ACP Mission Thread

[Valisk]

/rdm isn't mandatory. I've seen plenty of people win /war. I suggest going full MBD/MDT set.

Iron Ram Lance
Lamian Kaman +1
Iron Ram Sallet/Dastanas/Hose/Greaves
Merman's Earring x2
Merman's Ring x2
Lamia Mantle +1

[Kaylia]

Yes I'm working on leveling rdm and my response earlier about support-roles in the game was stated as I freaking hate leveling white mage and I really hate leveling red mage, because I sit their, cure, buff, debuff, and enfeeble and it gets really old really fast.

If you think it's boring, sub nin, pull two swords, cast enspell, and melee while healing/debuffing. I assume you have sword merit from pld, so you should be able to pull decent damage while keeping up with healing. Don't forget to bring a parser to make sure you're actually outdamaging the melee (or parsing close), instead of gimping your party.

Or you could go in altepa for a spider soloing session. Having a NPC fellow help (they start at lv30), but its not a requirement.


I don't know....people who tell me mage jobs are boring generally don't do their job right, or could be more efficient. The only dull part is /heal for mp in certain party.

[Shenrien]

If you think it's boring, sub nin, pull two swords, cast enspell, and melee while healing/debuffing. I assume you have sword merit from pld, so you should be able to pull decent damage while keeping up with healing. Don't forget to bring a parser to make sure you're actually outdamaging the melee (or parsing close), instead of gimping your party.

Or you could go in altepa for a spider soloing session. Having a NPC fellow help (they start at lv30), but its not a requirement.


I don't know....people who tell me mage jobs are boring generally don't do their job right, or could be more efficient. The only dull part is /heal for mp in certain party.

lol meleeing red mage xD I usually say wtf to that when I see it in partys but I guess it can do, and I actually dont have sword merit'd yet because I've been mainly focusing on the other strengths of the job rather the weapon itself.

Once I get my 5th merit in MP I will however most likely start meriting sword because I can only see benefits from doing that when tanking endgame mobs.

[Kaylia]

lol meleeing red mage xD I usually say wtf to that when I see it in partys but I guess it can do, and I actually dont have sword merit'd yet because I've been mainly focusing on the other strengths of the job rather the weapon itself.

Once I get my 5th merit in MP I will however most likely start meriting sword because I can only see benefits from doing that when tanking endgame mobs.

Between 22 and 30, I was able to outdamage every melees I partied with in pickup (that's not saying much, but still...). You also get to tank in bonus, which make you feel awesome since you're doing support/dd/tank at the same time.
At 32 in altep, I was parsing around ~23% versus ~27% against a well geared war and drg, but I was doing debuff, and healing. At this point, your damage keep going down, but thats where you can start soloing spider pet for a good 4k/h solo.

Anyway, I'm just saying it works. It's very easy to be stupid and hurt your party with this setup, but it's definitively one of the best options avaible, unless you get a perfect melee party with brd, and you're the only healer around.

[dys0r]

I got this from the fight:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...aldEarring.jpg

[Not Kuno]

Did they break Fei Yin? Touching the lights gives no effect on some, and some work just fine.

[Alvinho]

I think you can't have Mark and Key at the time.

[Not Kuno]

I think you can't have Mark and Key at the time.

You can't, but for some reason half the lights gave the "no effect" message while the other half gave the glow. It was weird and it happened to a few others today. In the end, had to zone out and do it all over again.

[Shenrien]

You can't, but for some reason half the lights gave the "no effect" message while the other half gave the glow. It was weird and it happened to a few others today. In the end, had to zone out and do it all over again.

did you get the key sometime after JP midnight and you just forgot?

[Mellema]

You can't, but for some reason half the lights gave the "no effect" message while the other half gave the glow. It was weird and it happened to a few others today. In the end, had to zone out and do it all over again.

Yesterday some of the afterglows were spawning in really strange places for me downstairs. Whereas in the past there was always a seed afterglow in 4 distinct areas, instead I had 3 in one area. At first I thought they were respawns of one I had already checked, but after not finding spots in the other areas I went back and got the facets I needed.

What's annoying is getting Hi pot +1 for 5 days in a row for me.

[Not Kuno]

did you get the key sometime after JP midnight and you just forgot?

Nope.

Yesterday some of the afterglows were spawning in really strange places for me downstairs. Whereas in the past there was always a seed afterglow in 4 distinct areas, instead I had 3 in one area. At first I thought they were respawns of one I had already checked, but after not finding spots in the other areas I went back and got the facets I needed.

What's annoying is getting Hi pot +1 for 5 days in a row for me.

Same. Been getting meds on both keys (fei yin + last bc) for about a week now. Pain in the ass since the whole process is like 3 hours.

[Gilhaven]

Another clue to the mystery of rewards from the final battle.

A friend of mine who had previously won but did not pick a body was helping out another group Friday night. he got omnis stone, but did not trigger the bc. They lost at 15%. Afterwards (when he tried to climb again) he found that he still had omnis stone.

Apparently if you have prismatic, you are considered a 'guest star' to the BC and do not get rewards, and even if you have omnis, it's not consumed, because you're really not a qualified participant.

ok...im confuzzled...If you fail (first attempt)do u lose the Omnis Stone and have to reclimb the tower? Or will u still have it and be able to reattempt the fight?

[Rocl]

You lose the Omnis stone and must reclimb the tower if you want to attempt the fight again. I am pretty sure this is true regardless, the only thing I do not know is if you have to wait until JP midnight again if you are re-clearing the BCNM after finishing the Expansionette.

[Feedmenow]

For this particular fight, flash at the start then immediately use all your JAs (Including 2hr) since it has that move that puts them at max timers. Then just flash, blind, and dispel as often as possible. Draw-in makes recasting these annoying but you can usually get one or 2 off during TP moves and -agas.

Wouldn't starting with sentinel and then using a dispel to start the fight off work better? your 2hr is going to cap VE anyways, and you'd get enhanced CE gain on the initial attack, dispel, and the flash you can immediately cast once you get drawn in. Invincible under sentinel effect is already going to cap VE, so it wouldn't be a problem to lose the 1800 VE gain from sentinel.

ok...im confuzzled...If you fail (first attempt)do u lose the Omnis Stone and have to reclimb the tower? Or will u still have it and be able to reattempt the fight?

You have to reclimb the tower.

[Mellema]

Ebon key is really starting to piss me off. Got emerald ring with just added HP first day, meds ever since until today when I got angelstone. So I guess I should be happy since I should do gobbiebag 7 & 8 on one of my mules soon.

I think angels ring with acc, -enmity, and pet acc is just a joke someone posted to drive my bst crazy and I'll be forever doing this fight for no reason.

[miokomioko]

Entering the fight will take the Omnis Stone from you, if you have one. You can only obtain 1 reward per earth day from the final battle. You can only obtain a reward from the battle if you entered with an Omnis Stone. You can enter as many times as you like per day, without any key items, you just won't get jack shit for it.

Upon entering:
No Items = no reward
Omnis Stone + no ACP body = Ebon Key + Prismatic Key
Omnis Stone + ACP body = Ebon Key
Omnis Stone + Prismatic Key = no reward