The Ninja Superthread

[Gh0st_Pr0digy]

if i need to lb and have trick available i try to use it before I lb but my reason is that so while im casting lb and stuck in the animations the rest of the raid is doing more damage. but ya i didnt think trick actually affect lb damage

[RaizeGraymalkin]

Quick question. I forget where I saw/read this but if there are two trash mobs left in a group, is it more efficient to use Katon or Raiton? I always just focused down one target at a time and stuck with the latter, but then I heard using the former is the better choice (though it is trash so whatever). I'm just curious.

[Best-MNK-NA]

Quick question. I forget where I saw/read this but if there are two trash mobs left in a group, is it more efficient to use Katon or Raiton? I always just focused down one target at a time and stuck with the latter, but then I heard using the former is the better choice (though it is trash so whatever). I'm just curious.

It's equally effective. Raiton is 360 potency, Katon is 180 (if it huts two targets that's 360 potency of damage). I'd just Raiton and burn down one target a time personally, but some situations it's better to use Katon depending on your group.

[Zeviand]

I found out today the only other group on my server that's cleared T13 is comboing their LB3 with Trick Attack to do more damage. I've always been under the impression LB damage wasn't affected by anything. Has anyone done actual testing to see if they do combine together?

Arguments could be made on both sides but it would make sense if it did increase LB damage. Adds in t13 too close to the boss take a reduced amount of damage from lb from the vulnerability down buff, so the increased damage from vulnerability up might be worth confirming.

[Kaze3434]

I'm pretty sure he didn't AoE at all. Doton isn't going to push you up that high. I also saw this video while it was still on Alex's stream. I have yet to have a clean T10 run but I can get close to Chloro's numbers on T11, in similar if not worse gear (~30 DPS behind). I think a lot of it has to do with his connection/Ping. He can most likely get three-step mudras off with a lot less clipping. Comparing how I open to how he does he doesn't lose as much DPS whenever he refreshes huton as when I do. It is really hard to tell though without actually watching him, I think he has a niconico channel if anyone is subbed to that.

I think it is really good to note that he is BiS for i130 given that he has as much weighted dex as he possible can get.

you have made this mistake multiple times. AE is talking about Aeolian Edge, not Area of Affect.

[Kenji1134]

Ive a question for you guys.
In recent days, almost every ninja I've grouped with (as a tank) has been spamming Doton on ST fights.
Odin, 2 ninjas kept using Doton.
AKHM, 2 ninjas again kept using Doton for all ST boss phases.
WoD, again, seeing a LOT of Doton on ST bosses. IE its planted right under the boss, while the adds are spawning (and being tanked) along the sides.

Doton, if all ticks land, is 240 aoe potency. On 1 target, thats still 240.
Raiton is 360... 360 > 240... so why are so many spamming Doton on 1 mob?

[Judge_Xero]

That would be awesome to know about the vulnerability down and LB.

I believe it also works with SMN to Bane off a mob with the debuff and spread it to further mobs for the duration of the dots (like with White Fires)
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With the Mudra action delay, I was able to fix mine by allowing FFXIV to bypass the Packet filtering on my Network Firewall. Now I can fit all 3 easily within my GCD.

(Checking the ping to the Montreal server I only had 30 ms and yet I still had major delays (up to a full GCD))

[Kanemano]

With the Mudra action delay, I was able to fix mine by allowing FFXIV to bypass the Packet filtering on my Network Firewall.

How do you disable Packet Filtering specifically for FFXIV? Is that potentially unsafe?

I want faster mudras!

[Judge_Xero]

How do you disable Packet Filtering specifically for FFXIV? Is that potentially unsafe?

I want faster mudras!

Yeah. It could be unsafe because it doesn't check any incoming packets.
But it only gives access to SEs server. So that would have to be compromised to cause an issue.
If your router has the option under Firewall settings you can set it there.

You can do a quick check by turning off your firewall to see if it makes a difference, prior to figuring out how to set it up.

[SaitohThewolf]

Sorry if it seems like a dumb question, however I was looking at the different BiS that were posted

*0.201 Skill Speed Weight (0.5 second Murdra Delay)*

Crafted:

Flint Caviar - http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OZDQ (+498.369 DEX)

Apkallu Omelette - http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OZDR (+497.853 DEX)

Lava Toad Legs - http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OZF4 (+497.638 DEX)

Black Truffle Risotto - http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OZFY (+496.606 DEX)


Non-Crafted:

Lava Toad Legs - http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OZDP (+491.896 DEX)

Flint Caviar - http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OZDW (+491.88 DEX)

Apkallu Omelette - http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OZDX (+491.278)

Black Truffle Risotto - http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OZDS (+490.852 DEX)

From my understanding it would mean the crafted gear is better? I saw the dex higher on crafted gear, guessing based of how many secondary stats it can provide ? The follow up question is is the difference noticeable ?