Test Server Findings

[Tachi]

Arch-Omega

Spoiler: show

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...611_211907.png

Pld, Smn, Rdm (mule)
100,000 HP. Immune to Stun (in both stances). Aggro from 30 yards away.
Quadrupedal stance spam Target Analysis, can Pile Pitch.
Switches to bipedal stance at 74%. Always uses two TP moves in a row and has already access to Colossal Blow/Laser Shower. Doesn't hit hard at all (with Tidal Roar+Bio III and PDT) but has 100% DA and a slow delay.
Pod Ejection spawns a Gunpod (5000 HP) who AoE Self-Destruct after 10 seconds for very high damage.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...sse/Gunpod.jpg
Timed out at 46%.

[Yugl]

Were you able to land slow II on your RDM mule?

[Byrthnoth]

Two questions and a statement!
1) Did you have to pay 150 ABCs for an entrance key item? Someone on the NA Official Forums kept mentioning that.
2) Did the Gunpods drop anything this time?

If you can get him to 46% with an Aegis PLD and SMN as your damage sources, he should be killable with a party. Hooray!

[Ophannus]

If he's doing <25% HP Proto-Omega behavior from start, inb4 ape shit splits into 6 mobs at 25%

[Tachi]

Were you able to land slow II on your RDM mule?

Yes but his melee attacks were still very fast with 180 MND and 2/5 merits. The difference could be significant with Elegy though.

Two questions and a statement!
1) Did you have to pay 150 ABCs for an entrance key item? Someone on the NA Official Forums kept mentioning that.

You have to obtain the "Glossy Fragment" Key Item from CS Apollyon (Lv. 99) first. The Ahriman Boss there does Level 3 Petrify and Deathly Glare.
The unnamed item cost 150 ABs and the KI.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q52/papesse/Frag.jpg

2) Did the Gunpods drop anything this time?

No.

If you can get him to 46% with an Aegis PLD and SMN as your damage sources, he should be killable with a party. Hooray!

Very probably, yes. The Gunpod is a real danger, he is also immune to Stun and melee a bit for more damage than Omega itself before exploding but there are numerous ways to deal with it.

[Taint]

DDx4,SCH,SMN....unless there is some unknown under 25%.

/shame

[Yugl]

I'm betting 25% has crazy shit. How far is the self-destruct/pod repop? I'm betting you can zombie that with Twilight gear if the issue is *that* concerning.

[Squah]

You have to obtain the "Glossy Fragment" Key Item from CS Apollyon (Lv. 99) first. The Ahriman Boss there does Level 3 Petrify and Deathly Glare.
The unnamed item cost 150 ABs and the KI.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q52/papesse/Frag.jpg

Stockpiling those ABCs paid off, me thinks. Gonna be extreme demand for the next week or two.

[Guitarman]

^haha that's actually not a bad strat. One dd just voke the pod into a corner and eat explosions. I love it.

edit: meant Yugl's comment.

[Ophannus]

They said metal chip onry. I hope its lowered or gonna be huge competition for old zone ppl soloing for coins/chip.

[TheDangerousDave]

Could it be determined from the dats whether armor drops straight off the mob or they're chest items again?

[Radec]

Could it be determined from the dats whether armor drops straight off the mob or they're chest items again?

Chests will have a dat entry, if there are more chests in the new apoll/temenos dats then they're probably from chests.

Edit: My test server client not recently updated, but currently/real server, there are 80 crates in apollyon.

[Dazusu]

Killed Arch-Omega about two weeks ago. Paladin is not necessary. We took one as we were unsure what to expect - as a note for those going to try it; don't expect anything special.

2 MNK, WHM, RDM, BRD, BLM. Will switch between monks as hate is reset (Colossal Blow/Pile Pitch). There's nothing special about him. Once Omega is on two legs, that's where he stays, doesn't change back to Quad stance at lower HP. We used the BLM for pods (and had a monk switch to them), and taking Omega down to 75% so he stood up.

Was nothing in chest on kill

In retrospect, most DD could probably tank him, though I have a feeling the difficulty will be ramped up a bit before release.

[SargentRemora]

Question about the glossy fragment: Does everyone in the party/alliance get it when doing the prior chamber? And if so, does it get lost upon entry into Arch-Omega even if your not the one enterring?

Also, any info on Arch-Ultima?

[Tachi]

Question about the glossy fragment: Does everyone in the party/alliance get it when doing the prior chamber?

Yes.

And if so, does it get lost upon entry into Arch-Omega even if your not the one enterring?

No, only the person who purchased the item for 150 ABs loses the KI.

[Slycer]

Didn't they explicitly say that the Limbus stuff added to the test server was weaker than intended for testing purposes?

[Ophannus]

If the chests drop coins, it wont be so bad I guess, unless the chests will contain crappy synthesis materials.

[Slycer]

If the chests drop coins, it wont be so bad I guess, unless the chests will contain crappy synthesis materials.

The crucial part will be whether or not they lowered the timer on Limbus as they suggested they might in the timeline. 150 ABCs does not take long to farm if you split.. say 10 people.. into 5 farming groups, but that farming will basically double the amount of time you take to get to the boss. If you can only do a run every three days, it's gonna be a pain in the ass.

Something about the T1 giving the KI to everyone sounds weird - wouldn't that mean you only have to do the tier 1 areas once for up to 18 kills of Omega or Ultima if you had a full alliance?

[ronin sparthos]

Hm wouldn't getting into the old areas be a bitch since they don't have multiple copies?

[Byrthnoth]

If anyone still played this game during NA primetime, it would be.

We shall seeeeee