New ToAU NMs (Now with 100% more Pandemonium!) pg77

[Spira]

based on what i can tell
theres are 31 NMs in the ZNM system...

but you can split them into 3 branches..
Hydra, Cerb and Khim branch

the progression is 3 > 3 > 3 > 1
tier 1 and 2 drop triggers that trade for the same seal, so the flexibility is that you can do whichever tier 1 and 2 NMs within the same branch that you want.
For tier 3 however, you'll need to kill all 3 NMs to get access to the Tier 4 zNM. Since these are RA/EX that trade to become Temporary Key Items, you'll need to make sure the person unlocking the 4th tier is the one lotting the triggers
and the person unlocking the 5th tier has all the tier 4 drops...
of course, since you'll want to speed up the system, they cant all be the same person cos of the way points are spent.

all in 9 > 9 > 9 > 3 > 1

I'm working on my chart atm

[Lyramion]

WTF is up with the english translations.


Today I was asked to soultrap "Arcanas" - of the "Crab" family. Yeah right. Luckily I saw some JPs being all over Clusters in Mount lol

[Sagacious Sundi]

Question about Experimental Lamia: Was it that little strip of F-7 on the one-way exit thingy from Arrapago? As in you have to go through the reef?

[Theytak]

yea yeayea, lolalla, from this post

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6...0174753rr4.png

[Xajii]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...8-20-04-81.jpg

cool i got mnd+7 on the shield neato

[Thorny]

Chigre is also soloable, no screenshots because the 'enhanced movement speed' in conjunction with immunity to bind/grav on badwiki made me wary so I brought my brd mule. I only used it for poisona a few times though, will likely solo later with antidotes as I got neither ring. It's nice that so many of these are soloable, I imagine you could get any t3 or less trigger on your own time then only have to bother linkshell for the actual fight.

[Myrrh]

Anyone know if the Puk is soloable by a Smn <_<; lol

[[Cookies]]

Chigre is also soloable, no screenshots because the 'enhanced movement speed' in conjunction with immunity to bind/grav on badwiki made me wary so I brought my brd mule. I only used it for poisona a few times though, will likely solo later with antidotes as I got neither ring. It's nice that so many of these are soloable, I imagine you could get any t3 or less trigger on your own time then only have to bother linkshell for the actual fight.

So, which ones are soloable so far? Puk/Marid/Chigre?

EDIT: & Apkallu.

[Funkworkz]

for the OP, we got Earth Grip from Nosferatu not Dark Grip. Its spawn ??? is in the middle of the room at the E-9/F-9 line on this map: http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Image ... rrane2.png

[Vail]

Lil'Apakullu is soloable, it's movement is only normal speed, a good defense build really limites what little damage it really does, and the area it pops in is accually really good for kiting it. Bio works on it, otherwiki was wrong about poison, as I was able to land poison I, twice (poison II, I didn't get a successful cast of, so likely it's just really really resistant to water magic)

but yeah, bio, nuke, and just kite, pretty simple really, hell when it does yawn and runs in circles it gives you time to squeeze out two heal ticks or just straight nuke it a few times.

[Jukie]

Killed Vulpangue last night with WHM, PLD, RDM, THF, DRG, SAM, WAR and BLM. It dropped the key item and Karura Hachigane. The fight started off fine. I probs shoulda said move back to the mages tho >.> cos they got a surprise windshear to the face. The only real prob with this fight was its Windshear move which at one point it used back to back. Nobody tried stunning it so I think if you had a stunner it would be a lot easier. At the end of the fight we had like 2/3 people left alive. Utsusemi did absorb the windshear so those with /nin sub lasted a lot longer than those without. Needed to have 3 shadows to absorb. I traded in the key item last night and now I have a maroon seal.

[Jodwahh]

Wulgura is easily soloable by a Rdm or Sch. The main problem was the Dire Straights crap it spammed until its big arm dropped off, after that it would be a joke to solo. (Dire Straights goes through shadows). Would be one hell of a long fight though. Seemed to resist every enfeeble and nuke that wasn't water based.

[Thorny]

I'd venture a guess that about all of the tier 1 are soloable with proper planning/strategy, I won first try on Chigre(with outside poisonas, would have been ok with antidotes), Puk(no outside help), and Marid(no outside help and t2) with little information going in. None of these 3 had TP regen, so limitting TP seems to help a ton with the fights.

[Wulfgang]

@wulfgang: where was the ??? to pop it? what key item did you get from trading in the horn?

Dea's ??? is @ F-7 in Bhaflau Thickets past the Olden Treants in the map right outside Whitegate (i.e. not birdland or mamool ja). I passed out before hearing what it was traded in for; I'll update later if no one else has fought it.

[Meian]

Any tips on Ob? Such as maybe 3 smn or bst can take on (or mix of the 2) ?

[Xajii]

Some info on [relatively] low-manning what we've fought so far.

The apkallu- Li'l Apkallu
Went into it with a large group just cause a lot of people wanted to do it, and it was a joke, he runs in circles like a tard sometimes as mentioned before. Can definitely solo this, gravity and bind should work, just don't get slept/raped and you are fine. Doesn't hit too terribly hard either.

Did this one twice, first time got full drops and second got nothing.

The puk- Vulpangue
We exhibited no problems until below 30% when Wind Shear started coming faster, shadows will take it as long as it's coming at you in moderation. Best to, if you have many melees, have some disengage near that point and have the BLMs burn it down. Could easily do this normal fight style wiht a pt of 6 as long as you watch the TP you feed it and have a stun or two.

Did three total today, first two dropped wing only and third got the epee.

The skeleton- Velionis
This guy's kinda annoying, he opened with sleepga2 so make sure your position is good. He casts pretty quickly, not Chainspell length but high high Fast cast, faster than you could cast. The key here is for smart stunners, if you waste your stun on something dumb he's going to rape you with something huge. He spams bigger spells at the start. Pop area is HUGE room for kiting, kinda rocky and hilly but if you know what you're doing I don't see why you couldn't solo him. Only problem would be getting nuked dead. Otherwise, bring a couple MNKs and 2+ stuns. Watch out for his ice spikes, they are 180 dmg +, killed a monk taru who hundred fisted it. XD

Dropped shitty corsair belt, only did one of these.
***NOTE: Out of all the T1 I would recommend not soloing this one, skeletons in general just suck and this fast cast business seems like it could really screw you over. Not that anyone wants his shit drops anyway!

The marid- Iriz Ima
As said before he's really easy, we did this with 2 BLM a RDM and TH whore, but I could have solo'd it. His defense boost JA seems to make him incredibly magic resistant while it's up. Gravity can be resisted even with high enf skill so be wary, still can outrun him though. And bind works too.

Did one for myself and got nothing, goddamnit!

The imp- Verdelet
Casts often, usually stupid spells like single target nukes that you can blink away. Not hard in general, just watch out for something like ga3. Can kite it around the area he pops if there's an exp pt back there that's killing the reg. imps I imagine.

Killed once and got full drops, MAB cape and muse tariqah (MND+7 shield).



Tomorrow will be going for Armed Gears

[Hawking]

Any update on Zareekhl Jambiya's Latent?


Awesome job on he charts!

[Wizerd]

Haven't tried it yet, but the Wamouracampa looks easy to solo. I may have missed it, but can you bind or gravity it at all (even just once at the start)? As long as it doesn't have increased movement speed (badwiki refers to a SAM kiting it, so I imagine not), and you can immobilize it temporarily to bring it to a safer place, it seems easy enough. (Cerberus's spawn area or the northeast open area of Mount Zhayolm, specifically.)

[Jkun]

According to Wiki, Ob can pop as any of the 4 frames? I've fought him 4 times, all Harlequin.

Pics or it didn't happen. If I've missed pics then wooooosh accepted.

lol, someone selling Coiler on AH already for 500k, good luck trying to sell that whoever put it up! PUPs learn over time to wait until weeks after update day before touching the AH.

[Toth]

I learned my lesson once. I'd never pay more than 100k for a new attachment again, especially if they start showing up on the AH after one day XD