Ashu Talif 2 trio

[Leeto]

Just tried this PLD/WHM SAM/WAR and RDM/WHM and had a lot of trouble. I was told that if you hold a crew on the first "wave" (what exactly constitutes the first wave? mobs kept coming even by the time the NPC died), the boss will pop but no more crew or marines will. Is this accurate or did I misunderstand the person's post? Either way, I'm looking for a way to trio this with jobs similar to what we have now. We also have BLM, NIN, and a couple others available...who's done this before?

edit- we also thought that any sort of damage on the crew would pull the crew off of the NPC but this was not the case, a banishga did not (seemed like a melee swing was about right to do it though)

[Leeto]

[Almalexia]

If you want 3 boxes:

Leave the RDM at the lifeboat gate.

Send a melee to the upper deck.

Send a second melee inside the hold to kill the first crew that pops.

Have the RDM bind/grav the crew that pops at the lifeboat gate, then have your second melee come out from the hold and kill the bound crew.

Have the first melee at the top deck kill the crew who pops up there after the bound crew dies.

Two marines will spawn after the third crew dies, one on each stairway leading up to the deck. Two more crew will also spawn, one in the hold and one on the lower deck. Both crew will sprint for the NPC, but the marines will stop to cast a spell. Have one melee take either of the crew and hold it (we use SAM/DNC for this). Have the second melee kill the other crew.
* So long as one crew is alive, no more crew will spawn and the NPC will remain cowering on the top deck for all time.

Have your RDM control one of the marines while both melee kill the second marine. Once the marines are dead head downstairs and kill the marine at the hold door, then kill the nearest marine inside the hold.

Pull Black Bartholomew and his cat down then unload on Bart. Hundred Fists and Meikyo Shisui is overkill, but there's no reason to risk it. At about half HP, two more crew will spawn and sprint for the NPC. Strike Bart dead quickly and all the fomors will despawn in an instant.

[Leeto]

Thank you. I'll probably try this tomorrow.

[Sai]

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