Random Question Thread (FFXI Related)

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Is there any particular campaign when you should use up your SP Gobbie Keys? I swear I remember at least one campaign where the gobbie keys would have a better chance of spitting out equipment. That can be a thing, right?

No, SP keys are always the same. You're probably thinking of the campaigns that make the 50 point box give the same quality as SP keys.

What's the best route for Ancient Beastcoins? IIRC, it was either Western Temenos or NW Apollyon.

I always remember doing NW Apollyon.

NW and NE apollyon are both pretty quick and provide generous amount of beastcoins, i wouldn't count on any temenos beating them (though the metal chip one might, if you get the chip for free from another run)

NW was popular at 75 because you could solo/duo it easily, but I believe NE gives slightly more coins and is trivial nowadays

Eastern Temenos is ~75 coins per 10 minute run (trade in the scarlet chip for another 5). No need to take any time chests anymore, so it is pretty good.

On the topic of trusts, I was chatting with some people about Naja UC the other day and how to try and make use of her unique weaponskills Peacebreaker (Reverb/Distortion) and Justicebreaker (Grav/Darkness), both with additional effect of -50% def and -50% mdef

On the plus side, Naja will only use one weaponskill depending on what she's equipped with when summoned, so she can be cycled out until you've locked in the one you want. On the down side, the main thing holding her back is the accuracy of the additional effect from the weaponskills landing

So we were trying to brainstorm a bit to think of all the ways to try and make it more reliable:

- summon her in a party of 5 so she's at level 124 with more macc
- make sure she's haste capped and SAM roll to WS frequently (she has a base of 200 TP/hit)
- Frazzle III, Langour, Focus, appropriate threnody (This thread from 2017 has a post referencing BLUs Enervation spell which "is dark resist but the mdb down is thunder and the def down is wind." No clue how accurate that is but could be relevant?)
- Marine stewpot

I'm not really sure which of these things would work, but I do know that anyone with a hybrid WS would love that -50% def and mdef. Not sure how it stacks with / overwrites other def down effects, for that matter. But if it were possible to get her to like a 50% or even 33% land rate, I feel like she'd be contributing more than a lot of people I've played with lol

Topic: giltracker

Can someone please tell me the code for moving the giltracker plug-in? I’ve tried everything except what works haha. Help!!

Is there any way to stop avatars from attacking mobs when summoned when the summoner has hate? Super annoying during Odyssey NM when pets wake up slept adds.

Adoulin dial gives a better chance at equipment from SP dial, and keys are just a cost free roll of the SP dial aren't they? They count for the deeds objective.

Normal:
SP Dial = Normal Pool
SP Keys = Good Pool

During Campaign:
SP Dial = Good Pool
SP Keys = Good Pool

Does the Relic 2x damage proc work on Retaliate?

I see this happen too, if I put on a pile of buffs and level sync, the game totally freezes (0 fps) for a second while it updates those icons.

The only kind of thing I can think of is lowering the demand on the hardware/upgrading? dgvoodoo? generic icons instead of xiview?

Did the locus mobs kill CN cleaving?

No. It's completely the same, you just sleep the locus.

More effort.

Or maybe round them up with a second invulnerable pld and hold them the entire time.

It's not completely the same. You kill much less Apex and need to hold Locus. You can also in theory have people be angry at you for holding Locus and not killing them (possibly report you?), unless you will agree they can just take them off you and kill them on your spot, but it might be a problem if there is a language barrier.

I'm looking for one of those interviews with FFXI team with the question about something related to someone paying them millions of money to remake the game. If I remember correctly, they said they would gladly do that. Does anyone have that source?

Is there a chat filter that will allow me to see when other player's enemy targetted debuffs drop?

things like paralysis wearing off on an enemy that was originally cast by another player

Nope, you aren't sent that information.

This is not the game, this is whatever gearswap suite you're using that chokes at being sent a dozen buff updates at the same time, and processing each one individually. GS does some pretty intensive calculations each time it's triggered, and the issue is compounded by some gearswap suites being written absolutely atrociously. Many bots will also cause the same thing, especially lua bots.

Unload gearswap completely and you'll see how it stops happening almost completely.

I don't even use gearswap 99% of the time and when I do it's extremely barebones. Like 20 lines total.

I've seen people using some kind of software to figure out file paths so they can add them to the Altana Viewer list. Does anybody know what that software is?

Alternatively, what's the file path for the blue jeans on each race? I want to swap them to something else because they're hideous and have a negative impact on my enjoyment of the game lol

There isn't any program as such, just altanaview and adding ranges in one of the csv files and scanning through.

374/55.dat hm
374/60.dat hf
374/65.dat em
374/70.dat ef
374/75.dar tr
374/80.dat mt
374/85.dat gl

datseeker for ashita4 can do this:


i'm sure there are other options, but it's pretty easy to use if you have access to the items you're looking for

ROM\374\80.DAT - mithra
ROM\374\85.DAT - galka

fair guess the others are in the same area

Is there a shortcut of any kind to the Spires in Promyvion?