The signing in question was to be done by a good friend of mine, Muramasamune, known as Murameows and also known as Breaker of Damascus for reasons which will soon prove apparent;
First synth NQ, second synth almost critical break. Not the best start ever, but at least we've got the worst part out of the way now! I'll be sure to get him to break some more of my ingots soon. Of course, as if this wasn't enough insult to injury... Haubergeon +1 is a tier 1 synth. He goes to craft GP items, and when he synths the next item (also tier 1)...
THAT WAS MY HAUBY +1! Argh. So yeah, 0/2 thus far, we'll see how much further it goes next week or so. Damascus Ingots are spiked at the moment so I'm going to leave it alone for a bit. Let's see... what else did I get up to?
Well, after a lot of levelling recently... my RNG subjob is finished!
Style shot beneath! Gonna miss the look of Noct and that...
I do enjoy RNG to an extent, though it's woefully uncomplicated at this level, which is true of most DDs. I didn't use any set other than TP since it's just a subjob, but if I were to go back to it I would use full RACC for Barrage (HATE missing hits or even worse, full Barrages), then a meleeTP set to swap into between shots. Kinda perfectionistic but meh. No point really with a WS set yet since I'm struggling just to make the WSs land! Some epeen shots (all at level 32 due to level sync);
Just for reference, my RNG gear when it was finished;
Hawker's Knife/Hawker's Knife/Great Bow +1/Horn Arrow
Empress Hairpin/Peacock Charm/Drone Earring/Genin Earring
Noct Doublet +1/Custom M Gloves/Horn Ring +1/Rajas Ring
Nomad's Mantle/Brave Belt/Noct Brais +1/Bounding Boots
Custom M Gloves vs Noct Gloves +1... unsure. 3STR vs 2Racc at this level is sort of so-so; Noct+1 is probably better for TPing at the end but couldn't be bothered with it to be honest. Nomad's Mantle and knives aren't HQ'd but I didn't want to bother with that resale rate. As for PCC vs something like Ranger's Necklace, it is true that RNG gets a lot of accuracy and accuracy bonus traits, but this is something people exaggerate or don't abuse properly in my opinion. 5racc => 5ratk (pcc => rng necklace) is NOT a good tradeoff. The same RNGs who boast they have too much accuracy are those trading too much of it off and then eating sushi.
You have accuracy. USE IT. Eat meat. Do damage to your finest. Don't think "I have too much acc, let's remove a load of it for a bit of ratk/str" ... meat is your ultimate attack enhancer in this way, especially vs NMs with huge defence. A lot of RNGs are content to lose 5racc here, another 5racc there... and before they know it, they're eating sushi. I would strongly caution you against doing this. Equipment like Archer's Jupon, Venturer's Belt and such are all trash and should not be used in any serious situation.
Another thing I do not understand for the same reason is using a Staff in most situations... and then using sushi. Onehanding a Fransisca -- the cheaper of the two axes -- gives you 7racc/7ratk, vs 8str from Vulcan's Staff/Axe Grip. Cancelling str=>atk benefits, we get 7racc/3ratk vs 8str. One will obviously perform better on WSs, whereas one will help with DoT a lot more and produce more WSs for more overall damage, plus can be used to build TP. This gap only widens when you /nin with two Axes and get Kreigsbeil on top of that -- 6~7racc and 8ratk on top of that. 13~14racc/11ratk vs 8str. VERY easy to make that choice... plus Axes are good at building TP, far moreso than with a Staff (they can do fair damage over time too).
I would argue Staffs are only really best on mobs you never actually get the chance to hit.
In terms of other stuff I've done this week, it's been the debut week for my Nyzul Isle static, and in our very first set of runs;
Yay for a weapon whose WS I won't unlock until getting floor 100; I value my sanity too much to work on 5,000 WS points or so. Wish I could afford the Mythic too... Burtgang is broken. Lots of NMs to farm new weapons, lots of awesome drops;
Yeah, thrilling I know. WHM weapon dropped for Kirsteena and a second Brave Blade for Ruman, so it's all good. Congrats guys~
On the subject of swords, in related news... my Great Sword DRK is no longer gimp!
I didn't even die kiting him that time, though I had a few close encounters... Firespit manages to do huge damage very frequently and busts through shadows. Very annoying. Smartass of the week:
AH price ~300-350k! My 1h zerg DRK is happy. My aforementioned Haubergeon smash was probably to counteract my rare good luck I found here.
Been fighting some of the new NMs on a whim from the update to enter the BCNM for a shot at Gnadbohd's Helm (such a nice Hecatomb Cap alternative)... 3/8 items so far!
We would've gotten a fourth but we wiped to Cogtooth Skagnogg (warmachine, think Jagidbod's but 100x worse) at 1%. One. Percent. So yeah. Finally, for the main bulk of this post, I was called to fight Tinnin, aka the tier 4 Hydra ZNM. A very fun and epic fight in a unique battlefield... I loved the setting.
A shame the drops were so wretchedly awful. Oh well, very good fun. I died near the end to a rogue Serpentine Tail and the other PLD fell shortly thereafter so it turned into a BLM zerg. Nice and frantic. On a side note I hate Nerve Gas/Pyric Blast spam (Curse/Poison and Paralyze with large damage each respectively)!
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MIAH MENTION
She demanded one so here it is. She was finally planning to come back to the game to level her COR (I have AF needs... so sexy) but then it turned out her .dats rejected level sync. After a long struggle we rectified it then she logged in mortal fear of losing the effect of her Anniversary Ring before it was spent. She also doesn't like bald men.
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I may well add another section to this since I was requested to explain fSTR a little, but I'm tired now. Maybe later!
~ Raen Ryong
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