Accounts Banned (Feb. 21)

[Khamsin]

and to the above posts: what do you guys consider a reliable kill?

I defined reliable as not being situational (as a rule with limited exceptions).

i.e. For a given job combo, you feel comfortable in your ability to solo whatever EP-T mob I put in front of you. And if you can't solo it, chances are very few others, if any, can solo it as well. And if they can, they likely operate using a different style than you do (e.g. SMN carby kiting for 3 hours or a RDM DoT kiting).

[Koga]

So an above average gear MNK/??? cant possibly solo a Marid? with this conditions:
-No 2hr used
-No excessive use of items (read: wasting 100k+ on items)

Because there was an argument sometime ago in my LS about the solo capabilies of a MNK/??? vs. WHM/NIN

and to the above posts: what do you guys consider a reliable kill?

WHM/NIN will win for solo.

[aurik]

My list was just based on jobs that could (with the appropriate sub) have access to shadows and healing, with the exception of some jobs that didn't need it like BLM, SMN, BST or DRG who operate differently than simple blink and heal. This would allow them to take on most mobs EP and above without too much of a problem.

You made a huge generalization that shouts wrong from every classification.

I have no doubt that MNK/NIN can kill EM-T mobs, but there are also bound to be mobs that don't work so well for MNK/NIN (especially ones that use AoE moves, or status effects), whereas the jobs on my list may be able to survive better in those situations.

No shit, really? Some mob families are easier to solo than others? That's like an epic discovery. Is this unique to mnk soloing, or does this also affect other jobs' soloing?

[RKenshin]

I wrote a detailed report on a group of RMT and sent it to the STF in the feedback section as directed by a GM a few weeks ago, and every member of the group is currently offline (I've never seen all of them offline at once either). They've been around for like 1-2 years now so they've managed to avoid all these banning sprees. I wonder if it actually worked. :O

I'm going to have to do this more often if it does.

[Izzy]

on my smn, i bloodpact, and the mob dies Q_Q

i love that job oh so much

[pingpong]

also war and drk both can use sleep/bloody bolts in addition to thf/rng for solo.

I bet if you just buy enough evasion gear, you can /nin evasion tank most of the stuff EP/DC stuff on most jobs.

RNG sleep bolt solo pretty unreliable at T, it won't proc all the time and then the mob will do TP moves on you.

[Sixtail]

In before Kingkai.

[fantasticdan]

So an above average gear MNK/??? cant possibly solo a Marid? with this conditions:
-No 2hr used
-No excessive use of items (read: wasting 100k+ on items)

Technically you can probably just run around and chi-blast them every 5 minutes, they run damn slow, thou that would take a few hours. Unless they have some sort of regen of coarse that I'm unaware of.

[Khamsin]

My list was just based on jobs that could (with the appropriate sub) have access to shadows and healing, with the exception of some jobs that didn't need it like BLM, SMN, BST or DRG who operate differently than simple blink and heal. This would allow them to take on most mobs EP and above without too much of a problem.

You made a huge generalization that shouts wrong from every classification.

I have no doubt that MNK/NIN can kill EM-T mobs, but there are also bound to be mobs that don't work so well for MNK/NIN (especially ones that use AoE moves, or status effects), whereas the jobs on my list may be able to survive better in those situations.

No shit, really? Some mob families are easier to solo than others? That's like an epic discovery. Is this unique to mnk soloing, or does this also affect other jobs' soloing?

Unique to MNK soloing. Has less of an impact, if any, on the ability of other jobs (on the list) to solo the same mob.

Granted, there'll be some mobs that no one can solo, and that's nothing new. But there's going to be several mobs that a MNK isn't going to solo all that well, whereas other jobs will be able to. There won't be many mobs that a MNK can solo, but other jobs can't.

I think you're reading a little too much into it. I never said MNK can't solo shit, just that other jobs have an easier time soloing a wider variety of mobs and levels, whereas the jobs on the "can't solo well" list are more limited in what they can comfortably kill.

[Vixy]

I wrote a detailed report on a group of RMT and sent it to the STF in the feedback section as directed by a GM a few weeks ago, and every member of the group is currently offline (I've never seen all of them offline at once either). They've been around for like 1-2 years now so they've managed to avoid all these banning sprees. I wonder if it actually worked. :O

I'm going to have to do this more often if it does.

Needs more names.

[Ploid]

I like how this went from accounts banned, to making gil, to easier farming, then which jobs can't kill ep mobs.

I should try giving detailed info about rmts and see what happens, but like some said in this thread, the reserve will be activated and continue camping ulli and other money nm stuff. Who the crap is buying the stones >.>

[Cjskater]

As a MNK, I'm with Aurik on this one. MNK is a very reliable soloer... Chakra, Invigorate, Penance, Counterstance, Dodge, Focus, Mantra, and with NIN sub I would call you a noob if you died to a DC. The only type of mob that would give a MNK (and any other job that cant sleep/silence it) trouble is a mage type mob. That I can think of atm at least. lol

Aurik's Spharai have nothing to do with this also, I solo EM-T regularly only because I hate merit PTs.

[MF Perm]

also war and drk both can use sleep/bloody bolts in addition to thf/rng for solo.

I bet if you just buy enough evasion gear, you can /nin evasion tank most of the stuff EP/DC stuff on most jobs.

RNG sleep bolt solo pretty unreliable at T, it won't proc all the time and then the mob will do TP moves on you.

On WAR I would rather wear Haub and rely on parrying over an EVA setup.

As far as RNG sleep bolt solo, I don't know if they changed it but back in the day when I was 50ish RNG ( pre-nerf, pre aga ) I used to solo Eastern Shadow and his ph's using a Sarnga and sleep arrows. And they rarely ever resisted sleeps.

I remember back then sleep bolts / arrows being pretty reliable for nearly anything. I think bloody bolts were less reliable than sleeps. Sleeps would own the shit out of ballista too, before everyone was subbing nin.

[NynJa]

does 2boxing a brd/whm count as soloing ??

[Mertron]

So an above average gear MNK/??? cant possibly solo a Marid? with this conditions:
-No 2hr used
-No excessive use of items (read: wasting 100k+ on items)

Technically you can probably just run around and chi-blast them every 5 minutes, they run damn slow, thou that would take a few hours. Unless they have some sort of regen of coarse that I'm unaware of.

no regen

other day I was bored on blu running back from the waypoint, so I decided to zone a marid. I ended up cannonballing it to death on the way. (ok, with a few sleeps thrown in to get mp back up)

so yeah a monk could solo if they're bored enough

[Lordwafik]

does 2boxing a brd/whm count as soloing ??

No.

[Ayn]

I used to solo Steelshells on BRD. But just like other people said, it took forever.

EPIC CRAB BATTLE.

[mikazuki]

soloing mobs which give 12/25/etc exp is easier now that the level of them is lower, i think most likely every job can manage it now, most jobs /nin could manage EM or higher, depending on merits and so on.
prior to merits and new armor/weapons it was harder to solo mobs of lv65+


there were plenty of RMT around when dynamis was introduced, they didn't make gil in the same quantity, but they did make it in the same relative amounts. hourglass shouldn't really be 1m because it's not sensible to deny players an end-game area regardless of how 'rare' relics should be. maybe SE will cut it, or make it 2000CP/person ;D

[yuriku]

50 billion gil, and IGE still seems uneffected.... I call shinanagins!

[Ryany]

All jobs can solo even matches or above fairly easily w/ chr gear and bst sub as long as bst main is 75. (and as long as you aren't in some place like sea without charmable enemies) On a semi-tangent, pld/bst works better than bst/whm solo 70-75. (verm/parade gorget/auto-refresh/sanction for 4mp/tic refresh)