Final Fantasy XI Then...

[siegeuk]

I'm not far from bastock at the mo, so later on this afternoon I'll see if I can get a pass for you- if I can't I'll let the board know and hopefully someone else will be able to get you one. Hopefully won't be a problem though, as I seem to remember having the opportunity to buy one not too long ago....

[Vanicent]

Right,

I've just ordered CoP from gamestop.com. Hopefully, I won't have the same **** up that took place with VG+.

[Darwock]

Yeah sorry I had planned to join you last night but got an unexpected invite to the pub. As I've spent the afternoon taking breaks from FFXI to go and throw up I wish I'd gone to Korroloka instead

[Darwock]

P.S. I don't know how long world passes last for but nobody ever used the remaining two places for the one I posted. it may still be valid?

[siegeuk]

Unfortunately they only last for a week or so, but here is a world pass number with 5 spaces on it:

4218989900

And that's a pass into Seraph.
Good luck!

[samoht]

I'm in thanks Siege. Character is an Elvaan thief called Inomic. I'm in San'Doria

[siegeuk]

Glad it worked, I'll keep an eye out for you when I'm in San D. Good Luck!

[mikewl]

After checking the AH for a Frostreaper and seeing none in stock I decided to get it the hard way.

I went to Rangemont Pass and camped the Scorpion that drops it, there is only the one scorpion in the area so if it doesnt drop you have to wait for it to respawn, which I did.

I finally got the Scythe on the 6th spawn, taking about an hour and a half, it was quite satisfying to get it.

[Marvelon]

Damn good weekend, well, sunday. Started at half past ten in the morning, scoped out which area of Eldieme we needed to go to. After some toing and froing, a bit of alliance rearraging and a dash of getting killed, with a side of opening doors, invissing and sneaking; We got a camp and managed to obtain the three keys we needed.

Then onto Garlaige where we got 4 keys in about half the time (mainly thanks to excellent Over/Vault weapon key droprate)

Now the coffers themselves... O_o This will lots harder I imagine. Me and Mahl will try for my Eldieme one, but I think we need to form a Rargh party to be able to get to the garliage ones (through the second banishing gate O_O

[C']

Well coffer key hunting in Eldieme Necropolis was an ?experience?. Key drops were pretty sparse and Mihki and Mahlory both fell a couple of times which was unfortunate. AOE Drain is very nasty but eventually we got the 3 keys that were needed.

The event didn?t go well for me at first when we decided to move camp and I fell down a hole which I didn?t realise was a hole (don?t ask ><). Kalliope dived down after me to escort me and I got aggro just as she arrived but I panicked, hit Mijin Gakure assuming that she would have avoided aggro. However, she had engaged the Tomb Mage already and I watched in disbelief at the stupidity I had displayed. If I had stayed alive we could have defeated it, but my stupidty left her solo and whilst things started out ok, she got a link and fell. I felt useless, stupid and cowardly and was cursing myself but luckily Kalliope was extremely nice about the whole situation when she had ever right to chew me out.

Garlaige Citadel coffer key hunting was much more pleasant. ^^

OK, now for my help request. I really want to try and get the Rare/EX Hototogisu katana to replace the Kageboshi in my off hand. The Accuracy+3 stats would be really useful to go with my Sniper Ring and Federation Tekko.

OK, I will lay down exactly what will be required before people volunteer so you know exactly what to expect, as I don?t expect it to be as easy as obtaining Bayan?s Loxley Bow.

Basically there are 2 stages needed for this. Firstly I need to obtain an item named Tonberry Rattle. This can be obtained from a ??? point that spawns (randomly?). This item then needs to be taken to a further ??? point which will force spawn the Tonberry NM that may drop the katana.

We need to travel to Temple of Uggalepih which is a short chocobo journey through the 2 Kazham jungles. We zone into the temple and need to make a short trip to a corridor with 6 granite doors that contain small rooms. Wespes and Tonberries will aggro us but they only aggro to sight so Invisible will be needed but many LS members have NIN sub or main which will help and the journey is incredibly short. (With Flee I can get to the exit within 30 seconds).

Now, each of the small rooms houses a Tonberry and the doors cannot be opened whilst invisible, so I have to drop invisible open door, recast invisible and check room for the ??? point, which I?ve tried on 2 occasions and was extremely difficult. Now the Tonberries in question only check DC to me at level 55 so if we have a full party of people or more they should be pretty easy to take out allowing me to check the rooms at leisure.

Getting the Tonberry Rattle is my main concern at the moment.

When the time comes to fight the NM itself we will need to go deeper into the temple and force spawn the NM. Allakhazam apparently lists the mob as being level 72 but people I?ve spoke with inform me that this is incorrect and the mob is more likely to be high 50s. Again I don?t think a full party or more would struggle too much but it is a NM beastman and as such is able to use the respective 2 hour move of the job type it is.

The Tonberry is a NIN ><

Yes, he can use Mijin-Gakure and by all accounts the move will hit us very hard. Obviously Barfira will be needed and I think if we survive that we should be fine. (When he suicides he respawns immediately with whatever health he had left).

Then when we kill him we (hopefully) get the drop, and I am incredibly happy.

Obviously I cannot expect everyone to tag along with what could potentially be dangerous but anyone who wishes to volunteer, it would be much appreciated.

[Tobal]

Sign me up, this is a suicide mission i need to take anyway to get the coffer key, but i prefer to do when mah/mih and hit lvl 54 which is 1-2 hours worth exp'ing away. (AF leg armor and a new cheap g.k

[Vanicent]

I would offer to help Rare, but I'm too low level (for a change ).

Sorry.

[Bayan]

I'm In

[Toxicforce]

lemme speak with kalli =)

[Razz]

Currently levelling ninja, almost level 70, but I'd like to say that the troubles for Hototogisu katana is well worth it. Very fast with 5 parrying skill proc triggered when there is a bard song active on you. Good luck.