Random Question Thread (FFXI Related)

None of them are really worth the effort, or the price, or the gambling addiction. For a casual.

It would be the absolute last thing I did if going for rank 9(10)

Su3 is mostly dead and cloth makes the worst set. Cloth doesn't make Su5 weapons. And makes some of the least used Su5 necks.

(*)they could at any moment create a new item that requires clothcraft shield and if you have it before they make it, you will be the winner. It will happen... eventually.

If you run out of quests and are still rank 9, with someone confirming a shield will get you rank 10, then consider a shield.

There are literally thousands of quests to complete and titles to get before even considering a shield just for one more quest completed and a title.

That might be what I'm remembering which after I lost it after doing it once felt like a huge waste of time.

Seems like there ought to be a way to get maps if the map works at all. I think someone told me minimap does work for these zones (I don't use that though)

ffxidb works, yes, but its only your immediate area.

You have to open a bg map or overlay it transparently over 11

Has anyone tested the proc rate on "Death" additional effect items in Ballista or otherwise, and has a list of what it does and does not work on? I recall the trait working on Nostos fodder, but not Apex/Locus mobs. NMs were immune. Does it work on Sortie Fodder? I'd guess the proc rate is probably like ~1% and maybe works on the same list of mobs that Cruel Joke (Doom) might work on. There isn't a dedicated "Death" page to this trait, only the spell version, so was curious if there's anything interesting this might work on. Is there a flag for this in the game's files that shows if it is vulnerable to the trait? Similar to how some monsters are 100% immune to something "Completely Resists" message.

https://www.ffxiah.com/item/18566/crepuscular-scythe
https://www.ffxiah.com/item/20683/zantetsuken
https://www.ffxiah.com/item/20858/lightreaver
https://www.ffxiah.com/item/26944/tartarus-platemail
https://www.ffxiah.com/item/20605/odium

I also wondered that before but I suppose many people did. When apex mobs were relevant maybe there was some combination of death equipment that could have been viable.

Although it's not Ilvl there is also https://www.ffxiah.com/item/18916/heimdalls-doom effectively allowing WAR DRK BLU to dual wield additional effect death weapons and WAR DRK tank with death spikes on top.

Wonder how quickly mobs would fall with a platemail PLD pulling.

https://www.ffxiah.com/item/21821/lost-sickle-1

level 1 sortie clear when?!

Holy ***every bit of this is incredibly wrong.

Baayami is BiS (albeit for SMN) and mandatory gear, none of which has been replaced by any gear released since it came out.

Cloth makes 2 Su5 weapons which, while extremely niche, are still used by some people (I've sold a dozen or so?)

Cloth necks are all extremely good, far-and-away BiS items for their jobs. I've sold almost 300 of them, they often sell instantly and I'm constantly having people request them. Loads of people still using mage strats, especially in Sortie.

Kaykaus gear is insanely good, very-BiS for a lot of jobs and highly in-demand, and generally very profitable.

I've made 7,422,746,700 gil using my Clothcraft shield. Probably significantly more since I farmed a lot of my own materials, but ya know, opportunity cost and all that.

I'm not saying a casual player who plays once/week is gonna quickly make a shield and then quickly turn around billions of gil in profits, but like...when it comes to the kinds of people who are grinding their 1000th title, RoE, and quest completion...we aren't talking about the casual, everyday joes.

Youre confused again.

Best gear for the worst job = worst gear. It doesn't matter if both smns really want it the other 9998 don't give a ***. (and spoiler; those 2, already have it. They're not looking for a second set)

Same with necks. 1 SCH/BLM for every 1000 WAR/SAM.

Having 10 in your inventory will take you a year to sell, that's called bad.

So your typical Eiryl wordsalad.

Pretty slowly, even with a fairly large pull. And you have to be engaged for it to proc.

I have one test sample on record for Tartarus death spikes from back in 2015. 1,434 hits, with 21 procs. 1.46% proc rate. But the sample size is small enough that this could actually be anywhere from 1%~2% actual proc rate.

Didn't record or control for any macc related factors(Some add effects have a macc check and the proc rate can move within its limits based on that.)

I used Tartarus Mail recently on one of my mules in Sheol A as a WAR/sam with only about 300JP.

Very limited sample size compared to Martel, but it was this year, The Year of Our Lord 2025, and out of a single Sheol A solo run doing all the mob packs and halo on first floor, and then booking it to the porter up to 5th and onward to the end...

One mob out of 10 every 3rd or 4th pack. Frequent enough to be useful to him, but unable to rely on it to really speed anything up. At the time, other gear was augmented Valorous, so packing nothing special.

Also someone mentioned WAR and DRK dual wielding death swords, but WAR can also wield the Odium dagger, and dual wield iLvl death weapons, if you really wanna give that a whirl (while wearing the death spikes body too!).

Well on one of the tiniest servers in existence I've sold 33 pairs of Baayami Sabots+1 and I haven't made any in years so...I guess there are more SMNs than you think?

You do need to have a brain. If SCH necks sell once/week and there are 3 on the AH right now, don't make 10 SCH necks...dumbass.

The ratio is more like 1:2, not even remotely close to 1:1000. On Asura, SCH necks sell .7/day, WAR necks sell 1.5/day. Ironically, SAM sell .75/day...so much for 1:1000. You care to guess how many Cloth shields there are on Asura vs how many Smithing shields?

Even if all of the above were true, it's STILL a dogshit take, because Leathercraft is like 50x worse than Cloth.
Necks: SMN, DRG, PUP, BST
Weapons: NIN, SAM
Su3 gear: Arke & Heyoka
Abjuration gear: Ryuo (not the feet), Emicho

Making profit with Leather is basically: make straps and belts.

You also forgot Moonbow Belt +1, Moonlight Cape, Skrymir Cord, Klouskap Sash, the SMN Abjuration set, Yetshila+1, Sancus Sachet+1...

Here ya go, the sale rates (from Asura) of each of the Su3 sets, ranked from most sold to least:


Continuing for Su5 weapons:

And for JSE necks:

Can you increase your chocobo's stats after retirement?

I am frequently impressed by Zantetsuken's proc rate when I offhand it for mowing down Sheol A mobs when I'm doing solo runs on BLU. Mobs in A die in one WS anyway so no point in off-handing Thibron so you can get spicy.

maybe dark weather also has a impact on proc rate?

The time frame in which those procs happened would also be interesting. Did you keep pulling to replace dead mobs to keep hit frequency consistently high or did you stop at a camp?
Did you optimise for mobs with high attack rate?

Do we even know which mobs have the highest attack frequency? probably MNKs but do we know if it can proc from offhand/multi attacks?
I think spiders - in particular diremite attack quickly, maybe chigoe (don't think there are any apex/locus) or frogs although I wouldn't know a good camp with apex versions of those.

It's called, hyperbole

Better than worse still not worth doing; now, or casually; ever

Yes, there's two distinct sets of training items.

You want the ones named "Chocotrain" that cost 100 Chocobucks.
NOT the "R Chocotrain" that costs 90 Chocobucks, those are for training the bird you're currently raising.

These are the ones you want:
https://www.ffxiah.com/item/2482/chocotrain-str
(obviously there are four stat specific ones + one random one you should never use)

Trade one of those and your VCS Registration Card for the chocobo you want to train to the Chocobuck NPCs.

Monkey's paw curls: you know how everyone complains about having too many Ra'Kaznar Sapphires?

They haven't added anything new and tradable since Dyna-D and Omen.
Sortie only has ex drops (but would be hilarious)
Limbus only has the ex Matters in chests (and would be evil)

Realistically, they're adding Ultima/Omega/top level Besieged soon. The former two are like Ou and the latter is like Wyrm Ash, so there's precedent either way.

If I was in charge and told to add crafting recipes, I'd do more with the 1.1m gil NPC items used in AF/Relic reforge. That makes it an actual gil sink (PC -> NPC) into the bargain, which the game sorely needs more of.

Forget the idea of what mats to use or where to add mats: what items are you actually going to be excited about? Crafted gear, by necessity, can't really be BIS or it outdates content.

Crafts have a pretty good share on necks and a handful of decent rings, so those are probably out. More weapons that are sidegrades to SU5 and RMEA? Another ammo? Aurg isn't that old. One earring is already taken by JSE, and other is often locked into Schere or moonshade. Ambuscade capes are pretty hard to top, and they just added a good alternative in limbus.

Something like Kendatsuba for more jobs(malignance tier m.eva with decent offensives) might work. But, the folks at top of the game won't care much since it won't be BIS. Maybe a new waist, but Sailfi+1 is also pretty damn hard to top.

I think they're just avoiding adding crafted items because they don't know what crafted items to add.

They painted themselves into a corner.

Any new craft thats going to be good must require a shield, and everyone without a shield will go ballistic.

And they can't just make one item, they have to make roughly equal amount for all shields, again ballistic.

And then they have to be SO good, that you want them, but not better than content gear, cause that content will instantly die.

When the limbus cycle is farm status and outdated they may throw the next set of crafts.

They could make crafted mats, which can be put the AH and you could trade the mats + existing weapons/armor to an NPC for an upgrade.

New mat + R15 relic weapon trade to NPC for new relic weapon with +1 dmg and +5 skill +3 stat (str/dex whatever) and +1% wsd (for that ws)

Point is crafting doesn't have to invalidate any content its easily built ontop of it in the above scenario nothing is currently less desirable it just forces crafters to be involved. (this also could close the gap slightly between primes and traditional REMAs, but other armor sets could be included).

Crafting Shields ruined crafting.

"Cries in his cooking apron".

Consumables are always a option, for instance bring additional effect ammo to ilvl.
Add effects as a whole could make for a interesting comeback, pretty easy to get creative with on hit effects and without necessarily needing to be BiS as long as it fulfills a niche.

Ammos are a whole 'nother conversation. Bayeux ammo is dubious at best and the last crafted ammo was.. scout's bolts? Rough.

Much like your posting.

Ow right in the feefees. I'll never survive.