Wildfire - MAB vs AgiFollow

My question is mainly regarding rings, but also the rule of thumb when it comes to MAB vs agi...

I like to think have a pretty well put together WF gearset:

Head Nvrch. Tricorne +2 - AGI+10
Neck Uggalepih Pendant - MAB+8 (With macros that wipe my MP to 0 <3 Wave Gages!!)
Body Mirke Wardecors - AGI+5 MAB+4 (10mp for Ugg Pend)
L.ring Demon's Ring - MAB+2 (10mp for Ugg Pend)
R.ring Demon's Ring - MAB+2 (10mp for Ugg Pend)
L.ear Hecate's Earring - MAB+6
R.ear Moldavite Earring - MAB+5
legs Nvrch. Culottes +2 - Agi+8
waist Aquiline Belt - MAB+3
Hands Schutzen Mittens - AGI+8
Feet Nvrch. Bottes +1 - AGI+10
Back Forban Cape - AGI+4 MAB+3

With Arma and Vulcans/Rose Strap as mains.

This gives me +55Agi and +33MAB

My question is, are the rings worth keeping with +4MAB total, or should I get myself 2 AGI rings for +14 more AGI instead?

Thank you!

This is very interesting information indeed!


I'm already thinking in that case then, that Sveltesse Gouriz (agi+7) would be a better fit than the Aqualine belt(MAB+3).

Thanks so much!

Source? Or are you just putting this out there? Because Denali Kecks vs Ambusher's Hose would fall under the same category if I'm not mistaken here.

I wonder if INT- actually lowers the macc. I've tested WF with Stormsoul ring(Which has INT-3), and maybe because the sample is a bit too small to say for sure, or maybe just luck....but I did noticed a bit more resist when I use it, resulting lower WS dmg than stat+5 ring many times...until I popped a temp item for MAB and macc to stabilize the WS dmg.

Huh? Ambusher's will net you far more Macc than Denali in any situation.

I've been under the impression that AGI affects Wildfire's (and Leadean's) Macc the same as INT for nukes... however, after doing some searching and some asking around, I'm starting to wonder. I can't find any solid evidence.

It's reasonable to assume that some attribute must affect it's Macc, just like all other magical damage in FFXI. If it's not AGI then Afania is correct and it's INT.

Edit: I'm also a bit confused when you say 'stability'. Wildfire's damage is exactly the same every time, barring the normal variables (weather/day/shell/dAGI/etc). Or do you mean you're seeing resists? That would surprise me, because I've only seen a handful of resists in the 6 months that I've had Wildfire. Magical weapon skills are naturally very accurate.

Edited, Jun 9th 2011 5:30pm by Chewzer

Im mostly refering to stuff outside of abyssea, where you will see a lot of resists. But yes stability = resists.

I did a lot of dynamis xarc just recently and the one time I was cor Wildfire was pretty horrible, though demons have mdt and such. I started giving myself macc roll and damage was a little better but nothing to write home about compared to other jobs.

Im fairly certain INT has zero effect on wildfire ive been playing around with my INT altely and see zero changes.

I havent been on COR lately a whole bunch for events, but tahts gonna change soon. Someone in this forum really doesnt like me, it seems. Everytime I post regardless if its rainbows and sunshines it gets defaulted, oh wellz.

What you're seeing in Dynamis isn't resists. If you swap rolls/gear around and your damage gets "a little better", you aren't improving your Macc. Wildfire's damage, being magical, will be drastically different if you're getting resisted: exactly 1/2, 1/4, or 1/8 the normal damage. Dark Kindred have natural 25% magic resistance, explaining your low Wildfires.

As for playing with INT, of course you won't notice a difference because it's already such an incredibly accurate WS. To test the difference with more INT or AGI to determine which gives Macc would take a sample of thousands of weapon skills, and would probably result in zero results since it's probably capped accuracy in any situation, inside or outside of Abyssea.

Its pretty easy to test INT and AGIl inside of abyssea with atmas. INT just doesnt do anything, it has zero factor on wildfire. I think your just drawing to many conclusions.

As far as Dyna xarc, I was seeing more resists on top of the reduction. Outside of Abyssea I see a lot more resists and uneven numbers off by a couple 100 or so with less macc. INT doesnt effect quickdraw which is the closest thing to Wildfire really, so I dont see why int would effect wildfire at all. Couple that with the fact hardly any COR gear has INT on it to begin with.

You have to remember Chewzer that no matter how "consistent" something is, there are those of us that consistently seem to /random 1. While the law of averages suggests that eventually that all those resists would bottom out, somehow we seem to continue to get more and more of them instead of fewer. Lol, on the opposite spectrum, there always seems to be those people that always roll the max output. :D

Case in point: I got to lot something last night against someone else in my linkshell, literally 10 lots in a row < 100. And that wasn't a fluke, my average lot over the course of my career is probably about 300.

Edited, Jun 11th 2011 4:41pm by Meldi

I was under the impression that dINT effected the acc of every magic ws in ffxi regardless of it's ws mods. Small Text

Edited, Jun 15th 2011 10:04am by LordTrey