Abyssea Discussion

[Zag]

Um no. Vali's > that I'm sure.

LOL?? It has 12 MORE DMG then Vali bow, the same amount of STR as vali bow and it has rapidshot+5 and emnity -5. You were probably trolling though. Not to mention this bow has more DMG then the original relic bow yoichinoyumi.

I got a oversized sock from a giga. How hard is that NM giga? I wanna try and fight it today.

[Xali]

What we got during our hour and a half long adventure in Abyssea - La Theine:
We started off by fighting five Clionids near the starting area. On each one, I would note the element and try to cast a nuke of the same element on it. We fought three water-based ones, and two ice-based. None of them absorbed the nuke I casted on them.
We them moved on to Limules. We fought two fire-based ones, which also didn't absorb the Fire I casted on them. Due to the general shittiness of Blazing Bound, I stopped the party from pulling any more after the second one.
We started heading towards the sheep area of the map, however one of our members agroed a Gigas. We noticed that it was much harder than previous Gigas we had fought during other runs, and our BST noted that she spotted an alliance heading this way when we entered. We figured that they killed some of the mobs here, and we were reaping their "reward". Nevertheless, we got through the Gigas, and proceeded onward.
We then spent some time going towards the sheep camp and fighting glowing monsters. They were all either Clionid or Limule. I did cast Bilzzard on a glowing Ice Clionid, and it absorbed the spell.
Through these beginning stages, we recieved three separate notices that the monster had dropped a chest. However, none of us could target or even see the chest that spawned. One of my party members guessed it might have something to do with what lights you may have on you.
We eventually ended up around the area with the Lobos. We activated Conflux #4, then headed back to the sheep area then the Cointeach area. We spent some time killing Cointeaches with relative ease, popped open a few chests with temporary items and lights inside them, then moved on past the bees area into the bird area, with the intention of having our BST keep an eye out for Mangy-tailed Marvin or the bird NM.
We did not get to either NM, but we did get a few more chests with lights and one with 500 exp.

Also, a few days back I reported that one of our members got an item dropped from a glowing mob. I didn't have the name then, but I've asked him about it and the item was a "Sanguinet", which seems to just be a standard drop from these things.

[chazzyphizzle]

Fought Pantagruel again, didn't see his Ice spikes mentioned that seemed undispellable. Doesn't hit overly hard, ice spikes had a pretty potent paralyze, did about 40-50dmg a hit with shell 5, and came up whenever it used Ice roar. Also fought Dozing Dorian, big ol' sheep, did Feeble bleat (seemingly random cycle of debuffs, ie; grav/def down/and standard paralyze) Rage, and Sheep charge which ignored utsusemi/third eye and did wildly varying damage. Near the end of the fight it would spam Sheep charge non-stop, fun though.

[absolutezero]

Just did Arimaspi - Poped in Abys Dem


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wow what a fight, spams T4/5's - Curse - Eyes on me - ST petra

Note - It flies to high normal DDs can not hit this mob - Rng/Blms only

Also every 25% it spawns 3 adds all eyes (they drop synth items)

Note it is pretty fun fight

took 20mins - with 15 ppl lucky we brought 2 blms and 3 rngs

No drop item or Key item

[Zag]

What we got during our hour and a half long adventure in Abyssea - La Theine:
having our BST keep an eye out for Mangy-tailed Marvin or the bird NM.

the bird was easy with 12 ppl. We had blue mages, SCHs, PLDs RDMs and mnk/sams as DDs.

The rabbit was omfg hard. We tried kiting and str8 tanking and he is just too beast with his 3k+ wild carrots. His aoe takes up 2 shadows but if you get hit, you take over 1000 dmg. He restores his health 3k and spams it. They were japanese and I was trying to find his atma weakness and I tried all my mnk weaponskills and we tried flash, enfeebles, earth shots nothing was working. Hes just way too strong for a pt of 12 lvl 77s.

[miokomioko]

I hadn't heard of anyone actually fighting Bhumi, so I put reraise on and engaged on 78 PUP/NIN expecting to eat shit. It was easy as hell.

It did standard Titan Prime moves, Megalith Throw, Earthen Ward, etc. I beat his ass and got no drops, like 623 exp, 120 cruor or so. It also spawned a red chest that, when unlocked, gave me a "feeble amber light"...

I ran a few yards and saw the NM up again (is there more than one or instant-repop?). I engaged again, seemed to swing a lot faster than the last, but it could be just bad double-attack luck, etc. This fight was a lot sloppier. Then, when I was waiting for an Automaton cure, he did a Stone IV (TP move, not spell) and it went through shadows just like Prime Avatars. 1123 damage. Kaput.

About to try again in a few...

Edit: lol yep... Stone IV again for exactly 1123 dmg. I can't survive it unless I'm at full~ Super easy other than that crap.

[Xali]

the bird was easy with 12 ppl. We had blue mages, SCHs, PLDs RDMs and mnk/sams as DDs.

The rabbit was omfg hard. We tried kiting and str8 tanking and he is just too beast with his 3k+ wild carrots. His aoe takes up 2 shadows but if you get hit, you take over 1000 dmg. He restores his health 3k and spams it. They were japanese and I was trying to find his atma weakness and I tried all my mnk weaponskills and we tried flash, enfeebles, earth shots nothing was working. Hes just way too strong for a pt of 12 lvl 77s.

I'm still confident on the thought that NMs scale to the level/size of your group.

[BRP]

So how long until the Abyssea NPC -> AH market crashes?

[Squall]

Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but...

Have the people who've received key items from NMs been alliance leader? I received mossy Adamantoise shell key item from Chukwa today and happened to be ally lead. Just thought it was a strange coincidence seeing as how I was leading the run, but it'd be a convenient way to make sure all the key item drops go to the same person

This may be right - I had alliance leader for my run, too. However, in addition, I also popped all the NMs, so it would be helpful if you could confirm whether or not you did the same for your run, too. Thanks in advance!

[urat]

So how long until the Abyssea NPC -> AH market crashes?

Already sold my dusk feet/hands, I predict there will be a LOT of angry leathercrafters

[Zag]

I'm still confident on the thought that NMs scale to the level/size of your group.

doubt it cause other ppl who fought this NM also said it spams 3k wild carrots. Also it started as a kite fight by 1 rdm and 2 blue mages and ppl started to gradually come in the zone and get invited and it was the same strength. I think you have to find out his atma weakness to avoid those wild carrots.
Its also a lottery spawn NM not a force pop with trigger. So that makes it even more doubtful. I think at about level 80, a PLD can withstand his attacks straight tanked but the wild carrot it still nasty. Level 80 SAMs can probably zerg through that with 2 hrs. We did not have any level 80s helping us.

[Flippant]

This may be right - I had alliance leader for my run, too. However, in addition, I also popped all the NMs, so it would be helpful if you could confirm whether or not you did the same for your run, too. Thanks in advance!

Well, the only key item I got was from Chukwa, which was just up and about, but from now on I'm going to make sure I'm alliance leader.

Also, you don't even need to enter with the three stones>pause timer>save up for more. The counter keeps going when the stones are in your inventory. I had two in my inventory for a couple days, picked up a third today, used all three a few hours ago and was able to pick up two stones right afterwords.

[Dammerung]

Well, the only key item I got was from Chukwa, which was just up and about, but from now on I'm going to make sure I'm alliance leader.

Also, you don't even need to enter with the three stones>pause timer>save up for more. The counter keeps going when the stones are in your inventory. I had two in my inventory for a couple days, picked up a third today, used all three a few hours ago and was able to pick up two stones right afterwords.

Going to debunk the ally lead -> key item theory. Doesn't work, BRD in my party got key item off Chukwa and not me.

[Shenrien]

It might be who ever has first action on it gets the key item? Do you have logger and if so you could possibly go back and check to see if it was pulled with Elegy rather having a PLD open with flash.

[Flippant]

It might be who ever has first action on it gets the key item? Do you have logger and if so you could possibly go back and check to see if it was pulled with Elegy rather having a PLD open with flash.

Well, I did pull Chukwa, so maybe...

[chazzyphizzle]

Pretty sure whoever pops the NM has a chance to get the key item.

Oops, sorry misread. Yeah I don't know the rules for non-pop item NMs.

[Dammerung]

I believe BRD pulled it. Was out of range of my log, but he was the one that remarked it was just sitting there in shell after he had pulled it.

Possibly applies to other key items, but needs further conformation.

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[Salmijr]

When we did rabbit, it wasnt spammy or overly hard IF you had shadows up. It did 1 wild carrot when i was midnuke so couldnt stun it, then didnt do anymore. 1st person to act on it (pld used flash) got a key item from the fight, no one else did.

Also, something I noticed during our run, but need to check without filters on our next run: The color your body takes seems to be dictated by the finishing move. Magic = azure, Red = ws, etc. Will further document this tomorrow night, but it does correlate with my 1st run solo as a blm, all i got was azure messages.

[Emdief]

We did Marvin yesterday, first abyssea run. I don't really understand what's so hard about this nm, we killed it with ease with a pt of 8. setup was pld 76 (me), whm 76, rdm 76, cor 75 x2, sam 75, sam 75, thf 75. Stright tank, no issues at all. Wild carrot is nasty, but still manageable. Fight lasted long because of that, I think about 15/20 mins. Dropped ring, 2 hides and a divine log, and I got a key item (I was ally leader too, so I can see a connection) I don't remember the name. We'll probably go for Pantagruel and hopefully pixies today.
Also did Piasa with one less person, extremely easy and quick fight, dropped shield and divine log, very easy.

Edit: idk if it was me sucking with hate or mob resistance, but marvin took 50% dmg from atonement.

[Zag]

anyone know what you get for getting the highest colored light does?

I opened a chest and got a feeble golden light. We opened another chest today and got aspir II and a cloth for THF AF+1 I forget name.
Tahronghi (sp?) seems to be the best zone so far with nasty drops like seige bow, the Great axe and the thew bomblet. Also drops those buds for the empyrean hand to hand that I want
Can't wait to solve the riddle on these zones so we can know where to farm when we enter. Good info on OP, I like the almost completed colored maps.