INT vs. M.ACC (Primals)

[ShadowWolf]

People are stacking INT atm, because it seems to be more effective to stack INT and eat Mag. Acc food, than to stack Magic. Acc and eat mag. Attk food. I have seen a "tripple" melded Int stack blm eating Mag. Acc food, out DD the Mag. Attk stacked with double meld Int blm, but at that point, its you get what you paid for.

TBH I think its getting to the point, where they need to nerf out some money. I know some with 80mil, and a couple others in the 100+ mil range. thankfully the market isnt boasting a 1mil per piece of gear(base), but atm Garuda seems like a store bought success ploy to siphon off some gil from the servers. I've seen "associates" blow up 5 mil trying for tripple melded brands, trying to get that max Output for garuda. Though after this patch that may all change, the "strat" as i have seen it, was to burn as much of garuda as you can, so that post Astral Flow you could skip the phase where she warps from the center to the outskirts requiring the party to move in tandum either farthest away or behind her, to the phase that you rotate with the sand in a clockwise circle. As the first win skipped that middle phase, and the blm burn skips all phases, I would not be suprised that after patch, Garuda will start doing astral flow per HP % thus forcing groups to do all phases. this would intern negate some of the "if you cant do such and such dmg pre-astral flow "see you again" type issues.

When i see the strat of all AF, not tripple melded with 5+mil in gear video, i will see it as a "everyone fight". Til then, I have no big yearn to get lack luster weapons from her.

[Belial]

but atm Garuda seems like a store bought success ploy to siphon off some gil from the servers. I've seen "associates" blow up 5 mil trying for tripple melded brands, trying to get that max Output for garuda.

I don't think the economy works like you think it does. That "5mil" spent trying to triple meld isn't pulled out of the economy, it's now in another players' pocket.

[syntaxlies]

I don't think the economy works like you think it does. That "5mil" spent trying to triple meld isn't pulled out of the economy, it's now in another players' pocket.

well there is the tax which is a constant gil sink

[Belial]

well there is the tax which is a constant gil sink

It's negligible, though. Especially if selling in the proper ward. Even more so if for extremely expensive items you sell via shouts/bazaar, which a lot of people do.

[syntaxlies]

It's negligible, though. Especially if selling in the proper ward.

per item might seem small, but id love to see a number of how much gil they take out a day, i bet its a lot.

by gil sink i know most people are thinking of bigger items like an airship pass that cost 5 mil or something.

[Belial]

per item might seem small, but id love to see a number of how much gil they take out a day, i bet its a lot.

by gil sink i know most people are thinking of bigger items like an airship pass that cost 5 mil or something.

I'm pickin' up what you're layin' down, across worlds total could certainly add up. However, it's still possible to be completely self-sufficient without spending a dime.