Random Question Thread (FFXI Related)

I don’t mess with AI but had idea to make some graphics of my char but was wondering if any good tools to upscale/improve the rendering. Or even do stuff like new animations so such. Thanks.

Does the 45 day lockout (trove, odyssey, ect) on new chars progress even if the character is unsubbed? or does it have to be active for all 45 days?

45 day lockout is from character creation time. Yes, will progress even if unsubbed.

Koru-Moru and /COR are working out. This is my best iteration yet, with three demerits:
1. I'm not sure that /DRG was an improvement over /SAM. It helps a little with pulling and the 10% WSD boost is probably nice for Rudra's, but it does seem like I'm WSing slower.
2. No Sneak anymore because no /RDMs! I had to use Silent Oil like it was 2003 again.
3. Dia III is too low in Koru's priority list and monsters don't live very long, so most monsters don't get Dia III. Even though we're all capped acc, he's prioritizing casting Distract II on the monsters (and Haste IIing Monberaux). Perhaps it's due to Qultada's acc.

Really don't know where you are camping or how you are rolling. You are on an empty server so why not roam and rape colibri? No ja or spell needed to pull, just run around engaging. Koru is annoying with not Dia-ing and slow on haste2 I agree.

I could instead go to Locus Colibri or do Bats in KRT, but there would be a lot of other people (even on Lakshmi) and chain may break due to competition. I have a lot more potential damage in the ~3 seconds after a monster dies right now (second Rudra's + Darkness, second GEO's MB), so I'm not too worried about the additional HP of a Locus monster.

Instead I'm hanging out in a backwater camp and getting 115kEP/hr (after chain 50) with plenty of monsters and no competition.

I find it fun to pick an out of the way / obscure camp and see how high I can push EP/hr. This game's dynamics are actually pretty complicated. Improving gear in certain ways on one character can open new strategies, which changes the way other characters should play, etc. It's a big optimization problem, and, at the end of the day, what is the rush really?

Well your desire to min/max implied you want to go faster. 110k hour is likely as much as you can do without mass pulling and using aeolean (which some claim goes up to 200k/hr). When your GEOs are ML50 if you want EP on other jobs you'll have to re-plan anyway.

That's the fun of it!

I should try Aeolian Edge! lol



My next challenge will be SCH x2 with an Idris GEO. I think if they all use clubs with decent TP sets and I abuse two sources of Immanence, I can probably make light pretty reliably and MB x3, which should kill a bat.

Maybe SCH/SAM, SCH/SAM, GEO/COR Flash Nova or Immanence to open or close Fragmentation. Realmrazer to Light if necessary, but it shouldn't be. SCHs keep up Windstorm II and Klimaform. GEO uses Indi-Malaise, entrusts Indi-Refresh, and uses Geo-Haste. Sylvie (UC), Qultada, and Monberaux for Trusts? Time spent casting/buffing may kill this idea.