Fastest way to solo use 1000 bst seals?

[Raineer]

Sucks it isn't 51, I can see NIN/RDM owning it :D

[dabis]

I've blown probably 500+ seals on T&T and came out with 2 astrals and a sorc ring so I guess I could be considered lucky with this bcnm.

[SephYuyX]

I found my old results from May 2006:

Doing 14 runs of T&T BCNM. Ill post my results ; ; Im just pressing tab randomly with my eyes closed.

1) Medium - Mimic.
2) Large - Mimic.
3) Large - PLD Ring, Platinum Ore.
4) Medium - Mimic.
5) Small - MNK Ring, Freeze.
6) Small - Mimic.
7) Large - Mimic.
8) Medium - SAM Ring, Petrified Log.
9) Small - Mimic.
10) Small - Mimic.
11) Small - Mimic.
12) Medium - Mimic.
13) Large - Mimic.
14) Small - MNK Ring, Gold Ore.

~_~ 5 hours, 700 seals and 100k to show for it.

[Waef]

I'm positive a well equipped ninja with some meds (mainly antidotes) could solo it. Like I said, rdm + nin was an easy duo and my nin was equipped really poorly. The mimic really isn't that hard, it would just take a while, and involve decent gear. If I can gear up my nin properly for 50cap I'll try to solo it. (Although I play on ps2 so I'd have to record it and I have no way of really getting it onto the PC.)

Good luck soloing. That aoe stun + poison isnt nice and it hits pretty hard. I went nin/whm and had issues. Best I could do was get it to 65%. Really felt like I wasn't doing dmg fast enough. Funny thing to note though is that it doesnt aggro after you RR. It does regen if not dot'd though, but thats fairly standard.

Yeah, I know it wouldn't be easy, but it really isn't this big bad horrible thing everyone makes it sound like. It's not THAT hard, just a bit challenging and time consuming. A solo may be difficult, but I'm sure it could be done as ninja.

[chewbar]

I've been trying various BCNMs seeing what is soloable. This is a list of the ones I feel are soloable or can potentially be soloed as well as corresponding jobs based on my own experiences:

BC20
Shooting Fish - SMN
Wings of Fury - BST or subBST

BC30
Birds of a Feather - BST or subBST
Petrifying Pair - THF/NIN/WAR sub DNC? (unsure yet)

BC60
Celery - NIN, possibly SAM
Wild Wild Whiskers - NIN

If you want a rough outline for a strat, just let me know, though most of them are listed somewhere.

[The Stig]

I've been trying various BCNMs seeing what is soloable. This is a list of the ones I feel are soloable or can potentially be soloed as well as corresponding jobs based on my own experiences:

BC20
Shooting Fish - SMN
Wings of Fury - BST or subBST

BC30
Birds of a Feather - BST or subBST
Petrifying Pair - THF/NIN/WAR sub DNC? (unsure yet)

BC60
Celery - NIN, possibly SAM
Wild Wild Whiskers - NIN

If you want a rough outline for a strat, just let me know, though most of them are listed somewhere.

I'm interested in the Wild Wild Whiskers for NIN, if you can post it? While that's going on, I'll go see if I can find it. 8)

[chewbar]

Sorry about this being late reply. This has not been done by anyone else to my knowledge, but this is how I do it:
I stack as much evasion as I can get (haven't merited yet but if you have a few, maybe put in DD equip for hands/legs without sacrificing evasion) and eat sushi. I also bring in 2 or 3 hushed daggers, DWing both. When I'm in, after food/RR/whatever, I run in towards Macan and then use a charge. This will silence with 100% accuracy if the hit lands. If somehow you messed up or it doesn't land, you still have at least another charge to work with. Once he's hit with silence, Macan will have a very predictable behavior of casting Burst, followed by a petrifying breath. As soon as the Burst lands, start running away so the breath will not hit you. Then you just keep repeating it over and over till Macan is dead. The timing is pretty simple, but if you're unsure, you can always watch a video at youtube or stage6 to see the timing. With soloing this, time is a big issue, so I try to limit my casting times (Jubaku and Utsu: Ichi in particular), and sometimes I would switch to a more DDish setup.
One problem I occasionally run into is Charged Whiskers. According to Wikia's wiki, it happens if Macan is interrupted so I try not to WS during casts. This can be problem if I'm running short on time so I would just use some discretion.
I'm still working on refining this strategy, but for now it is what I have.

edit: As for supplies, I would bring at least some hi potions while subbing WAR, and if you can afford to, remedies. Occasionally I have been paralyzed and timed out because of so.

[Souj]

about a year and 1/2 ago I used all my seals on T&T. I went 8/10. I was looking for the chest that was a slightly different color... I can't remember if it was darker or lighter. The 2fails came from when my win decided upon the small crate, was hard to look inside it and actually tell if it was lighter/darker. So either they are different colors, or i'm an extraordinary guesser. I also bought 1of each of the crappy jse rings on AH to increase my chances of 1of the good rings.

[SephYuyX]

about a year and 1/2 ago I used all my seals on T&T. I went 8/10. I was looking for the chest that was a slightly different color... I can't remember if it was darker or lighter. The 2fails came from when my win decided upon the small crate, was hard to look inside it and actually tell if it was lighter/darker. So either they are different colors, or i'm an extraordinary guesser. I also bought 1of each of the crappy jse rings on AH to increase my chances of 1of the good rings.

You have good luck then, because they fixed both of those glitches way before 1.5 years ago.

[Burginator]

I just did my second T&T run.

Sup Sorc ring. :nikkei: