CS: Imperial Code

[Suiram]

Sorry I have to make this quick since I'm halfway out the door, but basically, a ton of "Kusas" (NIN mobs in NIN AF) and Bhoots (named Kuga....something). The Kusas are true-sound, the Bhoots are regular sound.

There are 3 Kusa NMs, Saizo, Oko, and Danzo. Our second attempt we snuck past all the Bhoots and all the Kusas (except two that we aggroed), and killed the 3 NMs in that order. When Danzo died, a ??? popped below him. Clicking it wins the assault. 1999 with first win bonus. ??? necklace appraised to Phi necklace.

This is the map:

http://www.ffxi-atlas.com/maps_norma...-sanctum_1.jpg

Start at G/H-10
Saizo at I-8
Oko at F-8
Danzo at G/H-8 (after going up the stairs west of Oko)
Drop from Danzo's room right on top of the Rune.

[Eratosthenes]

Actually, Kusas aggro sight. You can sneak past them by running behind them.

Did Danzo use Mijin Gakure when you fought him? My group does Saizo last, and he always does it. I'm wondering if it's just Saizo, or if the third NM you fight is the one who does it.

[Almalexia]

Only Saizo (GKT NIN, right?) used Mijin Gakure on my run. Oko and Danzo did not.

[Byrd]

So, we learned pretty quickly that the Bhoot mobs are not sleepable, silenceable, slowable, paralyzeable, and like to use Perdition, which seems to be instant death. We got our ass kicked, as we hadn't brought Stun with us. Take care when dealing with them.

[Artus]

yeah, got raped, that insta death move is REALLY gay...

[safer]

we did saizo > oko > danzo and only saizo did mijan.. i dont remember if the others even used a 2 hour....

also, im not 100% sure about the sight agro thing.. the kusa have true sound and it seems like a large range.. i had one look at me and it didnt agro, ... though maybe their sight range is much smaller...


i thought it was hilarious all the /say macros they had when they did ninjistu/weapons skills ;D
danzo was talking in JP when he was using WS.. i wonder if in the JP client he speaks english lol

[Lordwafik]

i thought it was hilarious all the /say macros they had when they did ninjistu/weapons skills ;D
danzo was talking in JP when he was using WS.. i wonder if in the JP client he speaks english lol

sounds bugged, relic shield spoke JP on release till it got patched to speak english too

[safer]

it seemed sorta intentional to me.... in a cheesy anime way lol (the other 2 nms said quirky things as they were casting... like "as the wolf hunts his prey, the jade rose evaporates"

he only spoke JP on WS and when casting magic he'd speak english... but his WS macro was just alot of kanji.. next time i'll SS it and ask someone to figure out what he's saying...

prolly something like "Crouching harvest moon fox rabbit lily-cherry blossom ATTACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Zilong]

it seemed sorta intentional to me.... in a cheesy anime way lol (the other 2 nms said quirky things as they were casting... like "as the wolf hunts his prey, the jade rose evaporates"

he only spoke JP on WS and when casting magic he'd speak english... but his WS macro was just alot of kanji.. next time i'll SS it and ask someone to figure out what he's saying...

prolly something like "Crouching harvest moon fox rabbit lily-cherry blossom ATTACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The ku /say is "rin pyou tou sha kai jin retsu zai zen" in kanji, the nine seals used for meditation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuji-in

[safer]

i was close =<

[Byrd]

So, we learned pretty quickly that the Bhoot mobs are not sleepable, silenceable, slowable, paralyzeable, and like to use Perdition, which seems to be instant death. We got our ass kicked, as we hadn't brought Stun with us. Take care when dealing with them.

Follow up on this, the Bhoots are not true sound, you can sneak past them, although they blood aggro from a long way away as well. Which makes this Assault pretty easy.

[Khamsin]

I'm CS, but haven't done any of them yet since I'm catching other people up.

What kind of mobs are the Kusas?

[Suiram]

Ninjas

[Khamsin]

Ninjas

I saw that in the OP. But what kind of Ninjas? Are they mutant adamantoise or what?

[Sagacious Sundi]

Ninjas

Fomor ninjas?

EDIT: According to the Walkthrough (I seriously hate how un-encyclopedic those Assault Walkthroughs are written) on FFXIclopedia, the enemies are:
Kusa x15 (Hume Fomor NINs?), True Sight, Low HP, Links
Kudagitsune X7 (Bhoot), Sound, Low HP
Oko, Danzo, & Saizo (Regular Hume NINs?)

[Suiram]

I don't want to spoil it more than I already have, let's just say they're ninjas and leave it at that. You'll understand what I mean when you get there, and it's not really something you'll be at a disadvantage for.

Oh, I wanted to mention we won this again yesterday with 2blm + rdm. They take a lot of magic damage, we can one-shot the Kusas and kill the NMs in 2 or 3 nukes. Saizo didn't even get a chance to mijin.

[Byrd]

Ninjas

Fomor ninjas?

I think they're just standard hume Ninjas. I don't remember them having any Fomor TP moves, but I could be wrong. They're not a particular beastman, if that's what you're after.

[Khamsin]

I don't want to spoil it more than I already have, let's just say they're ninjas and leave it at that. You'll understand what I mean when you get there, and it's not really something you'll be at a disadvantage for.

Well, we got someone to PFC finally, so only a few more weeks until they're caught up to CS with me so I can do them!

[Sagacious Sundi]

Ninjas

Fomor ninjas?

I think they're just standard hume Ninjas. I don't remember them having any Fomor TP moves, but I could be wrong. They're not a particular beastman, if that's what you're after.

But I like Yagudo.

[Suiram]

Ninjas

Fomor ninjas?

EDIT: According to the Walkthrough (I seriously hate how un-encyclopedic those Assault Walkthroughs are written) on FFXIclopedia, the enemies are:
Kusa x15 (Hume Fomor NINs?), True Sight, Low HP, Links
Kudagitsune X7 (Bhoot), Sound, Low HP
Oko, Danzo, & Saizo (Regular Hume NINs?)

They definitely aren't fomors. I guess the spoiler ship has already sailed though, but yeah, they are just Hume NINs. Their WSs are regular NIN WSs lol I thought it was interesting/spoilery because if you read the story on pol.com it sounds like those are the 'enemies' you fight in the far east, Tenzen's homeland, etc.