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#1 May 02 2006 at 8:40 PM Rating: Decent
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Hello. I was wondering if someone could suggest any good attack foods for a 75 drk in an xp pt. Currently, I have +57 acc and eat sole sushi (I know that's an acc overload). Could anyone suggest any good attack foods to replace my sole sushi for xp pt? Thanks.
#2 May 02 2006 at 9:42 PM Rating: Decent
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I use Yellow Curry, however other good attack foods are Red Curry (yow expensive) and Hedgehog Pie (also pricey). I think Coeurl subs give decent boost to attack. Yellow curry wasn't too expensive last time I bought it....which was a while ago though.
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#4 May 03 2006 at 12:05 AM Rating: Decent
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I like Carbonara quite a lot, i know it's not the highest ATT food there is, but i tend to die very soon after eating a 3 hour food, that's just me and my necessity to waste 3 hour foods somehow.

So the 65 are ok, the STR+4 are fine, the MP+10 are nice, but what i like the most is the HP+175 that increases my Souleater dmg nicely and specially the Store TP+6.

I've grown quite fondly of Store TP+, i'm looking forward to get that neck with str+3 acc+5 store tp+1 from assault or somewhere there.

Oh yeah, and being a 30 min food i manage it better than for some reason getting disconnected then coming back straight away for FF, and having 2 hour left of an Hedgehog Pie and having to fight FF w/o Sushi, althoguh not bad Spinning Slash i did that day, but my DoT was kinda crappy ~.~;
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#5 May 03 2006 at 12:25 AM Rating: Decent
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I agree with the above poster about staying away from 3 hour foods. Myself, I'm a puller so if I mess up, I die so my party doesn't wipe. This makes 3 hours foods really unappealing.

I like the Coeurl Subs myself. I've wanted to try Carbonara, but the price is too high for my taste. However, with the recent TP changes, I might fork over the extra 50k for +6TP store.
#6 May 03 2006 at 1:12 AM Rating: Good
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If your base attack is in the 450s, use Bison Steak.

Below that, use Couerl Subs.

Hedgehog Pie is no better than Bison Steak, really. Yellow Curry is no better than Couerl Subs.
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#7 May 03 2006 at 1:57 AM Rating: Good
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Hedgehog pie is certainly better than bison steak. Thats 5 more acc you either didn't have before or don't have to equip from gear, not to mention the huge HP increase over bison steak (55, important both in survivability and for souleater). Its not too overly priced either, at least on my server.

Hedgehog pie is usually my attack food of choice, but red curry and arrabbiato are certainly fine choices as well, especially if you have the gil to burn.

If you didn't know, arrrabbiato is basically a much, much stronger version of carbonara. Its also much more expensive however as its made with dragon meat (same stuff that makes red curry so expensive). But its a half hour food if thats important to you, and it adds a ton of hp on top of a ton of attack.

I've never personally had much of a problem with using three hour foods if I know its going to be a good party. If its a good party I can assume I won't die much/at all and I'll be there long enough to make good use of the food.

Its not at all a bad idea to carry around a few types of food for pickup parties: sole sushi for when you have a brd (assuming that brd sings double minuet, or at least one minuet), then a half hour and a three hour attack food for if you don't (unless you use arrrabiato, then thats the only attack food you really need to carry). Not even a bad idea to just bring a cheap 3 hour food (such as bison steak) and an expensive one (such as red curry or hedgehog pie) since there aren't really any good 30 minute attack foods at 75 other than arrrabbiato, which is honestly cost prohibative for most anyone for pickup parties (unless it turns out to be a good one). Couerl subs and carbonara are really too much of a drop in attack for my tastes.
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#8 May 03 2006 at 10:28 AM Rating: Decent
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I prefer the three hour foods. Here are the ones I use:


Red Curry
* HP +25
* Strength +7
* Agility +1
* Intelligence -2
* HP Regeneration While Healing +2
* MP Regeneration While Healing +1
* Attack +23% (Cap: 150@652 Base Attack)
* Ranged Attack +23% (Cap: 150@652 Base Ranged Attack)
* Resist Sleep
* Demon Killer


Hedgehog Pie
* HP +55
* Strength +6
* Vitality +2
* Intelligence -3
* Mind +3
* MP Regeneration While Healing +2
* Attack +18% (Cap: 90@500 Base Attack)
* Ranged Attack +18% (Cap: 90@500 Base Ranged Attack)
* Accuracy +5


Bison Steak
* Strength +6
* Agility +1
* Intelligence -3
* Lizard Killer
* Attack +18% (Cap: 90@500 Base Attack)
* Ranged Attack +18% (Cap: 90@500 Base Ranged Attack)
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#9 May 03 2006 at 11:34 AM Rating: Decent
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Thanks for all the replies. I will look into these food options and hopefully have a cook friend of mine make some up so I can try different ones to find out what's best.
#10 May 03 2006 at 12:25 PM Rating: Decent
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I like Bison Steak personally. Red Curry is just too expensive for my tastes and the stats on Bison Steak and Hedgehog Pie are pretty close. Steak is a little cheaper also on Phoenix.
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#11 May 03 2006 at 12:32 PM Rating: Good
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I can only speak from my own experiences. Meriting at 75, I usually have 90% accuracy with no food, and maybe 95% or so with sushi. This makes five points of accuracy a waste, considering one food is 3 x the price of another. It's five points you otherwise wouldn't have, sure, but it's as much a waste of gil as buying slightly better meat that would give you +3 more Attack.

I also don't really see the effects of Attack cap out even when my Attack is hitting 700-800. So regardless of the presence of a Bard, I use Atk food if my accuracy is already high and Acc food if it's not. I also tend to prefer Acc food if I'm in a party that's focusing on rushing skillchains (meaning usually a greatsword and a Thf sub), and prefer Atk food if I'm in a more WS-spam type party (meaning usually a scythe and War sub).
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#12 May 03 2006 at 3:30 PM Rating: Decent
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New food out, not too bad to pop one doing random things where you don't want to use high price food:

http://ffxi.cannotlinkto/itemdb/8553

Cheap, 30 minutes, and npc sells it for 2k near Al Zahbi zone in Whitegate.
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#13 May 04 2006 at 2:37 AM Rating: Good
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Meriting at 75, I usually have 90% accuracy with no food, and maybe 95% or so with sushi. This makes five points of accuracy a waste, considering one food is 3 x the price of another.


If you have 90% accuracy you are obviously wearing a ton of acc gear. Its not a waste because it allows you to replace 5 acc from your gear with more STR or attack gear. Or even just raise your hit rate by a small amount. There is definitely a significant difference between bison steak and hedgehog pie, whether or not it is worth the cost is another matter entirely and entirely up to the individual.
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#14 May 04 2006 at 9:42 AM Rating: Decent
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There is definitely a significant difference between bison steak and hedgehog pie, whether or not it is worth the cost is another matter entirely and entirely up to the individual.


Agreed. I think everyone can agree that Red Curry is the absolute best +Att food, followed by Hedgehog Pie, then Bison Steak but, the price is the issue. I certainly am not going to fork over the gil for Red Curry. IMO, Bison Steak is the best bang for your buck.

Edit: I know I've excluded Dragon Steak or Soup but on Phoenix you can never find them anyway and they are expensive.

Edited, Thu May 4 10:43:10 2006 by Cesi
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