Some Unanswered Sea Trigger Questions

[Scragg]

For Ix'aern monk we usually pop with 1 organ, but it does seem that with 1 organ the drop rate is better then 30%.. so if looking to save organs, that still may be the way to go. On capes we are probably around 2/20 on Drk, 0/15 on monk, 4/15 or so on Drg...

We'd have 2 Altruistic Capes by now too if it wasn't for an LS passing by deciding to take our Ix'DRK while it was yellow because we were killing Qn'Aerns first. And they get the cape, hurrah...

[Sylvrdragon]

What is the fewest you've killed Ix'Drk with? We're 1/3 on Vice, other 2 are Deed (Obivously). We camp him when we're bored, we seem to have pretty good luck getting the Animosity.

[Ichthyos]

Ichthyos,

what's your drop rates look like on Fortitude Torque?

Out of all the tier1's, we seem to be the most unlucky with Fortitude:

Jailer of Fortitude: 30 (9/15/05, 9/25/05 x2, 10/9/05, 11/06/05 x2, 11/13/05, 11/20/05, 12/04/05 x2, 1/08/06 x2, 1/22/06 x2, 1/29/06 x2, 2/5/06 x2, 2/12/06, 2/26/06 x2, 3/12/06 x2, 3/16/06 x2, 3/26/06, 3/30/06 x3, 4/2/06)
Fortitude Axe: 30
Second Virtue: 11
Fortitude Torque: 4

[Turlos.]

Whoever said Prudence has a good drop rate makes me cry.

My notes show that we are 3/21 on Prudence virtues. Including one run of 6 straight with no virtue. The best drop rate that I have records of appears to be on Temperance, then Fortitude. Faith also has a lousy drop rate. 22/47

[Map]

We went 0/6 on our first 6 prudences. Then we changed how we killed him and have gone 4/4 since, with one torque. Probably just a coincidence. We've also been around 8/8 on Faith recently.

[FFXIFlux]

We went 0/6 on our first 6 prudences. Then we changed how we killed him and have gone 4/4 since, with one torque. Probably just a coincidence. We've also been around 8/8 on Faith recently.

It's pretty clear that drop rates got upped in sea by a LOT within the last 6 months or so. SE tweaks drop rates without saying all the time. If you've ever done ENMs consistently you've seen things like R3 scrolls drop like rain, disappear, drop like rain again and disapear again. I'm pretty sure they've tweaked AF2 drops in dynamis, and I'm glad they added coin drops to second tier temenos.

[Tilo]

We went 0/6 on our first 6 prudences. Then we changed how we killed him and have gone 4/4 since, with one torque. Probably just a coincidence. We've also been around 8/8 on Faith recently.

It's pretty clear that drop rates got upped in sea by a LOT within the last 6 months or so. SE tweaks drop rates without saying all the time. If you've ever done ENMs consistently you've seen things like R3 scrolls drop like rain, disappear, drop like rain again and disapear again. I'm pretty sure they've tweaked AF2 drops in dynamis, and I'm glad they added coin drops to second tier temenos.

No offense but I think that is complete bullshit. It's all about luck and always has been with this crap.

[Ichthyos]

Well, they definitely changed drop rates on the three Ix'Aerns last fall. As for the Jailers, I'm not sure.

[Kaylia]

No offense but I think that is complete bullshit. It's all about luck and always has been with this crap.

Nah, it's true they change drop rate without warning at time. Just take scorpion BC30 when it was added. It was dropping v. claw like 33%/50% of the time. It lasted one week, maintenance patch and 1/10 drop rate. Ix'Drk and other jailer seem to drop a lot more than before too according to everyone, and I can tell you it sucked at first..

I think Temenos coin was announced in a update detail, but it was upped for sure

[Lordwafik]

some temenos towers are big money now , I think the ones with the enhanced tigers/lizards/birds etc, the one where the chest drops based on TH, you can walk out with well over 60 coins ,or be unlucky and walk out with a little bit.

[Tilo]

Oh yeah that is true about the Ix'aerns. However, with our luck and everyone elses luck with Jailers (excluding Map's LS lol), it still seems awful.

And we actually failed that Temenos area today for the first time because we couldn't get any time extensions.

[Russta]

some temenos towers are big money now , I think the ones with the enhanced tigers/lizards/birds etc, the one where the chest drops based on TH, you can walk out with well over 60 coins ,or be unlucky and walk out with a little bit.

Temenos sucks. We absolutely destroyed it on Sunday with six people leaving the Mando floor with 25+ minutes then we got no time chest on Beetles, no time chest on Lizards and timed out on forth slime.

[aurik]

Bring a thf.
Seriously.

We went with 1 TH3 last time and didn't fail to get 2 chests on any floor. In addition, you get like 4-8 loose coins per floor from normal mobs.

One time we did Apolly SE with 2 thfs (TH2/3) and we got a coin from every single normal mob until the 3rd floor.

[Russta]

Bring a thf.
Seriously.

We went with 1 TH3 last time and didn't fail to get 2 chests on any floor. In addition, you get like 4-8 loose coins per floor from normal mobs.

One time we did Apolly SE with 2 thfs (TH2/3) and we got a coin from every single normal mob until the 3rd floor.

Meh, I do want to try taking one but it really complicates our entire group by adding a Thief.

[Maxxthepenguin]

Bring a thf.
Seriously.

We went with 1 TH3 last time and didn't fail to get 2 chests on any floor. In addition, you get like 4-8 loose coins per floor from normal mobs.

One time we did Apolly SE with 2 thfs (TH2/3) and we got a coin from every single normal mob until the 3rd floor.

Meh, I do want to try taking one but it really complicates our entire group by adding a Thief.

None of the limbuses require 18 people to win... Even if the THF was nothing but a TH whore (which would be a crappy THF of course) its still easily winnable.

[Ichthyos]

Meh, I do want to try taking one but it really complicates our entire group by adding a Thief.

Level THF!

[Wizerd]

Meh, I do want to try taking one but it really complicates our entire group by adding a Thief.

Level THF!

THF sucks to level. 63 at the moment, leveling faster than my NIN did, but I'm also trying 10x as hard...

[Ichthyos]

But once you're 75 with TH4, you're a money-making machine!

[Demetrios]

TH is a myth

[Stellar]

"What is the fewest you've killed Ix'Drk with?"

Drk is pretty hard because you can land no enfeebles whatsoever, including stun.. Also his 2 hour says blood weapons but its more like hundred fist/mighty strikes/blood weapon. We usually have a party of 6 and have one person drop pt and sac away the QN's.. If you only have one ninja tank, a bard is going to be pretty important.. mambo helps alot though, because the drk has the acc of a... drk. If im only tank and its night time, ill kite during 2 hour, to prevent myself from getting raped.