Waking the Beast

[Fiendishone]

Does everyone need all 6 eyes to enter or can 1 person let the others in to help them?

Yes, everyone entering the final BC in Full Moon Fountain needs all 6 eyes from each of the prime avatar fights.

P.S. Anyone in your group that gets an Ifrit's Bow I already hate them ; ; stupid thing doesn't wanna drop

[Kaibelf]

this may be a bit off topic and foolish, but i've been trying to find a good, reliable strategy for winning this that's not "find 16 smns." my LS is showing an interest in shaking things up (dynamis, limbus, sea, etc. over and over again with occasional breaks to camp something gets old.) and this is one of the things i'd been thinking about trying. the problem is, i'd want to try to include everyone, and not everyone is a brd, smn, or similar, so we'd be stuck leaving people out. has anyone had success with a less burn oriented party? if not, what is the easiest way to just farm the hell out of this BC, ala manaburn DM? i seem to remember that if 1 person leaves before the last carby dies, everyone can get back in for another round of kills. is this correct? if i can't drag everyone in, i can at least (i hope) make a group to repeatedly kill it, farming items for people.

If one person leaves before the battle ends, they can trigger it for the whole group again. This is because players need all 6 eyes on their first foray through, but then the battle is repeatable like so many others. However, that person who exited will NOT get the carby staff, which everyone else gets for a final CS.

****IMPORTANT: Those who DO get the win and then go to LaThiene for the staff, they must NOT then re-click the ???. It will RESTART the quest for them, and they WILL NEED ALL SIX EYES AGAIN to re-enter.****

***ADDENDUM*** The first drops do start to appear once someone finishes the CS after winning. Usually my team had several weapons drop. Also, the cuffs drop, and more than one of any item CAN drop. The pole, however, is a 100% reward you get by revisiting the ??? in LaThiene. People have to get the pole before they can repeat, but please have them take care, as I said above, NOT to check the ??? after they get the pole, or they will be shut out.

[Fryte]

Basic strategy for the final fight was to divide however many people you have in different sections of the BC so that the number of people hit by consecutive astral flows is limited. I think we did it with 9 people the last time I did it. You either have people hold them or small groups of 2 or 3 kill.

[Xeres Celestia Highwind]

If anyone can link to a non-SMN only strat, I myself, and others would appreciate it.