New or Returning Players Discussion 2: SoA Homeless Veterans Edition

[dasva]

The easiest one I believe. I fought some of those, uh, acroliths I think they are? The yellow machine things from ToAU.

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Hmmm those should be pretty easy on very easy. You have decent ilvl gear and trusts?

[Isiolia]

A friend has also gone back and between us we have a lot of very useful jobs which all need updated gear - what can we duo? Are there job combos right now which make everything easier (considering I've only just unlocked job points...)?

Given how much can be dual boxed (or soloed), you can realistically do a lot with a duo once geared. I'd highly suggest one of you pick up GEO. Buffs/enfeebles from that are strong no matter what content or strategy, it's relatively simple to make functional as Geomancy can't be resisted, and you can still do decent support or damage. Having a GEO in tow will make things easier.

SCH is a solid companion to that, or really in general. You have SC/MB with Immanence as mentioned, but also Helix spells often let you slap on major DoT that just makes it a matter of time before you win. Doubly so if you add in Kaustra. Past getting a 119 staff, you'll also probably want to unlock Myrkr (for BLM as well) to make it functional, and both SCH and BLM benefit a lot from Job Points.

If you do want to melee, then a well set up BLU is also very strong, and can share a lot of gear with THF. Not the only viable job, of course, and it takes a lot of prep with spell learning and Job Points.


Definitely hit up some of the campaigns this month. The Nyzul one is potentially good, as the high quality appraisals can include 119 gear (and lots of the ??? items are weapons). It can also give plenty of stuff that's only good for lockstyle, or worse, but it's easy to do and can net a head start on doing a Mythic as well (tokens, ZNM triggers and Alexandrite common from +2 boxes from bosses, etc).

They're also doing double UNM coffers, so plenty of decent items to get, or materials to use for Escha triggers. While a lot of the worthwhile ones might be rough for you to duo until you're better geared, if you can get in on groups for them it's a prime time to get drops (or plenty can be soloed by well geared folks that might be happy to include you).

[Krazy]

Hmmm those should be pretty easy on very easy. You have decent ilvl gear and trusts?

Some of the gear I was using was 109 lol, I was just seeing what it actually was. I'm gearing up my Blu now, I've managed to get some decent 119 gear for it while attempting to gear my THF.

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[dasva]

Ah yeah. Even bad 119 gear will help a lot because of how much of the heavy lifting trusts can do on easier stuff. Also for ambuscade usually a good idea to check that months thread as each month there is some kind of trick though this month nothing major you can't really just power thru

[Eldelphia]

Yeah my friend has levelled GEO and I have SCH so if I can gear it appropriately, that sounds useful.

[Vil]

How is that fight for reclaiming the Astral Candescence now? I have work to do on my Assault logs anyway, but this is twice this week that it's been taken somehow. Not cool. I thought the NPCs were supposed to be buffed to the point that it's basically an auto-win even if no player ever steps foot in Al Zahbi again.

[Fwahm]

I don't think the Beiseged NPCs were ever buffed; a single competent 119 player can save the Astral Candescance, but if they catch the city with absolutely no-one interested in the imperial standing, you're going to lose the AC.

The BCNM to retrieve it is effortless with ilvl.

[samalis]

Question about empyrean 119. It says it requires Vagary. How tough is this nowadays? I am just planning for the future. We are still going through all missions and all that but just wanted to know how tough it would be so we can get 119 empy armor when we get to it. We have a small group of like 6-7 players but they would all be starting out as well. Would this be enough? Or is it a full blown alliance just to get these clears?

[Rehn]

It's not tough tough. 4 chars can clear all zones (slime zone might require a bit of luck), but an alliance can surely win the 3 zones. Perfidien/Plouton is a tad trickier if its your first time, but recruiting people who know what to do should ease that. Having a geo or 2, blms + strong/geared blus can wipe the slime zone waves, and the first wave of the fomor zone with ease. AOE is also great when clearing out groups of elemental in that zone.

But if we're talking 6-7 people who are restarting after a long time, then I recommend shouting and adding in "all drops freelot" for what its worth. Sometimes it might snare bored people.

Also set the record of eminence for vagary. You get a free upgrade mat specific to that boss if you clear it, but it is not repeatable.

[Mrbeansman]

Whats the preferred way to lvl past 75 these days?

[Krazy]

I tried Ambuscade solo again on BLU this time with all 119 gear and crushed it. I've also been pushing through Rhapsodies and now I'm on the final boss who utterly destroys me, though I've read RUN makes the fight a complete joke, so I might try and gear that up and give it another go.

[tenkiki]

Wait for Voidwatch campaign (one coming up in 2 days actually) - summon trusts, use weakeners, trade exp boost cells, spawn worm NM in North Gustaberg, let trusts kill it for you in less than a minute for 16250 xp, repeat. You can do this naked on any job, and I prefer using Iroha + Ayame + Shantotto2 to SC+MB it down in 1 go. It's about 1-1.2 million xp per hour, and doesn't need any exp rings or gearing, just resummon trusts every 5 levels or so to speed it up with stronger trusts.

Otherwise, uh, you can do Escha Zi'tah (if you have vorseals, you can take on IT with ease, otherwise, find the appropriate level enemies) up to level 88~90, then Balayangs in Fei'Yin to ~93, then finish off with crabs in Foret de Hennetiel to 99. People recommend the mandys outside of Adoulin to 99, but fuck dream flower. This path won't be so bad with the xp campaign coming up as well.

[Vil]

Whats the preferred way to lvl past 75 these days?

Have someone mow down hordes of mobs in Escha?

If you're doing it totally solo (with trusts) like I did, I often used some combinations of Dangruf Wadi, Bostonieaux (Bloodsuckers), and Crawlers Nest til 90ish. GoV in the latter 2 were a neat bonus too, I guess. I never did Escha-Zitah pre-99, but I think mobs cover a huge range, just move from one camp to the next when you level out of it. Probably better if you can do it, but I have no experience with it.

[Guitarman]

I tried Ambuscade solo again on BLU this time with all 119 gear and crushed it. I've also been pushing through Rhapsodies and now I'm on the final boss who utterly destroys me, though I've read RUN makes the fight a complete joke, so I might try and gear that up and give it another go.

Hah. If only you were on Shiva. Been having the same issue. Good thing the xp campaign is friday. Great time to level RUN.

[Provolone]

Might be the wrong place to ask, but I'll try anyway. A friend of mine is coming back to the game, and another friend of ours gave him his account to use. Friend 2 removed his token from his account, and Friend 1 is trying to pay for it now so he can use it. How would Friend 1 get Friend 2's account set up to pay for it? He asked me, but I've never multi'd, so I don't know. Thanks.

[Rehn]

As simple as logging into the SE management site for #2's account and updating the payment info. I'm assuming #1 has full access to #2's account. Without the token, #1 can easily just treat it as his known account.

[Eldelphia]

Hah. If only you were on Shiva. Been having the same issue. Good thing the xp campaign is friday. Great time to level RUN.

Two of us (on Shiva), newly back to the game have just gotten to that fight. We tried it last night. Not sure if we'd be a help or a hindrance but happy to team up if it helps. I'm going to try and beg some help from some old friends.

Edited to add a question:

How can I get plasm? Not done Delve since I left. Is it still a full 18-man thing? Is there anyway to generate it low man?

[Commskywalker]

Two of us (on Shiva), newly back to the game have just gotten to that fight. We tried it last night. Not sure if we'd be a help or a hindrance but happy to team up if it helps. I'm going to try and beg some help from some old friends.

Edited to add a question:

How can I get plasm? Not done Delve since I left. Is it still a full 18-man thing? Is there anyway to generate it low man?

I'm on Shiva, and took a month or so break - just waiting for the free playtime to start tomorrow before re-subbing when it ends. I solo'd the final fight as a then shitty BST through some luck, but can help out on quite a few jobs if you need it.

Delve requires three people to enter, similar to how Salvage used to be. But the HP of NMs scales depending on how many people enter, and doing a run with 3-4 people is so much easier than in larger groups. So no worries there. I also need aloooooot of plasm should you want to team up for that!

[Eldelphia]

Well if you're up for it, that would help I did some Delve before I left and I think all of the first 3 bosses but I could be wrong. I certainly remember attempting Tojil. Copper vouchers would take a while to get 3-600k plasm...

[Krazy]

Finished Rhapsodies. A super duper RUN pretty much solo'd it for me and a few others. lol