Absolute Virtue Information (OP Updated)

[Sylvrdragon]

Holy fucking shit, will all of you people bickering just shut the fuck up? Nobody here gives a shit about your stupid semantics argument. Nobody is going to congratulate the "winner" of this bitch-fest, which means you need to take this shit to PMs or just fucking drop it altogether. In fact, the only way you could have "won" in the eyes of the rest of the board would have been never to respond, as arguing on the internet only makes you look like a retard and the best you could have hoped for was not to lose any points. Mission Failed. Now cut your losses and shut the fuck up.

[jaryk]

Holy fucking shit, will all of you people bickering just shut the fuck up? Nobody here gives a shit about your stupid semantics argument. Nobody is going to congratulate the "winner" of this bitch-fest, which means you need to take this shit to PMs or just fucking drop it altogether. In fact, the only way you could have "won" in the eyes of the rest of the board would have been never to respond, as arguing on the internet only makes you look like a retard and the best you could have hoped for was not to lose any points. Mission Failed. Now cut your losses and shut the fuck up.

I win because my reg date is clearly older than 90% of the people on the board, probably closer to 95%, thus my point to loss ration can never be below a billion or so.

[Leroy]

You sound like one of those "JP Beta" players, who run around full-timing their stage 2 relic swords because they've been playing since JP Beta and that means they know what they're doing.

[TaruMortis]

Whoosh

[Mightymulatto]

Maybe the fight is more an exercise in choreography than randomly reacting to what the NM does.

Granted I do think there is a broader solution to the question you asked about weakening it in order to defeat him.

I've had one or 2 experiences fighting AV and it was mostly chaos but watching the video many times has made me notice some rather weird coincidences.

The first is that everyone seems to be paying attention to the Stellar Map.
When mages nuke they are facing the direction of what ever element they are casting in.

Also when people use a particular job abilty around AV they are standing or facing in that cardinal directon in relation to him.

The main coincidence I recently noticed that his 2hrs may not be random.
In the video the element of the 2hrs AV uses seem to match the elemental type used to damage JoL's adds.

I am aware that people say the video is of different attempts but I think the 2hrs shown were all in the same attempt.

The first adds are killed with thundaga III only.

The second set are damaged by stonega III first and then thundaga III.

The last set shown is killed by thundaga III.


The video is a badly edited and when they fade to black between the JoL kill and the first PLD dieing chainspell was obviously used given he died form a tornado.

AV uses invincible next which according to it's color code should be associated with earth.


He then uses chainspell, which should be associated with lightning, next.


Elements cast on adds: Thunder, Earth, Thunder.
AV 2hr use : Thunder, Earth, Thunder.

EDIT 2hrs are actually thunder, light, earth thunder. So this may not be right or something else is changing the order.

[Massimo]

http://www.terraspirit.com/memories/021406_rage.jpg

[Ophannus]

I hate you. I hate you SOOOOOOO much.

[takito09]

That could make sense .. because who uses stonega III on these adds now on this days <.<?

[tonystigma]

Of course it's the Stellar Map that's the secret to killing AV - wait, wtf is the Stellar Map?

[Snprphnx]

Of course it's the Stellar Map that's the secret to killing AV - wait, wtf is the Stellar Map?

ask and you shall receive. this was posted in the Vana'diel Tribune a while back

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/ff...tellar_map.png

if you look up at the sky at night, in each direction, you will see a star brighter than all the others, with its color matching this map. Hence why people think that direction you face during synthing matters

[Narse]

The map is also available by talking to certain NPCs in game:

Kaela in Metalworks ( I-8 )
Adaunel in Southern San d'Oria ( K-9 )
Lago-Charago in Windurst Waters ( F-8 )

I'd like to believe that constellations play SOME role in this game, but I'll be damned if I have any idea of what it is.

[FailureMidgard]

I'm just shocked the chocobo constellation actually looks like a chocobo.

[Narse]

I'm just shocked the chocobo constellation actually looks like a chocobo.

What the fuck is up with the 'Moogle' constellation? Looks more like a soup ladle to me.

[Shalafi]

It's long division

[Trauma]

if you look up at the sky at night, in each direction, you will see a star brighter than all the others, with its color matching this map. Hence why people think that direction you face during synthing matters

I just realized the stars never move but the sun and moon change constantly. I guess that means they both orbit Vana'diel xD

[Phraust]

The World is Square....

[willriker]

vanadiel IS the center of the universe, and it is flat.

[Jimie]

vanadiel IS the center of the universe, and it is flat.

No matter whereabouts in Vana'diel you are, it's the same time of day, only possible if it IS actually flat.

[Thunder]

No matter whereabouts in Vana'diel you are, it's the same time of day, only possible if it IS actually flat.

Or it can be fuckin' huge!

[McGoonagle]

No matter whereabouts in Vana'diel you are, it's the same time of day, only possible if it IS actually flat.

...or it's an artificial construct the designers have made certain decisions about to avoid making some aspects of gameplay unmanageable...