Beastmen strongholds

[Sarial]

I was away from the game for about 16 months and missed the whole wall-banging method that brought about people being able to do Ops to get things like Cuchulain's mantle, etc. I was wondering how hard it really is to get control of these strongholds? People are doing campaign for gil from unions, but would we not be far better getting control of the strongholds and doing the ops? These pieces are worth ridiculous prices, and only really because of their rarity, due to no ops being done, as far as I understand.

My question is what is your server like as far as their control, and how hard is it to gain control? What exactly do you have to do?

[Yugl]

I was away from the game for about 16 months and missed the whole wall-banging method that brought about people being able to do Ops to get things like Cuchulain's mantle, etc. I was wondering how hard it really is to get control of these strongholds? People are doing campaign for gil from unions, but would we not be far better getting control of the strongholds and doing the ops? These pieces are worth ridiculous prices, and only really because of their rarity, due to no ops being done, as far as I understand.

My question is what is your server like as far as their control, and how hard is it to gain control? What exactly do you have to do?

1. It wouldn't be better to constantly control BSTmen outposts because the rarity of the item would diminish (And the price as well); although, this is somewhat bypassed by server transfers.

2. Typical campaigns are generally incapable of completing the Ops mission. For BLMs and mages (Ones that suffer in Campaign), the OPs is fairly easy. For DD set ups, it's unlikely your average campaigner can win the Ops; thus, less incentive to bother with the BSTmen holds.

3. It takes a great deal of effort to control the Beastmen holds (Various guides on these forums), which many are unwilling to take part in.

4. On Diabolos, we gain access to the OPs fairly often. Within the last month, we've had the Ops 2x (A few times before that as well). However, when the OPs is available typically comes down to whether JPs feel like participating in Beastmen holds campaigns. We're one of the major export servers when it comes to Cuchulain Mantle and Witch Sash migration.

[Sarial]

I think Seraph has owned La Vaule once. Ever.