Final Fantasy XI Then...

[djtickle]

Naw we gather in Hazhalm testing grounds, just bring yourself food and RR!

[Tsingtao]

Sounds interesting DJ, Ihave to say playing FFXI on Firdays at 9pm sounds well not great but I'd like to make what I can.

[Kerushi]

Yeah friday nights are usually drinking night

[djtickle]

Dun forget Tuesdays too! I dont make every friday

[Daragon]

Rather a mixed bag of results from Nyzul Isle last night - 4 boss runs and my choice was the only one we won fortunately, what with being my run and given how usually my luck is absolutely attrocious, Behemoth goes ahead and drops a pair of Denali Gamaches and a Killer Bow - both of which went to me, what's up with that?

The other 3 runs were less than successful, wiping to Cerberus and failing to kill Hydra within the time we had left.

In quite unrelated news, I'm 15 Beastcoins off of my Brutal earring (about ****ing time...)

[C']

Yes, it was nice you got Denali but the 2 attempts at floor 60 bosses were very disappointing. Especially the final Cerberus. Floor 20 and 40 we can afford the luxury of 2 healing mages (RDM & SCH) as our BLM can contribute decent damage to Fafnir/Adamantoise/Behemoth but by his own admission, the resists against ToAU bosses nerfed his damage badly.

I was actually awake a long time thinking about what we can do to improve it. I have no doubt that the NIN THF WAR SAM RDM BLM formation hs to stay. We simply cannot rely on NIN THF MNK offering damage quick enough on the harder bosses (especially if we get to the floor 100 versions).

We probably need a bit more structure and our mages need to what debuffs result from certain moves. It's not good enough for the melee having to ask for paralyna etc. It needs to happen immediately. Also, we should allocate healing duties to both mages. It seemed me and Hudoo had hate the majority of the time, so RDM should be focussed on those 2 with Haste/Cures. You and SAM will probably have to go without and receive cures from BLM.

Another possibility is Blastman going back to RDM and Nimphedel coming DRK and having a mini Stun cycle in place.

Still, congrats again on the drops.

[djtickle]

Interesting you say that about mnk. We use x2 mnk, sam, rdm, blm and brd. 60+ I swop from blm to drk as BLM is hopless on the Taou bosses.

We have no thf so our drop rate sucks but we have no problems taking down any of the bosses regardless of floor. The key to it i see is brd, it makes a hell of a difference.

Bard can help the rdm out with para etc too and the odd heal.

[C']

I'm not doubting the effectiveness of MNK. It's pwn but in that setup it's the only true DD we had. I was questioning the effectiveness of a NIN MNK THF setup, not the MNK itself.

If we could job change the BLM I probably would but it's his only 75 job.

[Tsingtao]

You'll have to carry him, be no use at all on ToAU bosses, maybe you can gear them to heal and free someone else to go do the DD. Generally I try for WAR/NIN x 4 BRD/WHM RDM/DRK

RDM fulfils stun for an GA mobs and the WAR/NINs just chew through everything else.

[C']

Yeah we did that yesterday for second floor 60 boss. SCH changed to RDM, and RDM changed to SAM.

Thing is our disc progress is 65 so we have beat floor 60 on our first attempt last week (last night was hoping to get some armour). And that was with our pre-revised setup so it can be done. It's just that I wouldn't be confident that we could clear the boss each time. Especially floor 100. Success there depends on killing as quick as possible before the unlocked moves do too much damage.

I can't complain about the true DD in the setup. Hudoo's gear is pretty awesome regardless of if he comes WAR or MNK and the SAM is well a SAM. You can remove half their equip and they still kick ass.

[Kerushi]

-_- I need to finds me a Static for ToAU end game stuff ...

[mikewl]

Does anyone fancy some Rank 3 Dragon BCNM fun, i've completed the Sandy side and just need to head into Giddeus for the boss fight.

I've been hammering away at the game a bit each night, im now 25War and just solo'ed all the keys for the kazham pass, took bloody ages, not one of the keys dropped in a timely fashion, i gained about two levels just from soloing them keys.

Rare, got a question regarding your War/Sam suggestion, do you know if this is a good combo for early game as well as end game? im planning to open Sam once I get level 30, im hoping Sam will be an ideal sub all the way.

Cheers

Mike

[Kerushi]

SAM sub for war is indeed a tasty one and is feasable if your taking the DD role in a exp party.

Moonie you should have asked for assistance on those keys ; ;

Ill help if I'm on at the same time as you mate.

[mikewl]

SAM sub for war is indeed a tasty one and is feasable if your taking the DD role in a exp party.

Moonie you should have asked for assistance on those keys ; ;

Ill help if I'm on at the same time as you mate.

Thanks dude, I will give you a /tell if your on when im on.

Was about to go on but its maintenance at the moment

[Kerushi]

gratz on rank 3 moonie