These guys are not really hard to spot or avoid, except when they pop from mobs of course, but while i was seeking them out and killig them out of boredom (waiting on weather for a quest), I noticed something pretty strange and annoying.
In case ppl don't know what mob I am talking about, here is a picture of a flea/chigoe as closeup as possible (they are small and non-targetable until they attack, but they are easy to spot if you pay attention, especially when they jump around wildly):
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...FFXI/1flea.jpg
They tend to kill lots of mages usually since they have a ton of attacks per turn and interrupt them a lot, but have really low hp so they are a joke for melee like mnk.
Now, the strange thing is that they all con EP or DC to me, yet especially if i fight a group, some just 'fall to the ground', yet i don't have any sort of DoT spell or anything on them, and when they do, despite me having JUST checked them as EP, they give items but no xp at all...
I tested it over and over and it always happens the same way, sorta if i don't kill fast enough (e.g. i am killing other ones), they just basically die on me before i can finish, even in mid-fight, and i can't get xp that way...
Here are some pics of what i mean. Notice the check message, the first one giving xp, and the 2nd one just falling to the ground with no xp but items even if i had JUST checked it.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...FXI/2fleas.jpg
also this:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...FXI/4fleas.jpg
Anybody else has had similar experiences with them?