New Aht Urghan Missions (Post your findings)

[Ahnuld]

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The resemblance is quite striking.

[Eaglestrike]

Time to wait another few months.....

Such an ominous final CS.


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.....DUN DUN DUUUUNNN! Dramatic

Isn't that what Alexander looks like in a couple FF games?

He really needs to check his emails... and yes that reminds me alot of ff9.

And FF7.

[Tomino]

ToAU missions have the best cutscenes ever <3

[Quikstrike]

People are just lazy and dont wanna stand the right distance away.

QFT

[Karik]

yes, Alexander looks like that in ff8 as well, hope to see him in action ;o

[Kael]

Is the BC solo?

Or gotta get a PT together?

[Foustian]

I think my group was the second to do the BC on Bahamut, cuz we went in after someone had set the record at 24+ minutes. We were all like . Then we realized the guy had soloed the thing . Took us under 5 minutes with 6 people and me using Hundred Fists for the hell of it.

[Kyreth]

Beat it with a trio of MNK/NIN, BLU/NIN, BRD/WHM in about eight minutes. First on Sylph. Hilariously, we actually died at the end with it at 2% while the MNK had enough TP for Asuran Fists, and were frantically reraising before it started regenning when Shantotto tells us "Urgh... that's quite enough... Time for me to start playing rough!" Then out of nowhere she fucking casts Stone 1 for 810 damage, killing it and boasting "Ohohohoho! Victory is mine! Is there a feeling quite so fine?"

These missions are fucking awesome.

I fraps'd it if anyone's interested, though I dunno how fun it'll be to watch a bard run around.

EDIT: Since he's whining about it - the three of us were Xii (the BLU), Suitaru (me, the BRD), and Beakyboo (the MNK).

Did the Khimira 13 fight with 5 people- it's notable for THF or /THF this monster can and does have a back-facing attack- the MNK parked himself behind the monster to flip the thing around and it proceeded to start smacking both him and the NIN we had tanking.

And so far, this entire mission chain could be described as Windurst pwns Art Urghan....I mean...ffs the entire initial CS is basically "Cardian says: "*lOlPuP*" (in hilarious fashion).

Worth doing so far the laugh factor alone. I <3 Shantotto for sheer devious evil.

And for the BC, she simply wins.

[Kael]

Yeah when Shantotto was like "Lets go talk to the Mercenary leader"

I was like Oh fuck, her and Naja in the same room? This will be interesting. XD


And I was not disappointed.

[Kyreth]

but the story is getting good

I don't think I can recall a time before today that had me actually reading every CS instead of spamming enter.

This is getting good.

Amen to that. 1) They're funny in a good way (watch King right after he wins the *lOlPuP* smackdown for the one animation you never expected to see a Cardian get...not to mention the fact that King's WS is actually pretty freaking cool for a doll). 2) Actually make you go "Holy shit!" when you realize how the story ties in with some of the ToAU NM's. 3) Actually realize the reward at the end is pretty fair considering the difficulty.

It's not fuck-me-in-the-ear-with-an-icepick CoP missions, but it's fun to go through as a snack. The meaty stuff is the Assault-style stuff and the changes to SAM for me, so far. Our LS 75 SAM was having joygasms playing with his new toys.

[Kyreth]

Watching Shantotto nuke the shit out of every NPC in the cutscenes was priceless. Poor Gessho, he's the stooge of every CoP cutscene.

It's worth it just to see what the next excuse is for her to blow something up. Though Gessho....poor, poor Gessho. After all the beatings I got in Giddeus as a newbie, I'm actually feeling guilty about a Yagudo getting nuked. (He's actually interesting to listen too, too.)

[Khamsin]

Won fairly easy with 3 Rdm, Blm, and a Drk. We just gravity/bind nuked it and kited it around. The npc nuked with Blizzard1 for 1092 damage, lol...

How'd you keep hate off that sort of damage? lol

I'm guessing she doesn't hold back.

[FFXIFlux]

Everyone cried because it was too hard. Now they cry because it's too easy. Personally I'd prefer it to be too hard really. Guess that's why I liked CoP missions.

CoP missions were great... having to wait like a year to get them in little chunks was very not great. So far ToAU has a cute story, but the missions are blah.

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

Won fairly easy with 3 Rdm, Blm, and a Drk. We just gravity/bind nuked it and kited it around. The npc nuked with Blizzard1 for 1092 damage, lol...

How'd you keep hate off that sort of damage? lol

I'm guessing she doesn't hold back.

...Did you never step in windy or something? Its no guess, she doesn't hold back she kills EVERYTHING THAT LOOKS AT HER FUNNY.

[Jer]

Won fairly easy with 3 Rdm, Blm, and a Drk. We just gravity/bind nuked it and kited it around. The npc nuked with Blizzard1 for 1092 damage, lol...

How'd you keep hate off that sort of damage? lol

I'm guessing she doesn't hold back.

I guess there's just a certain TP move it does that lowers its magic defense, or depending on how the fight is going she might buff up. As it was, I went as BLM to the fight, cast the same spells, and was doing 200ish more damage everytime. I was disappointed as I saw the SS of stuff like 2.3k Thunder and got excited I would see high numbers.

[Bryantragnarok]

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The resemblance is quite striking.

LOLOLOL

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[Gwynplaine]

Won fairly easy with 3 Rdm, Blm, and a Drk. We just gravity/bind nuked it and kited it around. The npc nuked with Blizzard1 for 1092 damage, lol...

How'd you keep hate off that sort of damage? lol

I'm guessing she doesn't hold back.

We didnt really know what we were going into and I actually only half expected to win with no real tank. Hate bounced around between the Rdm, Blm, and Shantoto after each one would nuke and it would head off in a new direction it hardly ever landed attacks on anyone. Grav was constantly on and bound and stunned when appropriate. The npc got low on health at one point but some cures did the job. I guess your questioning how we kept hate off of the npc since she does such crazy damage, and I'm not actually sure lol. We would pull hate after a T3 nuke or two after she had invested a lot more damage. Maybe she just has an uber -enm gear setup.

[Septimus]

Time to wait another few months.....

Such an ominous final CS.


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.....DUN DUN DUUUUNNN! Dramatic

Oh my stars and garters friend,
what a treat to behold at the end.

What a revelation to see in that painting,
the sight alone almost lead to my fainting!

It really seems that Odin is quite the offender,
to go against a holy force like Alexander!

And of course Shantoto is always a treat,
even handling Naja like the slime beneath her feet.

But dealing with one whose speech is rhythmed like verse,
left me in a mindset that is a rhyming curse.

With a story like this, so lively and grand,
I can't wait 'til December to see what next is planned!

Ohhohohoho!!!

<3 Shantoto!

[Kael]

The correct answer is she is Shantotto, who would willingly attack her.

[Kyreth]

The correct answer is she is Shantotto, who would willingly attack her.

Actually, the correct answer is she is Shantotto, who is a genius for manipulating others into doing whatever she pleases- including being target practice.

When we did Shield of Diplomacy, she barely got tapped by AE's, much less actually being attacked. Whatever she's using is the BLM equivalent of a stealth suit...I was more likely to get attention Cure IV'ing three people in a row than she did nuking the thing with AM's.

But it's Shantotto, who is made solely from black magic and purposeful wickedness controlled by a mind that would make the Borgias shudder in their shoes. And an insatiable appetite for....sugar.

(No wonder most BLM's are hooked on pies and sweets. She's the poster child.)