FINAL FANTASY XI Update (Mar. 17)

[AzazaelFenrir]

The following issue was also adjusted.
The item Thalassocrat was mistakenly given: Additional effect: Impairs evasion

They forgot one ><

Seriously they won't add another D. Ring or Ridill, but they have no problem making duplicates of other weapons.


Yes I am bitter, I mined up 4 khroma for my mez and had it crafted like 3 weeks ago.

[Acturus]

The world is flipped upside down.

And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called bel-air

[SamanosukeShiva]

how long does it take for pup to "prep" the automaton from 0TP, Full HP?

[Stanislaw]

how long does it take for pup to "prep" the automaton from 0TP, Full HP?

If you're good, 4-5 min?

Under absolute best conditions, it will take about 3 minutes (due to Cure IV recast timer).

Once it's out of HP and MP though, you can just keep on firing away till it dies.

[Gaea]

how long does it take for pup to "prep" the automaton from 0TP, Full HP?

Like the above post stated, it can be up to 5 minutes but it also depends where. If you have to prepare the puppet on mobs with aoe, that can double the prep time. One of the best ways I've found to do this is:

If you are starting with a fresh puppet, immediately Role Reversal without any gear that boosts your HP. That's ~500 minus from your Automaton at the start.
Automaton and Puppetmaster engage EP for TP only. Master gets to 100, Puppet gets to 300. In the proces try to drain your Automaton of its three Cure 4s. One of the ways I do this is let the automaton solo engage for a little bit, but you can also do drain it by letting the puppet cure you as well.

Ideally, you'll want to have the lowest HP of the two. Venom potion the rest of your HP, and you can even tailor it to lower single digits with a poison potion. Role Reversal and you are all set.

Either go immediately at the start after a mob's initial spell (or if its casting a single target nuke go anyways). If you are doing this and the battle has already been going on, wait until an aoe attack.

Depending on what you have available you should be able to prep this in under 7 minutes at the most.

[miokomioko]

One shitty unfortunate accidental AoE move or ga-spell results in "prep" time being +20 more minutes... :/

It's not as easy as Soul Voicing songs and swapping parties, that's for sure... and pretty much will rarely happen in any BC where your Automaton is removed upon entering, since a really convenient thing to do is prep your Automaton before a raid, because your automaton's HP and MP will remain the same regardless of zoning, warping, teleporting, et cetera... just as long as you don't change any jobs or die.

Prepping before-hand is very easily and safely done if you have the time and /DRK to Souleater punch lv.0 mobs and take Dia/bio damage until you can Role-Reversal @ 1~2hp left. Slower, but much easier to get that perfect Magic Mortar damage.

p.s. ding 2000 :[

[Kenai]

[quote=Kirbyprime]

And the PUPs are..............
SAFE!
http://images.jupiterimages.com/comm...4/23296417.jpg

I don't know why people think MM's damage was not intentional. To even get those 3kish MM requires a lot of prep, and honestly, a lot of luck. And one dead automaton.

Same could be said for old skool RNGs (minus the luck part). And well we all knew what happened there. I don't think anyone wants to think of doing a flat out 1700-3000 dmg on Kirin (for a damn good example) as "intentional."

What about the Prep?

Getting the automaton 300 tp and HP under 100. Not to mention the lethality.

Think he means RNG doesn't have the prep that PUP has.[/quote:j7h7rldj]

And let's not forget that the NM the PUP is fighting isn't going to drop anything that the PUP can actually wear! It'll be for someone else, or another job.

Seriously, does PUP being able to do SOMETHING better than another job in an HNM situation really offend people so much? It's absolutely pathetic...and as so as any effective method to use it is found, it will most likely be nerfed (because of the proceeding bitchfest), despite the fact that (like I said before) won't get to use whatever drops.

For those not complaining though, very interesting reads.

[Karbuncle]

And the PUPs are..............
SAFE!
http://images.jupiterimages.com/comm...4/23296417.jpg

I don't know why people think MM's damage was not intentional. To even get those 3kish MM requires a lot of prep, and honestly, a lot of luck. And one dead automaton.

Same could be said for old skool RNGs (minus the luck part). And well we all knew what happened there. I don't think anyone wants to think of doing a flat out 1700-3000 dmg on Kirin (for a damn good example) as "intentional."

What about the Prep?

Im sorry but am i the only one who saw that pictured and laughed out loud?