Random Question Thread (FFXI Related)

Gotten two myself from Holy Cow. All other ENMs that I can solo on RDM have been no drop.

Any use for " Arrogance jacket"? Got one from the gobbie box, and the only use there seems to be for it is to NPC it lol

In a week there will be.

Uncurse it into a Trust Platemail https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Trust_Platemail

Welp, I got it on a mule. Hope it becomes at least sellable on the AH (not sure if bazaarable)

You can AH it now. If you uncurse it, it will be EX

I got a different piece and sold it on the AH already. They're in the cursed gear category.

Feels to me like they might just be simplifying things to mean that Limbus will get 5 major updates, so each update is 20% of the total of 5 major Limbus updates. Which would put us at "60%" now, after the third major Limbus update arrived in December. The "20%" is not really a percentage that represents a precise accounting of the amount of code or content in each update, more just a "we have a 5-stage plan to roll out this content" kind of thing. Not really that uncommon of an approach to break up a software/IT services project into “milestones” with similar percentage breakdown even if that percentage is a very rough estimate.

Limbus Update #1 - June 2025. The initial Limbus renewal giving access to the zone and reforged AF/Relic+4 armor. Note that the update notes explicitly state that this is the "first round of new features" for the renewed version of Limbus.

Limbus Update #2 - September 2025. The second major round of Limbus updates, adding roaming NMs and the augmentable accessories. Note that the update notes explicitly state that this is "the second round of updates to Limbus".

Limbus Update #3 - December 2025. Adding Ultima/Omega and the new reforged armor system. It seems like this was all intended to be part of a single update, as it was all described in the December update notes, even if they haven't fully implemented everything with the reforged armor trades until January. Note that the update notes explicitly state that this is "the third round of Limbus updates".

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if we get two more major updates to wrap up the planned Limbus content, released across 5 major stages. Perhaps the 3 month cadence is going to continue, and we'll see major Limbus updates #4 and #5 in March and June 2026. The minor adjustments in between these substantial new Limbus updates (and potentially the delayed/held back parts of update #3's augmentable armors) don't count as one of the planned "rounds" of Limbus updates.

Hello, and Happy New Year everyone! I was wondering if anyone around have a ranger Midshot ENMITY- set to share, for times when /drg dosnt cut it. ty! (p.s. Already making use of that relic gun, trying to see what people have with current/future trusts boost!)

Hover Shot is assumed to give -50 Enmity (cap) when at full stacks.

Otherwise just use
If the above options are not applicable, then I'd consider a combination of JSE and Ikengas.

Maybe something like this -

ItemSet 401561

-51/49 Enmity (-5 from R30 belt, -3 from R25)

You can swap in Empy head when Double Shot is active, leaving everything else in your standard midshot set the same.

Could tweak the rings for more Racc / Ratt depending on what your TP return per shot is in case you wanted to min/max RACC/Crit/RATT if you're using Relic gun since damage won't scale with TP.

That said, I doubt, especially if using Relic, that enmity from ranged attacks is the issue. If you're doing something like, say Arebati, you're enmity issues prob stem more from your tank's enmity generation, or COR damage output. Though, I guess any bit helps if there isn't room to improve elsewhere. But if that is the case, I would strongly recommend looking into how you can improve the other aspects of the party before spinning your wheels on capping enmity in your midshot set (especially if Hover Shot stacks are capped).

Thanks Veydal1,

I complelty forgot that Hover Shot gives -50 ENM at capped stacks.

What I was thinking is more catered at solo content with trust, when I cant/dont want to bring anything else other than trust.

I'm trying to see how far I can push this before changing to something else than Annihilator (if possible).

While it's not really impressive, I finished the list of HTBF VDs I was missing with honors, with 5 trusts.

I currenntly dont have acess to bayeux ammo (stage 3 Pinaka only ATM).

If anything else crosses your mind, I'd be plz to hear it, be it via PM.

Edit: Also trying Ynvr Choker for idle/Decay.

The gobbie box has blessed me with an Absorbing Shield, which is one of the weirder pieces of gear in the game. BGwiki says its enchantment steals one status effect from a monster. OldWiki says it steals up to 8.

I'm thinking of testing:
* Can it steal aura? (probably not)
* How many buffs/debuffs can it actually steal?
* Can it be used on something like Fu to take the buffs back?

Falkirk uses it a lot to test Pet stuff for BST. He might know for sure some of that stuff. AFAK (I have used mine only a handful of times)

-Cannot steal auras
-Steals only one buff or debuff at a time, completely random. It's a weaker version of the move the Cockatrice NM uses in the Atropos Orb BCNM
-Does Fu actually absorb your buffs in the true sense of the term, or does he erase YOUR buffs and it powers him up accordingly based on the number of buffs absorbed? I've always believed it was the latter, because I've never seen a message saying "Fu's [buff] effect wears off" the same way as Glassy Gorger. If Fu absorbs like Utsusemi, he doesn't appear to get the shadows in return, it just "counts" as a buff he took in powering (and weakening) himself. I could be mistaken. In any case, the shield can steal icon buffs that are active on your enemy, it's like a free dispel or sacrifice, depending. You could use it on Glassy Gorger, for example (Abs-Attri works on it)

Is sublime sushi still the "go to" accuracy food? I know my server is pretty dead but it's pretty limited and so is the salmon used to make it. I see the newer daifukus arent an unbearable downgrade tho

Sublime is the best acc food, but some alternatives include:

Grape Daifuku+1, as you mentioned, is 85
Marine Stewpot, an AoE food, gives 90 and also gives 90 macc
Riverfin soup has 90 acc with 80 atk (95/85 if HQ)
Rolanberry Daifuku+1 is good for acc/macc if you're poor.

Which zones have Alicorns instead of Ixions for the New Years Event? I'm trying to get the mount, but the random zones I've tried so far have all been Ixion zones.

I know one of the Ronfaures have alicorn. I want to say east (whichever one without the survival guide)

I got the alicorn in Batallia Downs. Traded fireworks and got it in like 5 trades.

Been years since I played RDM, what's the current goto food when focused on debuffing?

Tropical crepe or crepe de rois (if you're a big boi)

How does -DT work in Monstrosity?

Was going to test some stuff (I wanted the precise DT values on Nyame and so on) and went in with a buddy and uh, did not get what I expected:

Buburimu (30 cap):

So I was like, okay, sure, there's some kind of cap here, that looks like a normal 7/8ths number.

Xarcabard (60 cap):



...what in the hell happened there? I have no idea. That 242 isn't even half of the 468!

It's really funny that my 2k needles hit for the same damage as the higher of the 1k needles.
But to be fair, I was also a level 31 hitting a level 60 character with it, so there might be some other confounding factor.

There really shouldn't be damage variance with these moves of all things.

Qufim Island also has Alicorns and I believe the survival guide takes you pretty close to their patrol path, you should run into them if you head east. (North then east from the home point.)
It's a pretty small zone so you shouldn't take too long to find them.

I bumped into them on the way to Domain Invasion. Looks like you beat me to my reply.

Got the mount after a half-dozen carrot trades or so.

Why are some of the moldy weapons from dynamis selling for so cheap on some servers? (20-30k gil)

Is this just a result of price fixing or hwut

Because they're ***and no ones buying the synthed version. Whens the last time you saw someone with a Dyna GKT for example?

The moldy base piece can come from gobbie box, and I think they can also drop from wave 2 NM's as well? That might only be the moldy neck pieces though.

Is it possible to collect all of the Maze Runes for MMM completion? I know some say Hoardbox, but I was just spamming Maze Voucher 09 Ixion monster with Maze Rune 094 but I have not seen some yet that say they come from hoardbox.

I made a list of what I was missing.

Maze Rune 010 Hoardbox
Maze Rune 011 Hoardbox
Maze Rune 012 Hoardbox (got in Maze Voucher 01 without 094 recently)
Maze Rune 017 Hoardbox
Maze Rune 020 Hoardbox
Maze Rune 038 Hoardbox
Maze Rune 039 Hoardbox
Maze Rune 041 Hoardbox
Maze Rune 042 Hoardbox
Maze Rune 043 Hoardbox
Maze Rune 046 Hoardbox
Maze Rune 047 doesn't exist?
Maze Rune 048 doesn't exist?
Maze Rune 049 doesn't exist?
Maze Rune 050 doesn't exist?
Maze Rune 057-070 (doesn't exist?)
Maze Rune 081 Hoardbox
Maze Rune 085 Hoardbox
Maze Rune 093 Hoardbox need rune 094 set??
Maze Rune 105 doesn't exist?
Maze Rune 114 Hoardbox
Maze Rune 115 Hoardbox
Maze Rune 116 Hoardbox

Oh *** - JohnB - My guy how are yah ~!

Those all exist but you can't get every rune in every maze.

Can you explain more? Can I just spam Maze Voucher 09 to get all of the Hoardbox runes or no?

If they exist, why no pictures on bg-wiki, ffxiclopedia? 57-70 don't have entries on ffxiah even.

I've literally never done a 9, only 7s - I'm chasing Lycopodium Earring and somehow I'm 0/340 despite Byrth being like 1/10, across multiple different tabulae that should drop it?! - and I have everything at the start of your list through 46.

My guess is that they only drop from a "matching" Voucher - like 7 is a combat Voucher, so it might be required to get the combat Runes to drop?

Same way you can't get 114-116 except from Voucher 5 (allegedly. I also don't have them so I can't confirm!)
Pretty sure you're wrong on this one, Byrth - from Windower's res.items:
Certainly seems like there's not anything in between the two (or any ctrl-f results in the file for 057, etc) for 57-70, or 47-50, or 105. Unless you know something I don't, those seem to not exist?