Random Question Thread (FFXI Related)

If you're already engaged to the mob (indicated by your quote), there are two ways:
- this is handy if you're already engaged, and does not matter if the mob has been claimed yet (or if you're fighting in an alliance, currently claimed by an non-party ally member). I don't remember if this does strange stuff with /follow or not.
- Method I use (also a part of my 'tell my mule to attack what I'm attacking' macro)... it does have its limitations, including flakiness in an alliance (as it fails if mob is under ally's claim), and issues if your party has more than one mob claimed. Works great with /follow though. Also great for when you're on a mage job or otherwise not engaged to the mob you're fighting.

If you start using DualSend (which I recommend), the format would be
or
(same thing, if you're using Spellcast on your mule).
Would give you an alias, so you could type //diathis or add /console diathis to a macro, to have your mule cast Dia2 on your battle target.

DualSend is handy, but doesn't globally parse (when you send <t> to your mule, it's as if your mule typed <t>).

XI-Utils's Send plugin does have a global parse option, which will replace certain variables (<me>, <hp>, <mp>, <hpp>, <mpp>, <tp>, <job>, <mjob>, <sjob>, <p0-p5>) when they're sent to the mule (so sending /echo <tp> would make your mule echo your tp, not your mule's). Unfortunately, if you tried to send <t> targetting a mob, it would send the name of the mob, which wouldn't work (i.e., /ma "Dia II" Colibri).

Test: mnk/whm casts banish2 on skeleton, recast immediately upon being back up (21seconds later) wait 10 or so seconds. Punch skeleton w/ birdbanes.

If the effect doesn't stack hits will do 50% dmg, if it does hits will do 75% dmg.

Result: after 5 successful tests (not getting paralyzed/interrupted) all 5 attempts all the noncrits were for 100+ dmg. in 150 melee hits without banish I didn't observe any noncrits for more than 100, thus the effect overwrites.