Patch 1.23b patch notes

[Sephiroth]

Sounds like a good place to sit and AFK. Just check your screen for a minute every so often to collect your crystals. So is there a strategy yet for obtaining the maximum number of spawns?

[Elcura]

All our server used to do was collect just the cluster > hand in > cluster > hand in > 4x examine at the 3rd kill for anima and whatnot.

Pretty much everyone needs to do that otherwise Atomos depops before you get the 3rd kill. Realistically it isn't worth the trouble I say.

[Wulfgang]

I'm not having great luck; constantly getting anima. Teleport lag is preventing me from hitting the next places as well a lot. Is there any trick to avoiding this?

[Jamison]

12 checks of the voidstone, and zero crystals.

[TacoTaru]

Well this event seems like it's about to bite the dust <_<. I'm not sure why they didn't just remove being able to buy Dawn Drops with GC seals.

[Raldo]

Anyone able to report whether people who haven't got the achievement have to actually claim Atomos now in order to get it? That would suck.

A friend of mine went out of town the day before this event, and will be out until the 17th. He's going to be pissed.

At least I managed to get all the GC items I really wanted before this hit, yikes. I held onto all my crystals, so I have like 80+ lol

[Jamison]

Anyone able to report whether people who haven't got the achievement have to actually claim Atomos now in order to get it? That would suck.

A friend of mine went out of town the day before this event, and will be out until the 17th. He's going to be pissed.

At least I managed to get all the GC items I really wanted before this hit, yikes. I held onto all my crystals, so I have like 80+ lol

I just saw someone random I didn't know get it, and there were a ton of folks there. So it seems highly unlikely you need claim.

[Niiro]

I have no idea how people manage as many stone examinations as they do nor how people get to more than 1 spawn per pop cycle.

If I start targeting IMMEDIATELY after the stone spawns I get 4, even a little too slow and it's 3, and afterwards when I try to tele out it's literally ~2-3 mins before the teleport actually takes effect. Doesn't matter if I'm teleporting to BFE or another Atomos camp.

[Raldo]

It's probably just server differences. I can only manage 3 or 4 stone examines as well, but unless you're exaggerating about the teleport times, on Ridill, I've "only" had to wait about one minute on a port.

I was hoping to abuse this event to get to the 500k seals achievement for the silly shield, but I guess that's out of the question now.

[Thiefami]

It just seems to me 'return' (although slow) sends you on your way faster. That could be bullshit, but before maintenance I was making it from bluefog to grid, to glory just fine.

[Niiro]

If anything I might be lowballing it, 2-3 mins is definitely not an exaggeration (I might time it later).

The lag is so bad I don't even bother fighting him, the first few times I went on WHM to DD and raise ppl if they got killed but not only does it take ~10 secs (again, not exaggerating) for my Aero to start casting but it continues to cast for ~15 secs (cast bar is full, I'm in casting animation, but the spell doesn't go off and I can't input any other actions).

It sounds like an R0 problem but it's not, I see everything going on around me just fine, nothing else is frozen or locked, etc.

[Wulfgang]

I'm not having great luck; constantly getting anima. Teleport lag is preventing me from hitting the next places as well a lot. Is there any trick to avoiding this?

I take it back haha, just got 58 crystals in one 18:00 pop cycle

I get 4 checks easily; getting 5 is really tough. Regarding the tele lag issue, I have had the best luck doing the following:

Start at Glory
Return to Uldah
Tele from Uldah to Bluefog
Tele from Blue Fog to Brittle

For some reason it is like impossible for me to tele directly from Glory to Bluefog; return works much faster. What is the deal after Brittlebark? I have yet to see the fucker at Ever Lakes.

[Xanthe]

I take it back haha, just got 58 crystals in one 18:00 pop cycle

Geez, that's 14.5k seals. Better than I managed yesterday with clusters in the mix.

[miokomioko]

Well this event seems like it's about to bite the dust <_<. I'm not sure why they didn't just remove being able to buy Dawn Drops with GC seals.

Regardless of the money-making capabilities... it seemed a bit overkill that in just two nights, I was able to get earn enough seals to purchase a Serpent Lieutenant weapon, the relic key item, and all the GC jewelry... and still have about 10k left over.

[Gokulo]

^
This, if it was only the Drops issue they would change the gil value indeed.

[Elcura]

I take it back haha, just got 58 crystals in one 18:00 pop cycle

I get 4 checks easily; getting 5 is really tough. Regarding the tele lag issue, I have had the best luck doing the following:

Start at Glory
Return to Uldah
Tele from Uldah to Bluefog
Tele from Blue Fog to Brittle

For some reason it is like impossible for me to tele directly from Glory to Bluefog; return works much faster. What is the deal after Brittlebark? I have yet to see the fucker at Ever Lakes.

Is there any reason to return to Uldah if you don't get a cluster?

[Elcura]

I take it back haha, just got 58 crystals in one 18:00 pop cycle

I get 4 checks easily; getting 5 is really tough. Regarding the tele lag issue, I have had the best luck doing the following:

Start at Glory
Return to Uldah
Tele from Uldah to Bluefog
Tele from Blue Fog to Brittle

For some reason it is like impossible for me to tele directly from Glory to Bluefog; return works much faster. What is the deal after Brittlebark? I have yet to see the fucker at Ever Lakes.

Is there any reason to return to Uldah if you don't get a cluster?

Regardless of the money-making capabilities... it seemed a bit overkill that in just two nights, I was able to get earn enough seals to purchase a Serpent Lieutenant weapon, the relic key item, and all the GC jewelry... and still have about 10k left over.

I agree, I managed to buy about 50k worth of stuff in little over 3 hours of doing this event. I'm glad, because generally getting seals is a chore but it seemed a little like overkill. I wasn't sure what else to buy after all that, and my seals are nearly capped again lol.

[Wulfgang]

Is there any reason to return to Uldah if you don't get a cluster?

For some reason it is like impossible for me to tele directly from Glory to Bluefog; return works much faster.

I said the above, but in reality it's just luck. Sometimes the lag is awful, sometimes not.

[Niiro]

Clusters are no more tho right?

After the initial one ofc.

[Wulfgang]

Clusters are no more tho right?

After the initial one ofc.

Correct