Abyssea Discussion

[Destinye]

There's no "time extensions" in the Dynamis sense. You get "traversers" that build up by one every 20 hours similar to Assault tags and Ops credits. But since it was only the first day being launched everyone only starts with 1. Every traverser is good for 30 minutes of visitant status. So eventually if you save up for 3 days you can go and use up 90 minutes in Abyssea.

It seems pretty obvious to me that this event is meant for a solid merit party to chain like mad. Go in, travel to the mobs you want to fight, then keep on killing. I'm very interested to see how things turn out once players have enough points and bonus unlocks to use temp items and buffs. My problem for now is finding 5 other people to make a solid party with.

Keep in mind SE already mentioned that it will basically scale/change with the way people fight inside. So going balls to the walls will likely make it harder eventually.

[Xali]

Last night me and some buddies checked out La Theine. We spotted Many-Tailed Marvin and Piasa, but without a proper tank and most of us still at 75 we decided against it for now.
Killed some things. Clionids and Limules did quite a lot to us, but maybe we were just unlucky in terms of selecting mobs.
Towards the back end of our run we got to H-10/H-11, where we were killing Gigas. Our SMN spotted a glowing Clionid, which we killed and got 399 exp.
Though most of killing was done towards the end, we still got a nice 2k exp for our troubles. We'll be trying again come Wednesday when we'll have more time to look around.
Oh, and before I forget, we found two chests, but they both gave faint lights.

[krizz]

Which NPC gives the option to buy the map(s)? I found the NPC that sells gear, but headed out into the mobs shortly after.

[Necronus]

Keep in mind SE already mentioned that it will basically scale/change with the way people fight inside. So going balls to the walls will likely make it harder eventually.

"Balls to the wall" style makes it hard in about 10 minutes flat.

[Dakana]

"Balls to the wall" style makes it hard in about 10 minutes flat.

Elaborate?

[miokomioko]

If you were to enter with your default 5 minutes and immediately run out to the mobs, is there any penalty? Can you even pass that barrier or collect Cruor without the Visitant status?

[Priran]

Elaborate?

If you kill a lot of mobs they start repopping at a higher level.

[Maurauc]

If you were to enter with your default 5 minutes and immediately run out to the mobs, is there any penalty? Can you even pass that barrier or collect Cruor without the Visitant status?

Passing the barrier gives a "10, 9, 8" etc. countdown.

[Gwynplaine]

For anyone who would like to maybe help illustrate important locations in Abyssea I hastily shopped up some map templates to use. Just shrink or manipulate as needed.
(large images warning)
Konshtat

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Tahrongi

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La Theine

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http://i47.tinypic.com/fuc9qe.jpg

I'm sort of debating whether to go experiment some more or to just wait until all my travs are saved up and I can stay for a longer period with a proper party.

[fredjanx]

Qutrub NM in Abyssea-Tahrongi: Manananggal.
Has Triple attack, it's probably DRK (casted absorb dex on me) and hit me for 3,591 damage as 75BLU/NIN with cocoon up.
It spawned after my hp was on red, and despawned right after I died.

Also, Efts drop Eft Eggs (of course). Not sure what are they used for, though

[Francisco]

Has anyone come across "Chloris" in Abyssea?

I'm hoping they're regular mobs and not NMs - looking at the requirement for the new H2H, I need 50 drops off of it if I upgrade...

[Priran]

It looks like it comes from a mandragora so I'm thinking Chloris is a named Adenium.

[miokomioko]

A screenshot of Abyssea - Tahrongi in the update notes showed black mandragoras with yellow flowers running around. I'm crossing my fingers that they are just normal drops from those. It would be a decent challenge given the only 30-minutes of farming allowed per day.

[Gwynplaine]

The main Abyssea quests are pretty straightforward so far, but just for the sake of it:

A Journey Begins - Zone into Port Jeuno and view the CS. Speak to Joachim and accept his offer and a traverser stone.

The Truth Beckons - Travel to one of the 3 crag zone maws and enter Abyssea. Once you've done that return and speak to Joachim again.

Dawn of Death - Not sure yet, I assume just visit Abyssea again and talk to some NPC somewhere.

Haven't seemed to unlock any other quests yet, not counting the Machine repair mini-quest everyone can get.

[Eldelphia]

I've updated the wiki with the mobs I found in La Theine and there's a bunch of screenies on my Blog

Hammering Rams - central area
Irate Sheep
Black Merinos
Some form of fly
Poroggo Seducteurs
Luison (Gnoles) (on way to dunes from crag)
Crepuscule Puks (in the trees on the way to dunes zone)

Also saw the chest NPC which turns into NM I think?

[OdinBlaize]

The Truth Beckons - Travel to one of the 3 crag zone maws and enter Abyssea. Once you've done that return and speak to Joachim again.

Does doing this quest use up the traverser stone you initially get?

[Asulamur]

Konshat Highlands map

Shadow Lizards along path heading east.
Clionids and Limules at G9/H9.
Trotting Saplings along path G8-G7
Highland Treant @ G6
Morbolings around F/G5
Mesa Wivers at E4/5
Bugard types around F5/G5

??? Somewhere around F5/G5 for NM pop, not sure as I was hunting down the Vercidal Conflux #5 @ southern corner of D4/E4 when they came across the ???

??? requires Giant Bugard Tusk rare/ex

[miokomioko]

Does doing this quest use up the traverser stone you initially get?

You don't use stones to enter Abyssea, you trade them to the NPC inside to extend your visiting time.

[Gwynplaine]

Does doing this quest use up the traverser stone you initially get?

A stone is only used up if you speak to the Surveyor NPC and tell him to. Otherwise you can wander around for 5 minutes to buy stuff with Cruor or whatever. But entering will require you to wait at least 60 minutes to just re-enter the area again, I think.

[Jeryhn]

A stone is only used up if you speak to the Surveyor NPC and tell him to. Otherwise you can wander around for 5 minutes to buy stuff with Cruor or whatever. But entering will require you to wait at least 60 minutes to just re-enter the area again, I think.

That's correct.

It's a bit of a pain in the ass too. I don't really see why SE would force us out of the zone when there's an obvious lobby type area that we can't leave without fulfilling the requirements (getting visitor status).