FFXI New NMs 11/9/09

[Clave]

Timed, 1hour30min-2hours, just like Belladonna, Lamina, and Hya etc.

[chiyio]

So wait, Picolaton's PH is down at D-10 area, yet it spawns at E-7? How are you supposed to pop it then? Kill the mobs at D-10, take the 10 minute run up to E-7, because movement in this game is so wicked fast, hope it pops, run back down to D-10 and do it again?


And someone edited the JP wiki to post that Suugar drops the Breastplate lol.

[Akairyu]

So wait, Picolaton's PH is down at D-10 area, yet it spawns at E-7? How are you supposed to pop it then? Kill the mobs at D-10, take the 10 minute run up to E-7, because movement in this game is so wicked fast, hope it pops, run back down to D-10 and do it again?


And someone edited the JP wiki to post that Suugar drops the Breastplate lol.

/sigh Up yours Square Enix. Making sure that I loathe every roc-type mob in the game. First I can't get people to help kill Roc for the Dryad Staff, now I'm going to need someone to either kill the Picolaton PH for me or hang around E-7 to claim it? blehhh...

[Elondir]

So wait, Picolaton's PH is down at D-10 area, yet it spawns at E-7? How are you supposed to pop it then? Kill the mobs at D-10, take the 10 minute run up to E-7, because movement in this game is so wicked fast, hope it pops, run back down to D-10 and do it again?

Get a friend and one of you kill PH while the other camps the spawn? Radical thinking.

[chiyio]

Got Brawnback to pop. It seemed that its death location hadnt moved in 2 days, and coupled with the fact it refused to pop for me from midnight till about 4 am, though popped on first kill at 9:30 am, why does this look like a 21hr nm?

Oh, no drop of course, 43 limit no sigil. Puts it at lv73 or 74.

[Rocl]

How difficult was Brawnback? I might return to camp him in a little bit,

[chiyio]

Wasnt that hard at all. Hit for 150-200 no protect, stunnable, wasnt all that accurate (7/19 swings landed). The most annoying thing is that Frag Bomb acts like Bomb Toss, but it strips shadows in the process.

Goblin Corpsman
Goblin Blastmaster <-PH
Burlibix Brawnback
Goblin Freesword
Goblin Corpsman

No question about it, though how that Blastmaster and the one near it move around, I'd recommend to just kill them both.

[Rhunn]

Bit hard to low man I guess as it does spam the frag bomb toss, hitting an unshelled thf for 500-600.

[Despain]

Gogo Blood Bolts?

[chiyio]

Bit hard to low man I guess as it does spam the frag bomb toss, hitting an unshelled thf for 500-600.

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Splash damage perhaps? I was trioing.

[Rhunn]

Maybe more people equals less dmg, was trying to duo pld and thf, but couldn't keep up mp with the bomb spam. Once the pld died 2 bombs killed the thf: 586 and 647.

[chiyio]

how much were they doing while pld was alive ?

[Priestsan]

in regards to Picolaton, im not so sure on the theory of his PH not being around his spawn area. Got him to pop last night after about 5hrs of camping and killing only the PHs areounf his spawn area (e/f-7/8 and the one at g-8 near the ??? for bastok mission). Got him to pop again doing the same thing not too long ago, but only took about 3hrs this time. 0/2 so far, 66xp both times solo as pld/dnc.

[requim]

You're killing the southwestern PH Ba for Habergoass, Cream Soda?

Unsure on exact respawn time since I wasn't there long before it popped, though it was a lot harder than I had originally expected. TP attacked frequently for 180ish, melee hits were doing about the same on a mnk/dnc.

[Rhunn]

Tro'd with another pld friend and we killed it, with the thf only ranged attacking. Was doing alittle over 179 to 260 dmg on bomb toss.

Dropped sortie ring
str+4 acc+2 enmity-1
75 war pld drk bst sam nin

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...119_022200.jpg

[deac65]

in regards to Picolaton, im not so sure on the theory of his PH not being around his spawn area. Got him to pop last night after about 5hrs of camping and killing only the PHs areounf his spawn area (e/f-7/8 and the one at g-8 near the ??? for bastok mission). Got him to pop again doing the same thing not too long ago, but only took about 3hrs this time. 0/2 so far, 66xp both times solo as pld/dnc.

How are you not sure that someone just killed the PH at the bottom? When I was camping there was a fair amount of traffic through that area with people leveling and such. I am by no means saying I'm right, but after 9 hours of killing the same two birds and no pop you have to wonder.


Also, I think that a DRG/RDM with a fairly high trigger for Healing Breath wouldn't have an issue with soloing the NM. Any job really that can mitigate the Stormwind damage shouldn't have a problem with it. I didn't get the opportunity to test if my mediocre /mage gear was up to par, as a RDM that was camping started to cure spam me. I did look back at the damage Stormwind did after I got Baraero up, and it was in the 60-90 range.

[Priestsan]

honestly, i can be 100% sure someone wasnt down there killin the bird around d-10. theres been between 7-10 people in the zone both times i been out here, and right now theres 9 people in zone. i have yet to see another person in his spawn area, except one random whm riding through on a blue chocobo digging like crazy. Would have to be awful lucky on my part if someone just happened to pass by d-10 and kill a bird and it pop on me, ya know what i mean ?

[deac65]

As I posted earlier, both birds were up in the area where the NM pops when it spawned. Unless I'm horribly mistaken, the Place Holders for a lotto NM have to be killed in order for it to pop.

[Kaslo]

honestly, i can be 100% sure someone wasnt down there killin the bird around d-10. theres been between 7-10 people in the zone both times i been out here, and right now theres 9 people in zone. i have yet to see another person in his spawn area, except one random whm riding through on a blue chocobo digging like crazy. Would have to be awful lucky on my part if someone just happened to pass by d-10 and kill a bird and it pop on me, ya know what i mean ?

To be fair, when I was soloing manticores for crafting I would camp at the bottom by oracles entrance and kill the 2 birds along with the manticores just for plumes/feathers so its possible someone could kill them.

[tarumalphius]

I camped it a few times and couldn't get it to pop.