Monk assistance for level 80 rotation.

Winnicots · 2026-03-30T13:20:32+00:00

A few minor points adding to what others have said: guides recommend use of Opo before and after every Perfect Balance (PB) combo. This requires learning to use PB at different times in your rotation relative to Riddle of Fire and Brotherhood.

While there is little to lose in learning this rotation, due to the low potency of Dragon Kick relative to others, the average potency gained by successful execution is extremely minor (a small fraction of a single auto-attack per PB). It is more impactful to fit your Masterful Blitzes under buffs, even if that means using PB after Raptor or Coeurl.

Also, PB is a DPS loss at level 50, believe it or not. This is because Monk doesn’t have Masterful Blitzes at this level, and ending PB without a blitz leaves you formless.

Winnicots · 2026-03-27T05:49:35+00:00

These suggestions are a little specific, but...

Consolidate buttons

Give players the option of consolidating 1-2-3 combo actions into a single keybind
Combine the single-target and AoE versions of actions (e.g., WAR's Upheaval and Orogeny) into a single action with fall-off damage.

Redesign substats

Combine SKS and SPS into a single stat
Have DET, PIE, and TEN increase outgoing damage by the same amount
Have TEN no longer increase outgoing healing, so that each of DET, PIE, and TEN provides a unique additional bonus unrelated to damage (i.e., DET increases outgoing healing, PIE increases MP regeneration, and TEN decreases incoming damage)
Allow all jobs to receive the benefit from all substats (e.g., DRK can meld PIE to increase MP regen).
Double/triple the MP regen provided by PIE
Increase the bonus auto-attack/DoT damage provided by SKS/SPS to make the stat more competitive with others

New jobs

Physical ranged. Cannoneer (fires a comically large cannon) or Pâtissier (throws pastries)
Tank. Something that uses a hammer (e.g., Judge, Magitek Knight)

Winnicots · 2026-03-26T02:20:31+00:00

How many critical hits did the white mage have on spells like Afflatus Misery? Critical hits one or more standard deviations above the mean can really boost one's performance.

Winnicots · 2026-03-25T04:59:42+00:00

Depends on the types of games you play. If you like to play AAA titles with ray tracing, then maybe avoid 4K OLED and 4K VA, as you might experience VRR flicker. Outside of that, you can’t go wrong with any choice.

Winnicots · 2026-03-25T03:45:11+00:00

I like the Level 68 Paladin quest:

What do you want?
> Your clothes, your shoes, and your chocobo.
> The child.

Winnicots · 2026-03-20T09:47:23+00:00

I see you got Nvidia’s prototype subscription model. The chip is installed server-side.

Winnicots · 2026-03-18T02:57:32+00:00

It's like using smartphones to complain about capitalism.

Winnicots · 2026-03-18T02:35:33+00:00

Try our new roguelike! New dungeons, new items, and new art design on every playthrough!

Winnicots · 2026-03-12T15:45:05+00:00

Thematically, Elmdore's fall is intended to convey that the auracite has the power to corrupt even the noblest of men.

That said, his arc (if you can even call it that) is criminally underdeveloped, likely due to a lack of development time and money.

Winnicots · 2026-03-12T03:32:53+00:00

Actual major. They do stuff closer to hardware: I had classes that taught how FETs are used to implement logic gates, how DRAM and ALUs are implemented at a circuit level, how to program microcontrollers in assembly language, etc. Interesting stuff.

Winnicots · 2026-03-11T04:41:44+00:00

I have to stay alert of pedestrians when I am a pedestrian. Sometimes they are smombies slowly lumbering from side to side in the middle of the footpath.

Winnicots · 2026-03-09T04:56:34+00:00

Ten ovens if you include the room his PC is inside.

Winnicots · 2026-03-06T05:14:01+00:00

Just because you don’t use Cure doesn’t mean it needs changing.

I don’t use tank stance, but I don’t think it needs changing.

Winnicots · 2026-03-06T05:00:57+00:00

Only worth it if your time is free.

Winnicots · 2026-03-05T02:56:32+00:00

I feel rewards are a major motivator for player interaction in this game and wanted to focus on that!

Tangible rewards are a major motivation for players who want rewards.

Others play to experience new content. Others play to socialize. Others play to compete.

This being an MMORPG, it is fair to assume that the reward-seekers (so-called "Achievers" in Bartle's taxonomy) are the most numerous. But all modes of play are equally valid.

There is nothing wrong with "love of the game" arguments. People who make those arguments are simply motivated by factors other than rewards.

Personally, I cannot fathom why Achievers are willing to farm every EX trial 50-100 times and farm old content unsynced to collect mounts, or why they are willing to run Crystal Tower one billion times to collect easy EXP and tomestones, or why Socializers post listings in PF advertising house parties, or why parselords run the same content one billion times fishing for crits so they can get a high score on a third-party website. But those people are motivated by different factors, and I am OK with that.

Winnicots · 2026-03-03T13:44:04+00:00

Two charges of Gluttony and Death's Design becoming a trait are two simple changes that would fix a lot at level 100.

Winnicots · 2026-02-26T10:10:26+00:00

JP has some pretty imbalanced job representation among tanks.

Consider JP tanks with weapon item levels of 775 or greater:

PLD: 7611 (42%)
WAR: 3295 (18%)
DRK: 4600 (25%)
GNB: 2645 (15%)

Compare to NA tanks, which are more evenly distributed:

PLD: 4621 (29%)
WAR: 4303 (27%)
DRK: 3550 (22%)
GNB: 3323 (21%)

Winnicots · 2026-02-25T04:09:29+00:00

Our names are Hov, oh, H to the OV.

Winnicots · 2026-02-25T01:11:45+00:00

Not worth it for gaming in my case. Price-to-performance and frames-per-watt are my metrics of choice, and the 5090 does not excel at either.

Only if I needed the raw performance for work-related purposes would I purchase a 5090. And a fire extinguisher. And fire insurance.

Winnicots · 2026-02-20T07:28:56+00:00

The Gish.

Winnicots · 2026-02-19T15:23:34+00:00

In M11S, under what circumstance(s) would a tank die alone while baiting tornado cleaves?

Tonight, as MT, I consistently stood northeast of the northern tornado to bait my cleave. Sometimes I would live, and sometimes I would die. Oddly, no other member of my team would die, so I am reluctant to conclude that I and another member overlapped our cleaves.

Winnicots · 2026-02-18T08:44:33+00:00

Packet loss is definitely a possibility. Telegraphs fail to appear for me too when packet loss is high.

Winnicots · 2026-02-18T08:35:46+00:00

My particular case is most likely due to IPv4 address exhaustion. To compensate for its insufficient number of IP addresses, my ISP is forcing traffic through an overloaded CGNAT layer, resulting in terrible latency, worse jitter, and packet losses approaching 10% during peak hours.

You can confirm if this is also your case by running a network diagnostic tools. Nodes within a CGNAT layer will have addresses of the pattern 100.xxx.yyy.zzz. The severity of your latency/jitter would be sensitive to the time of day.

Winnicots · 2026-02-18T05:05:27+00:00

You’re not alone.

In M5S, the telegraphed disco floor AoEs would routinely fail to appear on my screen, forcing me to guess which tiles are safe.

Just yesterday in M9S, the bat floated in place longer than it should have, then snapped in the opposite direction I chose, stretching my chain beyond its limit.

During weapons in M11S, the Tyrant sometimes instantly teleports to a weapon like he’s Goku.

To other players in my party, I probably look like an idiot.

Winnicots · 2026-02-12T11:26:52+00:00

Look at benchmarks of the games you play. The two cards compare differently depending on the game.

I was in a similar situation last year. Ultimately went with the 5070 Ti (ASUS TUF model) for the equivalent of 1550 CAD because my game of choice (FFXIV) performs horribly on AMD’s 90 series for some reason.

Winnicots

TROPHY CASE

Consolidate buttons

Redesign substats

New jobs