Random Question Thread (FFXI Related)

Yep, the title was on the NPC! Thanks for help.

Does anybody have a clue why the quest The Setting Sun won't flag up for me?
I've done the previous quest (which is no longer necessary anyway) and I've got maxed fame. I've tried zoning, nothing.
Completed all of Sandy missions, I'm a Bastokan atm though.


Edit:
Nvm it's because I already completed it ages ago lmao

Anyone know whether Monstrosity instincts are gear haste or magic haste (like PUP attachments)?

And if not, what's the most precise way to test that - parsing time between the incoming packets indicating autoattacks?

No idea, but here's a test: equip some set that's over 25% gear haste cap, like:

Toad Instinct III ***This is the big one with 20% haste. The rest are the some of the highest-efficiency picks.
Raptor Instinct I
Chigoe Instinct II
Raptor Instinct III
Mandragora Instinct I
Mandragora Instinct III
Bee Instinct III
Leech Instinct II
Gnat Instinct III

=45% haste, 76 points

Be on a MON that can cast a long-recast spell and check how the recast time lines up.

For example, Stoneskin is a base 30sec recast
25% gear cap would be 22.5s
43.75% magic cap would be 16.875s
45% uncapped would be 16.5s

Then add magic-haste, since you're a whm MON in this example anyways, and recheck if the recast time changes
Adding 15% magic haste to:
15+25 gear = 18s
15+43.75, magic capped to 43.75 = still 16.785s
15+45 uncapped = 12s

Totally forgot about recast time! That's way way easier.

(There's also a RDM Coeurl so I could grind 90->96 and use Haste II to see if I hit the magic haste cap "prematurely" or not)

i was just using the flying wamoura w/ 26 haste in equips and using erratic flutter.. its insane. had me wondering the same thing.
issue i quickly found before i even bothered to try to test was that all the lower tier haste equips take up spots of triple attack and such i really wanna use.