Random Question Thread (FFXI Related)

I wasnt doing any shooting at all, which maybe is the core issue, if I focus on shooting for TP and let it come to me, that might be a good approach, might be the key.

If I do that, then I can use Arciela, because once the elemental is actually pulled out of the clusterfuck her AoE nonsense becomes way less of an issue.

She reliably puts Haste II on me, and then it becomes very easy to actually cap haste.

The hope would be that by the time I Shoot > Leaden > Shoot, and am primed to Aeolian Edge, the elemental is now close enough for AE to hit and far enough away from the other elementals, Aeolian Edge won't hate anything else.

This sounds theoretically viable! I'll give it a shot (pun intended) tonight, I really appreciate everyone's help here!

Right but the AoE stuff also starts the timer, mind you, Im pretty sure.

So lets say I run in with full buffs up, start trying to self SC.

Arciela would then pop off an AoE which aggros everything else nearby and Im pretty sure starts their timers, so even if I zerg down and finish the elemental Im currently fighting, now arciela has hate.

She gets cured by the healer, and someone probably casts a buff on her or whatever as they do. Now the elementals have hate on half my team and their timers have all started.

If I try and book it to shed hate, Im pretty sure all those elementals are now "dirty" and I think their timers have been *** up.

But then if I run back to the room, I may not be able to even tell which is which! So I'd have to run to some other room to be safe.

It just adds all this brittle "easy to *** up" factor.

But I think as prior mentioned the plan of TPing via gun initially to pull the elemental out of the pack, solves pretty much all my issues! I'll see how that goes :3

Pull 1 > engage > get buffs > kill
Remove arc > either resummon so her TP is back at 0 or jsut get another trust, you have your haste II, you can also just not use arc at all, grab king instead for a longer haste II and a phalanx ontop of that

Proceed to kill the 3 within 30 seconds, arcs TP is either at 100~ or nonexistent cause she is no longer present, AoE chance is reduced or doesnt happen

If arc -does- AoE, ignore it, you're midway throguh your 2nd mob by now, eles are a nonthreat beyond their opening cast, depening on ele they have a few waste spells that either do nothing or take forever to cast; burn/choke/silence/blink/Ancient magic

Just tune up your sets and you should be fine

Is oshi still worth it for triple shot?

If you want to eek out more chance, sure. Personally prefer to keep consistency with STP though as well as just a lot more DT/meva with malig, you're already at 79~% with ambu cape/job points/emp+3 body, oshosi+1 swaps put you up to 94%~. if you're doing arma AM3 the heads still great though

Outside of arma looking at stp purposes
What's the thought
I have it for the arma build

Not sure what you're trying to say there. Outside of arma AM3 build ,of which id only use the head anyway personally, the rest of the set aint worth the drop in DT for a higher chance at TS when you could just load up with guaranteed returns with a high STP piece like malig or emp+3 legs. Even with arma am3 i dont know if id push beyond the head though you could add in the feet for the crit rate but really depends on what you're fighting as to how much defense you want to forgo to get more dmg.

I'm a huge believer in max Triple Shot. The pieces you would use are the head, legs, and feet for +14% activation. Base rate is 40%, so with all the gear (and gifts) it's like a ~93% rate or so, basically guaranteed. It's a massive TP gain improvement, and with the Relic hands, you bump up that chance of a Quad shot proc by 50%. For the time it's active, I want as many triple shots/quad shots during that time as possible, as that equals more WSs/DPS I would be firing off before it wears. The more times it doesn't proc, the more I have to rely on Quick Draw or shooting again to hit TP. Personally, I consider triple shot not activating to be a disappointment for that attack round, and the extra STP I'm missing out on from Malignance/Ikenga's is more than made up for with the high activation rate, but just my preference.

I also don't care about tankiness during Triple Shot: it's a limited 90 second buff with a 5-minute re-use time (unless Random Deal), so my thought process is max dps during that window. Chances are, whatever I'm fighting up close isn't going to be hitting me too hard (if it is, I would just melee), or I wouldn't be without a healer or self-heal option anyways (/dnc waltz). In fights like Xevioso, COR relies heavily on Triple Shot for damage, and you're from afar, so you don't take damage anyways. In Sortie, you can Triple Shot and shoot from range certain bosses if you have buffs and fire off Hot Shot.

Just my opinion, Oshosi +1 x3 is <3 for Triple Shot

That's what I wanted to hear before I gave it up from my cor to my perma Cor alt

I remember it being awesome but the midshot set is also awesome

But for the original guy asking this set would be way more than you need.

Shooting has been an incredible tp gain experience in a whole new light playing with a alt Cor and no access to haste ii easily.

Just to confirm though: The triple shot gear only matters for when triple shot is up right?

What's ya'lls midshot sets look like for when triple shot isnt up?

I assume fairly similar to melee WS set, though Adhemar gloves are pointless so do you use malig?

It looks to me its 4/5 malig and empy legs, pretty much?

empy if you need racc, malig otherwise seems right

Pretty much