Cor Solo

[Rikus]

I'm gonna have to get my cor some movement speed+ xD

[Kerberoz]

It's lucky for cor that there are 3 different way to get movement+ too

[sciezka.]

It's lucky for cor that there are 3 different way to get movement+ too

true that!

however, some mobs dont need movement speed. i could have easily done Wulgaru w/o. Also, on Brass Borer, you could just pop a flee item right before popping and then be fine w/o movement enhancement.

movement+ depends on the mob.

[Shinryuu]

Used my friends' Hermes COR for the first time yesterday, soloed Chigre. He has put a lot of effort in his DRK and normal COR, this is a new project so his gear isn't top notch yet.

Gear: Aquilo's, rest of staves NQ, Coffinmaker, Steel bullet, Tricorne, no neck, Genin, Moldy, Aketon (unlucky w/ Denali, will get augmented bodypiece from new stuff), Mage's Cuffs (which I toggle w/ CFG to get rid of JA animation; only a 2 AGI loss), AGI rings x2, no mantle, Scouter's Rope, Denali legs, Hermes (fulltime).

Macro's
My shots and other JA macroes have
/equip "Mage's Cuffs"
/equip "Crimson Fng. Gnt."
/ja "the job ability" <t or me>

I have /recast "Quick Draw" too, and /target <bt> for when I can't turn the camera around. All damage shots macroed, Utsu Ni macroed, DNC and Wizard's roll macroed, Snake Eye/Fold/Random Deal, and I should probably macro dark shot too.

Chigre went cake. It's a bit boring but COR soloing basically means 1 mistake can fuck you up, unlike RDM soloing.

[Kerberoz]

Coffinmaker is trash. Get a martial for parties/endgame/any time you plan on using WS, and a Corsair's(+1) for soloing.

Also Ugga pendant helps a bit.

[Kirbyprime]

until you aggro a thousand mobs because QDing just took sneak off, and you can't put sneak up and start running before it gets in range, hits you taking you to half hp, and also canceling sneak again.

as for Dea, you could have deaggroed it (by dying, zoning (with dots on, so it doens't regen to full before you can reclaim it), or a deodorizer), let it regen 1 tic, then reclaimed to reset the rage timer. rage doesn't really matter if you have no competition ^^

Oh, that's what I did actually. Didn't actually let it regen to full.

And Hummm I guess QD'ing wouldn't work for Charby then.

BTW, does anyone have a somewhat more detailed guide to how to solo Ix'mnk? I only got a gist of it from wiki on dragging it to Ebon room. Any particular reason to sub /nin? or /blm/rdm work better?

[Corrderio]

I soloed Cheese Hoarder or w/e that ZNM rat's name is. Took me an hour and 45 min. or around that since I lost aggro at one point when he was at like 1-3% health and when I found him he was back to 100%.

I want to get some Zeni saved up and attempt Dea one of these days.

[Shinryuu]

Coffinmaker is trash. Get a martial for parties/endgame/any time you plan on using WS, and a Corsair's(+1) for soloing.

Also Ugga pendant helps a bit.

Yeah, I know. Was going to buy him a corsair's gun but none up and no one wanted to craft it. This was mainly, however, because I didn't know if his coffinmaker was locked or not (it's unlocked he told me so it's fine for now). Keep in mind it's not my character. Not going to dish out for Ugga just yet, and I'll help him the best I can with getting Novio/Denali but it might be a bit.

Anyway, could I solo Dea? Duo if some BLM pops up to nuke and then warpzones a few times?

[Corrderio]

I believe Dea is soloable, however you need to make sure you're far away to dodge it's line attack (Forgot the name).

[Kerberoz]

Hardest part about Dea would be ragemode. You could put Bio up and zone it or just die/rr halfway through, though.

The horn attack requires you to be close to trigger it, I believe.

[Corrderio]

Probably does, but since it's a line attack I'm sure he could trigger it if you're a set distance away.

[Kerberoz]

Yeah, he can use it longer than melee range, but I think you'll be safe staying 15+

Not 100% sure, though. We usually just manaburn rape it so haven't really paid attention.

[Corrderio]

Meh, I should be fine. Just gotta keep moving around the tower and I think I'd survive.

[Kirbyprime]

When I did it I never once triggered horn... I was 80... ish % of the time at around 12-15' away from him though.

And given that I had no good QD set. Just random stuff from other sets. I'd say that a standard COR can probably get it down to 20-25% or so before rage. For the record, my QD do around 260 since I never bought a set for it (well, I will after the QD body comes out) but I hear COR can get 400+ so I guess it isn't impossible. I also kept Bio II on since I was /rdm for the attempt (really should have just /blm'ed though, no real danger that would require cures other than DNC roll).

[Plight]

Semi-related, but how much would rage be a hindrance on Dea as RDM? It doesn't enhance movement speed or anything, does it?

[Kirbyprime]

No additional move+. Only thing I saw was that damage was reduced to about 10% of norm. Oh, and double attacks for 400+.

EDIT: How do you solo rat as COR?

[Corrderio]

EDIT: How do you solo rat as COR?

I kite him inside the square on this map:

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/5107/ruinsl.png

He's not too hard, just keep moving and blink when you Quickdraw and you'll be fine. Only tough part is when he lays bombs since if he runs far enough he can have the rats link. And a possible deaggro.

COR/NIN is pretty helpful since in case he gets in melee range shadows can be nice so you don't get hit too hard with triple attack. And having enemies on radar can help.

[sciezka.]

my QD set is:
- FFXIAH.com
been trolling the AH for a Breeze ring and the hands that give +2AGI
i also have 8/8 HQ staves

[Kerberoz]

using this at the moment:
- FFXIAH.com
Should probably macro a back piece in, but meh. Also have horrible luck in nyzul and somehow still only have goliard clogs after countless runs. Gonna make a QD Recast-5 MAB+4 body from the expansion thingie.

[Vedder]

I have /recast "Quick Draw" too, and /target <bt> for when I can't turn the camera around. All damage shots macroed, Utsu Ni macroed, DNC and Wizard's roll macroed, Snake Eye/Fold/Random Deal, and I should probably macro dark shot too.

When you say you have Utsu Ni macroed, do you mean you blink out of it to start moving again more quickly? I just have a regular Ni macro, but if you blink out I'd be interested in knowing exactly what your macro for that looks like ... mainly if you have any sort of wait delay in there or whatever.