Which Weapon Should I Get I'm Too Stupid To Pick!

The only way this could be better watching non BRDs fumble with BRD things and realizing why we get frustrated, is if they brought back the "No effect" era when you tried to overwrite too soon.

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Just stopping by to let the people know that Tizona/Onion 3 is not a thing, Fast Blade is main hand only. Huge sad.

Anyone test Almace/Flametongue? Wondering if that 10% would be competitive when fully buffed?

...You can Fast Blade II

dragon blow lets you easily force armor piercer on the puppet which is one of its better WS' so that's a small perk for 1 of the h2h

The Dragon Fangs give PUP specifically +14% chance to Kick Attack, and the unique WS Dragon Blow.

Which, like, yeah Monk gets Dragon Blow too, but uhh... This means that MNK and PUP are the only two jobs in the game that get access to Dragon Blow.

To top it off, Dragon Blow is Distortion property, meaning PUP gets a better two step self Darkness with it with Stringing Pummel into Dragon Blow and vice versa, while Monk is stuck doing that with Asuran Fists.

Meanwhile everyone gets access to Fast Blade II.

And honestly that seems kinda better than SAM's options. One of SAM's choices basically lets your Sekkanoki WS be at full power... Not terrible but also kinda ehh. The other one is like a discount Kogarasumaru that lets SAM gain extra anticipates if they skillchain while Third Eye is active under Seigan

Also kinda better than BST's axe option. Which is just an axe that reduces ready timer by 1 second when you close a skillchain... That's sorta beefy but high delay.

The gun Exeter won't consume stackable ammo, but the best stackable ammo is REMA ammo anyway, which you gain a stack of for free every hour.

All in all, PUP made out just fine.

suddenly everyone is a brad with this horn

Testing you didn't need to bite the bullet for since it was tested and reported at page 4 or 5.

I always told myself I'd take the shield if I won, war main. I really don't think the ja extension is that good for it when you have to swap it in and back out to blurred+1 though. It seems more useful for rdm and for the skillchain property than anything.

Can any mythic rdm or someone with a good x-hit on rdm with shield try a max skillchain and magic burst to see if you can 99999 your nukes?

I will try when I log back in.

I am now going to call all budget bards brads now.

if you reread my post you will notice I wrote the same thing ;) it's also why I wrote almost the same :)

Anyone with Wizard's Rod test if the "Occasionally casts spells without using MP" works on the offhand per chance?

I suspect it will. Preliminarily I got a proc rate of 5/111. Going back for more now.

I took it on my mule to GEO/DNC nuke during EP.

So 5% not 10% proc if that holds up with more data, that would be disappointing.

I did pick it up for BLU (Replace Maxentius) and RDM (Replace Ammurapi shield) offhand nuke set while keeping Bunzi's rod main hand. To me it's is a better version of the base Bunzi's Rod which was already BIS not upgraded. It's a clear upgrade without compromising compared to other choice.

Not really answering your second question but I successfully answered the first one ! :)

EDIT: I did switch Ice Brand main and Buzi offhand for nuke set finally. Since I noticed the Ice Brand give an healthy +14 Magic accuracy skill over Bunzi.

Not that bad I'd say because 1: it will build up a lot of inventory strain and incentivice buying booking wardrobes and 2: Anything else would be a major turn off for anyone who missed it the first time, in particular now after the free hand out.

I don't know how the augment/upgrade process works but I assume it uses a different item/kupon?

13/260 0 MP spent
106/247 Conserve MP proc rate (with the distribution we expect)

I will probably collect more data but 10% seems out of the question.

Potency-wise, even 5% isn't nothing. GEO has a 43% conserve MP proc rate, which saves 25% MP on average. That's ~11% MP savings per cast, while this is 5%.

My bigger problem with it is that I use Seidr to nuke when I have lower MP, and then all elemental magic nukes are free. Thus, this will only potentially affect the first few nukes.

No regrets picking up the shield. Notes so far;

For War: solid boost to warcry, bloodrage, easy full time berserk (and aggressor), restraint.

For Pld: sentinel, rampart, palisade, fealty all great, full time holy circle, cover (lol)

For Thf: 1 min of Flee! Conspirator boost why not, boosted sa and ta buff of course if planning a double th proc

For Rdm: Saboteur boost is welcome on tougher targets.

For Bst: full time Killer instinct!

For Whm: sacrosanctity.

Also works on subjob abilities - boosted wards/runes/swordplay on pld/run very nice. Longer last resort when /drk is nice. Longer circles (e.g. ancient circle when war/drg), Berserk/aggressor/warcry when /war. Longer haste samba /dnc, etc. You also get an extra tic out of meditate /sam for 720 tp.

Also the longer skillchain duration is significant - easy 6 step with a 1 hander solo.

I'm curious about the interaction between extended shield SC and the rod MB damage based on SC duration

soo, what are RMT going to charge extra for a character with a unused coupon?
What did they charge extra for one when it still was bonanza exclusive?

Why would you want the Str modifier for Almace? CDC has an 80% DEX modifier and generally wants crit/TA. STR doesn't do much there, right?

$30-50

character value isn't equal to the sum of its parts, it's always less because no buyer wants exactly what's on it and recalls are a huge concern when buying an account that was originally played for fun

don't think there are a ton of examples from when it was bonanza exclusive, but a ML50 nin+thf with 300m and a yagyu sold for $650 not that long ago [maybe $300 coming from yagyu in that case]

Today we find out if free kupon was a 1 day only or not

Assuming it works like Utu Grip, Flame will add a 10% STR Modifier on any weaponskill.

I caved and got the Polearm. While I have Rank 15 Relic, Aeonic, Emperyan & Mythic, I'm having serious fun with this new one.

If you could, go smack the things in zitah and verify it's still pierce

https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/A_Shantotto_Ascension_Mission_8

can confirm it still is handed out today. I would assume it is a "first time you login for the month" sort of thing, perhaps in place of the Red Crab/Vanaclock/XP/CP Ring giveaway they do periodically.

But with the mog kupon the buyer would have complete control. Ofc there is a bit of a direction given depending on what jobs were played befor but with coupons from deeds and saved up currency you could ease the effort curve for a potential buyer pretty significantly even for a completely new job I imagine.

I can't tell how that nin + thf compares to regular pricing but considering how hard to come by and hyped the bonanza katana was it seems a bit underwhelming to be honest.


Regarding Diamond Aspis - how does it behave if you skillchain with someone else who doesn't have the shield?
Is the window consistantly 10 seconds just for a shield holder or does it also stay as long open for someone who doesn't have a shield and attempts to continue the chain a couple of steps in?
What if the shield holder takes over again after someone else closed let's say the forth or fifth step?
*edit*
I remember reading some SCH chains closed with helix stay open for a extra second or two, how does it affect the SC window when a aspis holder and a SCH chain together?

So many questions.