Apkallus are the wrath of God Himself.

[Sui]

Anyone tried exping on apkallus yet?

We just finished an... interesting run. We were RNG/MNK/MNK/WAR/BLM/BRD, bunch of friends. We do assault and find new places to EXP afterwards. I had found a ton of Apkallus in the northwest part of the third map of Arrapago Reef - Emperor Apkallus, to be specific - and suggested we EXP on them. They looked easy enough, anyway.

At first they were great. They were like giant pillows, yielding a minimum of 150/kill or so (to a PT of 75s), all VT/IT. They only used the WS Yawn - a Sleepga WS that doesn't affect you if you're not looking at it. It was a bit too fast to stun, so we had the BLM just make a Curaga macro. We also found out they didn't aggro or link.

Eventually the Apkallus started using Beak Lunge, single-target damage+knockback. Later they started using Frigid Shuffle, Paralyga if you're facing it, and Wing Slap, single-target damage+stun. We thought it was weird that they only started using these WSes after about twenty minutes of killing.

Eventually, the RNG had to go. We decided to continue as five. At this point, one of the MNKs complained that his damage was going down, but we figured that was because of the lack of acid bolts. An Apkallu linked - we were surprised, we had never seen it happen. I Lullabied it.

Then our BLM got up when it was at half HP, cast Cure 3 - the first white magic spell of the fight - and found out what it feels like to have Apkallu beak jammed up your ass until it comes out your mouth.

The more you fight Apkallus, the higher their defense goes. One MNK says his punches were 50-60 when we arrived; now they're doing about 10. New weapon skills are unlocked the more you kill them. They don't link at first; their link radius becomes larger and larger the more you kill. They start attacking faster, and I think they get double/triple attack. White magic (but, so far as we can tell, not black, songs or ninjutsu) creates more and more hate.

Case in point: We were noticing that hate was messed up, so we tested this hypothesis. The WAR and both MNKs meleed it down to half HP, with one WS each - Rampage and two Asurans.

I then cast Cure 1.

I pulled hate, and I got raped.

What the hell is up with these things?

[Haplo]

Maybe trading that fish to one of the NPCs that guy said in the other thread lowers your hate or something.

[aurik]

AWESOME LOL

[Maxxthepenguin]

LMFAO Best. Mob. Ever.

[Priran]

Maybe giving fish to the NPC Apkallu lowers Apkallu hate?

Edit: lawl

[Parshath]

Wow interesting stuff, much different to AI found in FFXI thus far.

[Russta]

That's some awesome (and hilarious) information.

I can't wait till the Blue Mage in my set wants to learn Yawn!

[Angelsin]

SE takes the cutiest mob and makes it into a one of the worst mobs to exp on lol. I love it. Good story too.

[Tymon]

ROFL SWEET

fomor hate + tonberry hate + anythingx1000 = this

[BRP]

Maybe trading that fish to one of the NPCs that guy said in the other thread lowers your hate or something.

I was JUST about to say that ;o.

[Wizerd]

So trading Wahalra Water doesn't give you a Turban, then...?

[Gregorio]

SE takes the cutiest mob and makes it into a one of the worst mobs to exp on lol. I love it. Good story too.

I feel bad every time we killed one...they look so sad laying there dead before they disappear.

[Sui]

Huh. This is interesting.

However, angering an Apkallu is not recommended.

If only I had noticed this earlier

[Paralyzed]

lol, this is probably the funniest thread I've read on here in a while.

[thegilseller]

I smell a future mission!

[SephYuyX]

Am I the only one who thinks 'Prinny' after reading this >.>?

Prinny, Dude!

[Elcura]

Am I the only one who thinks 'Prinny' after reading this >.>?

Prinny, Dude!

DOOD!

Get it right.

[Rocl]

BEST MONSTER EVER

[Castelak]

TAKE THIS DOOD!

I actually just started playing Disgaea, and I must say I love these guys, best character in a game ever.

[Havocdemon]

Am I the only one who thinks 'Prinny' after reading this >.>?

Prinny, Dude!

DOOD!

Get it right.

Prinny d00d, get it right.