Shantotto Ascension

[Cesaria]

So can you do the Gustav fight windowered (i.e. with macros), crash game and then get the cutscene when you re-log in un-windowered... or am I going to have to make ikk macros?

[Windfoxster]

So can you do the Gustav fight windowered (i.e. with macros), crash game and then get the cutscene when you re-log in un-windowered... or am I going to have to make ikk macros?

Yup you can do that. Just did it myself. Was wondering why darte d/cing himself then after i clicked the CS and got black screen'd myself.

[Marvis]

Not sure if this was posted yet. Sap locations in Toraimarai Canal.

Edit: Apparently the sap locations move. These locations worked for me, but the next earth day another person in our group found these spots in different locations.

[Cesaria]

Toramai Canal map needed?

[Marvis]

Toramai Canal map needed?

no

[Cesaria]

Thank god for that!

[Gustaf the Voidbringer]

Anyone get anything decent from the keys?

I assume there's at least two or so from the BCNMs.

[FTAJuicymama]

just lost the final bc, out setup was smn(ket 1st black shanttoto) pld/nin rng/nin sam/nin rdm whm

we were so close to kill the first one , it was at 8% but before it die at 15% it uses triple "meteor" and fked us up

our plan for tomorrow attempt is zreg 1 done at 25%, then die somewhere safe, reraise regroup, then take on the second one

[Tuna]

if anyone on Phoenix is interested in doing the Full Moon Fountain fight /tell Tunafests! @3/6

[Cesaria]

OK this synth breaking shit is getting beyond a joke now - spent 4 hours refarming items for the other char's stuff... synth goes boom. THIS IS FUCKING RETARDED.

[Iria]

So we lost a 2nd time, and now we have come up with a solid conclusion:

Kill them like Ying/Yang. We focused on the black one and zerged it to 4% but after it was below 20% it started to rage. The rage got vicious under 10% and it tore through a Galka Aegis/Excal PLD with over 5000 HP in seconds. So the only viable option at this point is to kill them together or at least alternate so they are never more than 25% hp apart.

Anyways, good luck everyone else trying this. We came so close to being the first on our server to finish this, but alas, it was not meant to be tonight!

Edit: We didn't see the NM use Meteor at all, just some fancy AoE WS with additional effect Bad Breath ailments and some high level black magic.
Also, the NMs DO regen HP if left idle upon a wipe (not like the Alexander fight). And the Reraise w/o weakness is only for the FIRST reraise, it does not work for subsequent deaths.

[Cesaria]

OK - so normally I'm ok with SE and their pointless fetch quests - but right now I'm about fit to cry with frustration over this crap. We have 2 chars we're running through the expansions - and one keeps breaking the final kit synth... we're up to 5 fails, 8+ hours of killing against competition, fuck god knows how much gil... oh and the resident shitbags showed up recently to outclaim people and try to sell the drops.

Fetch quests I can do, fetch quests against competition - yep - did the other 2 minis when they came out - but fetch quests when the game randomly decides 5 times to fail the fucking thing and make you do it all again repeatedly.... yep I'm pretty close to tears or punching someone the fuck out.

[JustaWAR]

Lol this sucks. I got all the fetchquest items and forgot what kind of kit I need to make. Nothing in the mission log, nor at qufim/shantoto's house.

I guess I have to guess?

[Spira]

does anyone know the point of collecting the sap crystals? does it allow you to use magic or something? because im able to enter Battaru Royale just fine (altho im not going to yet).. and any more info on the FMF fight?

[Corrderio]

This hexagon farming is really annoying solo....

[Sylvaria]

Lol this sucks. I got all the fetchquest items and forgot what kind of kit I need to make. Nothing in the mission log, nor at qufim/shantoto's house.

I guess I have to guess?

1. east saru
2. goblin footprint
3. 1gil
4. rewatch CS
5.???
6. profit

[Midnightjade]

oh and the resident shitbags showed up recently to outclaim people and try to sell the drops.

Who was it? I bet I can guess.

edit - checked out the names on ffxiah, and yeah it's pretty much who you'd expect:

http://www.ffxiah.com/item.php?id=2776

http://www.ffxiah.com/item.php?id=2778

http://www.ffxiah.com/item.php?id=2777

[Devinry]

I know it's off topic, but seeing the problems people are having with windower causing black screen, I figured I'd bring it up here and hopefully get it straightened out before starting ASA.

I've been using windower forever now, but on the very rare occasion I try to start FFXI in non-windowed mode, I always get the "this requires DirectX 3D yadda yadda" error message upon starting the game. I've updated DirectX several times, and still always get this message. Oddly enough, this obviously only happens with non-windowed mode, when I use windower, the game starts up just fine. Anyone know what the problem might be? Will this require a reinstall? :\

Again, sorry for the off-topic.

[Nosaj]

I know it's off topic, but seeing the problems people are having with windower causing black screen, I figured I'd bring it up here and hopefully get it straightened out before starting ASA.

I've been using windower forever now, but on the very rare occasion I try to start FFXI in non-windowed mode, I always get the "this requires DirectX 3D yadda yadda" error message upon starting the game. I've updated DirectX several times, and still always get this message. Oddly enough, this obviously only happens with non-windowed mode, when I use windower, the game starts up just fine. Anyone know what the problem might be? Will this require a reinstall? :\

Again, sorry for the off-topic.

Same thing has happened to me for the past 2 years. I just started the game using the official SE windower and it worked fine.

[Kaibelf]

back to COP style diffiiculty?

If so, thank god.