Monstrosity: Acquiring Species

[dasva]

Yeah seriously what were they thinking of having the monsters go up to 99 and then leaving xarc as the highest level place big monsters can go to. I can almost understand not having stuff you can chain all the way up but lvl 52 at the highest wtf? Side note do the genkia mobs give xp... they go up a little higher lol

[jimbobsonofgod]

90 Coeurl
75 Rabbit 75 Tiger 75 Opo-opo 75 Gnole
60 Mandragora 60 Beetle 60 Scorpion 60 Raptor 60 Wivre
50 Sheep 50 Ram 50 Buffalo 50 Bugard 50 Eft 50 Lizard 50 Morbol 50 Ladybug 50 Bee 45 Fly
30 Behemoth 30 Marid 30 Dhalmel 30 Funguar 30 Sapling 30 Sabotender 30 Flytrap 30 Crawler 30 Spider 30 Antlion 30 Chigoe 30 Peiste 30 Diremite.

And
Nothing new to report sadly .. .. .

[Fireon]

Where does one typically go to level up a medium sized monster from 75 to 90?

[dasva]

I go to inner horutoto at 75 for a few levels. After that I get bored and fight dcs again in zeruh mostly afk

[jimbobsonofgod]

Where does one typically go to level up a medium sized monster from 75 to 90?

I did Zeruhn Mines til 77 Gusgen Mines til 87 then Garlaige Citadel to 90 running from bombs. If you cant run from bombs you can also do Crawler's nest

[Ligray]

Gnat was unlock with the update...

[Seol]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/37575

[stamos]

lol easy enough >.>

[Khiinroye]

I'm going to work on dhalmel to 75 to see if that's manticore, since the instinct cost is the next step up from dhalmel, and both are large desert beasts. Still, I doubt I'll be the first to get there. Gnat was a troll, but manticore may just have been impossible due to dhalmel being unable to reach the level requirement.

Edit: 18 hours for gestation? That's a bit excessive, 10 or 20 min or so would have been enough.

[NynJa]

Part of me thinks gnat was always available and SE fucked up the code

[scaevola]

They needed to give gestation a duration value.

[Fireon]

I have all currently available vermin at level 30, as well as Fly, Scorpion and Beetle at 60. No gnat unlocked.

[Kainstryder]

Unlocked Gnat. Buyable for 5000 points. I'm not sure if it's just Ladybug, but if it helps my Vermin are: Bee 50, Beetle 60, Crawler 30, Fly 45, Scorpion 60, Spider 30, Antlion 30, Diremite 30, Chigoe 45, Wamoura 50, Ladybug 50.

It was unlocked right after I got the Ladybug to 50. I logged in a Ladybug 45 and was unable to buy anything. I finished leveling to 50 on it and went to go buy the RDM skin and Gnat was available.

Gnat is a WAR and Insipid Nip is nuts. 1:30 duration stat drain, at level 2 I grabbed 28 DEX from a crab, and it doesn't deteriorate.

[Kaisha]

Any of the new zones help the 50~60 range any? They seem primarily lvl60+ areas. Would be real happy if they just removed XP capping on Monstrosity, so I can get 1k+ for spending 5min+ on an IT mob.

I kinda want to see someone do 99 Behemoth vs. AV at some point. Just need someone else to pop and kill JoL for you.

[scaevola]

Variable hares should work.

[Khiinroye]

There are lv 54-58 antica in western altepa, and manticores are 53-57.

Esbats / Glacier worms in uleguerand are 58-62. Hares are also that level range.

[Byrthnoth]

Unlocked Gnat. Buyable for 5000 points. I'm not sure if it's just Ladybug, but if it helps my Vermin are: Bee 50, Beetle 60, Crawler 30, Fly 45, Scorpion 60, Spider 30, Antlion 30, Diremite 30, Chigoe 45, Wamoura 50, Ladybug 50.

It was unlocked right after I got the Ladybug to 50. I logged in a Ladybug 45 and was unable to buy anything. I finished leveling to 50 on it and went to go buy the RDM skin and Gnat was available.

Gnat is a WAR and Insipid Nip is nuts. 1:30 duration stat drain, at level 2 I grabbed 28 DEX from a crab, and it doesn't deteriorate.

Bee 30, Beetle 60, Crawler 30, Fly 47, Scorpion 30, Spider 60, Diremite 1, Chigoe 60, Wamoura 1, Ladybug 50 did not unlock Gnat. I will probably take Bee to 50 and follow it with Scorpion to 50 if that doesn't work.

[Khiinroye]

If it's a combo more than bee + ladybug, it's more likely to be wamoura than scorpion, since that's also unlocked from fly.

Dhalmel is up to 70, last I checked with the npcs was 67. Lolibris are fast xp, but they're all mine, so you all stay away if you're on Bismarck.

[NynJa]

Like...were u dropped on ur head? Why would you CHALLENGE people to "your" colibri after saying "theyre awesome xp"?

[Khiinroye]

Cause there's more than one camp for them, and I'm done with them now. Also, there's not many people doing Monstrosity, so it's not like there's much competition.

All in all, it took less than 3 hours to go from 66 to 71 on them, and imps will likely also be extremely fast.