trophy set without the unlocked ws...