optimum samurai builds?

[airsparrowhawk]

After reading through Delvish & Tamoa's posts, it's clear to me that I still have a lot to learn as a Samurai. I'll be honest, I didn't understand half of what you were saying. So it's time for me to get reading up on this even more, thanks for the link, reading it as I type this. Just a few questions though, what are:

DA/TA/QA

-DT

EP Dynamis

WS Modifiers

-P/M/DT

VW Procs

Cap Lights

/fume

?

[Tamoa]

After reading through Delvish & Tamoa's posts, it's clear to me that I still have a lot to learn as a Samurai. I'll be honest, I didn't understand half of what you were saying. So it's time for me to get reading up on this even more, thanks for the link, reading it as I type this. Just a few questions though, what are:

DA/TA/QA

-DT

EP Dynamis

WS Modifiers

-P/M/DT

VW Procs

Cap Lights

/fume

?

1. DA/TA/QA = double attack/triple attack/quadruple attack. I.e. gear that will increase your chances of swinging 2/3/4 times per attack round. Examples would be Brutal Earring (double attack), Windbuffet Belt (triple attack and quadruple attack), Ganesha's Mala (quadruple attack).

2. -DT = -damage taken, i.e. it will reduce the damage you take from both physical and magical attacks.

3. EP Dynamis = dynamis mobs that check easy prey.

4. WS modifiers = stats that will increase your ws damage. For example Tachi: Shoha has STR as it's modifier, which means stacking STR gear in your ws gearset will increase your damage.

5. -P/M/DT = -PDT means -physical damage taken; you take less damage from being hit. -MDT means -magical damage taken; you take less damage from magic. -DT; see 2.

6. VW procs = magic, weaponskills and job abilities that will stagger the enemy when doing Voidwatch. If you want to learn more, I suggest you check this page out: http://wiki.bluegartr.com/bg/Category:Voidwatch.

7. Cap lights = when doing Voidwatch (VW/VWNM), you want to at least cap red spectral alignment (red light) for a higher chance at the rare drops. Red light is raised by staggering the enemy with magic (specific spells per element). This is also better and more thoroughly explained in the link above.

8. /fume = sometimes you have bad luck when doing Voidwatch, and for some reason you're unable to stagger the enemy. You have the option to do the /fume emote at the enemy, which will reset it weaknesses. Can only be done by the player with hate, and only every 5 minutes (1st chance 5 minutes after pop).


Hope that helps. And if you have any further questions, don't be afraid to ask.

[airsparrowhawk]

1. DA/TA/QA = double attack/triple attack/quadruple attack. I.e. gear that will increase your chances of swinging 2/3/4 times per attack round. Examples would be Brutal Earring (double attack), Windbuffet Belt (triple attack and quadruple attack), Ganesha's Mala (quadruple attack).

2. -DT = -damage taken, i.e. it will reduce the damage you take from both physical and magical attacks.

3. EP Dynamis = dynamis mobs that check easy prey.

4. WS modifiers = stats that will increase your ws damage. For example Tachi: Shoha has STR as it's modifier, which means stacking STR gear in your ws gearset will increase your damage.

5. -P/M/DT = -PDT means -physical damage taken; you take less damage from being hit. -MDT means -magical damage taken; you take less damage from magic. -DT; see 2.

6. VW procs = magic, weaponskills and job abilities that will stagger the enemy when doing Voidwatch. If you want to learn more, I suggest you check this page out: http://wiki.bluegartr.com/bg/Category:Voidwatch.

7. Cap lights = when doing Voidwatch (VW/VWNM), you want to at least cap red spectral alignment (red light) for a higher chance at the rare drops. Red light is raised by staggering the enemy with magic (specific spells per element). This is also better and more thoroughly explained in the link above.

8. /fume = sometimes you have bad luck when doing Voidwatch, and for some reason you're unable to stagger the enemy. You have the option to do the /fume emote at the enemy, which will reset it weaknesses. Can only be done by the player with hate, and only every 5 minutes (1st chance 5 minutes after pop).


Hope that helps. And if you have any further questions, don't be afraid to ask.

Thanks a lot for the quick response, I really appreciate it.

I understand pretty much everything now except 'Stagger'. I'll be sure to have a read-up on that link you posted though.

Everyone on the FFXI Samurai Board is so nice, it's nothing like some of the other game forums I'm on, the Halo forums are in absolute anarchy at the moment. :3

I'm still in the process of understanding how Samurai builds work (I understand the basic TP & WS phase ideas) and I've assembled a couple of gear sets in order to gain a better understanding of the idea, if you wouldn't mind having a look and giving me some feedback, I'd greatly appreciate it.