Monstrosity: Abilities and General Mechanics

[Karbuncle]

well, Rewards will be coming eventually! So think of this as a headstart ;o

[Byrthnoth]

It's surprising, this system has some decent depth to it in terms of the content, but has no rewards waiting at the end except a pokemon-esque "gotta catch 'em all" feeling, and I'm strangely addicted to it. Normally doesn't occur.

Seconded. I don't even know why I'm doing this but I can't stop.

[fantasticdan]

Did they change the aggro behavior of mobs in crawlers nest, or do monster eco-system advantages block aggro or something? None of the vermin mobs that would normally aggro (scorpions, higher tier crawlers, etc.) will aggro my peiste. Other stuff (bombs, lizards, funguars) aggro as normal.

[Prothescar]

The monster family that is weak to yours will not aggro you. So for lizards, vermin will never aggro you. For beasts, lizards will never aggro you. Etc.

[Chubbs]

Did they change the aggro behavior of mobs in crawlers nest, or do monster eco-system advantages block aggro or something? None of the vermin mobs that would normally aggro (scorpions, higher tier crawlers, etc.) will aggro my peiste. Other stuff (bombs, lizards, funguars) aggro as normal.

If its a mob that your monster can intimidate they won't aggro you.

[Kaisha]

Seconded. I don't even know why I'm doing this but I can't stop.

I feel it's due to all the unknowns with unlocking stuff. Once everything is figured out, it'll probably die down some unless they add worthwhile iLvl-gear rewards.

I just want my damn behemoth is all.

[fantasticdan]

The point to leveling and gearing(instincts) the monsters is supposed to be the pvp. Team MvM arena would be amazing, although I bet SE will completely miss the mark in whatever pvp system they implement...

But really, how is leveling and improving monsters really any different than leveling/improving jobs as a 'reward'? That you can't idle in town with them?

I'm sure there will be some type of gear reward you can bring outside, but I would be surprised if they were anything beyond novelty/cosmetic.

[Karbuncle]

I found a significantly less annoying way to level Wamouracampa.

Fight an enemy till you get about 250% TP, once dead, Find a good source of Linking or Aggressive EP~DC mobs, gather about 5-10 of them together (No risk of dying, etc) and Use Heat Barrier, and Vitrolic Shower... Reapply Shower when you have TP... The damage of the Blaze spikes and the DoT of Vitro Kill them quite quickly, can easily have all 5-10 of them dead in about 2-3 minutes, yielding 100~150 exp a kill.

My personal favorite place so far is, at level 48~49 is Crawlers nest! Caveberry Room, Lizard Room, and Scorpion Room, all within quick distance and about 20 mobs, by the time you finish off the cycle the others have repopped. Think i'm registering 11k~13.5k/hr or so.... Doing it as we speak and I'm seeing 14.3k now, Probably peaks higher if you pay attention and have a good camp :D

This method will really only work at 40+ when you have Vitriolic Shower, since its more potent and does more damage, and is AoE not conal.

This camp will only support 1, maybe 2 Wamouracampa, but will be less effective when party play comes in. I also imagine this method won't work well past level 60 or so when Easy Preys can still be kinda a dick HP wise.

Edit: now up to 20k/hr.
Edit2: My Blaze Spikes from barrier at level 50 went from doing 39/hit(49) to 45 a hit lol

[dasva]

Seconded. I don't even know why I'm doing this but I can't stop.

3rded though I felt it would be like this before it came out. It's definitely a nice change of pace compared to what we've been doing. And I almost feel the lack of rewards is how they justify it's fast pace and OPness of the mobs you control

[fantasticdan]

I found a significantly less annoying way to level Wamouracampa.

Fight an enemy till you get about 250% TP, once dead, Find a good source of Linking or Aggressive EP~DC mobs, gather about 5-10 of them together (No risk of dying, etc) and Use Heat Barrier, and Vitrolic Shower... Reapply Shower when you have TP... The damage of the Blaze spikes and the DoT of Vitro Kill them quite quickly, can easily have all 5-10 of them dead in about 2-3 minutes, yielding 100~150 exp a kill.

My personal favorite place so far is, at level 48~49 is Crawlers nest! Caveberry Room, Lizard Room, and Scorpion Room, all within quick distance and about 20 mobs, by the time you finish off the cycle the others have repopped. Think i'm registering 11k~13.5k/hr or so.... Doing it as we speak and I'm seeing 14.3k now, Probably peaks higher if you pay attention and have a good camp :D

Are you on sylph? I just passed by someone doing this in CN.

[Karbuncle]

Are you on sylph? I just passed by someone doing this in CN.

Nope, On Asura... Funny if its caught on so quick, or he found out before hand and just doesn't forum

[darkhorror]

Got to lvl 50 Funger, get's silence gas doesn't seem to be HP based as it seems to do at lvl 50 about 490ish dmg.

Also unlocks another Fungar, Coppercap

[Vanderleest]

Had already posted the skills for opo in the mob unlock thread but moving them over since most will not look in the other thread. Attempting to level until I unlock something, but due to the weekend and others starting to find my camps it has been slow going. Hard to keep up chain 5-11 with the loss of movement speed and sharing mobs with 1-3 other people.

Opo-Opo (no box, small) Normal Movement speed (I guess Tiger and Coeurl both have +speed and I didn't notice)
Gets Def Bonus at level 10 and has no MP, So WAR/WAR

Skills:
Level 1 Vicious Claw. 300% physical DMG (150 tp)
Level 10 Stone Throw Ranged attack (14.5 yalm) Deals Physical Damage. Additional Effect: Paralysis. (120tp)
Level 20 Spinning Claw Deals Physical dmg to enemies around the caster (150 tp)
Level 30 Claw Storm Delivers a threefold attack. Additional effect: Poison (150tp)
Level 40 Blank Gaze Fan shaped, multi-benefit, dispel (150tp)
Level 50 Eye Scratch Deals physical Dmg. Additional effect: blindness (100tp)

Opo Instinct I: Acc+5 Att+10 Haste+1% (cost 8)

[NynJa]

nothing on rabbit at 70

[Vanderleest]

No idea what I did, but the list to pick locations now does not sort it self into sub sections. I just get one giant list of all places, kind of annoying.

[Vanderleest]

nothing on rabbit at 70

JP Wiki reporting that rabbit 90 + 7500 infamy is the next unlock for rabbit (BLM/WHM).

[Fival]

JP Wiki reporting that rabbit 90 + 7500 infamy is the next unlock for rabbit (BLM/WHM).

Thats probably true, mines 81 and hasnt gotten anythign since the Instinct II at 60. I just took 2 days off from leveling cause 63>80 a few days ago made me hate life.

[Vanderleest]

Thats probably true, mines 81 and hasnt gotten anythign since the Instinct II at 60. I just took 2 days off from leveling cause 63>80 a few days ago made me hate life.

Amen.

[Byrthnoth]

If people weren't sure, merit spells are available at 75. Just hit 75 rabbit and got access to Shellra V.

[Vanderleest]

Have been curious for a bit, has anyone bought all of the instincts yet? Curious if buying them all would unlock something like "Maat's Instinct." I have a few left to buy but they are all 10k.