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does anyone know what triggers the latent effect on this great axe? i looked under the small weapon forum for this ,and no one on there knew. so i thought i would ask you guys. thanks

small weapon forum meaning, i looked up this great axe itself and the thread pertaining to it. no one knew what triggered the latent effect.

sorry for the bad choice of words.

Edited, May 19th 2009 11:54pm by flippyflip

I think it was on TP

If I had gone to the effort of getting perdu, and SE brought out something better that was as easy to get as foolkiller, I would be pissed.

Personally, I'm sad that something with such a great name isn't better :(

I was asking my buddy the other night why this cost so much. We know it doesn't exactly drop off bunnies in e.ron, but its a meh weapon and cost sooooo much. On top of that, I've never known anyone to actually buy it.

Perdu isn't exactly that hard to get just for people who don't do assaults.

So instead SE should just keep adding useless gear to save people's fragile e-peen? Aside from that though you really think that a Perdu Voulge is that much harder to get than Foolkiller?

With the frequency that people do non-Nyzul Assaults these days, compared to how open ZNM are (constant shouts for ZNM pickups on Bismarck these days), I'd say that Perdu is a bit harder to get out of the gate. It's subjective, of course, depending on how far you are into Assaults, but Sarameya can be easily picked-up or gotten to quite simply - a lot easier than it would be for the average player to go from PSC to SL (that's eight ranks, no small amount of time and effort there). I also doubt that people would be fighting over Foolkiller if it dropped, as it's basically a throw-away item.

So yes, Perdu is harder to get and better. Hell, I'd probably take a Byakko's Axe over Foolkiller. Just because it drops from a T4 ZNM doesn't mean it's any good.

Remember that Nyzul assaults count towards rank-up too; it's considered a win if you choose to leave, rather than time out.

That's your experience, there are far more shouts for assaults on my server than ZNM LSs. Not only that don't forget NI gives you 1 rank up point each 5 floors. Also assaults have been out for how long? If you're just just starting to rank up now that's freaking sad but it only takes about a week at the most to get a rank if you get a half decent group. Assaults take 3-6 people, most assaults can be done with 3.

Then who doesn't merit? Unless you're saving IS for khroma ore then you should have loads of IS. So I fail to see the difficultly. Getting Perdu isn't hard there's no hard fights involved it's just a matter of putting in the time to get it. You can't get cock blocked by crappy drop rates.

My LS has done Sarameya (ZNM Cerb) 15+ times and seen 1 Foolkiller. Even on FFXI wikia it's estimated to be a 15% drop rate, that's pretty damn low. For each chance at Foolkiller you need to play pankration or spend IS to buy cameras/slides, then take pictures to pay for the pops, fight 10 NMs that require any where from 1-18 people, and then compete for drops since only 1 drops at a time.

You're justifying the fact that Foolkiller is easier to get because you can buy it but if Foolkiller was as good or better than Perdu it would be selling for 5-10 mil I bet(maybe more.) Hachiryu Haidate are still selling for 10-20 mil and are about the same drop rate.

Don't bullsh*t yourself the only reason it seems like Foolkiller is easier to get is because no one wants it. Sure if you're ridiculously lucky you could get a Foolkiller in a week or so, but the odds are majorly against you. Personally I too love seeing really good rewards available like Perdu that you build slowly towards without stupid droprates but that doesn't mean we can't have the best of both worlds. SE needs to keep adding gear that actually is useful. It's unlikely people will make an effort to get Foolkiller if they've gotten a Byakko's Axe. Really Byakko's Axe is a joke to get compared to Foolkiller and comparatively Foolkiller isn't that much better (unless the str latent is constantly active.)

Edited, May 23rd 2009 11:53am by OrsonBastokChampion

But that doesn't mean it's hard though it just means you have different priorities right? I'm not saying it doesn't take time to get Perdu but I just don't think it's all that hard to get if you're going for it seriously. Plus you get a lot of rewards along with getting it (merits, assault gear, being able to do salvage with AS, etc.)

I'm not saying you're wrong per ce, I'm just saying I'm right.

Someone come to Sylph and help me finish my assaults for SL. 6/25, anyone? D:

only if you do 5 floors.

doing 50/50 assaults was one of the most fun, awesome, and rewarding things I have ever done in this game. Other than some of the missions being complete luck, and the final 5 being completely random and frustrating... I wish everyone could experience them.

You guys should try doing pickup assaults with your other 3 tags during the week. Just know the strat for it front-to-back and lead it and you just need 2-5 other ppl depending. Plan 3 new ones. If you get them done, you just added 15 points per week. If not and you just complete 1, you still get 5. If you need advice on any of them i can try to remember my experience.

So I came here to see if there was some sexy way to activate the latent....

Don't jump down my throat, Im just a casual player but; isn't the Foolkiller (best name ever) a nice GAXE?Not the best, but a good GAXE for guys like me who don't play enough to get their hands on a Perdu or a B.AXE?

How can 5 dmg out do 7 ACC and 7 ATK all the time? How damn it!

Getting a Perdu requires about 30 minutes of playtime each day for 45 days. I bet you play way more than that. Hell, I organized each assault run myself every day in between my classes.

Mostly this axe messes up your 6-hit build with a 489 delay.

Edited, Jun 6th 2009 4:12pm by doctorugh

Oh

Well you could just eat Carbonara +1 and/or Arrabiato instead like people do with Bravura but you're losing a good chunk of attack with Carbo. The other thing is the higher delay a GAX has the higher it's efficiency at accumulating TP is. Axes are completely opposite, as their delay is lowered their TP efficiency goes up. So basically the DPS on a GAX means even less than smaller weapons and Perdu beats Foolkiller on DPS anyways lol.

@ lolgaxe

wut?

He has Bravura. He's mad he has to use STP food to make it good.

Edited, Jun 9th 2009 2:55am by Nilatai

Believe wha'cha want. sTP food is still infuriating.

I use carbonara sometimes in limbus with a 504 great axe, because I like the extra HP for those retarded smn mobs that are just designed to be cheesy.


To be fair, most of the major content in FFXI can be done with a small group, including a lot of limbus. I mean technically that is what nyzul, salvage, assault were supposed to be about, and I think that's why a lot of ppl love ToAU for what it added in those events among other niceties.

My list of alliances joined was staggeringly small for years. Its still small in comparison, let me see... 489. I've also only been k.o.'d 933 times. It was like in the 300's before I started playing warrior more, lol.

Edited, Jun 9th 2009 11:27am by LordMnementh

Pahn that thing kills brain cells ;P, did you know the real concept behind a deja'vu all the long-term and short-term memory overlapping is pretty interesting.

Ken.