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Haven't played since 2023, any up to date gear guides for RDM? is this one still relevant? talking about HQ/endgame sets, I stopped playing just when Empy+2 reforge came out, was up to date before that.

WoE model does seem like a good way to make it interactive and still unlimited. I like.

Chihuahua's arent exactly known for having a good nose.

Looks like a real person to me.

Yeah, being able to Chakra 50% harder doesn't matter because Chakra is basically already a full heal. Being able to pull huge amounts of stuff in DT gear, position it, pop Counterstance, and then Chakra constantly while countering would be cool to do once or twice, but the only time you'd care is if you were genuinely solo because heals are free with a WHM character.

*Wakes up.

*watches Flametongue do the same or more WS damage than Naegling*

*watches Flametongue also do more auto attack damage, even before enfire*

Uhh yeah, Naegling is better damage bros. Less damage is more damage, some how.

(real talk is just that Naegling is obviously on 9 more jobs, and you can ignore Flametongue for that reason, but you legitimately can't say that Naegling does more damage, because it doesn't.)

kind of the case for most of the -1 cast time weapons, if it were a little higher itd see some niche appeal but as in youd need to be countering mutltiple mobs to see that thing start to shine, fun but not something id use a 1 time selection on

To makes thing clear, when I say just above 1000TP, it means exactly what Eiryl said, which is WSing as soon as you have TP to WS. Simulation is not a spreadsheet, it actually simulate each attack round and goes past 1000 and even way past 1500 whenever it hits high multiattack at 900+ TP.


I'm not sure where you see the problem here. There is many scenarios when you spam WS as soon as you can, but there are still scenarios where you don't (doing skillchain or avoiding skillchain, being stunned in the wrong time, amnesia, etc.) Ofc there are also setups where DPS doesn't change if you hold TP to lets say 2000, because increase in WS damage produces same DPS as higher WS frequency. There are even scenarios where holding TP increases DPS. I think sweet spot for Tizona/Flame is for example WSing at 1500+, but it's not much better than WSing at 1000+ or 2000+.

Agreed. But then I think likely the prime sword will take over. Bonanza, in my opinion, are not there for the damage. They are there for the lolz.

Yeah, going at 1k is implied that you aren't holding TP for the next 1k threshold.

And Naegling beats every sword. Idk why people insist in being "special" about their playstyle. I can see the argument of picking Flamethong because they already have Naegling, so *** it, they wanna have fun. Putting Flamethong against Naegling is just coping...

According to Eiryl
means up to 3/4ths of the way to 2000 TP

Tarage, come get your rock.

The Premium Hearts look interesting but too Niche to be useful probably. Maybe if each counter dropped 10 seconds instead of 1 off of Chakra's recast

I'm trying to think of options. Like, you'll like do a 3K TP to get Aftermath, so that leans a bit more to one of the swords. Depending on multiattack, you end up at 1200-1500 TP sometimes, but most of the time it's pretty damn close to 1000, 1100.

Warrior fencer build and every single person with TP offhand?

I already thought that, but I'm gonna stick with thinking "well it can be done without it anyway" to not use this as a reason.

Does the shield help in any way for making a longer sc on Bumba to maximise MB damage for any jobs?

Who really WS the second they hit 1000TP every time though? This is exactly the problem with the paper math vs complexity of reality.

Speaking of short sighted

Wizard Rod's look like it could be best for bumba kaustra

Assuming capped attack and accuracy in high buff scenario, Thibron is 20% dps ahead of Flametongue*, which I guess is closer than I expected. Also if you for some reason wont WS just above 1000TP with Thribon, then DPS with it goes down really fast.

*based on Kastra sim

Was thinking about the nuking mostly, but also as a somewhere else it could be used.

picking a weapon for the sole reason of "I can use it on Kalunga" seems very short sighted.

oh yeah I was thinking about Ice brand lol

Naegling is still better than Flametongue and tp bonus is still better for the offhand. Ice Brand is really good for BLU nuking I saw a 2.3k increase to Tenebral Crush with Ice Brand over Maxentius.

I get all that but then I'm stuck between Flametongue and Ice Brand. Ice works almost just as well as Flame but is obviously more magical oriented. I've been waiting for the testing to see, since they should be pretty comparable in a lot of situations.

Have never run the simulations so I'll see if I can figure that out before someone posts it :)

I used TP Bonus Offhand with Sushi and standard SV songs, and didn't have issues hitting on BLU, but I used Anvil Lightning and the rest of the top DD set to compensate. I don't believe you can use Flametongue on Kalunga though; he absorbs all fire damage iirc, and during aura, its like affinity, it might spike to like 10k fire absorbs a hit, lol

Walk of echoes handles that by not giving you any meaningful rewards until you finish a sub zone and exit to the lobby area. That kind of setup would be ideal for how the Limbus zone was already laid out, assuming they did not have the time and/or budget for turning the old discrete limbus areas into something more contiguous or cohesive as an open world zone.

New/solo players with trusts can take their time, veteran players can speedrun, or potentially multiple groups can be in a subzone working on it at the same time. It would be a nice way to avoid the frustration of undergeared segment/muffin farming for new players and returnees.

You can have weapons for different purposes. Magian OH is busted, and where applicable, is hard to beat. However, not everything is black and white. There may be times where your accuracy isn't ideal, especially on harder content or in lowman setups. I'm sure you could find ways to finagle around a High-Accuracy set, some sushi and other buffs, but if there's ever a scenario where your accuracy falls below a certain range (dispel, you die and lose SV buffs, SV buffs wear off, lowman and you don't have SV buffs or Distract or Precision or whatever), Flametongue is going to be a good sword. It has PDL, something that BLU sorely lacks a lot of, and 30 STR is nothing to scoff at (I keep Zantetsuken or R30 Sakpata's Sword around for certain cases). There might be a breakpoint with Aria/your overall PDL where TP Bonus OH is no longer the thing anymore, but I'm not great with math to tell you straight up. Still looks like an interesting pick for BLU.

I'd be interested in knowing what the rate of "Occasionally Absorbs Fire Damage" is - 5%? Not an insignificant magically defensive option where applicable. The Enfire is already pretty powerful, too bad you can't use it on Kalunga </3

Anyways, the weapon is interesting, so pick it if you like it and will use it, otherwise, you will continue making up reasons for why you shouldn't pick it. Most will probably have some form of confirmation bias or buyer's remorse after the fact regardless, so just pick whatever cool weapon you want to play with. It's a freebie, not a 6 month daily grind for an hour that will make you puke if you choose incorrectly :)

Have to agree here, what paper maths says and what feels right (actually based on real world play and not theoretical) are different. You need a proper offhand for Kalunga V25 on BLU anyway? Or do people TP bonus it?

Except there is already a level 1 dagger you can lockstyle this weapon.

https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Chicken_Knife_II

Come on Vyre... lol