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[dasva]

Anyone else think this was a bad idea? Empy seals and +2 is fine, scrolls are okay but crashing synth material prices? Doubt it will be a quick recovery after these three days.

I know this might be expecting too much of SE but maybe they are anticipating a crash in some of those materials anyway with the rem update since most of them are so expensive primarily for making weapons

Edit: Speaking of the abjs has anyone seen bodys drop? I'd love a kehpri jacket finally

[Byrthnoth]

Anyone else think this was a bad idea? Empy seals and +2 is fine, scrolls are okay but crashing synth material prices? Doubt it will be a quick recovery after these three days.

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/Draylo-on You're such a negative Nancy! Why don't you go hate on FFXI dev team decisions on some other forum, you FFXIV sellout! God, we have this discussion every two pages for no reason. Just quit already! /Draylo-off

Yes, I think it's a terrible idea. They decided to address some issues people have complained about for a while (lack of specific spells, lack of Legion/Prov crafting mats) using a temporary one-off event instead of enacting a permanent change. It's a shortsighted sacrifice that lets participants dodge more content (low level BCs, seal NMs/quests in Abyssea), some of which was actually pretty fun and probably shouldn't be dodged. I don't know if they're doing this specifically to boost logins for some strategic reason (like they want to gauge the number of people that they can get to log in because they're considering server merges), but I think the event's overall impact on FFXI's longevity is bad.

[Kincard]

I know this might be expecting too much of SE but maybe they are anticipating a crash in some of those materials anyway with the rem update since most of them are so expensive primarily for making weapons

Edit: Speaking of the abjs has anyone seen bodys drop? I'd love a kehpri jacket finally

In b4 you need these mats to upgrade RME

(or maybe they'll make you use the crafted weapons to upgrade RME, not like other crafted weapons haven't been used in the quests before)

I've had the Khepri Body Abj for a long time now, but is anybody still actually making the Hexed stuff? I'm pretty sure most, if not all of it has been outdated.

[Ophannus]

I just soloed Last Orc-shunned Hero on my BLU/RDM.
D0rps:

Stonera II
Quake
Flare
Flood
Tornado
Utsusemi: Ni
Utsusemi: Ni
Ruszcor Meat
Cerberus Meat
Ordelle Bronze Piece x 5
Bonanza Kupon S x 4
Nomad Moogle Rod
Chocobo Wand
C. Abjuration Head
Jewel of Vision
Coin of Ardor
Ravager's Seal: Head
Coin of Balance
Penelope's Cloth
Saffron Blossom
Golden Seed Pouch
Vitality Potion
Shell V
Wind Fewell
30,000gil



....all from one fight.

I had TH2 from Taru Sash and BLU trait and Treasure Hound kupo power, I'm sure TH affects drops since they drop directly from the mobs.

[Darkmagi]

What the fuck!?
http://www.ffxiah.com/screenshots/72730

[detlef]

We also got 3 NQ hexed pieces but obviously that Jacket -1 was the cream of the crop.

[Darkmagi]

That is pretty damn insane.

[Byrthnoth]

Nice. I did not see any Hexed pieces (-1 or otherwise) during my 4 Moblin BC runs.

[noodles355]

So... any of these Thf/Drg/Cor/Rdm/Sch soloable? Some of these drops... might be worth reactivating for?

[dasva]

I've had the Khepri Body Abj for a long time now, but is anybody still actually making the Hexed stuff? I'm pretty sure most, if not all of it has been outdated.

Jacket will be hard to top anytime soon. I stopped a couple of weeks before soa release. Made 2 jackets -1 thought I was doing good and sold one right away for 160mil tried selling the other one a week later and couldn't sell it for over a month and even then I had to drop to 120mil. Been too scared to try again with people so relucant to sink that kind of money in.

Luckily I have several high level crafts and know others too so I can still get stuff

[Byrthnoth]

So... any of these Thf/Drg/Cor/Rdm/Sch soloable? Some of these drops... might be worth reactivating for?

Almost any job can solo the Bomb KCNM30. Orc KCNM50 is also really easy, and it's probably RDM soloable with a modest solo build. I bet you could cleverly solo the Taurus HKCNM30 too on RDM or something, but idk which to tell you to try that one on.

[Kincard]

Wow. I'm surprised they're not just giving our the Bonanza RME tickets if they're going to make Hexed-1 drop like that.

I bet you could cleverly solo the Taurus HKCNM30 too on RDM or something, but idk which to tell you to try that one on.

I've done it before (RDM/BLU, turtle strategy, I tried BLU/RDM and it does not work because your phalanx will not be strong enough, but it might've just been my gear), but it's really annoying IMO so I never did it more than maybe once or twice. Of course, I was still using windower macros then and not spellcast.

[Ophannus]

BLU probably could with Auroral Drape and Harden Shell/Cocoon with Protect 5 and Tacos and /RDM. Together you'll have ~1700ish defense, they'll hit for 20-30's, can toss in a twilight torque and a 12% PDT shikargar, can get each one down to 10-15% or so and finish off with CA/Efflux Whirl of Rage. Honestly whirl of rage/empty thrash/benthic alternating them will take them all down quite fast and with temporal shift/frypan/sudden lunge you can keep em all mostly stunned, if not they'll be missing due to Auroral Drape and the crazy, crazy EVA BLU has now with Iutil/Manibozho gear.

[Kincard]

Oh right, crazy ilevel gear. I did it before those came out so yeah, I think a BLU would have 0 problems now.

[dasva]

What about Avian Apostates?

[noodles355]

Almost any job can solo the Bomb KCNM30. Orc KCNM50 is also really easy, and it's probably RDM soloable with a modest solo build. I bet you could cleverly solo the Taurus HKCNM30 too on RDM or something, but idk which to tell you to try that one on.

Bomb: just melee and stack MDT when adds pop? Or just melee and save TP to ws adds? Or go as mage and sleep adds? And orc, sleep > kill one by one?
what about the Bird+Eles one? Think that's soloable? rdm or something, melee the eles then nuke the bird? Or not really possible?

[Byrthnoth]

Adds are very unlikely to pop for the bomb. He only did a single TP move against me the times that I fought him.

You can't sleep the Orcs. Just go in and melee them to death. Go WHM -> DRG -> Wyvern -> WAR -> RNG and just keep yourself healed/buffed. They miss you frequently and don't have much damage potential.

Bird + Eles one is probably soloable for RDM. I know I've seen a RUN soloing it. Heck, it's probably soloable for about any job again. You can just melee away the elementals and melee the bird to death. It would just be slower if you went on a pure melee job.

[Ophannus]

Orc one is easy enough for BLU. I played defensively. BLU/RDM, fully buffed: Aquaveil/Stoneskin/Phalanx/Ice Spikes/Baraero/Barsilence/Haste/Refresh/Protect5/Shell5/Reraise/Regen from Dragon Au Lait. I entered and used Harden Shell. Auroral Drape silenced the WHM and Blinded the DRG/RNG/WAR which helped immensly. I sudden lunge'd the WHM and Req>Quad killed it from 89% and no Benediction due to stun. DRG was easy enough, just kept reapplying Auroral Drape and Sanguine Blading when needed, recasting Cocoon when Harden Shell fell, Delta Thrust and Sudden Lunge was your friend. When only RNG was left, I sudden lunged it, waited 2 seconds(stun lasted ~8sec) Skillchained it down to 20% and while it was stunned, used Actinic Burst, when stun wore, it was still freshly flashed so EES missed. RDM/BLU would solo this the same way it solos Turassic Park, except would turtle while meleeing with a dagger and spamming Aeolian Edge until everything died. With 50% PDT and Cocoon and Phalanx, nothing would ever hit harder than 20-30 dmg.

[Bukadan]

none of these are even remotely challenging, though.

[NynJa]

So TH yay or nay on this?