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[ViviAnimus]

T10 kill video with commentary

I did this last night mainly because I get a lot of questions on my server and I just feel showing what I do help better. I think we're gonna try to push a speed kill next week so I'll be on LB duty. Questions even reached my reddit account and since I got a new graphic card and I can do videos I might aswell.

Nice video, more to come?

[HaroldSaxon]

Ok If anyone can help me out.... Doing T10 and Idk if its because drg got buffed or im doing something wrong but our drg is spanking me on dps, and less gear. I use the rotation on puros spreadsheet of T1 > F3 > F1 till low mp > B3 repeat. using raging strikes and SC Flare Convert combo when its up but yet with a 125 weapon and Ilvl of 120 im only pulling about 380 on average over the course of the whole fight. drg is doing about 450. Im still second highest dps just not sure If Im not squeezing out as much as I used to or if BLM just really is the black sheep of single target dps........

I've barely got any dreadwym loot and I used the i125 weapon on Tuesday and was pulling around 500 on T10. To be honest, if you are using an i115, you should be over 420 at the least.

[HaroldSaxon]

I tried this and have to wait a while after transpose to get enough MP to cast F3+F1 . Is this normal? Seems like 1-2 secs when I'm not casting something.

For adds in coil, is it the same rotation? e.g. T10 ?

Sometimes you get a quick tick, sometimes you don't.

[Aikaal]

Nice video, more to come?

Yes! This week I got smacked hard on T11 to T13 so I didn't had good footage. So it should be soon. I also stream my raids, it's usually 9pm-12am EST Sunday to Thursday.

Twitch link You can follow if you want.

[ViviAnimus]

I actually was looking for your twitch for quite a while! Checked the E-peen tab . I'll keep an eye open for more videos. Thx a bunch! Feel like I can learn a thing or two. It's so weird that your Twitch name is so obvious and I didn't find it by googling.

[Aikaal]

I actually was looking for your twitch for quite a while! Checked the E-peen tab . I'll keep an eye open for more videos. Thx a bunch! Feel like I can learn a thing or two. It's so weird that your Twitch name is so obvious and I didn't find it by googling.

:3 Yeah xD, my alt is WHM and we run double clears so you'll sometime see me stream on my WHM and I notice people are much more interested to watch my BLM lol. I'm glad you're following <3 Makes me feel I'm not doing this for nothing.

[ShaolinMike]

I tried this and have to wait a while after transpose to get enough MP to cast F3+F1 . Is this normal? Seems like 1-2 secs when I'm not casting something.

For adds in coil, is it the same rotation? e.g. T10 ?

Depends on your stats and how much spamming you do to get Fire III out after you transpose. It's possible to get to a point that you enter back into Astral Fire before you get a second mana tick, which will leave you short.

[GotDamned]

(part 1, sry for the long posting)

Hey guys,

I'm currently trying to figure out what would be the best gear for me, pre T10.
(Though we'll soon be able to do T10 I think)

Since I can upgrade my right side, I'm pretty sure it's safe to do so.

Sadly my relic is only on Atma-stage, so I'm using the 115 Shiva Staff.

It also seems that the Augmented Ironworks Chest is really worth having.

Using those things as a Baseline and setting the food to Apkallu (since I can't 4star craft yet), I'm getting the following result on Ariyala:
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/PGN3
(is setting Accuracy to 515 a good idea so early?)

from which I only need the belt, skirt and gloves


When using the HA Staff I get this:
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/PGN5

Where I'd need belt, skirt, gloves and shoes


end of Part 1

[GotDamned]

(Part 2)

My current plan would be to get both belt and skirt next week since they can be used in both setups and just hope for the HA staff (even though I'd need to get one more thing then)

Basically my question is, is this a good plan and would the equipment be BiS pre T10?
(I still have no clue about statweights and thus don't know how up2date they are.)

One last thing I'd like to know is if my dps is okay:
T9, from P1 to the start of P4, unmerged parse shows me about 330-340 dps.
(different runs which all got to the start of P4)


Sorry for having so much questions and sorry if some may be worded badly (english is not my native language)

For those taking the time to read them: thanks in advance!

[Craiger]

I'm no expert on what gear is best, but you shouldn't use that site to determine what gear is best for you... Those stat-weights are based on the highest gear you can get, and it doesn't apply to pre-final coil. Might be the best for that Acc anyways, but if you want to be sure about what is best, you would have to make a more in-depth comparison of stats, using the calculator that Pyro have made (first page if you haven't seen it).

Also, 515 Acc is the cap for T13, will you be there in the foreseeable future ? T10 is 470, T11 480(?) and T12 503. It's actually a waste to gear for 515 Acc if you're not even close to being there, IMO at least... and even if you were to be there soon, if I were you, I would still change gear based on what turn I was doing.

Someone else have to provide a more accurate view on this though...

EDIT: I just changed around some in your pre-T10 BiS sets, and it at least increased your potential DPS by some over the ones you posted.
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/PGWM
As you can see, the Acc is only 496 now, and I changed the food to Pineapple Ponzecake... No need to have more Acc right now, and adding food with Acc is just overkill, also, 27 (max) Spell speed is much better than 27 Crit