Random Question Thread (FFXI Related)

The Kogarasu Maru has roots in history

Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi

Tizona best BLU weapon but BLU isn't used all the time

Lib, Prime scythe better for DPS, great for abs and its damn fun.

for 6-12 months of my life, is it that much better?
it's about 300-365 hours worth of my life. To get a CFA Level 1, 300 hours is required on average.I might not get a CFA, but being aware of the time commitments for a prime weapon and the close to zero return on my time investment just makes me depressed.

Take a break, my guy. You can't weigh game-playing and RL goals as a 1:1, apples to apples comparison. The time spent on a prime weapon can be likened to that time you beat Super Mario Bros. 3 on the NES, GoldenEye 007 on the N64, Shenmue on Dreamcast, FF7 on PS1, etc. It's mostly about trying to enjoy the journey and not really dwell on the end-result.

However, if you feel the need to compare the end-result of game-playing to RL goals, then take a break and do the RL goals first. When you're finished, you can return to game-playing and enjoy it, knowing you also leveled-up in RL too.

it's about 300-365 hours worth of my life.

That point of view is absolutely legitimate imho.
But then you already gave yourself an answer, why are you even bothering to know if Prime Scythe is "that much better" than Liberator?
Wether the answer is "no" or "yes" would it change anything?

I mean, with the sort of answer you gave, which makes perfect sense, you already know that it's not gonna be worth it regardless, so why even ask?

While doing a shitty course during same amount of time only to make a more educated guess over gambler falacy, but that in the end you gonna bankrupt, lose your house and dog and use gimpy scythe.

Seems I have a clear winner here.

"My time is important, I need to spend 350 hours on a scam class"
>>Plays a very grindy online MMO

On paper, 300-365h sounds like a massive amount of time. But if you look again, its merely about 2 weeks of commitment.

On paper, 300-365h sounds like a massive amount of time. But if you look again, its merely about 2 weeks of commitment.

Is there a way to activate a singular roe using the roe addon and just add it to the list without taking any off?

still relevant mythics imo (chime in please, this isn't an assertion and more of a question) -

1. Carnwenhan
2. Liberator ?
3. Burtgang
4. Tizona
5. Death Penalty
6. Gastraphetes
7. Nirvana
8. Yagrush

Ones that haven't aged well
1. Glanzfaust
2. Conqueror
3. Murgleise
4. Kogarasumaru

I'll bite on this one with the information available on wiki and some extrapolated. Wiki says Halos worth 50~410 depending on floor, UNM's are 80~200 depending on floor. Izzat to be spent on Chest instead of Junctions based on your criteria of "we have more segments than we can hope to spend". Will assume Chests cost 5, Coffers cost 7.
Floor 1: 7 families (70 * 5 = 350 segs) + halo (50) + junction (80) = 480 segs. 24 Izzat = 3 chests + 1 coffer (225 segs) with 2 Izzat carry over.
Floor 2: 9 families (90 * 7 = 630) + junction (100) = 730 segs. 20 Izzat = 3 chests (150) with 5 Izzat carry over.
Floor 3 = 6 families (60 * 9 = 540) + halo (135) + junction (120) = 795 segs. 22 Izzat earned + 5 Izzat = 3 Chests + 1 coffer (225 segs) with 5 Izzat carried over.
Floor 4 = 6 families (60 * 11 = 660) + Junction (140) = 800 segs. 17 Izzat = 3 Chests (150) with 2 Izzat carried over.
Floor 5 = 5 families (50 * 13 = 650) + halo (220) + junction (160) = 1030 Segs. 22 Izzat = 3 Chests + 1 Coffer (225 segs) with none leftover.
Floor 6 = 4 families (40 * 15 = 600) + junction (180) = 780. 1 Chest opened (50) with 3 Izzat carried over.
Floor 7 = 6 families (60 * 17 = 1020) + halo (410) + junction (200) = 1630. 25 Izzat = 2 chests + 2 coffers (250)

Presuming I didnt make any mistakes (I cant remember if floor 6 is 4 or 5 families), the total here is 7520 segments. The only thing not factored in is the ~25% bonus from the end conflux, so you need 6k base. If you jump right to floor 3 and full clear everything, that will net you 5k segments and 84 Izzat for chests/coffers which should easily cover the remaining 1k.

Full clearing 3 to 7 is 270 fodder, 18 halo + beastmen, 5 UNM's, about 300 mobs. 300 mobs that you cant AoE (cruel joke notwithstanding) in 30 minutes is doable, but you have to factor in all the *** running that Sheol A has. All of a sudden becomes a bit of a tall order.

Aura Removal: Inflict fire damage till it removes the spikes, once spikes are gone Weapon Skill from behind him to remove the aura.

Yes, you need to proc it to remove his para aura.

But this proc is one of the most random things ever. Supposelly it procs after fire dmg, but its a very low percentage of success, if thats actually the proc.