Random Question Thread (FFXI Related)

When crafting sets for crafters points, I've always been under the impression that the set level is the same as the skill level for HQ purposes, but I actually dont see that anywhere. For example a set 90 would T2 at skill 121+. Is this right or did I just make this up?

I dont think the crafter crystals follow traditional rules. I havent tracked HQ rates, since theres no way to put it in the chat log and im not manually tracking every kit I make, but I can easily eyeball that the break rate is closer to 1%, which would not account for Ionis’ buff.

But that does remind me about something I wanted to ask:
Battlemod modifies the chatlog and reports HQ tier after a synth? This should be from the inbound result packet and should be able to be implemented in craft the same way with moderate ease (assume beginner skillset)?

IIRC, craft already reports HQ tier.

Ill check my version when i get home, but mine def doesnt list HQ tier.

Its an officially available addon, is it not?

Pretty sure it was battlemod not craft, something definitely prints out 'HQ1!' or 'HQ2!' as the synth is going.

You just want something to filter on right, doesn't have to be in party chat.

It is, I took the liberty (pulled from the battlemod lua:

------------ SYNTHESIS ANIMATION --------------
elseif id == 0x030 and crafting then
if windower.ffxi.get_player().id == original:unpack('I',5) or windower.ffxi.get_mob_by_target('t') and windower.ffxi.get_mob_by_target('t').id == original:unpack('I',5) then
local crafter_name = (windower.ffxi.get_player().id == original:unpack('I',5) and windower.ffxi.get_player().name) or windower.ffxi.get_mob_by_target('t').name
local result = original:byte(13)
if result == 0 then
windower.add_to_chat(8,' ------------- NQ Synthesis ('..crafter_name..') -------------')
elseif result == 1 then
windower.add_to_chat(8,' ---------------- Break ('..crafter_name..') -----------------')
elseif result == 2 then
windower.add_to_chat(8,' ------------- HQ Synthesis ('..crafter_name..') -------------')
else
windower.add_to_chat(8,'Craftmod: Unhandled result '..tostring(result))
end
end
elseif id == 0x06F and crafting then
if original:byte(5) == 0 or original:byte(5) == 12 then
local result = original:byte(6)
if result == 1 then
windower.add_to_chat(8,' -------------- HQ Tier 1! --------------')
elseif result == 2 then
windower.add_to_chat(8,' -------------- HQ Tier 2! --------------')
elseif result == 3 then
windower.add_to_chat(8,' -------------- HQ Tier 3! --------------')
end
end

It's in native Windower 4, if that's what you're asking.

Yeah thats what I meant
So theres no way my version could be out of date.


I think I can make use of that clipped code though, thanks.

Looks like it works fine.

IME all the crafter kits have similar HQ rates and it's not tied to their level.

I made kit 85 for Leather and here were my results (the only ones I tracked):
70.24% NQ
18.32% HQ1
4.34% HQ2
2.38% HQ3
4.72% Fail

That just looks like tier 2 to me without ionis or macaron, which is what you would expect for 85, no?

I have also seen tier 2 HQ rates, but that is because I always end up making the 85 or 90 (with support) recipes.

Has anyone tested if Hoxne Ring enables none THF mains to upgrade TH level? If yes, past lvl 4 or only from level 2 (assuming you only wear the ring) to lvl 3 and 4?

Does it help with bounty shot?

I've done level 70 kits and also level 65 kits, etc. plus the kits for the shield RoEs and didn't see 50% HQ rates.

What sorta STR value do you need nowadays to cap fSTR on higher end targets?

Heck, even just Locus/Apex mobs?

Any reason why the TVR cosmetic set isn't storeable on any slip?

So you are forced to drop them.

How do you view your raised chocobo's numerical stats like 255 for Strength? I don't see on the Wikis or any NPC that does. Is it via packet only?

Fixed it for you.

I put a bunch of that crap in an inventory and deactivated it. I guess it cost me $2, but and another $2 if I decide I ever need any of it.

Yes, via the chococard lua.

Are you still experiencing issues? I'm still getting random lag spikes, just hung completely trying to log to a mule.

This is a new one to me:


I'm just curious if its my internet, a hop along the way to Japan thats ***, or their servers. And usually when its their servers, maint fixes it.

Yea, but it's extremely intermittent. It doesn't seem to be a hop to me, at least nothing I was able to identify. Out of close to 100 chars online, it's just been one or two d/cing here and there. No clear pattern among which VPN locations are hit, either.

Anecdotally, seems like the server itself(or something within SE's infrastructure) is dropping them. Though, a friend in NYC has seen the same and I believe you're also east coast?

I'm on the east coast and I've had some disconnection issues the past couple of days. Not a full disconnect, but my characters would r0 for a few seconds every couple minutes.

In Sortie last night, one of our people in my party lagged in the basement bitzer and could no longer interact with it to get out. Also was not getting aggro from other mobs in the H area, although he could see them and walk past them. Apparently, the game thought he was in upper floor but his character stayed in the basement, as he was able to get Galli from chests opened upstairs but his physical character was still downstairs. Rebooting did not fix it, had to warp out. Very strange bug I have never seen before. (no, there was no superwarp or addons used, was completely initiated by talking to the bitzer menu, and there was no aggro at the time giving event skipped).

For the past week, my autotarget (after killing a target) stays on the dead mob for about 2 seconds, even though my character is swinging at the new mob. I can manually switch targets faster than the game can update my new target. Have experienced this across several zones (Ambu, Sortie, Segs, Limbus). I've been seeing some very strange input latency out of nowhere, nothing seems to fix it.

eastern canada, yeah

Something similar happened to us 2 days ago.
Guy was interacting with the Bitzer to go into E basement.
Was getting the teleport animation, but then he was back in front of the bitzer.
Also tried relogging, superwarp, manual, nothing.

Everything fine for now (after the monthly patch though, supposing that had anything to do with it)

Sortie bitzer can get into a race condition and do a sort of half warp, seen it a few times. Usually down to lag.

Usually it's one of

* warped downstairs but no bitzers work from downstairs either to go to boss or go back up, just warp you back to entry bitzer
* clicked bitzer to go downstairs, it didn't work, now no bitzers upstairs work anymore.

Exiting sortie is the only thing that would work in both cases.

Oh, it's still in the game?



edit: holy ***, they killed it

I have been grinding Craftsmanship to upgrade my mule's clothcraft shield by slamming moko grass, then grass cloth, then hachimakis, completely ignoring the objectives. My break rate was really high (probably capped at -30%) around 25% craftsmanship, then I took a break to get carried through the monthly dynamis objective and got hit with an AoE while crafting in Dynamis - Jeuno. It was a critical loss, all 3 grass thread lost :(. No, don't cry for me! I was also successful at least once.

After that, my break rate returned to the 1% floor. When I checked recently, I noticed that the -success rate augment was gone. ??? what? I had a floored break rate for about another 25% of the shield and now it is back to -6%.

I cant read/understand japanese, but in the Video they dont kill it. It's stuck at 1% thru various means (not even sure how they damaged it?.. the log is all 0's) but at the end of the video it deaths someone, runs off and despawns.