Ixion discussion thread

[Eldelphia]

If your shell members agree to the sales and are using it to fund relics etc, go ahead. But in many cases I'm betting there are shell members pissed because they had a shot at wearing something unusual and new before anyone else and you deprived them of it. That kind of thing means a lot to people.

But then I wouldn't buy something right now that had just come out unless it meant an enormous amount to me. Only time I've ever done that was with a templar mace and we're not talking anything like this kind of money.

[Niki]

Re: the list of <pos>
You guys are all saying you "found it" at another pos...do you mean you found it there, or you saw it pop there with your own eyes? Since it wanders around after popping, the distinction is kind of important ;/

Then think of this: Say your LS has 12 blms. How long will it take to get them 12 Capes? A long time...because of other LS claims, no drops, etc.

Hello assumptions? How would you know if each individual person wants it or not? I'm a BLM who's been at several Ixion kills and I have no interest whatsoever in the cape: I already have Gleeman's for the 5 INT and Aslan for the 5 MND. While I would love to save 1 inventory space (although I'm not sure I'd be ready to throw away the other 2, plus I'd be pissed for spending ampoules for nothing), I also have RDM leveled, therefore making Ixion's cape essentially a piece of shit to me. The cloak would be awesome if you could wear a headpiece but you can't, therefore also making it a piece of shit (to me anyway). Other people in my shell feel differently/don't have both Ein capes/don't have Morrigan's body for nuking so the drops will stay inside for a while, but don't assume that just because 1 person present at kills doesn't have a drop automatically means they're being forced to pass on them. Lots of people in shells who kill Ixion have Morrigan's Robes and a good amount of them have at least one Ein cape cape already.

Sorry I don't follow how Ixion's cape isn't better than both Gleemans and Aslans combined, even for rdm ;|

RDM can't wear that cape.

[BerenTebogo]

Batalila Downs - (H-6)
East Ronfaure - (I-10)
Fort Karuga-Naruga - (H-11)
Grauberg (H-11)
Jugner Forest (G-7)
*Meriphtaud Mountains
*North Gustaberg
*Pashhown Marshlands
Rolanberry Fields - (G-8)
*Sauromugue Champaign
*Vunkerl Inlet
West Sarutabaruta - (I-7)


*Included on FFXIclopedia, but I haven't seen spawn yet.

Found it in Rolanberry Fields at I-10 ;|

Most of the people who contribute to otherwiki haven't done anything more than watch the fight, and die to AoE.

Never trust wiki when it comes to HNM stuff.

But yes, it does spawn in rolanberry.

[bombard]

Once again, the drops are not game-breaking. They are nice, but not essential. If you need any of these pieces to be better at your job, then you're not doing it right. If you get all these capes/cloaks/sandels while the market is high, why not sell them to fund things that are actually alot more useful before the market evens out within time. Saying you're jipping a member who is like OMGWHYAREUNOTLETTINGMEHAVETEHCAPES from a kill (/breaklinkpearl) is just plain idiotic. If you can't wait to get this item from your LS if you kill them, you're just as bad as people willing to spend ridiculous amounts of gil for 'new' stuff. Wait a couple of months, prices will be down to earth. You're looking it at a selfish point of view imo, which is fine, but what would you rather have ... 3-4 Pony kills with 3-4 sandels, a couple of capes and cloaks, or 1-2 more aegis or G-horn brds? I think having more relics in a LS is alot more impressive/beneficial than Pony items and also think of the amount of time and money you'll save spamming City runs for currency to fund these, which you can use to , well i don't know, get some zenis :D ?

back on topic, I guess maybe a way to find out his pop areas in zones is to keep scaring him? Not sure how it works when you scare him into a new zone, just assuming that he'd pop in one of his pop areas after being scared off.

[ringthree]

Once again, the drops are not game-breaking. They are nice, but not essential. If you need any of these pieces to be better at your job, then you're not doing it right. If you get all these capes/cloaks/sandels while the market is high, why not sell them to fund things that are actually alot more useful before the market evens out within time. Saying you're jipping a member who is like OMGWHYAREUNOTLETTINGMEHAVETEHCAPES from a kill (/breaklinkpearl) is just plain idiotic. If you can't wait to get this item from your LS if you kill them, you're just as bad as people willing to spend ridiculous amounts of gil for 'new' stuff. Wait a couple of months, prices will be down to earth. You're looking it at a selfish point of view imo, which is fine, but what would you rather have ... 3-4 Pony kills with 3-4 sandels, a couple of capes and cloaks, or 1-2 more aegis or G-horn brds?

So say the people that are having the LS fund their relic. :/

I think having more relics in a LS is alot more impressive/beneficial than Pony items and also think of the amount of time and money you'll save spamming City runs for currency to fund these, which you can use to , well i don't know, get some zenis :D ?

Let them eat cake?

[Niki]

Batalila Downs - (H-6)
East Ronfaure - (I-10)
Fort Karuga-Naruga - (H-11)
Grauberg (H-11)
Jugner Forest (G-7)
*Meriphtaud Mountains
*North Gustaberg
*Pashhown Marshlands
Rolanberry Fields - (G-8)
*Sauromugue Champaign
*Vunkerl Inlet
West Sarutabaruta - (I-7)


*Included on FFXIclopedia, but I haven't seen spawn yet.

Found it in Rolanberry Fields at I-10 ;|

Most of the people who contribute to otherwiki haven't done anything more than watch the fight, and die to AoE.

Never trust wiki when it comes to HNM stuff.

But yes, it does spawn in rolanberry.

Fort Karuga-Naruga, Grauberg and Batallia are definately the right spawn points. saw it pop there multiple times now.

[Fodder]

Having claimed 5 in a row on Valefor, pop condition seems to be as follows:

1. 21-24, subject to the following (dur)
2. If a Campaign is active in the zone the server has picked to pop DI in at the pop time it has chosen, it will not pop until Campaign has ended in that zone. This can result in pop times well after the 24 hour window ends, h2u 1.5 hour 6+ wave campaigns that start 5 min before the 24 hr window closes.
3. When Campaign ends in said zone, DI will pop immediately.
4. If DI is scared away, repop time is 15 minutes, also subject to condition 2 and 3 above

For example, if it hasn't popped at 24 hours and campaign is active in, say two zones it pops in, split your forces between those two zones and keep an eye on widescan as campaign mobs slowly peter out. Claim when campaign ends. If it doesn't pop in the first one, it is 100% guaranteed to pop at the end of campaign in the other, you can therefore safely gather your entire LS up in that one zone with campaign still active so your whole bloody LS can throw the ash, someone will hit it out of sheer dumb luck.

The one thing I am not sure of is if it has 30 minute windows. The campaign condition made it a little screwy, I know 2 of the first 5 pops were exactly at the end of campaign but didn't catch time on the other because it seemed like Simurgh pop conditions at first. The first time I thought it was a fluke, the 5th day it popped at the end of Campaign roughly an hour after the 24h window ended. If we can determine if it does have 30 minute windows, ppl can direct their LS members to focus more on active campaign pop zones until the next window rolls around, rather than spamming widescan for 3 damned hours.

[stinkypoo]

Sorry I don't follow how Ixion's cape isn't better than both Gleemans and Aslans combined, even for rdm ;|

shrug, looking strictly at the base stats, same INT (for nuking) and same MND (for Para and Slow), with 5 being the most INT & MND you can get on a backpiece in the game atm. I realize there's the -2 enmity but...meh. I'm running out of room to carry all the 1-2 extra points of -enmity/1 more hmp hands/1 hmp rings/3 more enfeebling skill shit they keep adding each update, *especially* in this case where I could only wear it on BLM but not RDM. Oracle gloves replacing Genie Gages for hmp is ok because I can sell those, but sometimes the old stuff is rare/ex and you kind of don't want to throw it away...just look at how they split Goliard (best hmp shoes and best enfeebling shoes) into 2 better items (Numerist, once fixed, and Avocat). And what was the logic behind adding Witch Sash but not letting SCH wear it? If you have SCH + BLM leveled then you still have to carry around Penitent's, whose stats are practically identical. I like having the best piece of gear for each slot (depending on situation) for all my jobs, but every update it gets more and more annoying to keep up ;/

Anyway, you didn't answer if you saw it pop at I-10 or if it was just there wandering! :<

[Farys]

Batalila Downs - (H-6)
East Ronfaure - (I-10)
Fort Karuga-Naruga - (H-11)
Grauberg (H-11)
Jugner Forest (G-7)
*Meriphtaud Mountains
*North Gustaberg
*Pashhown Marshlands
Rolanberry Fields - (G-8)
*Sauromugue Champaign
*Vunkerl Inlet
West Sarutabaruta - (I-7)


*Included on FFXIclopedia, but I haven't seen spawn yet.

Found it in Rolanberry Fields at I-10 ;|

We think the spot at Jugner Forest is more around the Recall Crystal too.

Saw it this morning pop at G-7 then walk slowly to the east and depop. Can it pop in 2 different places on a given map?

[Kujoh]

Needs more Full Swing action!
Pics

Hi, which staff?

I was using Primate Staff.

[Sagacious Sundi]

Btw, has anyone intimidated Ixion through killer effects? It might be a beast, demon, or arcana. Or unclassified/avatar. <3
If it's part of an "intimidatable" monster correlation that might be the final nail in the coffin as to whether Ixion will be summonable.

[miokomioko]

My automaton is landing blind/paralyze/poison with about 50%+ accuracy on this thing. Not too bad.

[Tyrath]

Anyway, you didn't answer if you saw it pop at I-10 or if it was just there wandering! :<

Theres where it was when I showed up.It was up in the ledges, no sure if it could wander there >_>

[Tyrath]

4. If DI is scared away, repop time is 15 minutes, also subject to condition 2 and 3 above

Wrong

I've seen it repop within 5 mins. Also yes, from my experience it seems to have 30 min windows when not affected by campaign.


What I'm wondering is, if he is yellow and campaign starts in the area, will he depop? That seemed to have happened to us before.

[Fodder]

4. If DI is scared away, repop time is 15 minutes, also subject to condition 2 and 3 above

Wrong

I've seen it repop within 5 mins. Also yes, from my experience it seems to have 30 min windows when not affected by campaign.


What I'm wondering is, if he is yellow and campaign starts in the area, will he depop? That seemed to have happened to us before.

It's been stated elsewhere by someone that campaign starting will scare it off, but I have not witnessed that. As for the 15 minutes I stated for repop, this is based on it repopping at exactly 15 min when it was scared away over the course of 5 days, with the exception of active campaign zones. I took a timestamp when someone scared it and then had everyone checking for it until it respawned, always at 15 min or after campaign. Obviously 5 days is a small set of samples, so I suppose it could be a fluke.

[Deevo]

4. If DI is scared away, repop time is 15 minutes, also subject to condition 2 and 3 above

Wrong

I've seen it repop within 5 mins. Also yes, from my experience it seems to have 30 min windows when not affected by campaign.


What I'm wondering is, if he is yellow and campaign starts in the area, will he depop? That seemed to have happened to us before.

I disagree with the 30min windows. We were checking the last Ixion and it poped at about 2:42 after 21 hours. It also poped in an area that hadn't had a campaign in hours.

[Kenai]

Yesterday Dark Ixion popped about 20-30 min before the 21 hour mark, not sure why. We were all in place with a little less than 30 min to go (the other main LS hadn't started camping yet because the window wasn't up) and it popped in E. Ron. Then someone scared it and unless we missed it at some point (not likely) it spawned again ~40-45 min later in Jugner, where it was again scared away. Finally, about 15 min later, it popped in Bat. Downs where we got it.

It broke all kinds of rules our ls though we knew about it yesterday.

[6souls]

Saw it this morning pop at G-7 then walk slowly to the east and depop. Can it pop in 2 different places on a given map?

SE made it so Sandworm could pop @ two different locals in a zone, so I can't see why Dark Ix can not.

[Lyramion]

Ok so I havent had any ixion contact but people are saying it depops when campaign starts?

I just was watching a vid of an unclaimed ixion and it had campaign music in the background. So whats up?

[Xno Kappa]

My automaton is landing blind/paralyze/poison with about 50%+ accuracy on this thing. Not too bad.

I lol'd at your sig so freaking hard lmao.