Has anyone found a 'simple' way to do 'Lebros Supplies' yet?

[Kaylia]

I know this topic is old, but people still have trouble with it. I've done it with without flee item (1 crimson, 1 nin af maybe...forgot). We just trained/slept everything with blm/rdm/brd. Forgot if they unagro, but i dont remember having trouble keeping up with sleep. If they do, it might be the first time in game deodorize has its use, since crawler generally unagro easily (anyway, pretty sure its not needed, just saying it might help).


I'm not sure what's the best way to feed them, but I think the easiest is to pair 2 people (1 sleeper per group if possible). Can easily keep track of food count for each npc that way without wasting too much point/time. Once your area is done, the pair logout to reset hate and move to the final area (usually save NW for last since there is more unavoidable crawler otw). They do build resist, but most are still avoidable iirc

[Theraven]

My group won it on our second or third try when it first came out. We still thought at that point that you had to beat it to advance to the next rank, if we had known then that you don't we probably would have skipped it. Anyhow, we had 1 MNK with gaiters and 1 RDM with crimson. Everyone else went RDM or BLM/RDM and if someone aggro'd we just slept and gravitied the mob. If one of the mages were running along and saw an awake mob coming for someone they'd sleep and gravity it (if needed). Wasn't too terrible really, mages just needed to keep stoneskin up and people needed to avoid aggro as best they could to cut down on the number of mobs that were constantly being slept. The one key to winning this assault is really good communication. Let people know which npc's are full and if you aggro'd something that needs to sleep. The run we ended up wining I think at the end we only had 5-6 sleeping crawlers (though this was quite some time ago so I could be underestimating) so like I said, avoiding aggro as much as possible really helps, but an aggro certainly isn't the end of the world. Also to note: the 3 times we did this none of the Crawlers we slept ever lost aggro, even if we ran to the other side of the map, they eventually caught up.

[jomiel]

A late bump but thought this could be helpful:


Beat it 1/1 with whm, brd, nin, nin, sam, and another job I now can't remember. Whm (me) had gaiters and used 1 hermes quencher. Brd had powder boots because we thought we couldn't mazurka. We went at night so nins had AF boots. Sam might have 1 quencher.

We all read up on the wiki entry right before entering, and each had a list of how many points for what food item. We followed the recommended course for areas, and had 1 nin train all the crawlers off the bat.

The key thing was to work together and be as efficient as possible. Each of us would say which food item we got, and we'd assign each person to a specific NPC in the group according to how many points were left. If we forgot who still needs to be fed, the last person still in that area would check.

Our training nin actually fed 1 area all by himself while training, lol. We were so surprised when we finished with still 5 min to spare.

edit: Yeah, the points system wasn't a full 10. It was more like 8 or 9.

[tymora]

Forgot makeup but I was lucky to get a 1/1 on it. No one has +movement equipment except ninja. (i.e. w legs, gaiters) I have 5 powder boots, 1 have /THF and 1 have a couple of boots, so that makes 3 that can run faster than normal though not even half the time. Went in with 6 people, 1 kited and the rest of us took 1 area each. Cleared with about 3 min left.

We went in just slightly after 1800 so ninja has full nighttime +movement. Ninja went to each area with crawlers and kited all of them for the night.

If you know exactly who to feed and how many food pieces to give, chances are you won't need +movement to clear. Can use the point system on that wiki.
I believe it went like this (Dropping them doesn't help. NPC will give you the same thing back):
Steak = 5 pts
Jerkin = ~4 pts
Sub = ~3 pts
Soup/Bread = 1 pt

Each NPC will carry a different shield. Use that to tell them apart. I suggest writing down what you fed them too.

Need about 10 pts to feed a NPC completely. Though for my case, I believe (memory is a bit hazy) 2 x sub and 1 bread was enough so it means the point system isn't exactly accurate but is still a good guide.

[Helm]

I found it very simple just having people know the foods and where to go. I had no problem training all the mobs by myself with a couple pairs of powder boots to gather them all up before running them around a circular area in the middle. I just spent the run running around that area up on the ledge and had no problems while everyone else fed the NPCs.

[Judai]

You know, I did this Assault for the first time ever last night and I just have to say one thing.

lol@ everyone bitching.

It was easy as fuck, we beat it with 10m left on the clock.

THF with Trotters
NIN/THF at night
BLU/THF with WLegs and Powder boots (me cause I heard horror stories)
WAR/THF with Powder boots
BLM
SMN

We barely trained anything. THF trained a few crawlers while still feeding people even with the worms on him. We did have 2 people die but it was because I said to go the wrong way and confused people. We didn't even train all of the crawlers, we dodged half of them and the BLM slept a couple near the end because they wouldn't move for him.

It wasn't a fun assault and I doubt I will ever do it again but it wasn;t as OMFG I NEED TO POS.EXE TO WIN as everyone says and if you did cheat to win, my god you fail and should quit.

[Missnasty]

Another thing to keep in mind is that it takes 2 steaks to fill a soldier so if right off the bat two people have steaks and the others have crappy food items like bread send the 2 steak ppl to feed a single NPC that's far away and the crappy items to someone that's close. A single person delegating who goes where really helps so you can ensure that the NPCs are fed in an optimal manner.

[aurik]

You know, I did this Assault for the first time ever last night and I just have to say one thing.

lol@ everyone bitching.

It was easy as fuck, we beat it with 10m left on the clock.

It wasn't a fun assault and I doubt I will ever do it again but it wasn;t as OMFG I NEED TO POS.EXE TO WIN as everyone says and if you did cheat to win, my god you fail and should quit.

The difficulty of the assault was ninja-nerfed at some point, lol@you for not realizing this.

[Judai]

You know, I did this Assault for the first time ever last night and I just have to say one thing.

lol@ everyone bitching.

It was easy as fuck, we beat it with 10m left on the clock.

It wasn't a fun assault and I doubt I will ever do it again but it wasn;t as OMFG I NEED TO POS.EXE TO WIN as everyone says and if you did cheat to win, my god you fail and should quit.

The difficulty of the assault was ninja-nerfed at some point, lol@you for not realizing this.

Really, cause two of the people who went did it before and they said it was the same. I can see why people would fail but it's not hard and I never saw anything about it being nerfed by SE. If people are just claiming it was ninja nerfed, I think they are just trying to account for sucking, unless you find something where SE said it was nerfed.

Not to mention I know a few people recently who said they had to pos to win, as in like the last month or so.

[aurik]

You know, I did this Assault for the first time ever last night and I just have to say one thing.

lol@ everyone bitching.

It was easy as fuck, we beat it with 10m left on the clock.

It wasn't a fun assault and I doubt I will ever do it again but it wasn;t as OMFG I NEED TO POS.EXE TO WIN as everyone says and if you did cheat to win, my god you fail and should quit.

The difficulty of the assault was ninja-nerfed at some point, lol@you for not realizing this.

Really, cause two of the people who went did it before and they said it was the same. I can see why people would fail but it's not hard and I never saw anything about it being nerfed by SE. If people are just claiming it was ninja nerfed, I think they are just trying to account for sucking, unless you find something where SE said it was nerfed.

Not to mention I know a few people recently who said they had to pos to win, as in like the last month or so.

I'm sure there are people who suck badly at everything, but the assault was ninja-nerfed. This coming from someone who did Lebros within a few weeks of the expansion release date.

[Eurlzoo]

Win this a long time ago.

our team & strat:

we had 3nin and 3 random job (can't remember), all whit thf sub.

We splited the party into 3 & puted a nin into each group.
here is the map taken from ffxiclopedia
http://images.wikia.com/ffxi/images/...s_Supplies.jpg

Goup1 feeds NW
Group2 feeds SW
and Group3 Feeds North & SE
when Group 1 & 2 are done, they help the last group

Each group need to communicate to evoid to outfeed a guard (shield type)

the nins have to aggro everythink on their way for their slow ass fellow to be safe ^^;

we picked our order and waited for night to come. we entered at 18:00 and were outside way before the clock hited 6:00 am ^^;

sorry for the poor english ;;

[Sekkite]

Took me only two tries to do this and we had 5 people. Just had good communication in party char and three of the people on Ventrilo. Had a few minutes to spare. Was DRK/THF, two RDM/BLM, and two NIN/WAR. Only one of the RDMs had Crimson legs. Both NINs used AF feet. Both RDMs and one of the NINs aggro'd crawlers. RDMs just kept any that were on them slept and the NIN just ignored them and proceeded to keep feeding til he died or the crawlers on him got slept.

Had me and one of the NINs take care of the southwest, RDMs and other NIN took care of the north and east. We all went for the NW at the end.

[Vedder]

You know, I did this Assault for the first time ever last night and I just have to say one thing.

lol@ everyone bitching.

It was easy as fuck, we beat it with 10m left on the clock.

It wasn't a fun assault and I doubt I will ever do it again but it wasn;t as OMFG I NEED TO POS.EXE TO WIN as everyone says and if you did cheat to win, my god you fail and should quit.

The difficulty of the assault was ninja-nerfed at some point, lol@you for not realizing this.

Really, cause two of the people who went did it before and they said it was the same. I can see why people would fail but it's not hard and I never saw anything about it being nerfed by SE. If people are just claiming it was ninja nerfed, I think they are just trying to account for sucking, unless you find something where SE said it was nerfed.

Not to mention I know a few people recently who said they had to pos to win, as in like the last month or so.

I'm sure there are people who suck badly at everything, but the assault was ninja-nerfed. This coming from someone who did Lebros within a few weeks of the expansion release date.

What was the nature of the nerf? Less food to fill up the NPCs or some change to the Crawlers behavior? Other?

Is it possible to kite endlessly as NIN at night with just AF feet or do you need Meds, /THF, or some cure support to do so effectively?

[Munkey]

When the assault first came out, even if the NPC's were full they would still ask you if you brought provisions when you weren't carrying any, now they give a different message when they're full which allows you to not have to keep as close a record on what you give. Did this the other night with the LS to get a few people 50/50 went smooth just had our whm train everything around while we all worked together and fed everything. w.legs and /thf for most people shit was smooth.

[Scorp]

We went with 3 nin/thf rdm with w legs and 2 bards with powder boots. Waited until night fall and entered. Red mage dropped pt and kited the crawlers, whilst everyone else fed npc's.

If you move as a group the first people to trade can if check npc's are full or not, keep an eye on big food items going to certain npc's so you don't overfeed too much and should be fine. We had about 5mins left and no issues from the mobs.

[shieldsofwindurst]

As Munkey said, the npcs will now tell you when they are full without having food on you. This is key for saving time. As several people have said, this assault still requires coordination, but it's no longer a nightmare.

My experience: Just did this (Saturday), went 1/1, finished with 5 minutes remaining. Brought 6 people. 2 people had movement speed+, but it wasn't really required. We had 2 with movement speed+ (thf & pld), one blm, and 3 other assorted jobs.

Our strategy:
1. Clear SW
2. Everyone starts working on SE
3. While everyone is working SE, thf aggroes & trains all of the crawlers
4. thf trains all crawlers to SW corner (the little room in the extreme SW corner), blm sleeps them all (thf may die, blm can tractor)
5. thf &/or blm log as needed
6. No crawlers to deal with for the rest of the run

As long as you have one central person directing traffic and people don't waste food on npcs that are full, this should work well. I think it's a stretch to think 3 people could trio this (mainly because of the randomness of the food), but 5 could definitely do it, and probably 4 well-geared well-prepared people. It'll never be 'simple', but at least it's very doable if you have 6 people who can take directions.

[Bakthi]

Is it possible to kite endlessly as NIN at night with just AF feet or do you need Meds, /THF, or some cure support to do so effectively?

I still think the most efficient way is to go in right as night falls, have a NIN/THF round up all the crawlers and take them to the southwest corner (meanwhile, the other 5 people have more than filled up those NPCs and are working on other sets), Mijin, tractor, raise, and then the NIN can help feed too.

When the assault first came out, even if the NPC's were full they would still ask you if you brought provisions when you weren't carrying any, now they give a different message when they're full which allows you to not have to keep as close a record on what you give. Did this the other night with the LS to get a few people 50/50 went smooth just had our whm train everything around while we all worked together and fed everything. w.legs and /thf for most people shit was smooth.

Ah, I didn't know that. I completed it the "hard" way, then...it was pretty shitty to run all the way to the far NPCs and basically waste a food. Communication was brutally important to make sure that didn't happen more than once. My group finished with 5 minutes left, IIRC.

[mdkuser]

We saved this mission last for Captain rank. We just completed yesterday and won first try... Since I tried it when it came out ( 0/5) I can say it was really nerfed lol. You need only 7 or 8 pt to feed the npc instead of 10, and there is no more NPC dialogue glitch ( forgot details but I think we couldn't know wether it's full or not). What's more it seems they removed 2 crawlers from the center loop room >.>, and you get a lot of Bison Steak lol.

Anyway the strategy we used: feed the 4 to SW while a movement speed guy (thf) kite the single crawler that's here. When they are fed, aggro the crawler to the NW and center loop room, and bring them to the NPCs at SW and die. They walk too slow so the zone is pretty much crawler free now except 1 at SE. But that one can be easilly slept/ kited by another person.

[Vedder]

OK... so I just did this over the weekend. Having not experienced it earlier, I don't know what it was like before, but it was pretty easy for us.

Another potential aspect to the nerf could be that it seemed like there were less crawlers in the zone than the earlier guides suggested. I was the night-time NIN kiter and there were a couple instances where I was expecting a crawler to be there and there wasn't.

But anyway, I'll echo a few comments from my experience:

- Start feeding SW first before kite begins
- Have people communicate which NPCs are fed & full based on shield type
- THF main/sub is nice, but not required... only 2/5 feeders had Flee
- NIN/THF at night is best kiter... you can run endlessly and never die

Won with ~7 mins to spare.

[Norellicus]

People always talk about death kiting the crawlers...are they like super saiyan or something? Why can't you just wipe them out?