I have some questions about Voidwatch, which I have never done before. This post might be long. If you're not going to provide constructive responses to this thread, please don't post.
I plan on Duoing+Multiboxxing Voidwatch once the "max light" item goes unlimited and 20k gil.
Part of the reason I'll be doing Voidwatch now as opposed to having never done it, and most of it is obsolote now, is to unlock Empy WS, and wanting to have everything unlocked just in case a future update makes something about VW more relevant.
I have read the Voidwatch beginner section on BG Wiki, my questions will either not be answered there or I will be wanting clarification.
Do the items that will be 20k gil in December cap out every light, most importantly, White, Red, and Blue?
How exactly is the item used so it "procs" the mob correctly and does the person starting the encounter have to be the 1 with that item?
Are Atmacites something set by an NPC, and then when you do any Voidwatch you are automatically equipped with it?
Does simply having a voidstone in your Key Items allow you to open a treasure box at the end and obtain an atmacite, since only 1 person begins the encounter, is that stone auto consumed when the mob is popped or when you go to open your personal box?
Since I'll be starting from scratch, (I talked to an NPC a long time ago and have lots of stored stones) which atmacites and other key items like ones that enable to hold more voidstones at once, etc should be obtained 1st and foremost?
Which atmacites are worth upgrading fully and setting (I've read a max of 3 can be set) for the following jobs: WHM, MNK, BRD, DRG, DRK, WAR, SMN, and BST?
Do atmacites affect pets like Abyssea Atma do?
I will cover the jobs available we will use to do this event at the end of the post, so this question would need to be answered based off of reading what job combos I'll have available below.
Which VW bosses will I not be able to do at all even if I have top 5% in gear of the listed jobs, macros, gearswaps and skill associated with the job(s)?
The 2-3 job scenarios I can work with will be outlined.
The most preferred scenario:
Char #1, Wife, Pixi: Oats MNK, Upu DRG(Drakesbane), and Bura/Xiut BLU(has all spells minus Delve bosses), has access to all Bayld, WKR, and Delve drops. 5/5 Formless, 5/5 Penance(for things we do together, Penance is more useful than Mantra, so it's a personal decision, not here to debate MNK merits.)
WS Merits: 5/5 Shijin, 5/5 Req, 5/5 Resolution, capped h2h merits, sword
has proper Gearswaps, Thaumus coat, windbuffet belt etc.
Char #2, Me, Koyangi: WHM/SCH or any other mage sub, all magic related skills capped, also capped enfeebling, enhancing, elemental, and blue magic merits. Has great gear, no mythic, etc.
Char #3, controlled by me too, Xiti: Oats MNK, all MNK related info about Pixi is mirrored to this char.
Char #4, Me, Armael: BRD, other than missing Langeleik(sp?) because it drops in VW, and has no relic, mythic and Emp, uses best instruments otherwise and all skills are capped and gear is near perfect for FC and Song Duration.
2nd scenario, I will only use either of these next 2 scenarios if a 2 DD WHM BRD strat will not do very well or if it can help mitigate a gimmick or something.
All 4 chars, SMN with Dashavatara Sash, full AF3+2, fervor ring, Jaq sash, af3 neck, Tiresias cape or Conveyance cape, Balsam Staff(would have to 1st sink the gil into 4 of these), and 5/5 on Wind and Ice Magic BPs.
3rd scenario
All 4 chars, BST all have Hunaphu, af2+2 hands+augment, moepapa or hurchlan, af3+2 legs, full twilight, 5/5 beast affinity, anwig salade BST augment, decent reward set using Eta's, would prefer Sheep, Hobs, Falcorr, or GooeyGerard. Subquestion with capped BA merits, aug hands, and 115 axe, what will each of these 4 pets cap at?
If a strat wants to mix BST with SMN and it can be more effective than 4 of 1 or 4 of the other, explain to me where it would make sense.
I prefer to be 2 DD, WHM, BRD if at all possible, if there's wiggle room for a DD strat and I do not absolutely need to do a pet strat, let me know the DD strat.
I guess this depends on Tier, but how long would these fights take approximately?
Out of the bosses remaining, since the question above will likely have some NMs I won't be able to kill without more manpower, that I could kill with 1 of my scenarios, which ones have a gimmick or something to worry about other than just make HP zero that I need to worry about. Out of the remaining NM that have gimmicks and I will be able to kill, can someone please explain which scenario is best to avoid a gimmick and of course if it's doable with DD strat over a pet strat, let me know please. I appreciate any and all information, and thank you for reading this.