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 intend to farm and desynth your own spheres, you can expect several hundreds of hours of farming, then even more desynthing. of course you can buy them too, if you have the funds. but even the time spent at the focuser is probably 100+ hours.

much of it can be automated if that's your gig, but no matter what its a long, long road. I truly doubt a finished shield has much impact on mastery rank tbh.

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