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[Kaibelf]

For the beauc (tab key) area mission do you HAVE to have the map? Can it be done without it?

I have been running into that question a lot, and I'm not sure, but I have a question of my own. After all this time, WHY THE HELL DON'T PEOPLE HAVE QUICKSAND CAVES MAPS? Seriously? Were you just too busy ALL this time standing around to do some quests and hunt for loose ends? I hope this expansion teaches some people that it's a good idea to have:

1. Maps (from coffers and quests)
2. Outposts (spending about 30 minutes on Sundays to get missing ones will change your life)
3. Runic Portals (no, I will NOT wait for you to take a boat to Nashmau for my party)
4. Your OWN access to T. Canal (via quests in windy) so that you don't have to ask around for 3 mages who have nothing better to do

Not asking for too much, but seriously. Yesterday I spent about 4 wasted hours waiting on people to do shit they needed to have done 5 years ago.

[Funkworkz]

bind works incredibly well on the boss while your dealing with third form. his bombs are a very short ranged attack, so he just sits there and looks at you

[Kaibelf]

i read through the pages, but didnt see mention of this, so i will ask.

for the ??? in QSC, can they pop behind the weighted doors?

From what I've seen (and don't hold me to this) the ???s aren't behind any of the weighted doors, nor are they behind the Altepa gate. However, there are a few mini-maps that can only be accessed from drop-downs, and the ???s CAN be in the exit tunnels from those areas (which are not "on the map"). I found 4 on one tiny little map that way.

[Snprphnx]

From what I've seen (and don't hold me to this) the ???s aren't behind any of the weighted doors, nor are they behind the Altepa gate. However, there are a few mini-maps that can only be accessed from drop-downs, and the ???s CAN be in the exit tunnels from those areas (which are not "on the map"). I found 4 on one tiny little map that way.

tyvm for the quick reply.

[sruon]

I have been running into that question a lot, and I'm not sure, but I have a question of my own. After all this time, WHY THE HELL DON'T PEOPLE HAVE QUICKSAND CAVES MAPS? Seriously? Were you just too busy ALL this time standing around to do some quests and hunt for loose ends? I hope this expansion teaches some people that it's a good idea to have:

1. Maps (from coffers and quests)
2. Outposts (spending about 30 minutes on Sundays to get missing ones will change your life)
3. Runic Portals (no, I will NOT wait for you to take a boat to Nashmau for my party)
4. Your OWN access to T. Canal (via quests in windy) so that you don't have to ask around for 3 mages who have nothing better to do

Not asking for too much, but seriously. Yesterday I spent about 4 wasted hours waiting on people to do shit they needed to have done 5 years ago.

Word on the street says ffxi atlas and apradar.

[Lyn]

For the beauc (tab key) area mission do you HAVE to have the map? Can it be done without it?

You have to have the map. The Gobrin does the same thing like in Quicksand caves - marks your maps for where you have to go.

[Thoreau]

I have been running into that question a lot, and I'm not sure, but I have a question of my own. After all this time, WHY THE HELL DON'T PEOPLE HAVE QUICKSAND CAVES MAPS?

A followup question: How many of those who are QQ-ing over needing the QSC maps threw away Coffer Keys as useless rather than taking the time to actually get the map?

If you have been playing since 'back in the day' then you most likely were in an XP party where enough keys dropped to get one for each member before they started hitting the floor.

[Datan]

although i did have all my maps i don't see why people should qq about not having them both maps take under 20 min to get..

[Gunitsoldier]

Just won the fight, got -8 light elem on a mantle as reward but my friend won the fucking lottery! Lv 72 all jobs cape physical dmg - 2% !

Edit pic:

http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...722_204903.png

[Carraway]

After the horrific initial fetch quest (1/120+ in Giddeus), AMK proved to be much more enjoyable than ACP. The story is simple but has far more character to it than ACP's flaccid attempt at grandeur, and the last boss is both more interesting and more flexible in the group compositions that it allows compared to the Seed Crystal.

I won with a setup of BLM, BRD, WHM, RNG, RNG, MNK. Whichever DD had hate kited around the outside circle while mages chilled in the middle and rested when possible. I was nervous after 50% on the third wave, keeping an eye on the adds (I was the BRD), but when I thought to ask what the boss was at, the answer was 3%. Having a clutch BLM helps a lot with the fight, and as others have said, it's okay to play conservatively during the first two waves.

[Ratatapa]

Can CS stun work on boss for last form?

( I am at last boss i just need to find help to do it )

[Plow]

although i did have all my maps i don't see why people should qq about not having them both maps take under 20 min to get..

I was completely clearing a wing of ~20 coffer mobs for just short of 3 hours before a key dropped, and I did it pretty much right away when I saw map was needed in this thread (I'm still on first kupo mission). Around the time I left it was starting to get fairly camped.

[Ashira]

I was stupidly lucky on the HELM part I guess. Some of the statistics here are scary. I didn't buy over a stack of tools for each kind. >.>

Not even sure how many people in my LS/immediate circle of acquaintances even bought the add-on, so it could prove interesting as I move further along in the quest line. :/

[Zelduh]

It should be illegal for a taru WHM with a light staff to solo the cardian fight in Horototo Ruins. Literally has taken over an hour, and the fight is still going on and most of the cardians are STILL alive. Not to mention people don't want to team up to get the key items, people enjoy cockblocking and wasting everyone's time.

[Seraph]

It should be illegal for a taru WHM with a light staff to solo the cardian fight in Horototo Ruins. Literally has taken over an hour, and the fight is still going on and most of the cardians are STILL alive. Not to mention people don't want to team up to get the key items, people enjoy cockblocking and wasting everyone's time.

I just blind invited most of the zone fighting the cardians, and convinced a few other NA people to do the same. Once you have a solid alliance competing with the handful of jackasses left, they suddenly changed their tune and decided teaming up wasn't such a bad idea after all.

Everyone got their orbs in less than 25 minutes after that. Go go forced teamwork. o.ob

[Zelduh]

I just blind invited most of the zone fighting the cardians, and convinced a few other NA people to do the same. Once you have a solid alliance competing with the handful of jackasses left, they suddenly changed their tune and decided teaming up wasn't such a bad idea after all.

Everyone got their orbs in less than 25 minutes after that. Go go forced teamwork. o.ob

Sadly all the JP in the zone are JP ONRY and are soloing the key items. I've tried shouting, asking politely in /tell and blind invites. They don't care. People enjoy wasting time just for the chance to be a dickhead.

[Seraph]

Sadly all the JP in the zone are JP ONRY and are soloing the key items. I've tried shouting, asking politely in /tell and blind invites. They don't care. People enjoy wasting time just for the chance to be a dickhead.

I think it's more a culture thing, but half of our alliance was JP, and they were usually the last ones to join. I didn't want to force them, but when 12+ other people are taking every mob in the zone, it seemed that most of the loners were able to put aside their cultural issues and just bite the bullet. Obviously millage will vary.

[Rocl]

The fight wasn't terrible with the following set up:

BLM BLM BRD RDM WAR MNK

Manaburn the boss, have melees kill adds. While the BLMs are kiting the boss, keep the melees up top. When adds pop, BLM Sleepga, one rest, one help watch for sleep/stun/silence. When boss comes back, you should've finished killing the adds, so melee run back up and BLM commence manaburning. Make sure your RDM uses full use of Gravity and Bind, and be careful triggering Crystalline Flare during the manaburn. Every time I accidentally triggered it, but didn't cause too much issue, but it would've been nicer to get ready >< After Crystalline Flare is when he seems to take even more damage.

When the last set of adds pop, just Sleepga them and go all out on the boss. We only ever had the RDM and the WAR die, both during the final zerg <50% 3rd form. Wasn't the easiest fight, but certainly not Pandemonium Warden.

[dannyl]

Just got a caulk from a Persecutor in Giddeus (yes I have a pic if you need it). Looks like we're not limited to chest key mobs.

Same here, except mine was dropped from a Priest or Theo. I forget. No wonder Giddeus was packing last night. Every damn corner I saw a player...

[TummieGaruda]

ffxiclopedia says:
"Single Fold Weapon Skills does more damage than Multi-fold Weapon Skills. "

Any truth to this? haven't seen anything in this topic or BGwiki

It might be that skillchains do 3x more damage. That picture that shows 11k darkness is exactly 3x the damage of Gekko that closed the skillchain.